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Phoenix stories: 31 news summaries

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 Overdue Books Return 
 —51 Years Late  


Nov 15, 09 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - An Arizona high school librarian got the surprise of her career when she opened a package and found a letter from a former student, two books checked out in 1958—and a money order for $1,000 to cover the overdue-book fines. The books, Community of Living Things: Forests and ... More »

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high school • Arizona • Phoenix • fines • library • Camelback High School • overdue book

 Feds Rein In Fiery Sheriff 
 on Immigration Checks 

Joe Arpaio calls officials 'liars,' vows to continue sweeps

Oct 7, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America” was not pleased. Homeland Security yesterday stripped Joe Arpaio’s deputies of the power to make immigration arrests in the field as though they were ICE agents, sending the flamboyant Phoenix-area cop into a sputtering, rambling outburst, the New York Times reports.... More »

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Arizona • Phoenix • illegal immigration • Homeland Security • Joe Arpaio

(AP) - John McCain met with an angry crowd at a town hall meeting about health care reform yesterday, sometimes having to fight to talk and telling one woman who wouldn't stop shouting that she had to leave. The senator hadn't yet opened the meeting to questions when one audience member continuously... More »

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John McCain • health insurance • Arizona • Phoenix • health care reform • town hall meeting • protesters • public option

(Newser) - An anti-reform protester who showed up near President Obama's town hall event in Phoenix with a semiautomatic assault rifle did so as part of a staged radio event, reports Talking Points Memo. The man who conducted the seemingly random interview with the gun-toting "Chris" is conservative talk radio host... More »

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Phoenix • health care reform • town hall meeting • guns • President Obama

(Newser) - The man who brought an assault rifle to Barack Obama’s speech yesterday wasn’t alone. Roughly a dozen protesters were seen carrying guns, the AP reports. Phoenix police say the men didn’t need permits, and didn’t commit any crime. In fact, they say they were worried someone... More »

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Barack Obama • Arizona • protests • Phoenix • health care reform • Second Amendment • assault rifles • assault weapons • deathers

(Newser) - President Obama will visit two national parks during a family trip to the Mountain West next week, the Denver Post reports. The first family will travel to to Colorado and Montana in addition to Wyoming, home of Yellowstone, and Arizona, where they'll see the Grand Canyon. More »

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Michelle Obama • Phoenix • Colorado • first families • Veterans of Foreign Wars • Obama administration • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Grand Canyon National Park • President Obama • Yellowstone National Park

Youths Charged With Sexual Assault of 8-Year-Old Girl

Ariz. victim disowned by her Liberian family

Jul 23, 09 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four boys aged 9 to 14 are being held in connection with the sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl in Phoenix, the Arizona Republic reports. All of the children are Liberian refugees. Police say the boys lured the girl into a shed with chewing gum and “took turns”... More »

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Arizona • kidnapping • Phoenix • Liberia • youth • refugee • sexual assault

OPINION

 2009's Best Music So Far 

Yes, Kelly Clarkson made the top five

Jul 15, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that 2009 is more than halfway over, James Montgomery runs down the best albums of the year—so far—on MTV:
  • Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion: The No. 1 pick is “the only thing I can remember that has actually lived up to the hype, if not
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entertainment • music • Kelly Clarkson • celebrity • Phoenix • Animal Collective • album • Jay-ZTV • Wilco • Mos Def

(AP) - Hundreds of passengers on a British Airways 747 flight to London used slides to evacuate the plane last night on the Phoenix Airport runway, the AP reports. The jumbo jet had just pushed back from the gate when smoke and an acrid odor was reported in the cabin. By the... More »

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Arizona • Phoenix • British Airways • evacuation • airport • Boeing 747

 As Ariz. Housing Heads South, 
 Kidnappers Move In 

Failing housing market leaves homes abandoned for kidnappers to use

Jun 10, 09 6:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gangs of kidnappers preying on illegal Mexicans immigrants or drug rivals are turning Phoenix into the kidnap capital of the US, reports the Wall Street Journal. In one raid, 30 shivering, half-naked smuggled immigrants were discovered in an abandoned home. They had been shaken down for thousands of dollars.... More »

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illegal immigrant • crime • Arizona • housing market • kidnapping • Phoenix • drug cartel • kidnapper • smuggling • Mexican

(Newser) - A Phoenix gun-safety advocate accidentally shot himself in the head yesterday while demonstrating gun safety, the Arizona Daily Star reports. The man was explaining to two others the necessity of keeping guns unloaded in the house. To demonstrate, he placed his own gun—which he thought was unloaded—to... More »

