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Associated Press - September 6, 2010 4:34 AM ET
Third man arrested in fatal Tucson home invasion
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A man who was wanted in connection with a home invasion that left another suspect dead has turned himself in to Tucson police.
Authorities say 20-year-old Martin Reaves was taken into custody Saturday at police headquarters. He's been booked into the Pima County Jail on a charge of first-degree murder.
Police say men wearing masks forced entry into a Tucson apartment on Aug. 25. After an exchange of gunfire, the suspects fled.
Three people were wounded and one man, a 20-year-old suspect in the home invasion, later died.
Reaves is the third man arrested in connection with the case.
Armored truck employee shot at Ariz. store
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Police are searching for a man who shot an armored truck employee during a robbery near the entrance of a Walmart in Glendale on Sunday.
Police Sgt. Brent Coombs says the armored truck employee was dropping off and picking up items at the store when he was attacked by a man who was described by witnesses as an adult black male.
The man shot the armored truck employee in the leg and the hand and then fled the scene in a small red sport utility vehicle. Authorities believe he took a black bag from employee but they are not sure what was inside.
The employee was taken to a local hospital and is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Officers cleared the store and are now interviewing witnesses.
Ariz. city considers ending contracting policy
PHOENIX (AP) - The city of Phoenix is considering a proposal that would bring an end to contracting standards that helped minority- and women-owned businesses open shops and restaurants at Sky Harbor International Airport.
The City Council's four-member Downtown, Aviation and Economy Subcommittee has unanimously approved a proposal to ensure small businesses, regardless of the gender or race of the owner, are candidates for concessions contracts.
The proposal would effectively end special consideration for minority- and women-owned businesses in food and beverage contracting.
The City Council will have the final say on the proposal.
About 28% of Sky Harbor's $167 million gross retail- and food-concession sales are attributed to firms owned by women or minorities.
Information from: The Arizona Republic, http://www.azcentral.com
Chandler police investigate double shooting
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) - Chandler police have made one arrest in connection to the fatal shooting of 2 men early Sunday.
Chandler Police Detective Frank Mendoza says officers responded to a home around 1:40 a.m. after getting a call about an unknown problem. When they arrived, the officers found that two men had been shot.
Both men were taken to an area hospital, where they were pronounced dead. Their names have not been released.
Police say one person has been arrested and is being interviewed. The person's name was not immediately released, and police had no other details about what may have led to the shooting.
Mendoza says the investigation is ongoing.
Salt River tribe to have key election
PHOENIX (AP) - Members of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community will vote for a tribal president next week in an election that will also gauge how they feel about a new casino resort and spring-training baseball complex.
1 of 3 challengers in Tuesday's election, Sterling Manuel Sr., says the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community has turned over too many jobs to non-Indians and the Tribal Council approved the latest developments against the wishes of the people.
He says community members need change before it's too late.
In her bid for a second term, incumbent Diane Enos faces strong opposition from Manuel, along with Delbert Ray Sr., tribal chief judge, and Joan Ramos, the previous president.
Enos says her administration has provided economic stability.
Information from: The Arizona Republic, http://www.azcentral.com
NAU adjusts salaries for university employees
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Hundreds of Northern Arizona University employees will be getting paid more.
University officials say the salary boosts are not raises, but rather market adjustments meant to bring employees' salaries closer to their counterparts at other universities.
Employees ranging from secretaries to professors and vice presidents will see increases from $500 to more than $29,000 apiece. The adjustments total $6.8 million and come after three years with no raises at all.
The university says employees making within 10% of their counterparts at peer universities were not given raises, but about two-thirds of NAU's 2,564 benefits-eligible employees did qualify for a boost.
University President John Haeger says he hopes the increases will keep NAU from losing talent.
Information from: Arizona Daily Sun, http://www.azdailysun.com/
2 babies killed when semi hits vehicles in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) - Two babies were killed after a three-vehicle collision involving a gas tanker occurred on Interstate 10 in west Phoenix on Saturday.
Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves says a car slowed around 2:40 p.m. to look at a minor collision and cut off a minivan, which then slammed on its brakes to avoid a crash.
That's when a small sedan hit the minivan. A gas tanker then hit the two vehicles and overturned on its side.
A 13-month-old girl, a 3-week-old boy, and a woman believed to be their mother were critically injured in the sedan and taken to hospitals; the babies died around 3:45. A 35-year-old woman in the minivan had nonfatal injuries, and the tanker driver was not hurt.
The entire roadway is blocked and all traffic is being taken off the eastbound lanes of the freeway at the 51st Avenue exit.
DPS is looking for the male driver of the white or gray Dodge Magnum that cut off the minivan.
NM voters support immigrant policies
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A copyright poll in Sunday's Albuquerque Journal shows New Mexico voters strongly disapprove of the state's policy of giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants and a majority of them support Arizona's new immigration law.
University of New Mexico assistant political science professor Gabriel Sanchez says New Mexicans do not favor the Arizona law as much as the rest of the country, but that the state's voters are becoming more disenchanted with illegal immigrants.
According to the poll, 53% favor Arizona's law, 35% disapprove, 7% have mixed feelings and 5% don't know or wouldn't say.
Research and Polling Inc. of Albuquerque conducted the poll by questioning 403 registered voters by telephone Aug. 23-27.
The margin of error is plus or minus 5%age points.
Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
Comedian Robert Schimmel dies after car accident
PHOENIX (AP) - Standup comic Robert Schimmel, a frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show, has died after suffering serious injuries in a car accident. He was 60.
Schimmel's spokesman, Howard Bragman, says Schimmel died Friday evening in a Phoenix hospital.
Schimmel was a passenger Aug. 26 in a car driven by his 19-year-old daughter Aliyah. Bragman says Aliyah Schimmel swerved to avoid another car and the vehicle she was driving rolled to the side of the freeway. Bragman says she is hospitalized in stable condition.
Robert Schimmel lived in Scottsdale. The 60-year-old comedian has been a frequent guest on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and on Howard Stern's radio show. His 2008 memoir, "Cancer on $5 a Day," chronicles his battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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