Provides the latest RSS feeds for Arizona News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Tucson Post.com http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/cat/085cec8e58ce1f5a/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 20:56:26 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:56:26 -0400 30 Senate President Andy Biggs is ignoring an implicit veto threat from Gov. Jan Brewer and sending her bills despite a moratorium on signings the governor put in place more than two weeks ago.Biggs said Thursday he's never been personally told by the governor not to transmit bills for her signature."She has never told me not to send bills," Biggs said. "Nobody on her staff told ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727718/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 19:49:05 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727718/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The Northern Arizona women's basketball team has announced a new addition to its team as forward Shay Young will be joining the program after ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727719/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 19:49:02 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727719/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a GOODYEAR, AZ - Four schools in Goodyear were put on lockdown Thursday while police searched for a suspect with felony warrants who still has not been located, police said. Arizona State Gang Task Force officers pursued the suspect, a documented gang member, in the area of Dysart Road and Encanto Boulevard around 1:10 p.m. when he jumped a wall and evaded them. As a precaution, Palm Valley ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727720/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 19:48:24 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727720/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Gasoline prices at the pump this Memorial Day holiday weekend will be at their lowest level in three years around Arizona. Officials with Triple-A Arizona said Thursday that the average statewide price for unleaded regular gasoline is $3.45 a gallon. That's up by less than a penny from last week. This week's national average is $3.65 per gallon, an increase of nearly 6 cents ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727784/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 19:48:23 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727784/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Lack of Stringent U.S. CMBS Underwriting Could Affect REITs Changes in the availability, pricing, and underwriting stringency of U.S. CMBS financing could affect REITs directly and indirectly, according to Fitch Ratings. In addition, a boom-or-bust cycle for CMBS loan performance would negatively affect REITs that regularly access the CMBS ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727775/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 19:33:51 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214727775/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a WASHINGTON - A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday that he has selected a new acting head of the division. Ken Corbin will be the acting ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214726507/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 18:36:01 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214726507/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a An average of 390 children drown each year in the United States, most younger than 5, according to two new reports. "We are talking about 15 preschool classes lost in a pool or spa every year. This is a national health and safety problem that we must work to get fixed," said Inez Tenenbaum, chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The commission released the reports on ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214726506/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 18:36:00 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214726506/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Maricopa County sheriff's detectives arrested 15 people Wednesday suspected of entering the country illegally and attempting to travel to Tennessee and North Carolina. Members of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office human smuggling unit arrested 15 people from Guatemala and Mexico that were reportedly smuggled into the country in a Dodge Caravan. An investigation revealed that ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214726508/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 18:36:00 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214726508/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX -; A Republican member of the Arizona House says she received an obscene and threatening voicemail at her office because she supports Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724620/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:09 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724620/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Officials have released the planned routes for the funeral processions of a Phoenix police officer and a firefighter who died last weekend. Phoenix firefighter Bradley Harper's funeral procession will begin Friday at 3 p.m. and travel from Christ's Church of the Valley at 7007 W. Happy Valley Road to Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery at 2300 W. Van Buren St. The procession will ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725054/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 17:22:10 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725054/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - A Republican member of the Arizona House says she received an obscene and threatening voicemail at her office because she supports Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand Medicaid. A visibly shaken Rep. Kate Brophy McGee of Phoenix urged fellow members Thursday to tell their constituents to be civil. She told them she should not be frightened to come to work. The message came after ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725055/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 17:22:09 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725055/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a (Sarah L. Voisin/ The Washington Post ) - The outside of Macy's is seen at Montgomery Mall after a parking structure collapsed on ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724318/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 17:15:52 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214724318/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- The Hopi Tribe of northern Arizona claims its investments were mishandled by a national banking institute, resulting in the loss of millions of ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725207/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 17:13:24 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725207/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a A new report criticizes how much money was spent to create "green" jobs. Solana Generating Station is about to come online, but according to a recent review, each permanent employee at the station cost about $24.1 million to create. Yes. You read that right. Providing my journalism math is correct. Im not guaranteeing that. The number comes from a review from the Institute for Energy ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725057/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:02 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725057/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Many Arizona residents have shown their support for the families of a Phoenix firefighter and a police officer killed last week, but some people are looking to take advantage of that with charity scams, according to Attorney General Tom Horne. Horne said his office has been alerted to possible charity scammers already trying to take advantage of the deaths of Phoenix police officer ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723635/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 16:07:14 