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  • On Deck Padres visit Arizona

    The Padres were 7-2 at Chase Field last season, their best record ever at what had been a house of horrors. Going into 2012, the Padres had an all-time record of 38-83 at the Diamondbacks downtown Phoenix home. Arizona opens the weekend in a dead heat with San Francisco and Colorado for the National League West lead. The Padres won two of the first three games played against Arizona May 3-5 at ...

  • Woman accused of contaminating daughters IV tubes

    TUCSON, Ariz. -; A prosecutor says a woman on trial in Tucson contaminated her hospitalized infant daughter's intravenous lines in an attempt to get attention from the girl's ...

  • Arizona 20-week Abortion Ban Struck Down

    A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. "Viability" of a fetus is generally considered to start at 24 weeks. ...

  • Snapple co-founder dies at age 80

    Leonard Marsh -- the co-founder of the Snapple beverage brand -- has died at age 80. Snapple was founded in New York as Unadulterated Food Products in 1972, selling natural fruit juices to health food stores. Marsh started the business with his brother-in-law Hyman Golden and his childhood friend Arnold Greenberg. The now well-known brand name didn't appear until 1980. Marsh was a window ...

  • Teen pleads not guilty to bomb charge

    in his family's home has pleaded not guilty. Joshua Prater entered the plea Thursday to a charge of misconduct involving weapons. He was arraigned in Maricopa County Superior Court. Police have said a cleaning woman found the device inside the home and took it to a fire station. Firefighters notified police, and the bomb squad responded and disabled the ...


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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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  • AZ man gets 340 years for sex crimes

    FLAGSTAFF, AZ - A 45-year-old Flagstaff man faces 340 years in prison after being sentenced in a child-sex case that included voyeurism, surreptitious videotaping and extensive downloading of child pornography. David Greenberg was sentenced Wednesday in Coconino County Superior Court to 17 years in prison on each of 20 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. State law requires that the terms ...

  • How to avoid causing a roadside fire

    Fire Weather Warning issued May 23 at 10:15AM MST expiring May 23 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: Mohave… Fire Weather Warning issued May 23 at 4:43AM MST expiring May 23 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: Graham; ...

  • Prescott students accused of hacking on grades

    Police say three 16-year-old boys who are juniors at Prescott High face juvenile proceedings on charges of tampering with public records and computer ...

  • Day-care operator gets prison term in tax case

    KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) -- A Kingman day-care operator has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $318,000 of restitution after pleading guilty to a federal tax ...

  • Arizona jury resumes weighing death penalty in Arias murder case

    Jodi Arias addresses the jury during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 21, ...

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