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  Couple arrested in death of Pinal County child

  Posted 6:11 AM 6/19/2013 by Associated Press

  PHOENIX (AP) - Pinal County authorities say a YMCA swim coach and her live-in boyfriend are in custody on suspicion of child abuse. County sheriff's office homicide detective arrested 28-year-old Amberlee Query and 24-year-old James Sunderland were arrested at Phoenix Sky Harbor (More)

  
  

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  Report of gun at Tempe theater prompts evacuation

  Posted 6:10 AM 6/19/2013 by Associated Press

  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Tempe police say a report of a gunman at a movie theater at Arizona Mills Mall has prompted an evacuation. Police spokesman Michael Pooley says authorities received a call Tuesday night from a woman at the mall saying there was a man in the back of a theater (More)

  
  

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  Appeal planned on Ariz. immigrant license policy

  Posted 3:16 AM 6/19/2013 by Associated Press

  PHOENIX (AP) - Immigrant rights advocates plan to appeal a court ruling that declined to halt Gov. Jan Brewer's order denying driver's licenses for young immigrants who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under an Obama administration policy.The plans for an appeal were (More)

  
  

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  RICO funds help fund Southern Arizona law enforcement agencies

  

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  Posted 11:15 PM 6/18/2013 by Lupita Murillo

  TUCSON - Fighting crime is not cheap. In these challenging economic times, it can be difficult. That's why RICO funds or forfeited racketeering money comes in handy.

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  Astrodome, JFK terminal, Ft. Huachuca club endangered

  

  Posted 9:55 PM 6/18/2013 by Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places. On Wednesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is releasing (More)

  
  

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  Wildfire burning near Prescott grows to 5,000 acres

  Posted 8:40 PM 6/18/2013 by Robby Messer

  PRESCOTT - A wildfire that started near Prescott Tuesday, has blown up into a massive blaze that has forced hundreds of people from their homes.

  The Doce Fire is burning northwest of Prescott near Granite Mountain recreation.Fire crews say so far it has burned at least 5,000 acres. (More)

  
  

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  Cocaine ring suspects arraigned Tuesday

  

  Posted 6:16 PM 6/18/2013 by Rebecca Taylor

  UPDATE: The suspects charged with trafficking cocaine were arraigned Tuesday. All defendants plead guilty, except for a few who were granted a continuence. 

  SIERRA VISTA - Nineteen people are under arrest, all linked to a cocaine trafficking ring based in Cochise County.

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  5 things to know for Monsoon 2013

  

  Posted 2:34 PM 6/18/2013 by Nikai Salcido

  Monsoon season has started and Arizonans can now expect pelting rains, high winds, and danergous lightning strikes . APS wants to help you prepare.

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  Prescott 'Doce' fire at 2,000 acres

  

  Posted 1:58 PM 6/18/2013 by Robby Messer

  PRESCOTT, AZ - A wind-whipped wildfire has grown to more than 600 acres in northern Arizona and forced the evacuation of at least 10 homes west of Prescott. But Yavapai County officials say the so-called Doce fire is burning away from populated area and there's no immediate threat to (More)

  
  

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  Fox News sued over airing suicide of chase suspect in Phoenix

  Posted 1:53 PM 6/18/2013 by Associated Press

  PHOENIX (AP) - A woman has sued Fox News Network for airing live footage last fall of a suspect in a police chase committing suicide in the Arizona desert and not using a time delay that would have prevented the death from being broadcast on national television. The lawsuit alleges (More)