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723635/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fire Weather Warning issued May 23 at 12:05PM MST expiring May 23 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: Graham; Greenlee… Fire Weather Warning issued May 23 at 10:15AM MST expiring May 23 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723634/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 16:07:14 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723634/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a CHANDLER, AZ - Concerned Chandler residents are meeting with representatives of Salt River Project Thursday night to discuss the company's plans to install new high-power lines and substations. Some residents are worried that the 130-to-154 foot power lines could damage their property values in southwest Chandler. SRP says the new lines are needed to meet commercial and industrial demand. It ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723633/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 16:07:13 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723633/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a COLLEGE PARK, MD - Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is a 70 percent chance that this year will be more active than an average ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723632/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 16:07:13 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723632/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PRESCOTT, AZ - Three 16-year-old Prescott High School students have been arrested on suspicion of hacking into teachers' computers and changing grades. Prescott police said the students purchased a "key logger" device and used it to obtain the usernames and passwords of several teachers. The students then allegedly used the logins to access and modify grade sheets. A teacher became ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723637/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 16:07:11 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723637/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Here's a look at what you need to know about the National Spelling Bee, held in the spring every year in Washington, DC. Facts: May 26-June 1, 2013 - The 86th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee will be held. Fourteen year old Snigdha Nandipati, an eighth grader from San Diego, California is the 2012 winner. Snigdha 's winning word was guetapens, a word meaning ambush, snare or trap. ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723714/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 16:07:11 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214723714/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The Padres were 7-2 at Chase Field last season, their best record ever at what had been a house of horrors. Going into 2012, the Padres had an all-time record of 38-83 at the Diamondbacks downtown Phoenix home. Arizona opens the weekend in a dead heat with San Francisco and Colorado for the National League West lead. The Padres won two of the first three games played against Arizona May 3-5 at ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722130/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 15:04:58 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722130/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a TUCSON, Ariz. -; A prosecutor says a woman on trial in Tucson contaminated her hospitalized infant daughter's intravenous lines in an attempt to get attention from the girl's ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721617/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 15:04:56 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721617/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. "Viability" of a fetus is generally considered to start at 24 weeks. ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722131/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 14:57:47 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722131/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Leonard Marsh -- the co-founder of the Snapple beverage brand -- has died at age 80. Snapple was founded in New York as Unadulterated Food Products in 1972, selling natural fruit juices to health food stores. Marsh started the business with his brother-in-law Hyman Golden and his childhood friend Arnold Greenberg. The now well-known brand name didn't appear until 1980. Marsh was a window ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722226/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 14:50:44 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722226/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a in his family's home has pleaded not guilty. Joshua Prater entered the plea Thursday to a charge of misconduct involving weapons. He was arraigned in Maricopa County Superior Court. Police have said a cleaning woman found the device inside the home and took it to a fire station. Firefighters notified police, and the bomb squad responded and disabled the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722134/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 14:50:43 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722134/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a FLAGSTAFF, AZ - A 45-year-old Flagstaff man faces 340 years in prison after being sentenced in a child-sex case that included voyeurism, surreptitious videotaping and extensive downloading of child pornography. David Greenberg was sentenced Wednesday in Coconino County Superior Court to 17 years in prison on each of 20 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. State law requires that the terms be ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722225/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 14:50:42 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722225/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fire Weather Warning issued May 23 at 10:15AM MST expiring May 23 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: Mohave… Fire Weather Warning issued May 23 at 4:43AM MST expiring May 23 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: Graham; ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722133/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 14:50:42 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722133/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) -- A Kingman day-care operator has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $318,000 of restitution after pleading guilty to a federal tax ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722228/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 14:41:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722228/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Jodi Arias addresses the jury during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 21, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721696/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 14:35:23 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214721696/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a WASHINGTON-House lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in spite of a veto threat from President Barack Obama. The Republican-backed the bill would allow students to dodge a scheduled rate hike for students with new subsidized Stafford loans next month, but rates could rise in coming years. Democrats largely opposed ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722489/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 14:22:17 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214722489/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a A Douglas man was arrested May 20 for allegedly holding two Guatemalan women hostage.According to federal court documents, at approximately 4 p.m. on May 19, Cochise County Sheriff’s Officers were advised by Douglas Police Department of a report of two female undocumented aliens reportedly being held against their will somewhere on Washington Avenue in Bay Acers.CCSO, DPD and U.S. Border ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214720596/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 13:36:48 