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Small bookstores thrive amid change

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Max Jarman - Aug. 03 (News) - The rise of online bookstores and digital-reading devices such as Kindles and iPads is indirectly fostering a resurgence of independent bookstores.

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Major fiduciary firm is going out of business

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Arizona Republic - By Robert Anglen - Feb. 08 (News) - One of Arizona's largest and most controversial private fiduciaries, used by Probate Court to manage the care and finances of incapacitated adults, is going out of business.

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Gabrielle Giffords going to rehab in Texas

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:47:24 -0800

Arizona Republic - By Megan Neighbor - Jan. 21 (News) - Less than two weeks after being shot in the head at point-blank range, she is scheduled to depart the hospital for the airport and a trip to a rehabilitation center in Houston.

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Arizona shooting: Bill OK'd to create buffer for funerals

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Arizona Republic - By Alia Beard Rau, Mary Jo Pitzl - Jan. 12 (News) - The quick work is in response to the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas, whose supporters say they will picket at the Tucson funerals, which begin Thursday.

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Investigation: Maricopa County Probate Court - A Troubled System

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Arizona Republic - Dec. 04 (Investigative Report) - Many Arizonans are unaware of what can happen to them should they lose the ability to take care of themselves – and what the responsibilities of a fiduciary are in overseeing a person’s finances and care.

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U.S. policy on immigration is a tragic joke

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:58:02 -0800

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Cancer bracelets' 'boobies' tough call for schools

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Bob Moen - Oct. 15 (News) - A $4 rubber bracelet meant to raise breast cancer awareness has done that and more: Students nationwide are wearing the "I (heart) boobies" wristbands, and running afoul of school administrators.

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For many, immigration to United States is only a dream

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Chris Hawley - Sep. 27 (News) - Immigration rules in the United States: If you're poor, uneducated and have no family here, go somewhere else, experts say.

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ICE chief: President Obama not soft on illegal immigrants

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Daniel González - Aug. 13 - A federal immigration sweep in Arizona this week resulted in the arrest of 63 illegal immigrants, and President Barack Obama's administration has removed from the country a record number of illegal immigrants.

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Arizona immigration law backers feel let down by ruling

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Ginger Rough - Jul. 29 (News Report) - Residents across the Valley who support Arizona's new immigration law said Wednesday that they were disappointed and frustrated by a judge's order temporarily blocking parts of the measure from taking effect today.

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Federal judge blocks key parts of SB 1070

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Alia Beard Rau, Ginger Rough, JJ Hensley - Jul. 28 (News Report) - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's office said late Wednesday that the state will file an expedited appeal with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, asking the panel to lift the preliminary injunction preventing several sections of Arizona's new immigration law from going into effect.

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How racial profiling cases changed Arizona policing

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By JJ Hensley, Michelle Ye Hee Lee - Jul. 26 (Special Report) - Arizona's new illegal-immigration enforcement law has raised a host of concerns from critics, but none more prevalent than the pervasive fear that the law will lead police officers to target those who look Hispanic. Those concerns are not unfounded.

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Migrants' place in the 'underground' economy often reflects culture as well as caution

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Betty Beard - Jul. 25 (Special Report) - Up to half of illegal immigrants, perhaps 152,000 or more in the state, are believed to work in a large shadow economy, where workers are compensated in cash, don't report the income and don't pay income taxes.

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Major SB 1070 challenges being heard today

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Alia Beard Rau - Jul. 22 (News Report) - Two of the highest-profile challenges to Arizona's new immigration law will get their first hearings in federal court today.

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7 protesters arrested during hearing on Arizona law

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - Jul. 22 (News) - A crowd of about 40 people had gathered in the intersection of Washington Street and Fourth Avenue near the courthouse. Police had initially blocked traffic from the intersection, but later warned the protesters they would open up the street.

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Will new immigration law help or hurt Arizona economy?

