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  • Realization of loss sets in for OK

    MOORE, OK - Sun was hard to come by in Moore, Oklahoma, Tuesday. The sky still looked menacing, dark and foggy. Mist turned to rain. Lightning struck. From the air, this suburb outside Oklahoma City looked like flattened cardboard. On the ground, homes were messes of splinters. Cars, thrown like toys, sat in ridiculous places. Hunks of steel hung in trees -- the trees that were left. Most were ...

  • AZ families fear for loved ones in OK

    Realization of loss sets in for OK Kids screamed for their parents and parents hollered their children's names, walking and searching in panic in the parking lot of Briarwood Elementary in Moore, Oklahoma, ...

  • Phoenix firefighter dies in motor vehicle accident at fire scene

    Fire fighting is known a dangerous job. After all, firefighters' jobs involve quickly moving to the scene of fires and other emergencies, places that are too dangerous for other people to be. The dangers extend beyond fires, however. Motor vehicle accidents can also claim firefighters' lives. Recently, a firefighter was involved in ...

  • Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris evacuated after suicide inside

    Police evacuated Paris' Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday after a well-known far-right former activist died by shooting himself in the mouth in front of its main altar, a police source said.The man, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, is a historian known in France for his far-right political essays. He carried a letter on his person but made no declaration before shooting himself dead in the ...

  • Standoff at Phoenix home following Amber Alert

    PHOENIX (AP) -- Phoenix police have surrounded a home where they say an armed man inside is the father of a 3-year-old boy whose abduction was the subject of an Amber ...


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True Grit (2010) [Blu-Ray]

True Grit (2010) [Blu-Ray]

One of the primary pleasures of Joel and Ethan Coens career over the past three decades is not confined to the individual films themselves (although more than half of them stand as some of the best American cinema of their era), but in their relation to each other. Never content to repea ... ...

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  • May 21 Today in Arizona history

    1931: Border patrolmen discover the skeleton of a 25,000-year-old mammoth near Hereford.1937: Amelia Earhart lands in Tucson, the first stop on her fateful journey across the globe. Her plane is lost en route to Howland Island in July 1937, then she is declared legally dead on Jan. 5, 1939, after an extensive search of the area between Lae, New Guinea, and Howland Island in the South ...

  • Man stuck by 2 vehicles in Tolleson

    TOLLESON, AZ - A pedestrian has died after being struck by two vehicles in Tolleson. Joaquin Enriquez with MCSO said, around 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning two drivers were headed eastbound on Buckeye Road when they reported striking something in the roadway. Enriquez said both drivers did stop at the scene, and they noticed it was an adult male and called for help. If you are traveling in the ...

  • MCSO searching for Anthem woman

    ANTHEM, AZ - The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to find a missing Anthem woman. Deputy Joaquin Enriquez said Martha "Martie" Hayes was last seen at her residence near Anthem Way and Daisy Mountain Road around 6 p.m. on Monday night. According to Enriquez, Hayes has bipolar and has paranoid tendencies. MCSO says she was last seen wearing a ...

  • Police to release more than 300 photos from Tucson rampage aftermath

    TUCSON, Ariz. – Authorities are set to release more than 300 photos on Tuesday that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others. The Pima County Sheriff's Department says many photos show the parking lot of the shopping center where the shooting took place in January 2011. The ...

  • 930 AM | Will Arias plead for mercy

    PHOENIX - When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than spend the rest of her life in prison. After nearly five months of testimony in a case that has captured tabloid headlines with tales of sex, lies and violence, ...

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