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Tornado spotted near Denver airport terminal

This photo provided by Mark Sarlo shows damage to a gas station after severe weather passed through the area on Monday, June 17, 2013 in La Junta, Colo. National Weather Service spokeswoman Nezette Rydell said the tornado knocked down power poles in an industrial park near La Junta on Monday, but no injuries have been reported. More storms are expected on Tuesday. La Junta Fire Chief Aaron ...
Wildfire forcing evacuations near Prescott

A wind-whipped wildfire in northern Arizona is forcing the evacuations of some homeowners west of Prescott.Yavapai County authorities say the fire began about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday near the Doce Pit about eight miles northwest of Prescott.Winds gusting to 22 mph pushed the flames across a state highway and the fire was at 20 acres by early Tuesday afternoon.That triggered mandatory evacuations for ...
Police search for missing 19-year-old Tempe woman

Police have searched the bottom of a lake for a Tempe woman missing since last weekend, but there's still no sign of the community college student.Adrienne Salinas, 19, was last seen by her roommates at 3 a.m. Saturday when she left her apartment to drive to her boyfriend's home in Scottsdale, authorities said.Salinas, who attends Gateway Community College, sent a text message to her ...
Heimlich rescues choking Texas congressman

PHOENIX (AP) -- A Texas congressman who was choking on a piece of popcorn is thanking a fellow Republican from Arizona and a House staffer who is also a doctor for stepping in to ...
Watch Arizona Police Search Lake for Missing College Student

Search under way in Arizona for a nineteen year old woman missing after a night out drinking Adrian Salinas was headed to her boyfriend's house and -- -- but never made it. Her car was blown out ...

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3:10 to Yuma [2007]

In 3:10 to Yuma, Russell Crowe plays Ben Wade, the Old West version of the contemporary celebrity: charismatic, famous, and rotten to the core. Or is he? That is the central question around which this remake of the 1957 classic revolves, constantly teasing us with the question of w ... ...

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Supreme Court blocks Arizona law requiring voters to prove citizenship

may not require documentary proof of citizenship from people seeking to vote in federal elections, reported the New York Times. According to the Times, the decision affirms the "dominant role of the national government in regulating immigration and voting." Federal law, according to the ...
Man robs Peoria Safeway of oxycodone

PHOENIX - Police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who robbed a Safeway pharmacy Wednesday in Peoria. Just before 1 p.m. Wednesday, a man in his mid-20s robbed the Safeway at 83rd Avenue and Cactus Road, asking for all its oxycodone, according to Peoria police spokeswoman Amanda Jacinto. The suspect, wearing a disposable face mask, approached the pharmacy and told the ...
NOW Prescott fire prompts evacuations

Fire Weather Warning issued June 18 at 9:56AM MST expiring June 19 at 7:00PM MST in effect for: Apache; Coconino; Navajo; Yavapai… Fire Weather Warning issued June 18 at 5:02AM MST expiring June 18 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: ...
Kansas Democrat asks if SCOTUS ruling on Arizona law applies in Kansas

A Kansas City man supported a nascent plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday at a Washington D.C. hearing. Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce said federal investigators used secret surveillance warrants to identify Khalid Ouazzani, who is awaiting sentencing in Missouri on terrorism-related charges, as part of the ...
3 children sue over AZ suicide on TV

PHOENIX - A Phoenix lawsuit was filed earlier this month by the three minor children of a man whose suicide was broadcast by Fox News Channel last year. The children, ages 9, 13 and 15, claim the footage of their father's suicide has caused them to suffer emotional ...

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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. ...