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Extreme Arizona wildfire burns 5000 acres in just 7 hours

By Henry Austin, NBC News contributor Hundreds of people were evacuated in Arizona on Tuesday after a wind-whipped wildfire spread across 5,000 acres in just seven hours.More than 300 firefighters, along with multiple helicopters and aircraft, moved in to tackle the "extreme" blaze which started in "remote, rugged terrain" on the east side of Granite Mountain near Prescott, ...
Arizona Gov. Brewer secures Medicaid expansion

PHOENIX (AP) -- Ending a six-month legislative session, Arizona lawmakers endorsed a key element of President Barack Obama's health care law in a huge political victory for Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, after a lengthy fight over Medicaid expansion that divided the state's Republican ...
Video Arizona wildfire scorches 8 square miles

A wildfire that began Tuesday has scorched nearly eight square miles in Northern Arizona. The fire was within 400 yards of some homes by Tuesday ...
Authorities name casualties in Colorado fire

A Colorado sheriff said firefighters "are getting the upper hand" on the most destructive wildfire in state history Saturday, an announcement that came as authorities gained a clearer picture of the grim landscape the blaze has left ...
Mistreatment trial focuses on Phoenix residents final days

Whether Phoenix resident Gail Louise Olson manipulated an elderly man out of more than $110,000 or received the gifts legitimately as lavish tokens of their friendship will be decided during a trial that started Tuesday in Jackson County Circuit ...

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The fact that the title of Quentin Tarantinos revisionist World War II fantasy Inglourious Basterds is purposefully misspelled--for reasons that we can imagine reside solely in Tarantinos overstuffed imagination--is perhaps best understood as a subtle hint that th ... ...

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Arizona voting law loses

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned an Arizona law that superimposed citizenship proof on the state's voters as a condition of exercising the ...
Tim Steller 2 carpetbaggers hang their hats in Tucson

Embrace the carpetbaggers. That's the message sent last night by the boards of Tucson's two biggest school districts, both of whom made new commitments to superintendents.The Tucson Unified School District board approved hiring H.T. Sanchez by a 4-1 vote.The Sunnyside Unified School District board approved extending Superintendent Manuel Isquierdo's contract by two years, through ...
51s fall in series opener at Tucson

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 10:22 p.m. The Las Vegas 51s were defeated 5-2 Tuesday at the Tucson Padres in the first game of a four-game road series. Tucson scored three runs in the seventh inning to break a 2-all tie and take the lead for good. Zach Lutz doubled and scored on an RBI single from Juan Centeno in the second inning for the first Las Vegas run. In the sixth, Ike Davis singled home ...
Report of gun at Tempe theater prompts evacuation

Police spokesman Michael Pooley says authorities received a call Tuesday night from a woman at the mall saying there was a man in the back of a theater pointing a gun at ...
MLB Arizona 3 Miami 2

Paul Goldschmidt homered in the bottom of the ninth Tuesday to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-2 win over the Miami Marlins. Goldschmidt sent the second pitch ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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US top court rules voters don't need citizenship proof

Siding with the Obama administration, the US Supreme Court Monday tossed out a provision in a Arizona state law requiring proof of citizenship for registration as a voter.

With a 7-2 majority, the apex court ruled that the state's voter-approved law interfered with federal law designed to make voter registration easier.

Opponents of the law saw it as an attack on vulnerable voter groups such as minorities, immigrants and the elderly, while the state called the provision a "sensible precaution" to prevent voter fraud.

Civil rights group countered that it added an unconstitutional and burdensome layer of paperwork for tens of thousands of citizens.

The Obama Justice Department opposed the Arizona law, which went beyond what other states have done to ensure integrity in the registration system.

The case focuses on Arizona but the decision would have wider implications as four other states - Alabama, Georgia, Kansas and Tennessee - have similar requirements, and 12 other states are contemplating such legislation.

A single judge of the apex court a year ago blocked the Arizona law from being enforced, while the full court decided internally whether to accept pending appeals for review. ...