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Arizona's immigration law is back in court, "self-deportation" on the rise

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Public Radio International - By The Takeaway - Apr. 26 (News Report) - The term "self-deportation" started out as a joke made by Mexican-American satirist Lalo Alcaraz. Since then, the joke has taken on a life of its own, becoming a catch-phrase for supporters of anti-illegal immigration legislation.

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As tide of illegal immigrants goes home, will US economy suffer?

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Apr. 09 - The illegal immigrant boom has fizzled; and as Mexican migrants go home, the question is whether it will drain the labor pool and hurt the US economy. ...

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In GOP Race, Geography Has Been Destiny

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Nate Silver - Mar. 11 (Opinion) - Rick Santorum's win in Kansas reinforced a pattern: geography has been the most reliable way to predict results in the Republican primaries.

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Solar power firms in Mojave desert feel glare of tribes and environmentalists

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Edward Helmore - Mar. 11 (News) - Out on the stony desert floor, Native Americans say, are sites of special spiritual significance.

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Outed GOP Sheriff Reportedly Had Relationship With Male Student While Running Abusive Private Boarding School

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - Feb. 27 (News Report) - Disgraced Arizona congressional candidate and GOP sheriff Paul Babeu is facing yet another round of unseemly charges. The Pinal County sheriff, who stepped down as Arizona's co-chair for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign amidst allegations he threatened a gay ex-lover with deportation, reportedly served as headmaster for the now-defunct DeSisto School in Stockbridge, Mass. from 1999 to 2001.

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Arizona Debate: Conservative Chickens Come Home to Roost

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Rolling Stone - By Matt Taibbi - Feb. 23 (Opinion) - Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich at the Republican Presidential Debate in Mesa, Arizona. Throughout this entire process, the spectacle of these clowns thrashing each other and continually seizing and then fumbling frontrunner status

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Sheriff Accused Of Trying To Deport Campaign Worker, Steps Down From Romney Campaign

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Elise Foley - Feb. 19 (News Report) - Republican Congressional candidate Paul Babeu, currently serving as a sheriff in Arizona, stepped down on Saturday from his position as the co-chair for the Mitt...

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Phoenix rising: Can “the world’s least sustainable city” go green?

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:35:00 -0800

Grist - By Greg Hanscom - Feb. 13 - What was the most surprising thing that came out of Andrew Ross’s two-year research stint in Phoenix, Ariz.? For my money, it’s this: People who live there (weirdly) don’t expect their desert civilization to collapse around them at any moment. “One of Ne

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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords stepping down

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:07:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By By Ashley Powers, Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times - Jan. 23 (News) - Rep. of Arizona, who came to symbolize hope and resilience as she tenaciously recovered from a gunshot wound to the head during the last year, announced she would resign from Congress to concentrate on her recovery. Giffords, 41, announced her plans in a

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Tucson's ethnic-studies program violates Arizona law, judge rules

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Stephen Ceasar - Dec. 28 (News Report) - The ruling affirms a decision by the state schools superintendent and could end classes on Mexican American heritage.

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What Do Marco Rubio, Immigrants For Sale, And A Sh_t-Ton Of Cash Have In Common?

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

MoveOn - By MoveOn productions - Oct. 22 (News Report) - You’re about to find out. Watch:

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The disturbing copy-and-paste habits of Russell Pearce

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

Salon - By Jeff Biggers - Aug. 03 (News) - The self-proclaimed architect of Arizona's "papers please" immigration law has regularly borrowed significant portions of text from the writings of hard-line white nationalists, fringe anti-immigrant activists, and others whose views far fall outside the mainstream.

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Arizona Lawmaker Pointed Loaded Gun At Reporter's Chest

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Alexander Belenky - Jul. 12 (News Report) - Arizona state Sen. Lori Klein (R), a gun-rights champion, keeps a loaded raspberry-pink handgun in her purse, and during an interview with Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas, she took it out and pointed it at him.

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Here's The Legal Complaint WikiLeaks Is Threatening To File Against Visa, MasterCard

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Forbes - By Andy Greenberg - Jul. 01 (News Report) - More than six months have passed since Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and others cut WikiLeaks’ purse strings. And if that blockade lasts six more days, the secret-spilling group plans to take its financial fight to the courtroom. If Visa Europe and MasterCard Europe haven’t re-opened payment WikiLeaks by next Thursday, the group and its payment provider DataCell plan to file a complaint with the E.U. Commission against the two companies as well as the Danish payment processor Teller, according to Sveinn Andri Sveinsson, the Icelandic lawyer for WikiLeaks and DataCell.

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Justices Rely On 'Standing' To Dismiss Church-State Disputes

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Adelle M. Banks - Jun. 30 (News Analysis) - As the U.S. Supreme Court ends its 2010-2011 term this week, legal scholars say a decision issued two months ago is likely to resonate within church-state debates for years to come.

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Report describes gun agents' 'state of panic'

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Kim Murphy - Jun. 15 (News Report) - Federal gun agents, concerned about weapons sales to Mexican drug suspects, begged to make arrests but were rebuffed, according to a congressional report on a controversial investigation.

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Ariz. wildfire becomes biggest in state history

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Jun. 14 (News) - A massive wildfire in eastern Arizona has become the largest in state history, although some of that burned area is in New Mexico, where flare-ups that skipped along treetops Tuesday threatened a small mountain town.

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First Photos Of Gabrielle Giffords Released

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Jun. 12 (News Report) - The first photos of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords since she was shot in the head in a mass shooting in Tucson about five months ago were released early Sunday. The photos appeared on her Facebook page.

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Arizona blaze prompts park closures, air quality alerts

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

USA Today - By Laura Bly - Jun. 09 (News) - A massive wildfire heading from eastern Arizona toward New Mexico has closed national forests and parks, forced evacuations of mountain resort communities, and prompted air quality alerts in New Mexico, where smoke blanketed Santa Fe and disrupted flights into Albuquerque earlier this week.

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Arizona wildfire displaces more than 3,000 people

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By David Schwartz - Jun. 08 (News) - A forest fire that has scorched over 480 square miles in eastern Arizona flared out of control for a 10th day on Tuesday and advanced on two mountain towns near New Mexico, forcing hundreds more people from their homes.

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"Birther" bill passes in Arizona legislature

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CBS News - By Stephanie Condon - Apr. 15 (News) - Republican Gov. Jan Brewer has five days to decide whether to make Arizona the first state in the nation to require proof of natural-born citizenship from presidential candidates

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Public high schools woo foreign students

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Apr. 05 - Faced with declining enrollments and shrinking revenues, public school districts from Maine to California are seeking out students from overseas, particularly China, to attend their high schools. ...

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Mental tests ordered for Arizona shooting suspect

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Mar. 22 (News) - A judge has ordered Jared Lee Loughner to undergo a mental evaluation at a specialized facility in Springfield, Missouri, as soon as possible to help determine if he is competent to stand trial, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tucson, Arizona.

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Girl, 4, a U.S. Citizen, Is Deported to Guatemala

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:39:36 -0700

New York Times - Mar. 22 -

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Arizona Flinches on Immigration

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:40:12 -0700

New York Times - Mar. 21 (Opinion) - States weighing immigration crackdowns should take note of Arizona’s reversal.

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