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  1. article Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes

    Monday, May 20, 2013 5:00 pm

    BOISE, Idaho — A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds.

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  • article The Vent: May 19

    Sunday, May 19, 2013 11:51 am

    “Ann Kirkpatrick? Ron Barber? Raul Grijalva? Ed Pastor? Kyrsten Sinema? What do you think about the IRS harassment, Benghazi lies, and AP spying? He’s your President, not mine. You have been awfully quiet lately.”

  • article Patterson: Media’s coverage of Benghazi disgraceful, but not too late for 4th estate to shine

    Sunday, May 19, 2013 8:12 am

    American journalism has disgraced itself in the matter of the Benghazi terrorist attack.

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  • article Shanghai: 5 freebies from Bund to art districts

    Saturday, May 18, 2013 5:00 pm

    SHANGHAI — China's biggest city and financial hub is known for designer boutiques and fine dining. Yet wallet-draining Shanghai also offers activities that cost nothing, from walking on the riverfront Bund to sculpture parks and historic sites. Here are five of them.

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  • article Letter: Regressive thinking prominent in politics today

    Saturday, May 18, 2013 2:04 pm

    Regressive thinkers like Paul Ryan and Harvard economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, who just had their invalid austerity facts exposed by three researchers from UMass, are running scared now. So scared, in fact, that they are talking CRAZY.

  • article AZ House speaker: Senate-approved Medicaid bill won't pass through house

    Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:03 pm

    The Medicaid expansion plan approved by the Senate late Thursday is pretty much dead on arrival at across the courtyard, House Speaker Andy Tobin said Friday.

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  • article Scarp: Substance, not form, at heart of petition rights

    Saturday, May 18, 2013 7:12 am

    When our nation’s founders wrote the language in the First Amendment guaranteeing the right to “petition the government for a redress of grievances,” there were no words describing the form of that petition.

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  • article Memorial service for Higley district administrator Art Wagner on Monday

    Friday, May 17, 2013 5:21 pm

    A “Celebration of Life” service to honor respected educator and leader among state high school sports circles Art Wagner is scheduled for Monday night at 6 p.m. at the Higley Center for the Performing Arts in Gilbert.

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  • article Americans eating more smoked seafood products

    Friday, May 17, 2013 5:00 pm

    PORTLAND, Maine — There's no smoke and mirrors about it — Americans are eating a lot more smoked seafood than they used to.

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  • article Airlines collected record baggage fees in 2012

    Friday, May 17, 2013 6:00 am

    NEW YORK — U.S. airlines collected more than $6 billion in baggage and reservation change fees from passengers last year — the highest amount since the fees became common five years ago.

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  • article Arizona Senate approves Brewer's Medicaid expansion plan

    Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:33 pm

    In an historic move, a group of Republican senators united with Democrats Thursday to approve the plan by Gov. Jan Brewer to sharply expand the state's Medicaid program.

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  • article Reagan: New generations aren’t adequately learning from history

    Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:14 am

    History is one of our greatest teachers.

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  • article Gilbert school board votes to continue free, full-day kindergarten; tables vote on budget override

    Thursday, May 16, 2013 6:55 am

    Gilbert district schools will continue to offer free, full-day kindergarten next school year following a vote Wednesday night by the governing board.

  • link Gilbert school board votes to continue free, full-day kindergarten; tables vote on budget override

    Gilbert district schools will continue to offer free, full-day kindergarten next school year following a vote Wednesday night by the governing board.

  • article Arizona lawmakers propose more requirements to put referendums on ballots

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:57 pm

    A senate panel voted Wednesday to throw some additional hurdles in the path of Arizonans who want to write their own laws.

  • article Former Mesa Mayor Wayne Brown dies

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 6:02 pm

    It is with a heavy heart that the City of Mesa announces the passing of Mayor Wayne Brown on Tuesday, May 14. Brown served as Mayor from 1996 to 2000. He also served as a Councilmember from 1968 to 1976.

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  • article Higley district AD found dead near HS campus from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:26 pm

    Higley Unified School District athletic director Art Wagner, 43, was found dead near Higley High School Wednesday morning, according to the Gilbert Police Department. Police say the matter is still under investigation, but believe Wagner died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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  • article Letter: Let’s examine the facts about taxes

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 2:12 pm

    Buzz words such as “subsidies” and “loopholes” have been thrown around by politicians for decades. If you’re seeking to impose punitive financial policies, these words are certainly more appealing than terms like “tax” or “penalty.” The Obama Administration is currently pursuing tax increases on the oil and gas industry under the guise of ending accounting loopholes.

  • article Arizona GOP lawmakers make budget proposal

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:55 am

    Senate Republicans are proposing a nearly $8.8 billion spending plan for the coming year, a tiny -- 1.6 percent -- hike over current levels.

  • article The Vent: May 15

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:31 am

    “Is the SRP monopoly spending thousands of advertising dollars (consumer electrical power payments) to promote SRP or to promote Mayor Scott Smith’s run for governor?”

  • article Arizona poised for boom in drone businesses, drone-related concerns

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:12 am

    After the high-profile shooting of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010, Scott Rollefstad felt he had to do something to help keep other agents safe.

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  • article Richardson: Arias conviction celebrated, but murder trials are a 50-50 proposition

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 7:51 am

    It’s official: Jodi Arias is guilty of 1st Degree Murder in the death of Travis Alexander.

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  • link Gilbert school board to discuss budget override election Wednesday

    One week after a 2-2 vote by the Gilbert Unified School District governing board put into question future discussion about a budget override ballot issue, an agenda was posted showing the board will v

  • article Gilbert school board to discuss budget override election Wednesday

    Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:22 pm

    One week after a 2-2 vote by the Gilbert Unified School District governing board put into question future discussion about a budget override ballot issue, an agenda was posted showing the board will vote on the matter Wednesday night.

  • article AZ house speaker: Brewer's Medicaid proposal unacceptable, let voters decide

    Tuesday, May 14, 2013 4:22 pm

    Calling the governor's proposal unacceptable and politically dead at the Legislature, House Speaker Andy Tobin unveiled his own new plan Tuesday to expand Medicaid, one that would give Arizona voters the final say.

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