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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 ...
Author Of Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law Immigration Rally Shows The ‘Reason We Have The Second Amendment’

Over the weekend, a group of immigration reform supporters held a rally in front of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s home. It is in situations like this that make him grateful he ...
Arizona guardsman sentenced on Mass. drug charges

SALEM, Mass. -- A sergeant in the Arizona National Guard who served in Iraq has been sentenced to three years in a Massachusetts prison after pleading guilty to his role in a scheme to move $1 million worth of cocaine from Mexico to Canada.Gerardo Flores of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced Monday in Salem Superior Court on drug charges.The 29-year-old Flores was one of three men arrested at a ...
The Loggerhead Shrike in Arizona

This is a medium sized shrike, the only one of its kind living here. The upperparts are dark gray, with lighter gray on the underside. They wear a black mask and have a white throat. The beak is large and slightly hooked. The black wings have white patches, while the tail is black, long and edged in white. The Loggerhead Shrike is decreasing in numbers, and no one is quite sure why. It is ...
Foundation is hosting childrens book event

The Postal History Foundation is hosting an event for a new children's book, "Camille Carries the Mail."Kids of all ages are welcome to attend the event, which will be held today at 10 a.m. at the Slusser Library at the foundation, 920 N. First Ave.The free event includes fun activities for children relating to the book. It was written by Slusser Librarian Lisa ...

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Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning [DVD]

Among fans of the long-running slasher series, Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning is generally considered the weakest entry. Of course, to some people, choosing the worst Friday the 13th film is like looking at a barrel of rotten fru ... ...

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Street Smarts In citys Government Heights streets named for the US capital

Evo DeConcini, a real estate developer and one of Tucson's most prominent citizens, recorded Washington, District and Columbia streets with Pima County in 1928.The streets were part of DeConcini's Government Heights subdivision, just south of the VA Medical Center. Washington Street was later changed to Palmdale Street, likely due to the existing Washington Street downtown.Famed ...
MLB Miami 3 Arizona 2

Giancarlo Stanton drove in all three Miami runs with a pair of homers Monday, powering the Marlins to a 3-2 decision over Arizona. Stanton's two-run shot in the sixth inning erased a 2-0 deficit and his solo blast in the ninth off Diamondbacks ...
Supreme Court strikes down additional requirements in Arizona voter registration law

States considering laws that would add requirements to register to vote suffered a blow Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court.The court said Arizona cannot require its citizens to submit documents proving citizenship along with the federal voter registration ...
Tucson teen dies from injuries in May crash

A teen died from injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle crash May 27 on the city's southeast side.Jeremy Echeandia, 17, died Sunday at University of Arizona Medical Center, said Sgt. Maria Hawke, a Tucson Police Department spokeswoman.On May 27 at 9:27 p.m., police were dispatched to a crash in the 5000 block of East Golf Links Road, near South Craycroft Road, Hawke said.The drivers of both ...
Jury convicts Arizona man in terrorism hoax

PHOENIX -; An Arizona man on trial for sending his 16-year-old nephew into a busy intersection last summer with a fake grenade launcher was convicted Monday of endangering the teen's life and carrying out a terrorism ...

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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. ...