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Activists want Mexican soccer team to boycott Arizona game
PHOENIX — Immigrant activists want the Mexican national soccer team to boycott their Jan. 30 matchup against Denmark at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.
Arpaio launches patrols outside schools
PHOENIX — The sheriff for metropolitan Phoenix has launched a plan to have as many as 500 armed volunteers patrol areas just outside schools in an effort to guard against shootings like month’s attack that left 26 people dead at a Connecticut elementary school.
Arpaio aims to put armed posse at schools
PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has announced plans to deploy an armed volunteer posse to protect Phoenix-area students in the wake of the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.
Arpaio expected on stand today in profiling trial
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona sheriff known nationally for his hardline stance on illegal immigration is expected to take the witness stand Tuesday and face allegations that his trademark immigration sweeps amounted to racial profiling against Hispanics.
'Pulled over for being brown': Testimony starts in Arpaio trial
PHOENIX - Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's anti-illegal-immigration patrols took center stage Thursday in federal court as a group of Latinos set out to prove that his deputies racially profiled them as part of a systemic policy of discrimination.
Arpaio: Obama birth record 'definitely fraudulent'
PHOENIX — Investigators for an Arizona sheriff's volunteer posse have declared that President Barack Obama's birth certificate is definitely fraudulent.
Arpaio far ahead of challengers in campaign funds
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is leading campaign fundraising efforts by a large margin over challengers vying for his office in November, and a recent analysis of contributions shows that the incumbent lawman received about 80 percent of his funds from out-of-state donors.
Arpaio closing jails ahead of immigration protests
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is shutting down county jails in anticipation of protests against Arizona's immigration law.
Sheriff Arpaio celebrates his 80th birthday today
Thursday marks a big day for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Arpaio turns 80 years old this week
PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will celebrate his 80th birthday on Thursday.
Arpaio's lawyers to respond to civil rights suit
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's attorneys will respond in court Friday to a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit that alleges that Arpaio's office carried out a pattern of discrimination against Latinos in its immigration patrols.
Arizona man arrested in puppy abuse case
Authorities have arrested a Mesa man on suspicion of abusing a pit-bull puppy by breaking two of its legs while using a sledge hammer to stop a dog fight.
Arpaio: Obama birth certificate “a computer-generated forgery”
PHOENIX — America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff finds himself entangled these days in his own thorny legal troubles: a federal grand jury probe over alleged abuse of power, Justice Department accusations of racial profiling and revelations that his department didn’t adequately investiga…
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