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214720596/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - The Phoenix jury deciding whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to life in prison or death has resumed deliberations a day after reaching an impasse and being told to keep trying. Deliberations resumed Thursday morning. The panel started deliberating Arias' sentence Tuesday, after the former waitress addressed them and asked them to spare her ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214720524/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 13:33:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214720524/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a WEST POINT, UT - Police say a teenager has been arrested in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home. The disclosure came on Thursday after authorities questioned the 15-year-old boy in the deaths. Their bodies were found Wednesday night at their home in West Point, about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. Police Sgt. Susan Poulsen has said the boys died from ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214720525/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 13:33:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214720525/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a MOORE, OK - While the worst of any natural disaster clearly comes during the disaster itself, the aftermath is often equally difficult to deal with. In the case of this week's F5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, basic fundamentals disappeared for those left to pick up the pieces. Here are 15 unexpected struggles that victims, clean-up crews and onlookers faced: 1) No restroom access in the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214720526/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 13:33:02 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214720526/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) -- Bullhead City police are searching for a 38-year-old man following the abduction of his 13-year-old son at gunpoint from the home of the boy's mother early Thursday ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214720598/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 13:24:38 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214720598/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Donald Slager Donald Slager, CEO and president of Republic Services Inc., saw his pay tumble 63 percent to $5.36 million, largely because of incentives that were more in line with previous years. Phoenix-based Republic (NYSE: RSG), which is one of the largest waste disposal and recycling companies in the U.S., paid Slager $14.5 million in 2011, largely on the back of $12.2 million in ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214720528/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 12:58:03 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214720528/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Phoenix is seeing far fewer underwater homeowners than a year ago. Phoenix-area home prices have been rising at an astonishing rate this past year, which also means fewer homeowners are underwater. In fact, the Valleywide underwater, or negative equity, rate has dropped to slightly more than one third, or around 36 percent, according to the first-quarter negative equity report released Thursday ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719753/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 12:32:57 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719753/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a With the ubiquity of Google Maps and cheap international flights it often seems that we, as a species, know good old planet Earth like the back of our collective hands. Today's list of the top new species from Arizona State University aims to show us just how much more we have left to ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718928/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 12:23:11 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214718928/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Mark Zuckerberg Despite hefty debt loads and careers that may have not yet taken off, members of the millennial generation are feeling pretty upbeat about their finances. Thats according to a new study from Wells Fargo (which holds a lot of loans on my fellow millennials) that two-thirds of todays 18- to 30-year-olds believe they will be better off than their Baby Boomer parents. At the same ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725208/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 12:16:15 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214725208/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Police identify the man arrested Wednesday evening in the attempted kidnapping as 22-year-old David Vincent Talkington. Police say Talkington lives in an unincorporated area of Maricopa County near ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719013/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 12:07:37 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214719013/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Two Arizona municipalities rank among the fastest-growing U.S. cities and towns during the year that ended last July 1.The Census Bureau reports that Phoenix had the sixth-largest population increase in terms of numbers, increasing its population by nearly 25,000. Phoenix's estimated population last July 1 was just under 1.5 million.Meanwhile, a Phoenix suburb, the town of Buckeye ranked ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214717319/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 11:03:56 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214717319/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Phoenix police are investigating the disappearance of a 25-year-old Valley man. Brian Histand was last seen on May 15th near 35th Avenue and Dobbins Road walking southbound towards South Mountain. The 25-year-old's vehicle was towed from the same area by Phoenix police on May ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214717320/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 11:03:07 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214717320/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a 1868: Col. Christopher "Kit" Carson, who directed the campaign against the Navajos which resulted in their surrender and the exile of about half the tribe to Fort Sumner between 1864 and 1868, dies at Fort Lyon, Colo., just nine days before the June 1 signing of the treaty which allowed the Navajos to return to their homeland.1918: The Tucson Opera House downtown goes up in flames. The ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214717394/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 10:43:09 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214717394/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a GRAPEVINE, TX - The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday on whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its millions of members. About 1,400 voting members of BSA's national council are to cast ballots Thursday on a resolution to end a policy that allows ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214715768/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 09:50:14 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214715768/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has advanced a $2.2 billion budget proposal that would lower spending, reduce taxes and increase employee pay. Arizona's most populous county plans to decrease its spending by $82.4 million next year. The proposed budget also includes the first employee pay increase in five years. The county employs about 13,000 people. County officials say ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214715769/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 09:50:14 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214715769/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a New figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show that big-time population growth is returning to the Phoenix area. AZCentral.com reports that the Phoenix area added more than 40,000 people last year. Click here to