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  • Arias trial wraps for day after series of motions

    Defense attorneys for Jodi Arias asked the judge to remove them from the case and declare a mistrial Monday, arguing the frenzy surrounding the case has created a modern-day witch hunt.The judge denied both motions, and Arias planned to take the stand Tuesday. Jurors will find out then if she tells them the same thing she told a local reporter: She'd rather be executed than spend her life ...

  • Inmate found dead at Mohave County jail identified

    An inmate found dead in a Mohave County jail has been identified as a 28-year-Bullhead City man.Mohave County sheriff's spokeswoman Trish Carter says Gilberto Alvarado Avila Jr. died Saturday after being discovered being unresponsive in the jail's medical unit.Avila was later pronounced dead.According to Carter, Avila was initially taken into custody by Bullhead City police and booked ...

  • Agree Obama approval rating still high

    A new poll shows that President Barack Obama's approval rating hasn't suffered as a result of three recent controversies. The CNN/ORC International survey, released Sunday, showed that 53 percent of respondents approve of the job Obama is doing. In April, the same poll put his approval rating at 51 percent. That gain is within the poll's sampling error, so it doesn't ...

  • Football player Daryl Washington pleads not guilty

    PHOENIX -; Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of assaulting his ex-girlfriend, who authorities have said is the mother of his baby ...

  • Gitmo shuts down wifi over threats

    MIAMI - The U.S. military has shut down wireless internet service at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba because of online hacking threats. A spokesman for the Guantanamo Bay prison says that officials have also blocked access to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter through military computer networks because of the threat. Army Lt. Col. Samuel House says the precautions were taken ...


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William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

In saying, "Lord, what fools these mortals be," Puck (Stanley Tucci), the engagingly meddlesome sprite in "William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream," effectively summarizes that play's theme, as well as the major theme in just about all of Shakespeare's best work. Whether it be "Hamlet" or "Macbeth" or "Romeo and Juliet," somehow Shakespeare always pointed out how foolish people are. ... ...

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  • Father No idea why daughter killed

    NORTH HIGHLANDS,CA - A devastated father says he has no idea why gunmen targeted his Northern California home over the weekend, killing his 10-year-old daughter as she watched TV. Ernesto Campo returned to the family's home Monday with his brother to collect personal items. Family members are staying with relatives to avoid the home riddled with bullets and stained with blood. Campo and his ...

  • Suspect in PHX PD death in custody

    has been arrested, according to court paperwork obtained by ABC15's Christopher Sign. While Jesus Cabrera Molina has not yet been charged in the death of Officer Daryl Raetz, he is in custody on separate drug charges, the paperwork shows. Molina was arrested around 1:15 p.m. Sunday during a traffic stop near Thompson Ranch Road and Grand Avenue in Surprise. The records show Molina was ...

  • Arias lawyers ask to withdraw AGAIN

    PHOENIX - The penalty phase of the Jodi Arias murder trial wrapped up for the day Monday after a series of legal arguments in which her defense lawyers asked for a mistrial and to withdraw from the case. The trial is scheduled to continue Tuesday with Arias speaking to the jury. The judge denied the defense's request for a mistrial based on a key witness receiving death threats. In protest ...

  • Kingman man found incompetent to stand trial

    A Mohave County judge has ruled that a 31-year-old Kingman man is incompetent to stand trial in the killing of his father in 2008 and will be treated at a mental health facility.Shawn Guerrero was sent to the Arizona State Hospital in 2009 before being ruled competent to stand trial in the shooting death of 59-year-old John Guerrero.However, the younger Guerrero was sent to a Pima County ...

  • Phoenix mayor eyes more spending on bike projects

    Phoenix would spend $1.5 million of its state transportation funding on making the city more bicycle friendly if Mayor Greg Stanton gets his way.Stanton is proposing that the money be used to add more bike lanes, launch a bike-share program and prepare a citywide bicycle plan.The Arizona Republic ...

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