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  • Arizona wildfire threatens hundreds of homes California blaze wanes

    PHOENIX/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Arizona wildfire whipped up by strong winds threatened hundreds of homes on Wednesday, even as firefighters were gaining an edge on a California blaze raging near a pristine wilderness, authorities ...

  • Video Arizona wildfire continues to grow hundreds evacuated

    Fire fighting teams tackle a blaze in northern Arizona on Wednesday, which has forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes from a hot, dry ...

  • Could Supreme Courts Arizona Ruling Lead to Voting Messes Down the Road

    here .) Some commentators I respect find the decision more mixed as an affirmation of federal power over state voting procedures. At SCOTUSblog, Lyle ...

  • Construction worker killed in Arizona bridge collapse

    A construction worker was killed early Wednesday when a bridge collapsed outside Phoenix, officials said. A second worker was pulled from under the rubble, KNXV-TV reported. Officials said he received a serious head injury but was reported to be in stable condition at a local hospital. The construction site is on the Route 202 Loop in Mesa. Capt. Forrest Smith of the Mesa Fire Department said ...

  • Scattered Melodies Shows Off Arizona Pride With New Album

    Phoenix has plenty of things going against it when it comes to uniting the local music scene. The venues that most often book local acts are often miles and miles apart, forcing fans to hop on freeways and drive up to an hour to see their favorite bands. Some of the biggest artists with the most potential to hit the mainstream (we're looking at you, Nate Ruess and Miniature Tigers) pack up ...


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In Which We Serve [Blu-Ray]

In Which We Serve [Blu-Ray]

Built around a complex flashback structure partially inspired by Citizen Kane (1941), In Which We Serve is a particularly memorable World War II British propaganda film, having successfully outlived its initial propagandistic value and solidified into a timelessly ... ...

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  • Wildfires burn in Arizona California

    A wildfire in Arizona grew unchecked Wednesday while officials said the area blackened by a fire in California could be closed for weeks. The Doce fire outside Prescott, Ariz., had expanded to 7,000 acres, The Arizona Republic reported. High winds and arid conditions fanned the flames with the smoke blowing toward Prescott, the state's third-largest city. A number of homes in the area 100 ...

  • Arizona construction collapse kills one injures one

    PHOENIX (Reuters) - Temporary framing beneath a freeway overpass in Mesa, Arizona, collapsed on Wednesday, killing one construction worker and injuring another, a fire department spokesman ...

  • Extreme Arizona wildfire burns 5000 acres in just 7 hours

    By Henry Austin, NBC News contributor Hundreds of people were evacuated in Arizona on Tuesday after a wind-whipped wildfire spread across 5,000 acres in just seven hours.More than 300 firefighters, along with multiple helicopters and aircraft, moved in to tackle the "extreme" blaze which started in "remote, rugged terrain" on the east side of Granite Mountain near Prescott, ...

  • Arizona Gov. Brewer secures Medicaid expansion

    PHOENIX (AP) -- Ending a six-month legislative session, Arizona lawmakers endorsed a key element of President Barack Obama's health care law in a huge political victory for Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, after a lengthy fight over Medicaid expansion that divided the state's Republican ...

  • Video Arizona wildfire scorches 8 square miles

    A wildfire that began Tuesday has scorched nearly eight square miles in Northern Arizona. The fire was within 400 yards of some homes by Tuesday ...

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