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NEWS ABOUT: Arizona

Arizona stories: 103 news summaries

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 Newspaper-Less Future 
 Nears in Some Cities 

Closings presage a future without the local paper

Mar 12, 09 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to print a final edition next week, it’s set to follow the path of Denver’s Rocky Mountain News, which closed two weeks ago, the New York Times reports; the Tucson Citizen will also likely close next week. A rival newspaper will remain in each... More »

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Internet • newspaper • Arizona • profits • journalism • Seattle Post-Intelligencer • Rocky Mountain News • Tucson Citizen

Ariz. Mom Wants Her Killer Boy Back in School

Nine-year-old pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his dad and a friend

Mar 4, 09 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The mother of a 9-year-old Arizona boy accused of shooting to death his father and a family friend says her son should not have been allowed to plead guilty without her consent—and she wants him back in school, reports ABC News. The child avoided a murder trial by pleading... More »

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Arizona • murder • probation • killings • shooting • boy • patricide • killer boy

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

Charles Barkley Sentenced to
10 Days for DUI

Ex-NBA star pleads guilty; gets jail time and $2,000 fine

Feb 24, 09 1:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Charles Barkley will be doing time for his DUI bust, the Arizona Republic reports. The former NBA star has been sentenced to 10 days in prison, which will be reduced to five if he completes an alcohol education course. Barkley—who told cops he was in a hurry to receive... More »

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NBA • Arizona • DUI • oral sex • drunk driving • guilty plea • Charles Barkley

(Newser) - Arizona’s three state universities are following the State Department and attempting to dissuade students from spending spring break in Mexican border towns, a traditional pastime, because of drug-associated violence there, the AP reports. One federal official called the warning “sage advice,” noting “documented violence, attacks, killings”... More »

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War on Drugs • Mexico • Arizona • Mexican border • University of Arizona • Mexican drug war • gang violence • Tijuana • drug cartel • spring break • Ciudad Juarez • Nogales

Republican Becomes Ariz. Governor

Party control shifts as Napolitano joins Obama Cabinet

Jan 21, 09 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Moments after the Senate confirmed her as homeland security secretary yesterday afternoon, Janet Napolitano resigned as governor of Arizona. But because Arizona is one of the few states without a lieutenant governor, the office passes to the secretary of state—Jan Brewer, a Republican. In a twist, reports the Daily ... More »

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Arizona • Janet Napolitano • Obama Cabinet • transfer of power • Jan Brewer

Barkley Will Take Break From TV After Bust

TNT analyst blew .149, way over alcohol limit, nearly 'extreme DUI'

Jan 9, 09 5:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Charles Barkley's blood-alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit when he was busted on suspicion of DUI on New Year's Eve, the Arizona Republic reports. He blew a .149, well over the limit of .08 and a shade under the state's "extreme DUI" cut-off of .15. The... More »

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NBA • Arizona • DUI • drunk driving • Charles Barkley • reckless driving • TNT

TRAVEL

 Super Spas (for the Still-Rich) 

Less waiting perhaps, too, at these top-flight pushers of relaxation

Jan 7, 09 6:45 PM CST
(Newser) - From ancient minerals and monasteries to herb-infused wraps and waterfalls, sit back, relax, and enjoy Vanity Fair’s list of the world’s poshest spas:
  • Amangani, Jackson Hole, Wyoming: Jet-setters can get a taste of the Old American West, where “wildlife runs wild.”
  • The Spa at
... More »

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travel • Arizona • list • Singapore • Milan • Prague • spa • yoga • skin care • massage

Barkley's
Arrest for DUI
Leads to TMI

Hoop Hall of Famer busted en route to intimate encounter

Jan 1, 09 12:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Charles Barkley lived up to his reputation for telling it like it is when Arizona police pulled him over on suspicion of DUI early yesterday, E! reports. Asked why he had run a stop sign at 1:26am, he said he was in a hurry to pick up the... More »

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crime • Arizona • DUI • oral sex • drunk driving • Charles Barkley • Basketball Hall of Fame • TNT

 McCain 'Can't Promise' to Support Palin for Prez

Tells ABC his 'corpse is still warm,' and there are other 'great governors'

Dec 15, 08 3:11 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain can't guarantee that he would back his own vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin if she ran for president in 2012, he conceded in a surprisingly weak show of support on ABC's This Week. McCain praised Palin, but repeatedly ducked questions about backing her in a future... More »

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John McCain • Arizona • RNC • ABC • Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Jon Huntsman • Mike Duncan • Sarah Palin • Patti Blagojevich • President-elect Obama

