February 14th is Arizona Statehood Day. Congratulations and happy birthday, Arizona!
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One of the best ways to increase profits and provide security for an illegal conspiracy is to work out a deal with the FBI, and become an untouchable. Like Whitey Bulger! Or the Mexican suspects of the bloody Fast and Furious gun running team! Or Arizona politicians!
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The Bisbee Wellness Initiative is a complementary and alternative therapies free clinic. Their therapies are offered to help maintain wellness, promote health, and educate the community as to their effectiveness. They are meant to complement, not replace, conventional medicine giving you a balanced integrative approach to health care. All are welcome.
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Today, Southern Arizonan and former Gabrielle Giffords District Director Ron Barber announced his candidacy for Congress in Arizona's 8th Congressional District. Barber pledged to continue Gabrielle Giffords' legacy of working across the aisle to solve problems for the people of Southern Arizona such as protecting veterans and seniors, investing in clean energy to create jobs and securing the border.
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A second man charged in connection with the Brian Terry homicide was in jail on the night of the shooting. However, the sealed records do not show what charges were made, and he may have been indicted as part of a wider conspiracy.
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Admit it. We needed to save the auto industry, for both economic and national security. Clint Eastwood got the job to tell us this.
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Bisbee and Naco area residents were arrested on warrants during the last 48 hours, on indictments for trafficking marijuana. Nine homes in Naco, Bisbee and Sierra Vista were raided, and several arrests were made. KVOA leads with a lurid, hyperbolic headline: Feds take down members of a violent drug cartel. What they mean is that a bunch of juvenile delinquents have been smuggling cannabis in school backpacks. This qualifies as violence, under Arizona media guidelines.
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The Brian Terry family has filed a lawsuit targeting both the Gun Shop and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for his death last year near Arivaca.
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"Based on the evidence before the Committee, it is clear that ATF agents in Phoenix and prosecutors in the Arizona U.S. Attorney’s Office embarked on a deliberate strategy not to arrest suspected straw purchasers while they attempted to make larger cases against higher-level targets. Although these officials claimed they had no probable cause to arrest any straw purchasers at the time, allowing hundreds of illegally purchased military-grade assault weapons to fall into the hands of violent drug cartels over the course of five years created an obvious and inexcusable threat to public safety on both sides of the border.
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Scenes from Naco, Sonora. The people and the cinematic vistas. Naco, Sonora - Escenarios de Hoy, la gente y buenas vistas cinematicas.
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Gabrielle Giffords and Gaston Glock are forever linked to both American history and culture. The tragedy of Gabrielle Giffords' near assassination in the Tucson Massacre is complex and full of missed opportunities. Gabby's personal firearm is a Glock, as was the shooter's weapon.
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U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords announced her plans to step down from Congress Jan. 22, 2011.
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While the idea of "indefinite detention" of people determined to be "enemies" of the United States is currently being debated, for American Indians this is an old issue and one in which they have had a great deal of experience.
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Arlo Guthrie and Emmylou Harris sing a song by Woody Guthrie. From “A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly”, 1988.
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On November 16, 1969, Creedence Clearwater Revival performed "Fortunate Son" and "Down on the Corner" on The Ed Sullivan Show.
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Cochise County remains intact in the final redistricting maps, as now drawn by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission.
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FBI Director Robert Mueller denied that a third gun was allegedly recovered at Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's murder investigation. "There was no third weapon found at the scene. There were two weapons that were found at the scene, not a third. Why there were suggestions as to a third I'm still not certain... But the fact of the matter is there were only two weapons found at the scene," Mueller said.
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By unanimous decision, the Bisbee City Council became the first city in the state of Arizona to ban single use shopping bags. The ban will be voluntary, before being reviewed by the City Manager. Five cent fees for the use of disposable fees may soon be charged in the larger retail stores, followed by smaller stores later.
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US Attorney General Eric Holder is under fire by the Republican members of Congress over the 'Fast and Furious' gun smuggling scandal that has begun to engulf the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the FBI, including the DEA doing a collateral money laundry for Mexican cartels. Its little concern that these scandals began during the Bush administration, and are now fully endowed by Obama's Department of Justice.
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