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  • Brewer bill signing halt stays after vote

    Gov. Jan Brewer is refusing to begin signing bills passed by the Legislature again even though the Arizona Senate has passed a budget that includes the Medicaid expansion she's demanding in return for her signature, her spokesman said.The state House of Representatives still needs to act and until that happens, the veto threat the governor put in place two weeks ago stays in place, Brewer ...

  • Court undecided on Glendale casino

    PHOENIX - A federal appeals court says a key legal issue remains unresolved regarding whether a southern Arizona tribe was rightfully awarded reservation status for its planned casino site in the Phoenix area. The U.S. Interior Department must consider anew whether a federal law on land acquisitions by the Tohono O'odham Nation prohibits adding its planned casino site to the tribe's ...

  • Teen found dead in Coconino County

    PHOENIX - Coconino County sheriff's deputies are investigating the murder of a teenaged boy found Friday east of Ash Fork. The sheriff's office got a call about a body on the north side of Interstate 40 just east of Ash Fork, according to a report. A gas company employee pulled off the highway on a side road and discovered the boy's body on the ground in the turnaround area, ...

  • Man wanted in murder case arrested in AZ

    Federal authorities say a California man wanted in an Alabama murder case has been arrested near the southern Arizona border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday that 50-year-old Jose Manuel Martinez was taken into custody and turned over to San Luis police. They say Martinez is from Delano, Calif. CBP officers arrested Martinez on Friday after a records check showed that he ...

  • PHX school uses music to reach students

    PHOENIX - A local high school has found a way to help some of their at-risk students through the power of music. Students at the Arizona Collegiate High School, some with problems ranging from attendance issues to being on probation, are using music to improve their lives. Photojournalist Chencho Flores went to a recent recital and brings us their ...


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War Horse [Blu-Ray]

War Horse [Blu-Ray]

Set against the backdrop of World War I, Steven Spielbergs War Horse is an ambitious, anthological portrait of both the devastation of war and the potential for human decency seen through the eyes of a horse. It is unabashedly romantic in the way it uses the horse, who is named Joey, a ... ...

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  • PCSO Car hits Valley school bus

    SAN TAN VALLEY - A woman had to be extricated from her vehicle Monday after her SUV hit a school bus with 47 kids on board. According to Pinal County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Tammy Ingersoll, the accident happened around 4:10 p.m. near Quail Run and Belle Vista in San Tan Valley. Ingersoll said the school bus was carrying 4th, 5th and 6th graders from Magma Ranch K-8 school. Officials ...

  • VIDEO Funnel touches down in OK

    OKLAHOMA CITY - A massive tornado tore through parts of Oklahoma Monday, leveling neighborhoods and leaving young children trapped inside their schools. Video footage from Moore, Okla. and Oklahoma City showed the funnel reaching the ground and later growing to a width of about one ...

  • Tempe PD names man killed by train

    fatally struck by a train in Tempe. Tempe police say 27-year-old Shane Tsosie was the man killed when he was struck by a southbound Union Pacific train about 7:40 a.m. Sunday. Police say Tsosie was on the tracks near 10th and 11th streets when he was struck. It wasn't immediately clear Monday if Tsosie was a Tempe resident. The train conductor reported the collision to the police. Police ...

  • $1M in marijuana seized at border

    NOGALES, AZ - A 44-year-old man was arrested Friday for allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana into the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Mariposa Commercial Facility used an x-ray scanner to discover the drugs, which were concealed in a shipment of 1,000 bags of charcoal. The marijuana was valued at just more than $1 million, ...

  • Border patrol seizes $1M in drugs

    YUMA, AZ - Border patrol agents in Yuma seized more than $1 million worth of cocaine and methamphetamine at a checkpoint Friday. Agents reportedly stopped a man driving a Chevy Silverado at the Highway 95 checkpoint. During a search of the vehicle, agents discovered the drugs hidden in the gas tank. A total of 42 pounds of methamphetamine and 2.2 pounds of cocaine were seized. The drugs were ...

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