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Arizona Gov. Brewer gets book critique from Obama (AP)

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer points at President Barack Obama after he arrived at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Mesa, Ariz. Brewer greeted Obama and what she got was a book critique. Of her book. The two leaders engaged in an intense conversation at the base of Air Force One’s steps. Both could be seen smiling, but speaking at the same time. Asked moments later what the conversation was about, Brewer, a Republican, said: 'He was a little disturbed about my book.' Brewer recently published a book, 'Scorpions for Breakfast,' something of a memoir that describes her years growing up and defends her signing of Arizona’s controversial law cracking down on illegal immigrants, which Obama opposes. Brewer also handed Obama an envelope with a handwritten invitation for Obama to return to Arizona to meet her for lunch and to join her for a visit to the border.  (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer came to greet President Barack Obama upon his arrival outside Phoenix Wednesday. What she got was a critique. Of her book.


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Arizona remembers deadly day with bells, tears (AP)

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, center, husband Mark Kelly and Nancy Barber, wife of Giffords' district director, Ron Barber, pause at the Davidson Canyon Gabe Zimmerman Trailhead overlooking Tucson, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. They're paying tribute to Zimmerman, who was killed almost one year ago during the Tucson shooting.  Zimmerman was the director of community outreach for U.S. Representative Giffords. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Cheryl Evans)AP – This time, in the supermarket parking lot, there were softly ringing bells breaking the morning silence instead of the terrible sounds of gunfire and sirens.


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High court to review tough Arizona immigration law (AP)

In this Sept. 28, 2010 photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent drives along the international border fence near Nogales, Ariz. The Supreme Court agreed Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 to rule on Arizona's controversial law targeting illegal immigrants. The justices said they will review a federal appeals court ruling that blocked several tough provisions in the Arizona law. One of those requires that police, while enforcing other laws, question a person's immigration status if officers suspect he is in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP – The Supreme Court stepped into the fight Monday over a tough Arizona law that requires local police to help enforce federal immigration laws — pushing the court deeper into hot, partisan issues of the 2012 election campaign.


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Six dead in Arizona plane crash

A small plane plowed into Arizona’s famed Superstition Mountains Wednesday night killing six people and causing a fireball that could be seen miles away, authorities said.

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Russell Pearce, GOP Arizona state senator, author of controversial immigration law, voted out of office 

An Arizona Republican who made his reputation trying to boot illegal immigrants is now being given the boot himself — by voters.

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Arizona man falls over railing during All-Star Home Run Derby; saved by friends, fans

In a terrifying near-repeat of a fatal fall at a baseball game last week, a fan came dangerously close to to suffering a similar fate at the All-Star Home Run Derby.

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Huge Arizona wildfire rekindles forest debate (AP)

An emergency vehicle is seen as smoke from the Wallow Fire covers highway 60  in Springerville, Ariz., Thursday, June 9, 2011.   Several mountain communities have emptied in advance of the fire, and a utility that supplies power to customers in southern New Mexico and west Texas issued warnings of possible power interruptions.  (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP – A raging wildfire that could become the largest in Arizona history is rekindling the blame game surrounding ponderosa pine forests that have become dangerously overgrown after a century of fire suppression.


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