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  • Senate sending Brewer bills despite veto threat

    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 ...

  • Arizona students accused of hacking their grades

    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 ...

  • Schools locked down for police search

    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 ...

  • Memorial Day gas prices at 3-year low

    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 ...

  • IRS replaces official in targeting case

    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 ...


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Movie Review

The War of the Worlds (1953) [DVD]

The War of the Worlds (1953) [DVD]

Producer George Pals film version of H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds was quite a shock to audiences in the early 1950s, which is why it is described as frequently as a horror movie as it is as a science fiction movie. Despite coming on the heels of Allied victory in World War II ... ...

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  • 390 kids drown in US pools each year

    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 ...

  • MCSO 15 entered country illegally

    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 ...

  • Officer firefighter procession routes

    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 ...

  • GOP Medicaid supporter gets threat

    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 ...

  • Construction worker killed in partial collapse of Montgomery Mall parking garage

    (Sarah L. Voisin/ The Washington Post ) - The outside of Macy's is seen at Montgomery Mall after a parking structure collapsed on ...

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