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updated: Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:48 am

Phoenix News

Local news for Phoenix, AZ continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

2 hrs ago | KFYI-AM Phoenix

Mayor Phil Gordon is considering adding slots to generate revenue.

Sky Harbor could become a gambler's paradise. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon wants to talk with a Native American tribe about bringing in slots to the airport and sharing the profits.

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Sat Jul 19, 2008

CNN

Rapper DMX accused of identity theft

Rapper DMX has been arrested at a Phoenix, Arizona, mall on a felony charge of taking the identity of another.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, DMX, Rap, Phoenix Metro, Maricopa County, AZ, Music, Entertainment

Arizona Republic

Slain woman's body found near Phoenix church

Phoenix police were investigating Saturday the apparent homicide of a woman whose body was found near a dumpster behind a church parking lot.

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Arizona Republic

Man in custody, accused of beating grandparents

A 33-year-old man was taken into custody by a SWAT team Friday morning after he was suspected of beating his grandparents with a pipe and refusing to come out of their Phoenix house.

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Related Topix: Maricopa County, AZ

City of Phoenix

Phoenix Reopens Some Pools Today; Others to Reopen Over Next Several Days

The Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department reopened the following pools today at noon: Alkire, 1617 W. Papago St.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming

Tucson Region

Small-biz owners like Goddard in '10 governor's election

If small-business owners have their way, Terry Goddard could finally get to be governor, a post that has eluded him twice before.

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Related Topix: Maricopa County, AZ, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Arizona Daily Star

Payments to firm hired for photo traffic tickets will rise if more pay up

The Department of Public Safety signed a contract to deploy 40 of these photo radar vans on state highways, along with 60 stationary units.

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Related Topix: Flagstaff, AZ, Apache Junction, AZ, Bullhead City, AZ, Phoenix Metro, Tucson, AZ

East Valley Tribune

Man charged with flashing on Phoenix bus

A man who allegedly exposed himself and masturbated on a bus in Phoenix faces multiple charges for the July 4 incident.

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Related Topix: Phoenix Metro, Paradise Valley, AZ

ABC15.com

Alert: Near drowning almost claims life of Phoenix 8-month-old

Phoenix fire officials responded to the scene of a near drowning on Wednesday. According to the Phoenix Fire Department, an 8-month-old child was on a floating tube in a pool at a residence near Glendale and ...

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Related Topix: Phoenix Metro

Thu Jul 17, 2008

www.evliving.com | Bill Austin

Desert Schools Nets $1 Million Grant for Homeless Shelter

Desert Schools Federal Credit Union announced that it has received a $1 million Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) to finance construction of a 157-unit residential development for low-income families in Phoenix.

Proceeds will directly benefit UMOM New Day Centers

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Related Topix: Marketing, Banking, Financial Services

www.topix.net | Bill Austin

Arizona lawman sued for suspected racial profiling

PHOENIX - A group of Hispanic activists in Arizona filed a lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Wednesday, alleging the lawman uses racial profiling in controversial sweeps to round up illegal ...

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform

www.evliving.com | Bill Austin

Fox Sports Grill

Fox not only brings the party they bring the accessories to go along with it. As night falls and the doors open bring yourself down to Fox Sports Grill to expose yourself to one of the newest and hottest spots in the West

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Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

www.evliving.com | Bill Austin

Heart-healthy Workshops on Stroke Awareness and Aneurysms

A series of free, monthly heart-healthy workshops for older adults and the community will be presented by the city of Phoenix Human Services Department Senior Services Division and the Arizona Heart Institute.

A workshop on stroke awareness will be presented by Lisa Gillen, NP, at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 17, at the Paradise Valley Community Center, Multipurpose Room, 17402 N. 40th St.

Widely misunderstood, strokes are the third leading cause of death in the United States with 700,000 people affected annually. Gillen, an adult nurse practitioner at the Arizona Heart Institute, will help identify the risk factors and treatments that one needs to take to fight strokes.

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Related Topix: Paradise Valley, AZ

www.bizjournals.com | Bill Austin

ON Semiconductor to buy Catalyst

ON Semiconductor Corp. agreed to acquire Catalyst Semiconductor Inc. in an all-stock deal for about $6.24 a share, the companies said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Catalyst Semiconductor, Semiconductors, Startups, Electronics, Catalyst Semiconductor, ON Semiconductor

www.azcentral.com | Bill Austin

Hot temperatures in the forecast

It's heating up in Arizona today, as strong high pressure has positioned itself over us.

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Related Topix: Environmental, Waste Management, Yuma, AZ, Weather

KNXV

Child escapes sex assault, alert issued for Phoenix area

Silent Witness and the Phoenix Police Department Family Investigation Bureau mailed close to 500 fliers on Monday in relation to an investigation involving an attempted sexual assault of a child in June.

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The Arizona Daily Star

Arpaio's immigration, crime sweeps targeted in lawsuit

' Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration and crime sweeps are being targeted in a lawsuit that alleged his officers have racially profiled countless Hispanics.

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Related Topix: Maricopa County, AZ, Mesa, AZ, Guadalupe, AZ, Immigration Reform

Wed Jul 16, 2008

KPHO-TV Phoenix

Police Seek Charges Against Jeff Hausner

Phoenix police said they want the brother of "Serial Shootings" suspect Dale Hausner charged with attempted murder in a stabbing case.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

www.azfamily.com | AZFamily

Phoenix pools closed after reports of illness

City officials have told 3TV that they are closing all city pools after reports of people getting sick.

Authorities say that they have two confirmed cases of people being sick with Cryptosporidium or Crypto, a water-borne disease.

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Phoenix New Times - Blogs

Mean ol' Sheriff Joe Arpaio, still too decrepit and cowardly to set foot in Mesa.

Tears of a clown? Joe's afraid of the big, bag Mesa police chief. So I return from my brief respite from the sad insanity of Maricopa County to see that mean ol' Sheriff Joe's still so scared of Mesa Police ...

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Related Topix: Maricopa County, AZ, Tempe, AZ, Mesa, AZ, Phoenix Metro

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