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US, Mexico close to Colorado River water use pact

US, Mexico close to Colorado River water use pact
By KEN RITTERAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - Government leaders in the United States and Mexico are close to signing a pact to add areas south of the border to Colorado River water sharing agreements involving seven Western U.S. states, officials said Friday. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Insurer says it won't cover armed Pinal Co. posse

Insurer says it won't cover armed Pinal Co. posse
PHOENIX (AP) - An insurance pool that covers sheriff's volunteers in 11 of Arizona's 15 counties is changing its policies to exclude an armed volunteer posse that the state's second most famous sheriff plans to deploy to scan the desert for smugglers. Following legal warnings from

Police arrest 3 men in Denver bar fire killings

Police arrest 3 men in Denver bar fire killings
By P. SOLOMON BANDA and STEVEN K. PAULSONAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - Three men were arrested for investigation of murder after a Denver bar was set on fire to cover up five killings committed during a robbery, authorities said Thursday. "I don't want to say that it was a robbery gone bad

Afghanistan air base attack kills 2 Ariz. Marines

Afghanistan air base attack kills 2 Ariz. Marines
By BOB CHRISTIEAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Two Marines assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., were killed during an insurgent attack on an air base in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the strike, saying it was staged to

Unemployment rates in May in Western US cities

Unemployment rates in May in Western US cities
By The Associated Press Unemployment rates rose in more than two-thirds of U.S.

US cities with highest, lowest unemployment rates

US cities with highest, lowest unemployment rates
By The Associated Press Unemployment rates rose in more than two-thirds of U.S.

Freedom Communications sold to 2100 Trust

Freedom Communications sold to 2100 Trust
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Freedom Communications Inc., the owner of The Orange County Register and six other daily newspapers, is being sold to an investment group that had earlier tried to purchase The Boston Globe. The sale to 2100 Trust LLC represents the last of six