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  • Mohave board bars employees from lying to board

    The Mohave County Board of Supervisors is making it a crime for a county employee to knowingly lie to the board about an agenda item during an official meeting of the board.Supervisor Steven Moss said his proposal is intended to ensure that the board gets good information. It was approved on a 3-2 vote Monday.Supervisor Joy Brotherton opposed Moss' proposal, saying any crime for lying to ...

  • Volunteers work amid devastation in OK

    MOORE, OK - In this tornado-shattered city, where surreal sights of devastation abound, another unusual scene unfolded midmorning Wednesday as a procession of as many as 2,000 volunteers filed down a street toward the Moore Cemetery, a 20-acre resting ground that accommodates the city's earliest leaders and soon will receive some of its recent storm victims. Toting rakes like soldiers ...

  • Arrest made in Ash Fork teens death

    WILLIAMS, AZ - Authorities in northern Arizona say a Williams man is in custody in connection with the fatal shooting of an Ash Fork teenager. Coconino County Sheriff's officials say 53-year-old John A. Willis was taken into custody Tuesday. He's being held on suspicion of premeditated first-degree murder, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and unlawfully having a firearm. ...

  • PD Man walking in road hit and killed

    TOLLESON, AZ - A man was hit and killed in Tolleson early Tuesday morning while walking in the road. Ralph Albert, 59, was killed when he was struck by two vehicles while reportedly walking in the eastbound lane of Buckeye Road near 107th Avenue. Officials said speed and impairment are not suspected factors in the crash. Both drivers stayed on the scene after calling for help. The Maricopa ...

  • AG Holder Drones killed 4 Americans since 2009

    Attorney General Eric Holder says four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009. The attorney general said that in conducting U.S. counterterrorism operations against al Qaeda and its associated forces, the government has targeted and killed one American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki. Awlaki, a senior al Qaeda operative, has been connected to the 2009 Christmas Day ...


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Cría cuervos [DVD]

Cría cuervos [DVD]

Set during the Franco regime and shot while the fascist general was on his deathbed, Carlos Saura's Cra cuervos is a dream-like evocation of the shifting lines between fantasy and reality, living and dying, past and present. It has many similarities to Ingmar Bergman's Cries a ... ...

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  • Twitter Adds Optional Additional Security Measure To Logins

    SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users’ accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins. Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that users will be able to enroll in a login verification program. For those who sign up, Twitter will send a six-digit code using a text message each time they sign in to Twitter.com. Besides their username and ...

  • Solar plane departs Phoenix on 2nd leg of US trip heads to Dallas

    PHOENIX (AP) - A solar-powered plane is flying from Arizona to Texas on the second leg of a trip across the United States. The Solar Impulse is making the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across the U.S. The plane took off from Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport at 4:47 a.m. MST Wednesday and is scheduled to arrive in Dallas ...

  • Ariz. AG is OK with new Bisbee civil union measure

    The city of Bisbee is moving forward with a new version of a proposed local law allowing civil unions, and a spokeswoman for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne says Horne won't sue to try to block it.The Bisbee City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday night to formally propose a scaled-back version of the ordinance. That sets the stage for a June 4 vote by the council on whether to approve the ...

  • Auction begins for former presidential jet

    An auction for an airplane that was once part of the presidential fleet is underway.The U.S. General Services Administration says the blue-and-white DC-9 was part of the Air Force Two fleet and at one point may have served as Air Force One, a plane used by the president.The plane is currently being stored at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. Federal officials say serious buyers can schedule ...

  • Service for Phoenix officer to be held Saturday

    A Phoenix police officer killed in a hit-and-run accident Sunday will be buried Saturday following a funeral service the same day.The department says the service for Officer Daryl Raetz will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at Christ's Church of the Valley in Peoria.Immediately following the service, Raetz will be interred at Phoenix Memorial Park.Raetz was fatally injured when struck by a ...

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