get the full ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214715824/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 09:32:51 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214715824/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The torrential showers drenched fields of debris where homes and schools stood before Monday's massive tornado. The National Weather Service warned of wind gusts up to 60 mph, which could send remnants of precious possessions flying through the air -- again. The weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Oklahoma City area, including Moore, and a flash flood warning as ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214714228/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:24 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214714228/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a SCOTTSDALE, AZ - The Scottsdale City Council has selected Fritz Behring to be the new city manager. Behring has been Pinal County's manager and also has been city manager in two Florida cities and one in Nebraska. City officials announced the selection Wednesday. Behring was one of three finalists for the Scottsdale job, which attracted 50 applicants in a nationwide search. The other two ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214714384/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 08:37:59 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214714384/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a A 150-foot section of pavement on U.S. 89 south of Page buckled earlier this year in a landslide . A stretch of Navajo Route 20 between the Gap and Page will be used as an alternate route but first must be paved. Transportation spokesman Dustin Krugel says crews are headed to the site this week. The paving project is expected to begin within the next month and be complete later this summer. The ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214714437/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 08:37:58 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214714437/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States. The Solar Impulse is making the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across the U.S. The plane landed early Thursday at Dallas-Fort Worth International ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214714386/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 08:37:58 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214714386/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an Arizona law banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy is unconstitutional. In August, the court had blocked enforcement of the law. "We want to challenge Roe so we can take it to the Supreme Court, and we say, 'Why can't we protect babies at 20 weeks?'" said John Jakubczyk, past president of Arizona Right to ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214713046/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:51 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214713046/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214709376/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 04:12:30 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214709376/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The plane flew its first leg from California in early May. From Dallas, it will fly to Lambert-St. Louis airport, Dulles airport near Washington and New York's John F. Kennedy ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214709654/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 04:12:23 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214709654/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet. An Arizona restaurateur, fed up after years of negative online reviews and an embarrassing appearance on a reality television show, allegedly posted a social media rant laced with salty language and angry, uppercase letters that quickly went viral last week, to the delight of people who love a good Internet ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214709770/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 04:11:49 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214709770/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a UC regent, and owner of the vast Dos Pueblos Ranch, proposed the 800-unit Buena Vida development, with a 20-acre golf course, tennis club, beach club, pools, and some residences built in just below the bluff, so as not to cut off views from above. But even Mosher's clout and bucks couldn't make it happen. I recall covering County Plan- ning Commission hearings on it, back at a time ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214709841/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:00 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214709841/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon is one of the deepest and longest canyons in the world. The Yarlung Zangpo River starts at Mount Kailash before reaching the juncture of Mainling and Medog counties, where it swerves around towering Namjagbarwa, the highest peak in the eastern section of the Himalayas, carving a U-shaped gorge. The canyon is home to many animals and plants barely explored and ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214709331/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 04:01:05 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214709331/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Jodi Arias' claims that she killed Travis Alexander in self-defense have set actual domestic violence victims back ten years, according to one abuse survivor. "Travis was the victim of domestic violence," said Leah Pettyjohn, a domestic violence survivor. "He ended up the ultimate victim when his ex-girlfriend murdered him." Pettyjohn escaped a dangerous ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214708672/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 02:47:55 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214708672/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Every day after kindergarten at South Phoenix Prep, 6-year-old Connor Bianco's mom picks him up at the bus stop to walk him home safely. He says she's always ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214708709/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 02:47:54 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214708709/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Comparisons to some of AFL's biggest names don't bother teenage Gold Coast player Jaeger O'Meara because that's the type of player he aspires to ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214707802/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 01:52:33 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214707802/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Arizona kids and adults are finding unique ways to buy and sell drugs using the "deep web," but drug-free advocates say there is an easy way to reduce the chances a child will ever start using illegal substances. "One of the key messages for parents is that you've got to include this talk with your kids," said Shelly Mowrey, the Senior Director of Programs and ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214707803/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 01:40:53 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214707803/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Please provide any additional information regarding your situation which may help us determine why you were denied access to the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706833/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 00:43:28 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706833/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Please provide any additional information regarding your situation which may help us determine why you were denied access to the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706835/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 00:43:28 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706835/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Please provide any additional information regarding your situation which may help us determine why you were denied access to