TERRY TANG

Associated Press Writer
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Brian Williams lauds Cronkite in award acceptance

NBC newsman Brian Williams said Wednesday he's not sure if Walter Cronkite would have succeeded in the age of cable news, blogs and Twitter.

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NBC anchor Williams gets ASU Cronkite School award

NBC newsman Brian Williams received the first Walter Cronkite Award for his work in journalism Wednesday since the veteran anchorman's death this summer.

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Ariz. woman finds taxi driver is a kidney match

Rita Van Loenen had no idea that a trip in Thomas Chappell's taxi cab could end up being the ride that saves her life.

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New film has Tucson revisiting Dillinger's arrest

Bank robber John Dillinger might have thought he'd found the perfect hideout in Tucson, Ariz., in January 1934. The dusty city was a far cry from Chicago, where every law enforcer was looking for him.

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Tempe goes Hollywood for 'Wolverine' premiere

Hugh Jackman has no regrets about taking the premiere of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" out of Hollywood and into the desert city of Tempe.

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Obama faces massive scope of foreclosure crisis

In one neighborhood here, every block has at least two for-sale signs out front. Many homes have broken porch lights and crispy brown lawns. One house has graffiti on the door.

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4,000 fans greet Cardinals upon return to Phoenix

Fans erupted into cries of "Let's go, Cardinals" as the team returned to Phoenix one day after a tough loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl.

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TV show latest offbeat tactic for Arizona sheriff

In Arizona, seeing Joe Arpaio on TV is nothing new. But the self-described "America's toughest sheriff" now has a national platform to pursue lawbreakers that stretches beyond the 5 o'clock news.

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Bat man comes to the rescue of, well, bats

He may not be caped, but in the bat world, Jason Corbett is definitely a crusader.

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TB Patient Faces Felony Charges in Ariz.

A man with a virulent form of tuberculosis who once was confined to a hospital jail ward for failing to wear a mask in public has been indicted on felony charges.

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Illegal Immigrant Rescues Boy in Desert

A 9-year-old boy looking for help after his mother crashed their van in the southern Arizona desert was rescued by a man entering the U.S. illegally, who stayed with him until help arrived the next day, an official said.

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Hooters Waitress Charged in Tot's Death

A woman who found her 1-year-old son dead in her hot, stuffy car after she worked her seven-hour shift as a Hooters waitress has been arrested, police said Wednesday.

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Spade Gives $25K to Officer's Family

David Spade has donated $25,000 to the family of a slain Phoenix police officer.

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Security Scanner Can See Through Clothes

Sky Harbor International Airport became the country's first to begin testing a controversial new federal screening system that takes X-rays of passenger's bodies in an effort to find concealed explosives and other weapons.

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Arizona Sept. 11 Memorial to Be Reviewed

A panel that oversaw Arizona's memorial to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will re-examine the language of some of the monument's inscriptions after a hail of criticism, the commission's leader said.

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