Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:39 PM EDT
Hawaii tourism officials expecting sharp declines in travelers from Japan have approved using $3 million in reserve funds.
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Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:23 PM EST
An Iraqi immigrant convicted of second-degree murder for running over his daughter because she became too Westernized now faces between 18- and 46 years in prison.
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Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:53 PM EST
He sat next to President Barack Obama in the nationally televised event. People are lining up to shake his hand, seeking an autograph or photograph. A mariachi band recognized him and rushed over with a spontaneous serenade.
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Sun Jan 9, 2011 3:40 PM EST
A 911 caller witnessing the mass shooting outside a grocery store in Tucson describes a frantic scene and says, "I do believe Gabby Giffords was hit."
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Sat Jan 8, 2011 4:21 PM EST
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday when an assailant opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with constituents, killing a 9-year-old boy and a federal judge and wounding several others in a rampage that rattled the nation.
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Sat Jan 8, 2011 3:03 PM EST
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday when an assailant opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with constituents, killing a 9-year-old boy and a federal judge and wounding several others in a rampage that rattled the nation.
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Fri Nov 5, 2010 2:44 PM EDT
Adorable Yuky, a hefty figure in pink and black spandex, soaks in the cheers and ear-splitting screams from the crowd. Tonight, the wrestler has a trick — or rather a treat — up his sleeve.
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Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:33 PM EST
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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Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:44 PM EST
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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Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:01 PM EDT
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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Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:00 AM EDT
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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Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:10 AM EDT
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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Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:17 PM EST
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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Mon Feb 2, 2009 6:53 PM EST
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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Fri Dec 26, 2008 4:04 PM EST
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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Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:59 AM EDT
He may not be caped, but in the bat world, Jason Corbett is definitely a crusader.
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Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:10 PM EDT
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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Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:51 PM EST
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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Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:18 PM EDT
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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Tue Oct 9, 2007 5:33 AM EDT
David Spade has donated $25,000 to the family of a slain Phoenix police officer.
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:08 PM EST
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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Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:15 PM EDT
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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