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  • IRS replaces official in targeting case

    WASHINGTON - A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday that he has selected a new acting head of the division. Ken Corbin will be the acting ...

  • 390 kids drown in US pools each year

    An average of 390 children drown each year in the United States, most younger than 5, according to two new reports. "We are talking about 15 preschool classes lost in a pool or spa every year. This is a national health and safety problem that we must work to get fixed," said Inez Tenenbaum, chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The commission released the reports on ...

  • MCSO 15 entered country illegally

    PHOENIX - Maricopa County sheriff's detectives arrested 15 people Wednesday suspected of entering the country illegally and attempting to travel to Tennessee and North Carolina. Members of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office human smuggling unit arrested 15 people from Guatemala and Mexico that were reportedly smuggled into the country in a Dodge Caravan. An investigation revealed ...

  • GOP Ariz. rep. who supports Medicaid is threatened

    PHOENIX -; A Republican member of the Arizona House says she received an obscene and threatening voicemail at her office because she supports Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand ...

  • Officer firefighter procession routes

    PHOENIX - Officials have released the planned routes for the funeral processions of a Phoenix police officer and a firefighter who died last weekend. Phoenix firefighter Bradley Harper's funeral procession will begin Friday at 3 p.m. and travel from Christ's Church of the Valley at 7007 W. Happy Valley Road to Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery at 2300 W. Van Buren St. The procession will ...


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Movie Review

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Since I have long been of the opinion that Gladiator (2000) is one of the most overrated blockbusters in recent memory and probably the least deserving Best Picture Oscar winner of the last decade, I was not particularly enthused about the release of Robin Hood, which reteams ... ...

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  • GOP Medicaid supporter gets threat

    PHOENIX - A Republican member of the Arizona House says she received an obscene and threatening voicemail at her office because she supports Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand Medicaid. A visibly shaken Rep. Kate Brophy McGee of Phoenix urged fellow members Thursday to tell their constituents to be civil. She told them she should not be frightened to come to work. The message came after ...

  • Construction worker killed in partial collapse of Montgomery Mall parking garage

    (Sarah L. Voisin/ The Washington Post ) - The outside of Macy's is seen at Montgomery Mall after a parking structure collapsed on ...

  • Arizona tribe claims bank mismanaged investments

    FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- The Hopi Tribe of northern Arizona claims its investments were mishandled by a national banking institute, resulting in the loss of millions of ...

  • Fitch Rates Tucson AZ GOs AA Outlook to Negative

    general obligation bonds (GOs): --$20 million GO bonds, tax-exempt series 2012-A (2013); --$26.7 million GO refunding bonds, federally taxable/State ...

  • Solana and the $24 million it took to create a single job

    A new report criticizes how much money was spent to create "green" jobs. Solana Generating Station is about to come online, but according to a recent review, each permanent employee at the station cost about $24.1 million to create. Yes. You read that right. Providing my journalism math is correct. Im not guaranteeing that. The number comes from a review from the Institute for Energy ...

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