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  • Court rules against tough sheriff

    A US court in Maricopa County, Arizona has found that high-profile sheriff Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino men and women in his attempt to stop illegal immigration. Judge Murray Snow ruled that Arpaio's office would have to stop using race or Latino ancestry as a factor in stopping vehicles carrying Latino occupants. Arpaio had been sued by several Hispanic drivers ...

  • Owner charges fee for Canyon Skywalk

    MEADVIEW, AZ - On one of the busiest holiday weekends of the year, some travelers looking to get to the Grand Canyon's glass-bottom Skywalk will have to pay an extra fee to cross through a private ranch. Land owner Nigel Turner tells The Associated Press it's his right as a property owner to charge what he calls an admission fee for visitors to cross a portion of the 168-square-mile ...

  • Texas flooding 1 dead another...

    Flooding left one person dead and another missing in San Antonio, Texas, authorities said Saturday. A woman was swept from her vehicle, fire department spokesman Christian Bove told CNN. Her body was found along a creek, he said. Bove said the department has been involved in at least 100 rescues since the flooding started. "Our phone hasn't stopped ringing from early this ...

  • Officer Raetz remembered at funeral

    PHOENIX - Phoenix police officers, family and friends gathered Saturday morning to remember an officer who was killed last weekend while on duty. Officer Daryl Raetz was conducting a DUI stop last Sunday when another vehicle struck him at about 3:30 a.m. and then fled. He was taken to a hospital where he later died. The 29-year-old Raetz was an Iraq war veteran and had been a Phoenix officer for ...

  • Dispute simmers over road to Grand Canyon Skywalk

    MEADVIEW, Ariz. (AP) -- On one of the busiest holiday weekends of the year, some travelers looking to get to the Grand Canyon's glass-bottom Skywalk will have to pay an extra fee to cross through a private ...


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Night on Earth [DVD]

Night on Earth [DVD]

Jim Jarmusch's idiosyncratic humor and insightful, but subtle observations of human life were given their first jolt of star power in his international coproduction Night on Earth, an ambitious five-part anthology film that travels along with five different cab drivers in five ... ...

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  • Quick long-term fixes in works for Wash. bridge

    In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, a rescue boat approaches the scene where a pickup truck and a car fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridgeThursday, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, ...

  • Crash closes I-17Black Canyon City

    PHOENIX - Interstate 17 Southbound near Black Canyon City remains closed after two serious collisions force heavy backups. Garin Groff of Arizona Department of Transportation said drivers should expect long delays after two "serious" crashes force the closure of Interstate 17 just north of Black Canyon City. ADOT tweeted that the northbound lanes reopened shortly after 11 a.m., however ...

  • Thousands run last mile in Boston race

    BOSTON - Rosy Spraker was only a half-mile from the finish line of her seventh Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. She received her medal later in the mail at her Lorton, Va., home. But she couldn't bring herself to wear it until Saturday, when she and thousands of other athletes joined victims of the blast to run and walk the last mile of the race. "Now I feel like I've ...

  • One dead one critically injured in Mesa County car accident

    One man is dead and another is in critical condition after a one-car accident in Mesa County on Saturday morning.Around 12a.m., the men went off-road and collided with a number of fixed objects after driving through the intersection of 17 ¼ Road and K ¾ Road in Fruita, according to a news release.Both men were ejected from the car before it came to a rest and caught fire. The man ...

  • Phoenix officer remembered for his dedication

    PHOENIX (AP) -- Phoenix police officers, family and friends are gathering Saturday to remember an officer who was killed last weekend while on ...

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