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Giffords’ decision to resign sets up Ariz. race (AP)

FILE - This  Jan. 8, 2012 file photo shows Rep. Gabrielle Giffords waving at the start of a memorial vigil remembering the victims and survivors one year after the Arizona congresswoman was wounded in a shooting that killed six in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords announced, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 she will resign from Congress this week. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file)AP – The race to replace Rep. Gabrielle Giffords begins in earnest Monday as the Arizona congresswoman’s planned resignation sets up a free-for-all in a competitive district.


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Ariz. prosecutor wants immigration checks restored (AP)

AP – The federal government’s decision to stop an Arizona sheriff from checking inmates’ immigration status will allow criminals to be released into the community, the county’s top prosecutor said Friday as he asked the president to order Homeland Security officials to immediately restore access to federal systems revoked a day earlier.

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Giffords serves Thanksgiving meal at Ariz. base (AP)

PREMIUM CONTENT--HIGHER RATES APPLY FOR NON-PHOTOSTREAM MEMBERS - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., waves to airmen while serving a Thanksgiving meal at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP – U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords helped serve a Thanksgiving meal to service members and retirees at a military base in her hometown.


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Power back on for most in Ariz., Calif. and Mexico (AP)

A stranded passenger sleeps in the baggage claim area at San Diego's Lindbergh Field after a blackout Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011.  A power outage is affecting millions of people across southern California, Arizona and Mexico.  (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP – Utility crews brought electricity back to much of California, Arizona and Mexico on Friday, a day after a power outage left millions in the dark, paralyzed freeways and halted flights at San Diego’s airport.


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Massive Ariz. wildfire expected to enter NM (AP)

A firefighter protects a backburn to fight the Wallow Fire in Nutrioso, Ariz., Friday, June 10, 2011.   A massive wildfire in eastern Arizona that has claimed more than 30 homes and forced nearly than 10,000 people to evacuate is likely to spread into New Mexico soon, threatening more towns and possibly endangering two major power lines that bring electricity from Arizona to West Texas.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP – A massive wildfire in eastern Arizona that has claimed more than 30 homes and cabins and forced nearly 10,000 people to flee was poised to move into New Mexico on Friday, threatening more towns and possibly endangering two major power lines that bring electricity from Arizona to West Texas.


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Thousands ordered out of Ariz. town as fire nears (AP)

Emily Shupe comforts her 18-month-old  son Jax as the family prepares to evacuate to Phoenix as the Wallow fire approaches in Springerville, Ariz., Tuesday, June 7, 2011. The blaze has burned 486 square miles of ponderosa pine forest, driven by wind gusts of more than 60 mph since it was sparked on May 29 by what authorities believe was an unattended campfire. It officially became the second-largest in Arizona history on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP – Flames from a mammoth forest fire licked the ridges surrounding the eastern Arizona town of Eagar on Tuesday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of about half the 4,000 residents as surrounding towns also prepared to empty.


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Judge: Ariz. shooting suspect mentally incompetent (AP)

Defendant Jared Loughner sits with his head in his hands during a competency hearing in federal court Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. as shown in this artists' rendering.  Loughner is charged with shooting U.S. Rep. Garbrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. and 18 others and was deemed by a federal judge today to be incompetent to stand trial at this time.  (AP Photo/Bill Robles)AP – The man accused of wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a deadly rampage lowered his head to within inches of the courtroom table Wednesday. When he lifted it, he began yelling, angry and loud.


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