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Ronald J. Hansen - Jul. 11 (Special Report) - Arizona's new immigration law will likely affect a sizable swath of the state's economy, but experts are uncertain whether it will bring overall economic gains or end up scarring the state with losses.

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Political rhetoric ignores reality at United States border with Mexico

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Dennis Wagner - Jun. 20 (News Analysis) - Anyone with a minimal knowledge or understanding about the nearly 2,000-mile swath of land between Mexico and the United States realizes that requiring a secure border establishes an impossible standard.

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McCain angry over scrapped nuclear waste disposal site

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Ryan Randazzo - Jun. 04 (News) - President Barack Obama's administration this year scrapped long-standing plans to develop a permanent nuclear-waste repository under Yucca Mountain in Nevada, so power plants like Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station are left to store their waste on site... "I think it's a big problem," McCain said when asked about the cut funding for Yucca Mountain during a campaign stop at Palo Verde.... Meanwhile, utility customers still are paying to store waste on site at the nation's 104 nuclear reactors, including Palo Verde. Utility industry groups have sued to stop the payments that companies like APS and SRP make to the fund because there is no plan to deal with the waste.

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Claims muddle debate over law

Sun, 16 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Dan Nowicki - May. 16 (News) - Arizona sparked an emotional war of words with its tough illegal-immigration enforcement law, a national debate in which both sides make wild claims and distortions that fuel divisiveness. Cutting through the political rhetoric is difficult. Even then, it's impossible to know exactly how the law will play out.

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$90 million at risk in boycott of Arizona

Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Jahna Berry - May. 12 (News Report) - Metropolitan Phoenix, which already has suffered convention cancellations because of Arizona's new immigration law, risks losing as much as $90 million in hotel and convention business over the next five years because of the controversy, according to city estimates.... Phoenix city and tourism officials have compiled a "watch list" of about 20 events, said David Krietor, a deputy city manager tracking the issue. The list consists of four organizations that have canceled events and more than a dozen others that have booked events but have expressed concerns about the new law.

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Momentum built over years led to immigration law

Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Alia Beard Rau, Mary Jo Pitzl - May. 09 (News Report) - Arizona's new immigration law may have stunned the nation, but for Arizona it's just the latest step in a decade-long battle over illegal immigration.

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Editorial: Stop failing Arizona; Start fixing immigration

Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - May. 02 - The Arizona Republic has been calling for comprehensive immigration reform continuously since 2002. For a brief time, our congressional delegation led the nation on this front. But no more.

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Arizona immigration law could drive Latinos out of state

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Daniel González - Apr. 28 (News Report) - More than 100,000 undocumented immigrants have left Arizona in the past two years because of the bad economy and earlier enforcement crackdowns. Now, a new wave of Latinos is preparing to leave. And it isn't just illegal immigrants: Legal residents and U.S. citizens also say they will leave Arizona because they view the state as unfriendly to Hispanics.

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Base education reform on realistic solutions

Sun, 03 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Arizona Republic - By Gregory Wyman - May. 03 (Opinion) - Arizona's public education system needs some reforms. This isn't a radical idea, but a near-consensus. Proposed reforms need to be based on an accurate understanding of how the current system works. They need to contain realistic solutions, not slogans. Under the banner of ImagineArizona, former Arizona education officials are promoting a package of changes (detailed in an April 14 op-ed piece, "Reforms are needed to improve education in Arizona") that fails to hit those targets.

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Black History Month still relevant for U.S.

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Arizona Republic - By Matthew C. Whitaker - Feb. 24 (Opinion) - With the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States, those who already viewed Black History Month as outdated and worthy of extinction have seized this period of racial optimism to call for the elimination of the 28-day commemoration. Leading columnists from major newspapers in recent weeks have been pressing for the end of Black History Month, which is the legacy of historian Carter G. Woodson, who created Negro History Week in 1926. Cynthia Tucker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, writes that "the commemoration is a damaging form of apartheid" and that "the nation of Tiger Woods, Oprah and Barack Obama no longer needs a Black History Month."

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