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Can GOP win without Hispanics? Look at Arizona

Can GOP win without Hispanics? Look at Arizona
By NICHOLAS RICCARDIAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - On the political map of the Southwest, Arizona stands out. Most of its neighbors - California, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada - are independent-minded states that once leaned Republican but are trending Democratic, partly because of increasing

Can GOP win without Hispanics? Look at Arizona

Can GOP win without Hispanics? Look at Arizona
By NICHOLAS RICCARDIAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - On the political map of the Southwest, Arizona stands out. Most of its neighbors - California, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada - are independent-minded states that once leaned Republican but are trending Democratic, partly because of increasing

Underworld saint becoming more popular in US

Underworld saint becoming more popular in US
By RUSSELL CONTRERASAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A follower in New Orleans built a public shrine in her honor. An actor in Albuquerque credits her with helping him land a role on the TV show "Breaking Bad." She turns up routinely along the U.S.-Mexico border at safe houses, and is

Mexico finds smuggling tunnel near US border

Mexico finds smuggling tunnel near US border
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICONAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican authorities have discovered a sophisticated smuggling tunnel equipped with electricity and ventilation not far from the Nogales port of entry into Arizona, U.S. and Mexican officials said Friday. The Mexican army said the tunnel was

Border Patrol under scrutiny for deadly force

Border Patrol under scrutiny for deadly force
By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) - A pair of Mexican drug smugglers in camouflage pants, bundles of marijuana strapped to their backs, scaled a 25 foot-high fence in the middle of the night, slipped quietly into the United States and dashed into the darkness. U.S. Border

Mexican mayor says boy shot by US agent 7 times

Mexican mayor says boy shot by US agent 7 times
By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A teenage boy apparently killed this week by a U.S. Border Patrol agent was hit seven times by gunfire and died on a sidewalk just across the Arizona-Mexico border, a mayor in Mexico said Friday. "It was a burst of gunfire," Nogales Mayor Ramon

Source: Mexican teen killed by US BP agent

Source: Mexican teen killed by US BP agent
By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent opened fire on a group of people throwing rocks from across the Mexican border, killing a teenage boy and eliciting outrage from the Mexican government over the use of lethal force, authorities said Thursday. The agents