Arizona News
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APS: Outage leaves Bagdad residents without power
Tuesday, Jun 18, 10:12 pm
PHOENIX -- A power outage that began around 12:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, has left 971 customers without power, according to an APS spokesperson. Jenna Shaver of APS said the outage was related... Read more...
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Tempe PD: Arizona Mills' movie theatre evacuated after gun report
Tuesday, Jun 18, 9:33 pm
PHOENIX -- The Harkins Theatres 25 and IMAX inside Arizona Mills was evacuated Tuesday night according to a spokesperson with the Tempe Police Department. The evacuation was done as a precaution... Read more...
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CBO: Senate Immigration bill would help economy
Tuesday, Jun 18, 7:51 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same... Read more...
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Wildfire near Prescott explodes to 5,000 acres
Tuesday, Jun 18, 5:51 pm
PHOENIX -- A wildfire broke out Tuesday about eight miles northwest of Prescott, Ariz., and has already burned about 5,000 acres, the U.S. Forest Service said. The fire, called the Doce Fire, was... Read more...
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US Airways among busiest for domestic flights
Tuesday, Jun 18, 5:13 pm
A Tempe, Ariz. airline is one of the busiest in the world when it comes to domestic flights. According to Read more...
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Junction City police seize $828K from Arizona driver
Tuesday, Jun 18, 4:50 pm
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. -- A 78-year-old Arizona man is being held in northeast Kansas after police reported finding $828,000 in cash in his pickup truck. Junction City Police Chief Tim Brown says... Read more...
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Appeals court upholds ruling on Arizona's bail law
Tuesday, Jun 18, 4:30 pm
PHOENIX -- An appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling that dismissed a challenge to an Arizona law that denies bail to people who aren't in the country legally and are charged with murder,... Read more...
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Possible human remains found in northern Arizona
Tuesday, Jun 18, 3:45 pm
MEADVIEW, Ariz. -- Construction crews paving a road to the Grand Canyon Skywalk have uncovered what authorities say appear to be human remains. Authorities say a small pile of bones were found... Read more...
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Coalition urging Obama to halt EPA rules for Arizona power plant
Tuesday, Jun 18, 3:38 pm
PHOENIX -- A proposed rule by the Environmental Protection Agency for an Arizona power plant is a bad one, a coalition said. The EPA is calling for new equipment at the Navajo Generating Station... Read more...
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Jodi Arias prosecutor opposes postponement of retrial
Tuesday, Jun 18, 3:22 pm
PHOENIX -- The prosecutor in the Jodi Arias case has asked a judge to reject her attorneys' request to delay until next year the retrial of the penalty phase in her case. Prosecutor Juan Martinez... Read more...
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Mesa working to prevent kids being bounced from pools
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2:36 pm
PHOENIX -- Some Mesa, Ariz., children are being turned away from public pools, but an effort is underway to make sure that doesn't happen again. "Our pools are actually, as a group and individually,... Read more...
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Arizona congressmen want more flexible voter law
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2:24 pm
PHOENIX -- Arizona lawmakers at the state and federal level are working on separate efforts that would make it harder to vote in what Democrats are calling an attack on low-income and Latino voters. ... Read more...
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US Airways building sold to Florida estate trust
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2:22 pm
PHOENIX - The US Airways building has been sold. According to Philly.com,... Read more...
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Police continue search for 19-year-old Tempe woman
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2:13 pm
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Police have searched the bottom of a lake for a Tempe woman missing since last weekend. Authorities said 19-year-old Adrienne Salinas was last seen at 3 a.m. Saturday by her roommates... Read more...
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Desert Sky Pavilion announces name change
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2:11 pm
Desert Sky Pavilion announced on Tuesday that it has been renamed. The facility has changed its name yet again and will now be known as the "Ak-Chin Pavilion." The new name is part of a partnership... Read more...
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Arizona Rep. Salmon saves colleague from choking
Tuesday, Jun 18, 1:37 pm
PHOENIX -- A Texas congressman who was choking on a piece of popcorn is thanking a fellow Republican from Arizona and a House staffer who is also a doctor for stepping in to help. Rep. Ted Poe's... Read more...
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8-year-old killed in suburban Phoenix freeway crash
Tuesday, Jun 18, 12:49 pm
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Authorities said an 8-year-old boy is dead after a car crash in Scottsdale. Scottsdale police said the child died Monday after the minivan he was riding in slammed into... Read more...
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