the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706834/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 00:43:28 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706834/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a ATLANTA - Alpharetta in North Georgia is among the fast-growing cities in the United States, according to a federal population estimate released Thursday.The latest estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau shows Alpharetta had the sixth-fastest rate of growth - about 4.37 percent - among cities of at least 50,000 people during the one-year period starting July 1, 2011. By comparison, the state of ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706858/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 00:40:18 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706858/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a drove an armored car through the front of a north Phoenix home ; those who live there invited ABC15 inside to see the damage. The two bedrooms where the vehicle entered the home are destroyed with clothes, debris, glass and furniture piled up. The homeowners, who asked not to be shown on TV or identified, said their insurance agent had just left after filing a claim. It's unknown if the City ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706765/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 00:31:32 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706765/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Scottsdale-based General Dynamics C4 Systems has won a contract from the U.S. Army that could total as much as $31.5 million. UPI.com reports that the deal is for tactical intelligence stations that can be mounted to vehicles. Get the full story ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706764/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 00:16:07 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706764/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a A crusading Fountain Hills resident has helped to push through a new law in Arizona relating to rules governing notaries. The Fountain Hills Times has the full story on the new law. Check out the story ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706197/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 00:07:11 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706197/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Dennis Burke The State Bar of Arizona is conducting an investigation into former U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke. State Bar chief communications officer Rick DeBruhl confirmed to me Wednesday that there is an investigation into Burke. The State Bar and the Arizona Supreme Court handle ethics and disciplinary investigations of attorneys in the state. DeBruhl said he could not comment ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706208/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214706208/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The nonprofit Challenge Center, in Sunset Park at 5540 Lake Park Way, was founded in 1987 to provide skilled physical therapy rehabilitation, specialized assisted fitness training and wellness programs for those who are physically ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214704790/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 22:24:14 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214704790/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a SPOKANE, Wash. - A 37-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a case in which a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin were discovered in Washington state last week.A grand jury indictment accused Matthew Ryan Buquet of mailing a death threat to U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle at the federal courthouse on May 14.A search of federal court records turned up no ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214704700/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 22:22:48 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214704700/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a SAFFORD, AZ - Authorities say a Graham County man has died of complications from the hantavirus, the first reported case of the disease this year. The Graham County Health Department says the 39-year-old man died earlier this month, but no additional information was immediately available Wednesday. The hantavirus is a rare disease that exhibits symptoms similar to the flu including fever, muscle ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214704791/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:54 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214704791/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Behind her were ruins, a tangled mess where structures once stood. Cradled in her arms, the mother's 19-month-old son played with a snatched microphone, unfazed by the chaos swirling around him. And in front of Rebecca Vitsmun stood CNN's Wolf Blitzer, who -- after asking her about the decision that saved her and her son's lives -- had one more question: "I guess you got to ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214704709/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:53 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214704709/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a GLENDALE, AZ - Glendale detectives have made an arrest in the shooting of two people Tuesday night, one of whom died from her injuries. Police arrested Angelo Medina, 22, Wednesday afternoon after he was determined to be a suspect in the death of 42-year-old Christina Marquez and the shooting of another man. Officers responded to a residence near 59th and State avenues in Glendale and found ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214704707/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:53 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214704707/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Smoke could be seen for miles from a house that caught fire in Phoenix Wednesday night. Officials say the fire broke out around 6 p.m. near 51st Avenue and McDowell Road. Phoenix Fire Department spokesman Larry Nunez said several trees in the backyard of the home fueled the fire. There is no word at this time if anyone was home when the fire started. Investigators are still trying to ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214704710/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:53 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214704710/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial said Wednesday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend, prompting the judge to instruct them to keep trying.The panel reported its impasse after only about two and a half hours of deliberations. Judge Sherry Stephens told jurors to try to identify areas of ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214703646/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 21:16:00 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214703646/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The Boy Scouts of America National Council may vote Thursday on a proposal to allow openly gay boys to participate in Scout units. The ban on gay men serving in adult leadership positions would remain in ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214703602/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 21:01:36 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214703602/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a GILBERT, AZ - Authorities say no criminal charges will be brought against a Gilbert High School math teacher accused of assaulting a student last month. Daniel A. Dunn was placed on administrative leave by the school after he ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214703601/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 21:01:36 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214703601/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX (AP) -- State officials say a recent court ruling that allows the Tohono O'odham Nation to build a sprawling casino near Phoenix is ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214703688/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 20:53:02 