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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 ...

  • Quick decisions ahead of OK tornado

    MOORE, OK - They say you should never make a big decision when you're emotional. But what if there's barely a moment to think and a life-or-death choice looming? In those last horrifying minutes before the EF5 tornado struck, there was no time for reflection or regret. Just questions needing answers, right now. Does a pregnant woman go to find her daughter, or protect the life growing ...

  • Yuma bros. arrested on sex drug charges

    YUMA - Federal authorities say two Yuma brothers wanted on sex and drug charges have been arrested in Mexico and are awaiting extradition to Arizona. U.S. Marshals Service officials say 49-year-old Martin Mayorquin and 34-year-old Christopher Mayorquin were taken into custody Friday after more than five years on the run. The brothers were working as street vendors in Algodones, Mexico. ...

  • Court bans detention practices by Ariz. sheriff against Latinos

    Joe Arpaio 's handling of people of Latino descent amounts to racial and ethnic profiling. Judge Murray Stone, ruling in suits filed by some of the profiled people, banned some of the sheriff's operation procedures, CNN reported Saturday. The court said many of Arpaio's practices violated Fourth Amendment guarantees against unreasonable search and seizure, and 14th Amendment ...

  • Joe Arpaio racially profied Latinos in Arizona judge rules

    US district judge Murray Snow also ruled Arpaio's deputies unreasonably prolonged the detentions of people who were pulled over. Photograph: Darren ...


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Night on Earth [DVD]

Night on Earth [DVD]

Jim Jarmusch's idiosyncratic humor and insightful, but subtle observations of human life were given their first jolt of star power in his international coproduction Night on Earth, an ambitious five-part anthology film that travels along with five different cab drivers in five ... ...

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  • May 25 Today in Arizona history

    1892: The Arizona Medical Association is organized in Phoenix. It is incorporated on June 16, 1950.1929: Yuma Mesa Grapefruit Co. announces it will erect a $25,000 packing house in Yuma and the Bomberger Seed Co. would construct a $10,000 warehouse and seed laboratory.Want to share an important event from Tucson's history? Email it ...

  • Jury foreman in Arizona case says life or death decision unfair

    MARION, Ill.oA Japan-based maker of auto components says its roughly $15 million planned expansion of a southern Illinois plant will add 80 ...

  • Green phoenix rises from the ashes as Japan shifts its focus

    The word "Fukushima" may be synonymous with nuclear meltdowns, ghost towns and contaminated rice fields. The north-east region of Japan, however, once famed for its green mountains and fresh vegetables, is in the midst of the most ambitious of rebranding projects: it is attempting to transform itself into a ...

  • Tough Arizona Sheriff Gets Judicial Reprimand

    In Arizona, a federal judge ruled against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department, saying it used racial profiling to enforce the state's tough immigration laws. Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Ted Robbins about the ...

  • UPHILL BATTLEArizona Sheriff to Appeal Racial Profiling Case Ruling

    Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will appeal a federal judge's ruling that his agency systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. Tim Casey, the lead attorney representing America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in the case, said an appeal of the finding that the agency ...

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