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Associated Press - August 21, 2008 6:34 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A judge's ruling could mean at least two high-profile initiatives stay off the Arizona ballot.

Associated Press - August 21, 2008 6:33 PM ET ELDORADO, Texas (AP) - A Texas grand jury has issued three new indictments against members of a polygamist sect whose ranch was raided in...

Associated Press - August 21, 2008 6:24 PM ET ELDORADO, Texas (AP) - A West Texas grand jury has issued three new indictments against members of a polygamist sect whose ranch was raided in...

Associated Press - August 21, 2008 6:24 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Prosecutors reviewing the death of a New York City woman who died in police custody at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport last...

Associated Press - August 21, 2008 6:13 PM ET TYLER, Texas (AP) - A Texas jury has sentenced a 41-year-old auto body shop worker to life in prison after convicting him of grooming children as...

PHOENIX — A judge's ruling could mean at least two high-profile initiatives stay off the Arizona ballot.

PHOENIX — Prosecutors reviewing the death of a New York City woman who died in police custody at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport last year have cleared the officers involved of any criminal wrongdoing.

PHOENIX — It may be four weeks until tourists can return to stare at towering waterfalls cascading into blue-green pools near an American Indian village in a canyon west of Grand Canyon National Park headquarters.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that a California man's right to a fair trial was violated when he was convicted and sentenced to death for a 1979 double murder.

Interstate 10 will be closed in both directions from 29th Street to Prince Road from 10 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Monday.

About 26 businesses will be part of Oro Valley Marketplace when it opens in mid-October.

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Martha Belle Crawford celebrated a huge milestone Monday when she turned 103.

Tom Ford didn't flinch as he watched smoke billow from his Northwest Side home Tuesday morning.

Get ready, high school football is about to begin.

Mark Stoops isn't worried about his no-name defense. Here's why.

When is a river navigable? Well, according to the federal government, anytime it says it is. So, even though boats don't float down the Santa Cruz, it's still considered navigable. But for a number of very important reasons.

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A look inside the Strength and Conditioning Center as the Wildcats train during the preseason.

“All politicians are non-productive. The only commodity any politician has to offer is jawbone. His personal integrity — meaning, if he gives his word, can you rely on it?

During a trip to Sedona, I visited several vortexes because of the professed human energy alignment enhancements they offered, and as one of millions living with an annoying hearing issue called tinnitus. Traditional Western medicine doesn’t offer a cure, so I figured it was worth a try.

The Explorer invited Republican Pima County Supervisor District 1 candidates Ann Day and Joe Higgins to submit 450 words about their candidacies. Copy appears as submitted. One of the two advances to the general election ballot on Nov. 2. There is no Democrat on the primary election ballot.

“In politics, there are no right answers, only a continuing series of compromises between groups resulting in a changing, cloudy and ambiguous series of public decisions, where appetite and ambition compete openly with knowledge and wisdom. That’s politics.”

Pima Community College’s Northwest Campus is offering faster options to complete an associate’s degree, a release said. The accelerated degree options are “ideal for busy working adults to complete a degree for transfer to a university in two years,” it said.

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A state-high number of Dems battle in the LD29 House primary

As renewable-energy goals approach, utilities and local authorities wait on Congress to act

A Scottsdale woman was arrested on Tuesday night after police said she admitted to pushing a 6-year-old boy at Tempe Marketplace.

A Gilbert woman was arrested on Tuesday night after police said she yelled and cursed at a children's football game and then attacked officers there and at Tempe Jail.

The Phoenix police officers involved in the arrest of an out-of-control passenger at Sky Harbor airport who later died in custody did not break any laws and will not be prosecuted, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said Thursday.

A Mesa marine was laid to rest on Wednesday. Juan Lopez-Castaneda was killed last week in Afghanistan.

A Department of Public safety officer found 225 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop east of Tucson on Monday night, the department reported Thursday.

Like a black swan, two-story manufactured homes were more a fable in Flagstaff than a reality. A handful exist in west Flagstaff, but they are the exception to the rule.

A Flagstaff photographer known for his work with the Mongolia relief effort has pleaded guilty to charges of attempted child molestation and attempted sexual conduct with a minor.

Crews from the Coconino National Forest and Flagstaff, Summit, Highland and Pinewood fire departments are creating a fuel break around the neighborhoods at the southwest corner of Townsend-Winona Road and Cosnino Road.

Assault with shotgun A Pinon man has been federally charged in connection with an Aug. 4 shooting involving a sawed-off shotgun.

Custodial workers take their lunch break at NAU's new Aspen Crossing residence hall, which will house first-year students. University officials expect a third straight, record-breaking class of freshmen to start classes Monday. Today, many of those first-year students will begin moving in to campus housing. NAU Residence Life reports several hundred students are on a waiting list for on-campus ...

PHOENIX -- A judge threw out efforts by backers of a statewide transit tax to get the measure on the ballot, ruling they waited too long.

A 37-year-old man collapsed and died in his car Wednesday night in Mesa during a traffic stop.

Chandler police Sgt. Tom Lovejoy, acquitted last week of animal cruelty in the death of his police dog, has hired a high-powered Phoenix attorney to consider suing the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office because of his arrest.

A 2-year-old boy found at the deep end of a family pool in the 3100 block of East Brookwood Court died Thursday afternoon.

A three-week postponement was granted Thursday, Aug. 21, for the start of the trial of Monsignor Dale Fushek, former pastor of St. Timothy’s Catholic Community in Mesa, who is charged with seven misdemeanor sex crimes.

PHOENIX -- A baby was found left alone inside a car near Camelback Road and 20th Street just after 10 a.m. Thursday.

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CHINO VALLEY -- Ranchers in Chino Valley dug trenches Wednesday afternoon to bury dozens of dead cows.

CHANDLER -- A Chandler mother and her six children are homeless after flames ripped through their trailer home early Wednesday morning.

SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. -- Two people died in a plane crash after taking off from the Springerville Municipal Airport Wednesday morning.