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--Earl sideswipes Outer Banks, heads for Northeast (AP)
AP - A weakened Hurricane Earl delivered only a glancing blow to North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday on its way up the East Coast, flooding the narrow vacation islands and knocking out power but staying farther offshore than feared. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.
--Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises (AP)
--Police say attacks on Pakistani minorities kill 44 (AP)
--Police question scientist in Miami airport scare (AP)
--Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone (AP)
--Small signal, big meaning? Castro in military duds (AP)
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Local News (Phoenix)
--Feds sue Arpaio to get access to jail, records
The U.S. Department of Justice filed an unprecedented lawsuit Thursday against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for refusing to provide full access to records and facilities for a civil-rights investigation.
--County-attorney hopeful Bill Montgomery: I'm not Andrew Thomas
He defends SB 1070, but says he will pave his own way, independent of his predecessor and Arpaio.
--Property-tax bills finally reflect fall in Phoenix-area home values
--Some owners face tax bump as cities hike rates.
--Workers bearing brunt of higher health-care costs
As employers struggle with rising health-care costs and a sour economy, U.S. workers for the first time in at least a decade are being asked to shoulder the entire cost of rising health benefits on their own.
--Mideast leaders set 1-year goal for peace plan
In an early sign of promise, Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged Thursday in a cordial first round of talks to keep meeting at regular intervals, striving to nail down a framework for overcoming deep disputes and achieving lasting peace within a year.
--KTVK 3TV PhoenixFire crews still mopping up after huge fire at Phoenix moving company
PHOENIX -- Even as hot spots continued to smoke and smolder Friday morning, investigators are trying to determine what sparked a massive three-alarm fire at a moving and storage company Thursday evening. The fire at The Ultimate Movers , which is located in an industrial area near 30th Avenue south of Indian School Road, started at about 5:30 p.m. The fire quickly went second alarm, which means ...
--Undercover investigation turns up huge stash of 'shrooms
PEORIA, Ariz. -- An undercover investigation has turned up a huge stash of psychedelic mushrooms and landed one man behind bars. Officers discovered the hallucinogenic 'shrooms in an apartment in the area of 89th Avenue and Bell Road in Peoria. In an exclusive interview with Marissa Wingate, the suspect, who is behind bars at the Fourth Avenue Jail, said he doesn't remember much about the last ...
--Police arrest man for allegedly stealing from luggage at Sky Harbor Airport
PHOENIX -- Police have arrested a man who they say stole items from luggage at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Late last Thursday morning, officers assigned to the airport saw Michael Hegstad, 23, remove two boxes from a conveyor belt. The officers approached Hegstad to discover he had empty the boxes of their contents. They immediately took him into custody. According to police ...
--Phoenix pediatrician charged with distributing child porn
PHOENIX -- A Phoenix pediatrician was charged with distributing child pornography. Dr. Emilio Luna, 40, of Sun City, was arrested Wednesday after FBI investigators learned that thousands of files of suspected child pornography were shared from his computer in a public peer-to-peer file-sharing system. Luna works at Desert Valley Pediatrics in Phoenix. A conviction for distributing child ...
---Arizona City couple arrested for growing marijuana in their home
ARIZONA CITY - Two suspects were arrested by the Pinal County Regional Narcotics Task Force members and Immigrations Customs Enforcement for growing marijuana possession. The Pinal County Regional Narcotics Task Force received information from an anonymous citizen who reported marijuana was being grown at a residence in Arizona City, Arizona. Detectives followed up on the tip and found a total
Entertainment
--Brooks & Dunn end 20-year career at Nashville show (AP)
AP - The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last.
--'Crocodile Dundee' to return to US amid tax fray (AP)
--Add hip-hop to 'Rock Band' thanks to Snoop Dogg (AP)
--Kat Von D & Jesse James Go Public With Relationship (omg!)
--Sara Paretsky publishes 14th Warshawski mystery (AP)
--Dolphins herded in Japanese cove but none killed (AP)
Sports
--12 Tar Heels to miss opener amid probe (AP)
--Kiffin wins USC debut as Barkley stars (AP)
--Utah topples No. 15 Pitt 27-24 in OT (AP)
--Roethlisberger ban likely to be reduced (AP)
--Sharapova gets upset-minded teen Capra (AP)
--Utley's slam highlights Phils' 9-run 7th (AP)
World
--Iranian opposition leader's home attacked (AP)
AP - Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending a key rally on Friday.
--Officials: US missiles kill 5 in NW Pakistan (AP)
--Ex-UK deputy PM wants answers on tabloid scandal (AP)
--7 defendants convicted in Portugal sex abuse trial (AP)
--Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone (AP)
--German Banker's Anti-Immigration Book Riles the Nation (Time.com)
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