Brewer picks new Ariz. Homeland Security director

Published May 8, 2009 at 12:25 p.m.
PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer has selected a former FBI agent as the new director of the state Department of Homeland Security ...

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Feds ready to build new 'virtual fence' on border

Published May 8, 2009 at 12:25 p.m.
Federal officials plan to start construction within weeks on a new "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border that they expect to stretch across most of the nearly 2,000-mile frontier within five years ...

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Give food or your time to help Stamp Out Hunger

Published May 8, 2009 at 12:25 p.m.
Help Stamp Out Hunger by leaving a bag of nonperishible food by the mailbox Saturday ...

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Depression survivor worries about losing her independence

Published May 8, 2009 at 12:25 p.m.
She survived the Great Depression, the deaths of two husbands and breast cancer ...

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Church holds 10-mile walk/run to raise money for mobile health clinic

Published May 8, 2009 at 12:25 p.m.
A local church will hold a 10-mile walk/run Saturday to raise money for a mobile health clinic to serve the area's needy population ...

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Obama wants to end payments to states for jailing criminal illegal immigrants

Published May 8, 2009 at 12:25 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress quickly denounced an Obama administration plan to end federal payments to states and communities for jailing illegal immigrants ...

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NTSB: Flagstaff medical chopper crash was pilots' fault

Published May 8, 2009 at 12:25 p.m.
FLAGSTAFF — A federal probe into the midair collision of two medical helicopters near a northern Arizona hospital that killed seven people last year places the blame on both pilots ...

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Dupnik not apologizing for remarks on illegal immigration

Published May 8, 2009 at 12:25 p.m.
Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnik said he would not apologize for saying last week as many as 40 percent of Sunnyside Unified School District students are illegally in the United States and that much South Side crime is linked to illegal immigration ...

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Tucson lawmaker's idea worth $40 million for state

Published May 8, 2009 at 12:25 p.m.
Although almost all of this week's budget debate split along party lines (Republicans in favor, Democrats opposed), there was one island of tranquility where the warring parties put down their spears and united in a bipartisan rendition of "Kumbaya." ...

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Economic slump leads to 11% jump in Az Medicaid rolls

Published May 8, 2009 at 12:25 p.m.
PHOENIX - Enrollment in Arizona's Medicaid program is surging because of the recession, with costly implications for the already troubled state budget ...

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