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2nd Mayor Says Obama 'Wasn't Tense At All' During Brewer Encounter

Phoenix, AZ Mayor Says Obama ‘Wasn’t Tense At All’ During Brewer Encounter - In numerous TV and radio interviews since the meeting, [Arizona Governor Jan] Brewer has said the president was “tense to say the least” and took issue with a book she wro …

Mesa, AZ Mayor Seems To Contradict Brewer's Story On Obama Run-In; Brewer Claiming She Felt 'A Little Threatened'

Mayor Scott Smith of Mesa, Ariz., declined to say exactly what he heard Obama and Brewer talk about during their now-infamous tiff next to Air Force One. But the mayor said he was standing right next to the governor when the exchange took place and Obama didn’t seem to b …

Jan Brewer: Angry white woman?

Many readers feel Jodi Kantor's book portrayed Michelle Obama as an "angry black woman." Hence, they're upset that Brewer isn't being cast across media headlines as an angry white woman. If Brewer's anger with Obama is totally and fully rooted in his criticism of her book, Bre …

Video: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Announcing Her Resignation from Congress

  "Arizona is my home, always will be. A lot has happened over the past year. We cannot change that. But I know on the issues we fought for we can change things for the better. Jobs, border security, veterans. We can do so much more by working together.

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Obama Administration Issues Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban, GOP Already Seeks to Nullify It | AlterNet

This is what happens when 'the People' stand up for our environment AND say something to the President...

Giffords Shooting: Why did six people have to die last year at a grocery store near Tucson?

by Tom Zoellner - This was the work of a single disturbed individual, but this is a connected universe and events never happen in a vacuum.

Tucson, Arizona Shootings One Year Later: Slain victims honored, survivors try to heal

People were talking when the gunman began to fire. They were gathered outside a grocery store near Tucson, a year ago today, to talk to their congresswoman. Rep.

McCain to Obama: 'You can run but you can't hide'

Speaking to voters at a town hall meeting in Manchester, the Arizona senator and former 2008 GOP standard bearer lambasted President Obama's record, warning him: "You can run but you can't hide - from your record of making this country bankrupt; from destroying our nation secur …

Rocks a Collection

When I was young my grandfather and my uncles used to work in the copper mines around Globe and Miami, Arizona.  At times they would bring me some Fool’s Gold and often other beautiful rocks frome the mines.  There was a period of time when I had a cardboard box w …

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Feds detail pattern of discrimination by Arpaio

The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday morning accused the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office of racial profiling in traffic stops and immigration operations and discriminating against Spanish speakers in the county jails. Assistant Attorney General Thomas E.

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