GLOSSIES

 Ariz. City Gets a Do-Over 

Officials annex extra 5 miles for Mesa's new downtown

Dec 7, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Mesa, Ariz., is getting a do-over. The financially battered city experienced explosive growth for more than half a century, and municipal leaders hope to recover that vitality, reports the Economist. Their solution? Start building, but not in the strip-mall-and-tract-home model so familiar in the Sunbelt. The city has annexed 5... More »

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technology • Arizona • design • airport • urban planning • city parks • Mesa

 Boy, 8, 
 Mulling Deal 
 in Dad's Death  

Deal linked to 3 mental evaluations of boy who killed dad

Nov 30, 08 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - An 8-year-old Arizona boy who is accused of shooting his father and a tenant to death is considering a plea deal in the double killing, reports the Arizona Republic. "We would have to decide if that's something in our client's best interest, and it's too early to be able... More »

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Arizona • murder • killings • boy

8-Year-Old Accused of Murders Kept Spanking Tally

Boy swore 1,000th spanking would be last: police

Nov 27, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - An 8-year-old Arizona boy charged with murdering his father and a family friend may have kept a written tally of his parents’ spankings, swearing that the 1,000th would be the last, the Arizona Republic reports. Police records say the boy “is believed to have made ledgers and or... More »

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crime • Arizona • shooting • spanking • patricide

McCain Will
Run for Fifth Term in Senate

His advisers begin setting up a political action committee

Nov 18, 08 7:14 PM CST
(AP) - Sen. John McCain, whose presidential bid was snuffed out two weeks ago by Barack Obama, is setting up a political action committee as a first step in running for a fifth term in the Senate. A McCain spokesperson said the 72-year-old Arizona senator decided with his senior advisers tonight to... More »

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John McCain • Arizona • Senate • political action committees

 Killer Boy 
 Reloaded 
 8 Times 

Investigators still stunned by 8-year-old's killing of his dad and neighbor

Nov 11, 08 2:40 AM CST
(Newser) - An 8-year-old killer methodically stopped and reloaded a .22 caliber rifle at least eight times as he repeatedly shot his own dad and a neighbor, the New York Times reports. Investigators have discovered no motive for the disturbing murders last week. The Arizona boy, who confessed to the shootings, appears... More »

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Arizona • murder • University of South Florida • child • patricide • Roy Melnick • Apache County Juvenile Detention Center

Arizona Boy, 8, Arrested in
Double Murder

Police say youth shot his father and another man at home

Nov 8, 08 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - An Arizona 8-year-old soon will be charged with the premeditated murder of his father and a boarder at his home, the Arizona Republic reports. The two men were found shot to death at the family residence Wednesday in the small town of St. Johns, and the boy was... More »

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Arizona • murder • children • gun violence • criminal charges • patricide • minor

 Jogger Gives Rabid Fox a Run 

Woman runs mile with animal's jaws clamped into her arm

Nov 6, 08 3:09 PM CST
(Newser) - An Arizona woman ran about a mile with a rabid fox’s jaws clamped around her arm, the Prescott Daily Courier reports. A fox attacked Michelle Felicepta, 30, while she was jogging Monday, biting deeply into her arm. Knowing the fox would need to be tested, she ran the mile... More »

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Arizona • animal attack • deadly animals • animal • jogging • rabies

 Obama Razing 
 Mac's Lead 
 in Arizona 

Even Mondale won his home state

Oct 29, 08 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - One Arizona poll indicates that the presidential race is within 2 percentage points in John McCain’s home state, the Arizona Republic reports. McCain leads 46% to 44%, but the 3-point margin of error makes the race a toss-up, according to the Arizona State University poll. Republicans have an... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Arizona • poll • presidential race • Election 2008

Candidates Go Hunting (Not Each Other) in Field & Stream

McCain, Obama declare their love for the outdoors in nature mag

Sep 17, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain will talk fishing and hunting in the October issue of Field & Stream magazine. (Coincidentally or not, the cover feature implores readers to “Find Your Bull,” the Swamp notes.) In the interview, both candidates profess to be big fans of the outdoors,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Arizona • Montana • fishing • nature • hunting • outdoors • Field & Stream

 Border Fence Blamed 
 for Ariz. Flooding 

Critics say fence design ignores environment

Aug 25, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Environmentalists say the US border-security fence is to blame for water backups in southwestern Arizona and Mexico, where steel-mesh panels meant to keep illegal immigrants out are getting clogged with flood debris, the AP reports. Critics are focusing their attacks on Homeland Defense Secretary Michael Chertoff, who waived environmental laws... More »

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Mexico • Arizona • flood • Michael Chertoff • border fence • flash floods • environmentalists

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