Customers close accounts to protest Wall Street, abusive lending practices

Angry at Wall Street over the financial crisis and consumer credit practices seen as predatory, some consumers have opted to close their acc

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"… was chaired by Arianna Huffington. …"

Commentary: So Tim's death will not have been in vain

By Rosental Alves

AUSTIN, Texas, July 26, 2002 — By a sick coincidence, the Brazilian journalist Tim Lopes was assassinated precisely on the 26th anniversary

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"… lled his North American colleague, reporter Don Bolles, on June 2, 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona.The death of the reporter for the Arizona Republic brought immens …"

"… ly appear to continue the work.In this spirit, dozens of reporters went to Phoenix to complete the unfinished work of their assassinated colleague. After sev …"

Romanian weapons modified in the U.S. become scourge of Mexican drug war

By Rick Schmitt and Rick Young

Center story focused on Romanian weapon now targeted by Feinstein legislation

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"… Journalism: Camron Scott Galloway, 21, walked into X Caliber Guns in Phoenix, Ariz., on Jan. 30, 2008, and filled out forms for the purchase of six AK- …"

"… nistration to change its position.A picture of the X Caliber storefront in Phoenix, Ariz. The store was shuttered after authorities arrested owner George Ikn …"

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Auditioning to be the anti-Gore

By Nikola Horejs

Climate change deniers in search of their own Al Gore-like figurehead have an unlikely candidate: Václav Klaus, president of the Czech Repub

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"… Wednesday, and the Goldwater Institute’s 20th anniversary celebration in Phoenix, Arizona, on Thursday, where he will receive the Barry Goldwater Award for …"

ATF allegations, anger spread through Mexico

By Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab

Revelations in a story from the Center about ATF's controversial Fast and Furious operation have sparked demands for investigations in Mexic

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"… ion in January that detained 20 people involved with arms smuggling in the Phoenix area.. But Lara said his agency did not know that operation was part of a …"

Many over-60 pilots 'just want to fly'

By Josey Ballenger

WASHINGTON, January 8, 2001 — Some of the pilots forced to retire at 60 aren't as fortunate as their peers who have good pension plans when

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"… orced retirement in 1995 from America West. Now an FAA flight inspector in Phoenix, Delafield first started up his own international jet-ferrying company and …"

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Interview: Not in the U.S. of A?

By Charles Lewis

WASHINGTON, September 17, 2003 — A month before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and all of the increased government secrecy that

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"… ed Press was the first news organization to report the existence of the “Phoenix memo,” the famous FBI memo that said that some Arab pilots are in U.S. f …"

House hearing probes 'Fast and Furious' missteps, reveals White House link

By Corbin Hiar

GOP investigators criticize ATF gun-running probe, reveal White House link

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"… se investigators did manage to produce an email linking the ATF's troubled Phoenix field division to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. William Newell, the former ATF …"

"… nia Avenue. William Newell, the former ATF special- agent-in-charge of the Phoenix office who helped concoct the Fast and Furious plan, sent an email to Kevi …"

"… torney’s Office and with ATF and [an inter-agency federal task force] in Phoenix.”“After receiving briefings in March 2010, Deputy Director Hoover and …"

The influence peddlers

By Yossi Melman and Julio Godoy

Arcadi Gaydamak epitomized the business of war in the post-Cold War era – an entrepreneur with global ties to resource exploitation

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"… high society.The Falcones bought a ranch in Paradise Valley, northeast of Phoenix, for $10.5 million – at the time the most expensive home sale in Arizona …"

"… story. They were known for large donations to local charities, such as the Phoenix Children's Hospital. They also gave to political campaigns. Joyce Haver, a …"

"… Children's Hospital. They also gave to political campaigns. Joyce Haver, a Phoenix member of the Republican Party's national finance committee, told The …"

"… contributor who responded to all of the George W. Bush fundraisers" in the Phoenix area during the presidential campaign. She added that the Falcones wanted …"

Organizational donors

By Neil Gordon

Profiles of the top organizational donors in 2003 and 2004

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"… chair of the Arizona Democratic PartyPlaces: The Pederson Group is a Phoenix, Ariz.-based commercial real estate development company founded by Jim Ped …"

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