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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 ...

  • Blind boy inspires others to swim

    SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Swimming comes easier than walking for 21-month-old Colton Meyer. It's a sport Colton's mom Simona Hecker never imagined he'd become comfortable with because of a developmental disorder he was born with. "When Colton was born we automatically knew something was wrong with his eyes. He was diagnosed with microphthalmia, leaving him pretty much blind," ...

  • New Yorks Hot Dog Hooker arrested

    New York's infamous "Hot Dog Hooker" allegedly tried to serve up the full works to one customer, but she didn't know the customer was an undercover detective and is now facing a prostitution case, police said. Catherina G. Scalia, 47, of East Rockaway, New York, was arrested after she responded to a call to go a hotel on Long Island, police said. She even drove her hot dog ...

  • Fatal crash causes delays along I-17

    BLACK CANYON CITY, Ariz. (AP) -- A portion of Interstate 17 is closed due to a fatal collision, prompting Arizona transportation officials to warn holiday travelers of ...

  • 3 more arrested in London attack

    A man thought to be a serving British soldier was killed by two armed men in a frenzied attack on a London street Wednesday, in what the government is treating as a suspected act of ...


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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan [Blu-Ray]

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  • 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 ...

  • 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, ...

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