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214703688/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a A 37-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin were discovered in Washington state last week. A grand jury indictment accuses Matthew Ryan Buquet of mailing a threatening communication to U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle at the federal courthouse on May 14. The indictment did not say anything about ricin. However, the U.S. Postal ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214703255/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 20:44:01 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214703255/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Jobing.com Arena, home of the Phoenix Coyotes. The City of Glendale is extending its deadline for requests for proposals to manage Jobing.com Arena. The city originally wanted bids for the management of the arena by May 24. However, city spokeswoman Julie Watters said the RFP deadline is being extended until May 31. Glendale hired Boston-based Beacon Sports Capital Partners LLC to manage the RFP ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214703603/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 20:23:28 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214703603/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Judge Sherry Stephens urges the jury to continue deliberating after the jury delivered a message that they are deadlocked on a penalty for Jodi Arias on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214702032/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 20:05:15 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214702032/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Three state employees are suing Goodyear Tires over an April rollover accident they say was caused by a defective tire tread. The three Arizona Department of Corrections workers crashed while riding in a department van. Jeff Darden, Melissa Fowler and Ritchie Chin all suffered injuries in the crash that occurred on Interstate 10 on April 5. The suit, filed Wednesday, alleges that the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214702516/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 19:52:45 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214702516/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a DETROIT - General Motors Co. is recalling more than 27,000 Cadillac SUVs worldwide because the wheels can fall off. The company says the recall affects the 2013 Cadillac SRX with 18-inch wheels. Canadian safety regulators say the wheel nuts may not have been tightened enough at the factory. GM says the problem hasn't caused any crashes or injuries, and no wheels have fallen from vehicles. ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214702515/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 19:52:45 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214702515/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a New Zealand Football confirm Jordan clash Chris Greenacre has been confirmed as Ernie Merrick's assistant coach at the Wellington Phoenix for this season's A-League. Greenacre assisted former coach Ricki Herbert last season and took over the coaching reins when Herbert resigned late in the season. Phoenix general manager David Dome said the club had wanted to retain Greenacre's ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214702607/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:58 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214702607/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The NHL has owned the Coyotes since a 2009 Chapter 11 bankruptcy purchase for $140 million. National Hockey League Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said today the league is not talking to Canadian communications giant Quebecor Inc. about buying the Phoenix Coyotes. The Canadian company would be interested in moving the league-owned Coyotes to Quebec City. Quebecor is partnering on the construction ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214702475/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 19:35:22 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214702475/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Carlos Gonzalez backed him with two RBI Wednesday in the Colorado Rockies' 4-1 win over Arizona. De La Rosa (6-3) continued a recent hot streak, reeling off his fourth victory in four starts. The left-hander held the Diamondbacks to one run on six hits while walking two and striking out five. Gonzalez put the Rockies ahead to stay with a first-inning homer, then added an RBI triple and ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214702610/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 19:29:59 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214702610/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Carlos Gonzalez greets congratulations in the Rockies dugout after hitting a solo home run in the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field on Wednesday. (Justin Edmonds, Getty ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214701877/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 19:28:16 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214701877/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Convicted killer Jodi Arias speaks during an interview at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. Arias was convicted recently of killing her former boyfriend Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home back in 2008, made a plea in court on Tuesday for life in prison, instead of execution, saying she can contribute to society if allowed to live. (AP Photo/Ross D. ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214700649/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 18:56:14 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214700649/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a An atheist lawmaker's daily prayer Tuesday at the Arizona House of Representatives led a fellow lawmaker to ask for a do-over the following ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214700650/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 18:56:13 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214700650/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Two children are in critical condition after being ejected from a vehicle involved in a Phoenix crash. The accident at 35th Avenue and Broadway Road happened around 1:45 p.m. Phoenix Fire Department spokesman Larry Nunuz said the children, both girls, are ages 2 and 4. Two adults, a 30-year-old female and 40-year-old male, were also injured. Nunez said their injuries are not serious. ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214701118/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 18:43:54 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214701118/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a SCOTTSDALE, AZ - A 19-year-old woman escaped a kidnapping attempt Tuesday night in Scottsdale after a man tried to pull her into his car. The woman was jogging along Dynamite Road around 6:15 p.m. when she passed a parked car. A man then got out of the vehicle and grabbed her, pulling her backward, police said. She managed to fight her way free before being pulled into the car. The suspect got ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214701119/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 18:43:53 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214701119/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a J.B. Bickerstaff joined Kevin McHale’s Rockets coaching staff in 2011. (Sam Forencich/NBAE via Getty Images) The Suns have received permission from Houston to interview assistant coach J.B. Bickerstaff for their head coaching job, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. Bickerstaff, 34, has become a popular commodity among the NBA’s coaching ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214701120/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 18:40:17 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214701120/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a WASHINGTON The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama. In conducting U.S. counterterrorism operations