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50-year-old Phoenix arrest led to landmark Miranda ruling
PHOENIX (AP) — An arrest in Arizona 50 years ago that led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision is the subject of an exhibit that includes the handwritten confession... Read more »
New El Paso ballpark to replace city hall
EL PASO (AP) — The 10-story city hall in El Paso will be demolished April 14 to make way for a new $50 million minor league baseball park. City officials... Read more »
Colo.’s marijuana task force finishes work
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s marijuana task force that has been debating how the drug should be grown, sold and taxed has finished its work. The group is making its recommendations... Read more »
Mark Kelly under fire for buying AR-15
PHOENIX (AP) — The husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords generated nearly 4,000 comments on Facebook from people on both sides of the gun debate after he posted a... Read more »
Border agents nab N.J. murder suspect
U.S. Border Patrol agents in downtown El Paso Monday arrested a Mexican citizen who had an active arrest warrant for murder out of New Brunswick, N.J., the Border Patrol said... Read more »
Colo. lawmakers OK civil unions
DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers took a historic vote to approve civil unions for gay couples Tuesday, delivering on a campaign promise from Democrats who have capitalized on the changing... Read more »
5 teens killed in crash near Amarillo
AMARILLO (AP) — Five teenagers have been killed in a fiery wreck after their vehicle ran a stop sign and collided with a tanker loaded with fuel in West Texas.... Read more »
El Paso man accused of threat to Obama
EL PASO (AP) — A federal grand jury in West Texas has indicted a 20-year-old man who allegedly threatened to shoot President Barack Obama during his inauguration. The El Paso... Read more »
Border security expo in Ariz. this week
PHOENIX (AP) — A border security expo set for Phoenix this week comes at a bad time for companies hoping to sell their high-tech wares to the federal government amid... Read more »
N.M., Ariz. firefighters prep for wildfires
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Hundreds of people are gathered in Prescott this week to learn how to prepare for the upcoming wildfire season. The majority of the 550 participants in... Read more »
Texan fined for killing whooping crane
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A Dallas man has been sentenced to a year of probation after he pleaded guilty to killing a whooping crane, a federally protected species of... Read more »
826 truckers pulled off Ariz.’s I-10
TUCSON (AP) — Nearly 900 commercial truck drivers were pulled off the road in a two-day effort to make driving safer on Interstate 10 in southern Arizona. In a joint... Read more »
