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  • Court bans detention practices by Ariz. sheriff against Latinos

    Joe Arpaio 's handling of people of Latino descent amounts to racial and ethnic profiling. Judge Murray Stone, ruling in suits filed by some of the profiled people, banned some of the sheriff's operation procedures, CNN reported Saturday. The court said many of Arpaio's practices violated Fourth Amendment guarantees against unreasonable search and seizure, and 14th Amendment ...

  • Joe Arpaio racially profied Latinos in Arizona judge rules

    US district judge Murray Snow also ruled Arpaio's deputies unreasonably prolonged the detentions of people who were pulled over. Photograph: Darren ...

  • May 25 Today in Arizona history

    1892: The Arizona Medical Association is organized in Phoenix. It is incorporated on June 16, 1950.1929: Yuma Mesa Grapefruit Co. announces it will erect a $25,000 packing house in Yuma and the Bomberger Seed Co. would construct a $10,000 warehouse and seed laboratory.Want to share an important event from Tucson's history? Email it ...

  • Jury foreman in Arizona case says life or death decision unfair

    MARION, Ill.oA Japan-based maker of auto components says its roughly $15 million planned expansion of a southern Illinois plant will add 80 ...

  • Tough Arizona Sheriff Gets Judicial Reprimand

    In Arizona, a federal judge ruled against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department, saying it used racial profiling to enforce the state's tough immigration laws. Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Ted Robbins about the ...


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Did Gene Roddenberry know? Did he have any idea what he was unleashing when he created "Star Trek," a sci-fi TV series that started in 1966 and was canceled after three years of dismal ratings? Did he understand the implications of his actions, that hordes of die-hard fans would devote their lives to his personal vision of a better future? Did he know it would create an entire subculture that is ... ...

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  • UPHILL BATTLEArizona Sheriff to Appeal Racial Profiling Case Ruling

    Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will appeal a federal judge's ruling that his agency systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. Tim Casey, the lead attorney representing America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in the case, said an appeal of the finding that the agency ...

  • Arizona authorities investigating threatening email sent lawmakers

    PHOENIX – Arizona's bitter debate over a signature part of President Obama's health care overhaul has sparked an investigation into lawmakers' safety after at least nine legislators received a threatening email over Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand Medicaid access. The message referred to Second Amendment rights and shooting someone, but did not include any direct ...

  • Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio to appeal ruling in racial profiling case

    Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will appeal a federal judge's ruling that his agency systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. Tim Casey, the lead attorney representing America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in the case, said an appeal of the finding that the agency ...

  • Bens Bells Jewish Center worker proves an invaluable team member

    The recipient of this week's Ben's Bell is Travis Fischer.Fischer, who works at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, was nominated by Kristin Taft and Barney Holtzman for his dedication to his work.Fischer has worked for the JCC for six years, five of which he's spent working for Special Needs Services, the letter said.Taft and Holtzman praised Fischer for his passion."He has ...

  • Letter carriers set personal best in food-bank drive

    The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona received a record donation in food from the Stamp Out Hunger drive by mail carriers.The May 11 drive raised 381,142 pounds of food - a 16 percent increase over last year's drive, said Jack Parris, Community Food Bank spokesman.The drive raised $106,318 in monetary donations, which was about the same amount raised last year, Parris said."This ...

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