against al Qaeda and its associated forces, the government has targeted ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214700449/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 18:28:45 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214700449/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The Mohave County Board of Supervisors is making it a crime for a county employee to knowingly lie to the board about an agenda item during an official meeting of the board.Supervisor Steven Moss said his proposal is intended to ensure that the board gets good information. It was approved on a 3-2 vote Monday.Supervisor Joy Brotherton opposed Moss' proposal, saying any crime for lying to the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214699737/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 17:35:14 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214699737/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a MOORE, OK - In this tornado-shattered city, where surreal sights of devastation abound, another unusual scene unfolded midmorning Wednesday as a procession of as many as 2,000 volunteers filed down a street toward the Moore Cemetery, a 20-acre resting ground that accommodates the city's earliest leaders and soon will receive some of its recent storm victims. Toting rakes like soldiers ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214699738/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 17:34:35 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214699738/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a WILLIAMS, AZ - Authorities in northern Arizona say a Williams man is in custody in connection with the fatal shooting of an Ash Fork teenager. Coconino County Sheriff's officials say 53-year-old John A. Willis was taken into custody Tuesday. He's being held on suspicion of premeditated first-degree murder, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and unlawfully having a firearm. ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214699739/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 17:34:34 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214699739/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a TOLLESON, AZ - A man was hit and killed in Tolleson early Tuesday morning while walking in the road. Ralph Albert, 59, was killed when he was struck by two vehicles while reportedly walking in the eastbound lane of Buckeye Road near 107th Avenue. Officials said speed and impairment are not suspected factors in the crash. Both drivers stayed on the scene after calling for help. The Maricopa County ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214699830/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 17:34:33 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214699830/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users’ accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins. Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that users will be able to enroll in a login verification program. For those who sign up, Twitter will send a six-digit code using a text message each time they sign in to Twitter.com. Besides their username and ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214699359/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 17:15:41 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214699359/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The city of Bisbee is moving forward with a new version of a proposed local law allowing civil unions, and a spokeswoman for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne says Horne won't sue to try to block it.The Bisbee City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday night to formally propose a scaled-back version of the ordinance. That sets the stage for a June 4 vote by the council on whether to approve the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698388/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 16:25:18 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698388/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a An auction for an airplane that was once part of the presidential fleet is underway.The U.S. General Services Administration says the blue-and-white DC-9 was part of the Air Force Two fleet and at one point may have served as Air Force One, a plane used by the president.The plane is currently being stored at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. Federal officials say serious buyers can schedule ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698389/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 16:25:16 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698389/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a A Phoenix police officer killed in a hit-and-run accident Sunday will be buried Saturday following a funeral service the same day.The department says the service for Officer Daryl Raetz will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at Christ's Church of the Valley in Peoria.Immediately following the service, Raetz will be interred at Phoenix Memorial Park.Raetz was fatally injured when struck by a vehicle ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698390/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 16:25:14 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698390/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Fire restrictions have been put into place for the Tonto National Forest starting Wednesday due to drought conditions and hot temperatures, according to a press release. The following types of fires have been prohibited: - Building, maintaining or using a fire, campfire or charcoal burning device - Smoking outside of a pre-approved area - Operating internal combustion power tools or ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698393/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 16:24:31 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698393/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a MESA, AZ - An auction for an airplane that was once part of the presidential fleet is underway. The U.S. General Services Administration says the blue-and-white DC-9 was part of the Air Force Two fleet and at one point may have served as Air Force One, a plane used by the president. The plane is currently being stored at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. Federal officials say serious buyers can ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698392/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 16:24:30 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698392/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a WASHINGTON - A recent poll showed that Americans believe it's necessary to make more than twice the federal poverty level for a family of four to "get by" in their community. ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698395/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 16:24:29 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698395/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a BUCKEYE, AZ - Buckeye police are asking for help identifying a man who robbed a Buckeye juice bar on Tuesday. The man entered a Juice It Up near Watson and Yuma roads at 9:15 a.m., displayed a gun and demanded money from the register, police said. Employees gave the man the money and he fled in an unknown direction. No one was injured during the robbery, police said. Witnesses described the man ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698480/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 16:24:29 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698480/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a MARICOPA, AZ - Two men have been arrested after they reportedly ran from Maricopa police and crashed their vehicle while transporting marijuana, police said. The men were arrested after crashing their vehicle and fleeing from officers near Edison Road and Ancon Avenue in Maricopa. Police used a stun-gun to subdue one man and found the other hiding in a nearby junkyard. There is no record of the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698396/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 16:24:27 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698396/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX (AP) -- An atheist lawmaker's decision to give the daily prayer at the Arizona House of Representatives triggered a do-over from a Christian lawmaker who said the previous day's prayer didn't pass ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698482/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 16:15:43 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698482/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a COLORADO CITY, Ariz. (AP) -- The judge overseeing a civil rights lawsuit aimed at polygamous towns on the Arizona-Utah border has scheduled oral arguments on a motion to dismiss damages and civil ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698481/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 16:15:43 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214698481/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed May 22, 2013 3:54pm EDT (The following statement was released by the rating agency) NEW YORK, May 22 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has maintained its Rating Watch Negative on the 'B' holding company Issuer Default Rating of Phoenix Companies, Inc.'s (PNX) and the 'BB+' Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings of PNX's primary insurance operating subsidiaries following the ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214697540/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 15:54:26 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214697540/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Like many Americans, I've heard about the "Fast and Furious" scandal, in which our own ATF was shown to be guilty of supplying guns that ended up in the hands of the drug cartels. Now, if I say any more, I might be talking about facts that I don't know, and I would probably only be spouting off about what I heard on the news. I also recently saw a report about the violence in ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214697032/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 15:24:39 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214697032/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - Jurors in the Jodi Arias trial said they couldn't come up with a unanimous decision when deliberating life or death as of noon Wednesday. Just before noon, Judge Sherry Stephens gave the jury further instruction on how the court can help them make a decision. The jurors were sent back to continue deliberations. This process has several more ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214696957/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 15:12:19 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214696957/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Officer Daryl Raetz was killed in the line of duty last weekend . His daughter graduated kindergarten Wednesday, so the hundreds of officers attended in his place. The officers lined the sidewalk and clapped for Raetz's daughter as she walked into the school for the ceremony. There were so many officers in attendance that not all of them fit inside the auditorium. Raetz was killed by a ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214697033/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 15:12:18 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214697033/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Fire Weather Warning issued May 22 at 12:01PM MST expiring May 22 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: Graham; Greenlee… Fire Weather Warning issued May 22 at 12:01PM MST expiring May 23 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: Graham; ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214696959/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 15:12:18 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214696959/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a A man thought to be a serving British soldier was killed by two armed men in a frenzied attack on a London street Wednesday, in what the government is treating as a suspected act of terrorism. Witnesses told of a gruesome scene in which the man was hit by a car, then hacked with cleavers and his body dumped in the middle of the road. The two suspects in the killing were injured in a confrontation ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214696958/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 15:12:18 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214696958/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX - The city of Bisbee is moving forward with a new version of a proposed local law allowing civil unions, and a spokeswoman for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne says Horne won't sue to try to block it. The Bisbee City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday night to formally propose a scaled-back version of the ordinance. That sets the stage for a June 4 vote by the council on whether to approve ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214696961/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 15:12:16 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214696961/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona Senate has passed a trio of bills that seek to lower taxes for religious institutions and make it easier for people to sue over the First ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214697034/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 15:03:26 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214697034/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than spend the rest of her life in ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214694918/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 14:09:06 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214694918/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a "Tonight we will be awarding over 1,400 degrees. Most graduates are from close by, from cities and towns in Cochise County and across Arizona and the Southwest," Cochise College President Dr. J.D. Rottweiler said to the hundreds of people at the 2013 commencement Friday. "Some of our graduates come from as far away as Germany and South Korea. Many of our graduates are active duty ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214695514/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:35 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214695514/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The mayor and city council held a special city council meeting on May 15 to discuss the renewal of health care premium rates for the City of Douglas employees and to conduct an exective session for the evaluation of Douglas’ City Clerk Brenda Aguilar.Last year the city moved to a self-funded insurance plan. After a year the city continues to have an excellent health insurance experience ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214695513/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:34 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214695513/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a The aviation exhibit which has been on display all month at the DouglasGovernmentCenter on G Ave. will end Saturday with a closing reception from 1-4 p.m.The reception will be highlighted by a film screening with Heather Taylor, the executive producer of a movie called "Breaking Through The Clouds."The screening will start at 2 p.m. in the Gadsden Hotel lobby."In the early days of ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214695515/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:34 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214695515/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a WASHINGTON - House Republicans who oppose abortion promoted legislation Wednesday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. These Republicans want to move ahead despite recent court decisions that have struck down similar state laws. The GOP lawmakers also are taking on their own leadership, which has shown little desire to hold votes on contentious social issues. Arizona Rep. Trent ... http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214695516/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a Wed, 22 May 2013 13:59:56 -0400 http://www.tucsonpost.com/index.php/sid/214695516/scat/085cec8e58ce1f5a