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Arizona • Phoenix • firearms • handgun • gunshot wounds • head trauma • gun safety • loaded gun • pistol

GLOSSIES

 Puppy Love 
 Fuels Twilight Author 


Feb 25, 09 6:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight books, is not a shadowy vampire, Vogue reports. In fact, she is a shy, retiring Mormon mother of 3 living in a Phoenix suburb. Sure, the characters for the hit books came from a dream, but the substance is straight puppy... More »

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housewives • Arizona • Phoenix • Mormon • children's books • Twilight • Stephenie Meyer • vampires

(AP) - What's the ideal gift for a basketball-obsessed president? Try a size 23 sneaker personally autographed by Shaquille O'Neal. The Phoenix Suns center couldn't be around himself when President Obama arrived at Sky Harbor International Airport yesterday afternoon. So when the president stepped off of Air Force One, Phoenix Mayor Phil... More »

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Barack Obama • basketball • Phoenix Suns • shoes • Phoenix • Shaquille O'Neal

(Newser) - When urban planners dream, they dream that Americans will give up on the suburbs in favor of a dense, environmentally friendly, less auto-dependent lifestyle. And it’s never going to happen, David Brooks writes in the New York Times. “Amsterdam is a wonderful city, but Americans never... More »

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Chicago • New York • Denver • Los Angeles • San Diego • Phoenix • Amsterdam • urban sprawl • Seattle • US cities • cities • Portland • urban planning • suburban sprawl • David Brooks

Charles Barkley Busted on Suspicion of DUI

NBA legend refuses breathalyzer, given blood test instead

Dec 31, 08 9:00 AM CST
(AP) - Former NBA star Charles Barkley was arrested in Arizona on suspicion of drinking and driving after running a stop sign at around 1:30 this morning, according to police. Barkley declined to submit to a breath test, but was given a blood test. The results weren't immediately available. After... More »

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basketball • DUI • drunk driving • Phoenix • arrest • Charles Barkley

 Jubilant Obama Supporters 
 Swarm Grant Park 

Obama supporters collect in Chicago; McCain staff relaxed and confident

Nov 4, 08 8:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Hundreds of thousands of Barack Obama supporters have been collecting in Chicago's Grant Park, watching results come in on a Jumbotron screen while they await the candidate's rally tonight. The Lollapalooza-like atmosphere includes blankets spread out on the grass and vendors offering t-shirts and buttons, reports the Chicago Tribune. Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Chicago • Phoenix • rally • Obama 2008 • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

Cindy's Addiction: It Claimed Several Other Victims

Misuse of charity embroiled doctor, aide

Sep 12, 08 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cindy McCain is open about her painkiller addiction in the early 1990s—to a point, the Washington Post reports in an account of that period. Though she speaks of it frequently as a story of personal struggle, what she doesn't say is that she was in serious legal jeopardy for... More »

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John McCain • drug addiction • Phoenix • charity • doctor • Cindy McCain • prescription painkillers

 DMX Charged in Med-Bill Dodge 

Rapper faces third arrest this summer

Jul 20, 08 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scofflaw rapper DMX was arrested at a Phoenix mall yesterday and charged with giving a false name and Social Security number so he could skirt medical bills, the AP reports—only the third time this summer the rapper has faced charges. The sheriff claims DMX—real name Earl Simmons—visited... More »

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identity theft • celebrity • Phoenix • arrest • DMX • rapper

 Retirees Scoop Up
 Bargains in
 Housing Slump 

Sunbelt home prices plunge 25%

Jun 27, 08 2:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Retired Americans who can afford new bargains are enjoying the drop in housing value in once-exorbitant sun havens where prices have plunged as much as 25%. Miami, Phoenix and Las Vegas—formerly at the forefront of soaring prices—are now leading the decline, the New York Times reports. Homebuyers... More »

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real estate • housing market • Las Vegas • Miami • Phoenix

 Shake 'N Bake:
 Unclogged Phoenix
 Ovens Ready 

Scientists hope cooking Martian soil will yield clues to its nature

Jun 12, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists were cheering yesterday after a tricky operation succeeded in shaking Martian dirt into the Phoenix lander's oven, the Los Angeles Times. The spacecraft will now spend the next few weeks heating up soil samples and analyzing gases. Scientists hope the tests and photos being sent back today will help... More »

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NASA • space exploration • Mars • Phoenix • Phoenix Mars Lander • soil sample

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