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Lawyer tries to paint informant as temptress

An attorney for one of two white supremacist brothers charged in Arizona with bombing a black city official in Scottsdale is trying to paint a government informant as a temptress who led one of the brothers to believe that she would have sex with him so he would admit to the crime.

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Jury in AZ bombing case see informant's racy pics

Defense attorneys for two white supremacist brothers accused of bombing a black city official in Scottsdale showed jurors racy photos Friday of a government informant chosen in hopes her good looks would get the men to talk.

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Defense: Bomb case built on 'conspiracy of lust'

A defense attorney in the trial of twin white supremacist brothers charged in the bombing of a black city official on Thursday criticized the use of an attractive younger woman as a federal informant, calling her a "trailer-park Mata Hari" who dressed in revealing clothes to get the men to open up to her.

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Best friends remember 9-year-old slain in Tucson

Three little girls made plans for the future. They built sandcastles, they danced to pop songs, they swam, they laughed, they swore to be roommates in college.

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Rep. Giffords leads Tucson shooting remembrance

After a year of struggling to re-learn how to walk and speak, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords confidently climbed the steps on an outdoor stage on Sunday and led a crowd of hundreds in the Pledge of Allegiance, her words ringing out on a cold Tucson night just one year after she survived a gunshot to the head.

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Tucson mass shooting survivors try to move forward

Ron Barber's nightmares wake him in the dead of night and he can still see it: The flash of a gun muzzle aimed at Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' head.

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Giffords, survivors to commemorate mass shooting

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, other survivors of the Tucson shooting rampage and numerous others will come together in the close-knit southern Arizona city on Jan. 8 to commemorate the one-year mark of that tragic day and remember those who died.

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Police think Ariz. girl was killed, dumped in bin

Police now believe a 5-year-old Arizona girl missing for more than two months was killed and that her body was dumped in a trash bin across town before her mother reported her missing — the most substantive information detectives have released about what they think happened to the girl.

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Ariz. authorities dismantle 'extensive' drug cell

Arizona authorities have arrested some 200 people, and seized $7.8 million in cash and more than 1,200 pounds of drugs following an investigation they say has dismantled an "extensive" drug trafficking cell tied to the powerful Sinaloa cartel, federal and state authorities announced Tuesday.

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Activists: Inmate on life support after jail fight

A man found unresponsive in a jail cell after fighting with deputies over the weekend was on life support Monday, in a case that Latino activists say raises more questions about practices under Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

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Arizona man who murdered 9 sentenced to death

An Arizona jury on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing nine people during a spree that terrorized the Phoenix area, rejecting the man's pleas for mercy and denials of guilt and agreeing with prosecutors that the killings were especially cruel.

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SWAT team's shooting of Marine causes outrage

Jose Guerena Ortiz was sleeping after an exhausting 12-hour night shift at a copper mine. His wife, Vanessa, had begun breakfast. Their 4-year-old son, Joel, asked to watch cartoons.

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Ariz. grandfather roughed up by police in Walmart

Police in suburban Buckeye were under fire Friday when a video was posted online showing a grandfather on the floor of a Walmart store with a bloody face after police said he was subdued trying to shoplift during a chaotic rush for discounted video games.

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Document: Missing 5-year-old Ariz. girl was abused

New details emerged Tuesday about the child abuse case against the mother of a missing 5-year-old Arizona girl, including allegations that the girl was kept in a bedroom closet, deprived of food and water, and beaten.

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Family of Baseline Killer's victims talk of impact

Family members of five victims in the Phoenix area's Baseline Killer case sobbed with emotion as they spoke in court Wednesday of the impact of their loved ones' deaths.

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'Family Circus' creator Bil Keane dies at 89

Bil Keane's "Family Circus" comics entertained readers with a simple but sublime mix of humor and traditional family values for more than a half century. The appeal endured, the author thought, because the American public needed the consistency.

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Man deported caught with $1.6M in drugs in Arizona

A drug cartel member who was deported to Mexico as part of a major smuggling bust announced this week in Arizona has already returned to the U.S. and been caught with $1.6 million worth of drugs — yet another example of how relentless and seemingly unstoppable Mexican cartels can be, officials said Tuesday.

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Police, family at odds as AZ girl remains missing

Nearly two weeks after a 5-year-old girl seemingly vanished outside her suburban Phoenix home, police were no closer Monday to figuring out what happened to her as her family criticized the investigation.

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ICE officer ordered held in Arizona pot case

A federal deportation officer accused of leading authorities on a high-speed desert chase as he threw bundles of marijuana from his government truck was ordered Tuesday to remain behind bars by a judge who said the officer "took an oath and ignored it."

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Police working for new leads in missing Ariz. girl

Police searching for a 5-year-old girl missing for a week fanned out again Tuesday in her suburban Phoenix neighborhood in hopes of turning up new leads.

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Loughner's lawyers argue against Mo. commitment

Lawyers for the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage are arguing against his continued commitment at a Missouri prison facility, saying a judge failed to fully consider possible negative side effects from his forced medication or put a limit on his future dosage.

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Case of missing Ariz. girl points to kidnapping

Police looking for a 5-year-old Arizona girl who has been missing six days said Monday they now believe she was most likely kidnapped, because otherwise they would have found her.

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Police scale down search for missing Ariz. girl

Police on Friday scaled down the number of officers and volunteers searching for a 5-year-old Arizona girl who has been missing for three days after they found no hard evidence.

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Thrill-seekers run with the bulls in Arizona town

It's not the organized panic on the streets of Pamplona, but a few hundred thrill-seekers got a similar rush running from bulls in the Arizona desert Saturday.

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Arizona sheriffs blast gun-smuggling operation

Ten Arizona sheriffs slammed the Obama administration on Friday over a botched federal operation that that lost track of up to 1,400 weapons sold to suspected straw purchasers for Mexican drug gangs.

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