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At border morgue, bodies keep coming
TUCSON (AP) — The body of Ildefonso Martinez arrived on a Friday night last April as John Doe, Case No. 12-01000. He wore black Nike shoes, a Perry Ellis belt,... Read more »
Bill gives tribes authority over non-Indians
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — American Indian tribes have tried everything from banishment to charging criminal acts as civil offenses to deal with non-Indians who commit crimes on reservations. Ever since... Read more »
Colo. to debate decriminalizing adultery
DENVER (AP) — A bill to erase the crime of adultery from Colorado’s law books faces a test today in the state Senate. The crime is rarely enforced, and repealing... Read more »
Utility seeks L.A.’s stake in Navajo plant
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona power and water district is negotiating to increase its ownership of the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired plant near Page in northern Arizona. According to... Read more »
Struggling L.A. votes for mayor today
LOS ANGELES (AP) — City Hall is nearly broke — and for many, is broken. The airport is an embarrassment. Freeways are clogged. And potholes, cracked sidewalks and untended trees... Read more »
Ex-DEA heads blast legal pot laws
CHICAGO (AP) — Eight former Drug Enforcement Administration chiefs say the federal government needs to act now or it might lose the chance to nullify Colorado and Washington’s laws legalizing... Read more »
Ariz. governor loses day-labor appeal
PHOENIX (AP) — An appeals court has upheld a ruling that prevents police in Arizona from enforcing a little-known section of the state’s 2010 immigration enforcement law that prohibited people... Read more »
Accused Ft. Hood shooter wants trial moved off post
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage wants his upcoming murder trial moved off the Texas Army post. Maj. Nidal Hasan’s... Read more »
Flood of gun magazines sought for Colo.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Gun advocates are planning to hold a meeting in an attempt to flood Colorado with large-capacity gun magazines before lawmakers can set limits. The meeting is... Read more »
Palo Verde to hold emergency exercise
PHOENIX (AP) — The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Phoenix will participate in an emergency response exercise next week. The Arizona Division of Emergency Management says the exercise... Read more »
Colorado storm strands students, drivers
DENVER (AP) — Colorado authorities are trying to reach drivers stranded by a snowstorm that also forced about 60 students to spend the night in their school. The El Paso... Read more »
El Paso’s landmark stacks to fall April 13
EL PASO (AP) — Demolition crews on April 13 plan to bring down two towering smokestacks from the now-closed ASARCO copper smelter in West Texas. About 50 people attended a... Read more »
