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Phoenix Neighborhood Circulator Service may be cut

Some question whether city can afford to use buses without charging passengers a fare.

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Cuts to all-day kindergarten big problem for schools, parents

Last week Ariz. lawmakers permanently cut funding.

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Man found fatally shot in Phoenix street

A 51-year-old man was found fatally shot on the side of a road in south-central Phoenix Thursday afternoon.

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Arizona House approves Cubs spring-training bill

Measure to help finance a new spring-training facility for the Chicago Cubs in Mesa.

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Five teens stranded in flooded Gila River

Five teenagers were rescued after they became stranded in the flooded Gila River in Buckeye Thursday night.

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Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick pushes mine-bill revision

Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick introduced a revised bill Thursday that could speed up congressional action on development of North America’s largest copper mine and bring an estimated 1,400 jobs to the Superior area.

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House delays weapons bill; abortion measure advances

The Arizona Legislature debated a flurry of bills Thursday, moving some forward and holding others.

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In run-up to bank crisis, regulators got bonuses

As banks gambled on the risky mortgages that helped create the worst financial crisis in generations, the U.S. government handed out millions of dollars in bonuses to regulators at agencies that missed or ignored warning signs that the system was on the verge of a meltdown.

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Dems sweeten health-care bill

With historic health-care change in the balance, Democrats plowed fresh billions into insurance subsidies for consumers on Thursday.

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Maricopa County to join mental-health pilot program

Phoenix is 1 of 8 sites picked to participate in the program to provide better treatment, follow-up care.

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Litchfield Park and Goodyear may team up on fire services

Litchfield Park and Goodyear are negotiating a fire and emergency services agreement that if successful would give Litchfield Park something it has long coveted: becoming a member of the Valley’s automatic-aid system.

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Autopsy: Taser death caused by heart attack, drugs

An autopsy report concluded that an Arkansas man who died after being struck with a Taser during a police traffic stop suffered a heart attack brought on by drug abuse.

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Man shot to death in driveway of Phoenix home

Phoenix police are investigating the murder of a man shot to death Thursday in a south Phoenix neighborhood near Broadway Road and 24th Street.

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Social media helps catch thief, return item

Facebook and Craigslist helped return a stolen watch back to its owner and catch the thief in Surprise.

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2 months after hit-run death, an arrest made

Two months following the hit-and-run death of a man that a north Phoenix neighborhood dubbed ”Mayor Bill,” Phoenix police have arrested a 67-year-old man who was identified from the start as the suspect.

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Reptiles, fish unharmed during fire at Phoenix store

Reptiles and fish at Tropical Treasures were unharmed during a fire at the Phoenix store on Thursday morning.

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Car kills Mesa man, 79, on 3-wheeled scooter

Police: Victim hit on no-crossing section of road.

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Joe Arpaio’s crime sweep to start this afternoon

Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced that his next ”crime-suppression operation” would start Thursday afternoon but offered no details about the scope or target of the sweep.

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Man pleads guilty to 2nd-degree murder in canal death

Willie D. Stevens overturned his car in a Buckeye canal last summer, killing one passenger.

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Crash of Harley Davidson helps solve 3-year-old theft

A Harley Davidson motorcycle crashed and abandoned Monday in Yavapai County led authorities to solve a 3-year-old theft that happened some 100 miles away in Phoenix, authorities said.

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Glendale police seek Oxycontin bandit

Man hit drugstore near 83rd and Glendale avenues.

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5 Phoenix-area women arrested for alcohol offenses

LAKE HAVASU CITY - Mohave County authorities arrested five Phoenix area female minors and a female minor from Washington State for illegally drinking alcohol at Lake Havasu Wednesday.

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FAA: Pilot who crashed had 2 previous accidents

Pilot who crashed an experimental airplane in the Arizona desert had two previous accidents.

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Real estate agent pleads guilty in fraud scheme

The U.S. Attorney announced Thursday that a Phoenix real estate agent has pleaded guilty for her role in a fraud scheme.

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Nude body found in Sun City golf course’s lake

Two golfers alerted police after discovering the remains near the 18th tee of South Golf Course.

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Prius driver in Fountain Hills crash says gas pedal stuck

Toyota owner told authorities that’s what caused him to drive into a light pole, officials said.

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Authorities: Man slips crossing Verde River, drowns

A man who authorities say attempted to cross the Verde River to reach Verde Hot Springs on Wednesday was swept away and drowned.

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Campus-gun bill advances despite police opposition

Measure would allow faculty to carry a gun.

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Light trail train damaged in crash with semi

A Metro light rail train collided with a semitruck in central Phoenix early Monday, but the crash was minor and the scene was cleaned up within 30 minutes, authorities said.

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6 Phoenix-area women arrested for alcohol offenses

LAKE HAVASU CITY - Mohave County authorities arrested five Phoenix area female minors and a female minor from Washington State for illegally drinking alcohol at Lake Havasu Wednesday.

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