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This has been a tragically costly week for law enforcement in our Valley, and a sad one for all law-abiding citizens who appreciate the vital role our police officers play in protecting us from the criminal element, and that that service sometimes exacts the ultimate sacrifice.

When a suspect speeds away from police in a vehicle, should officers give chase or back off? That is the question behind Tribune writer Jennifer Ryan's special report on Sunday, “Deadly Pursuit.”

May 11, 2004

Frustrated at being unable to crack some of the Guantanamo detainees, the Bush administration in 2002 and 2003 began a re-examination of the legal restraints on the use of torture.

LONDON - The U.S. attorney general defended his country's treatment of terror suspects against criticism from Europe and elsewhere, saying Tuesday that the United States abhors torture and respects the rights of detainees.

WASHINGTON - Blackwater Worldwide security guards opened machine gun fire on innocent, surrendering Iraqis and launched a grenade into a girls' school during a gruesome Baghdad shooting last year, prosecutors said Monday in announcing manslaughter charges against five guards.

The Fourth of July is a time of celebration for the principles underlying the Declaration of Independence:

We’ve all heard the stories about beheaded corpses in the desert, undocumented immigrants who are all AK47-toting weed smugglers and how Mexican drug cartels have taken over parts of Arizona. In the Valley, we constantly hear about kidnappings, home invasions and those two unsolved murders of college kids in Tempe.

WASHINGTON - Americans can keep guns at home for self-defense, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in the justices' first-ever pronouncement on the meaning of gun rights under the Second Amendment.

May 12, 2004

Sonya Tefertiller, 29, wears an orange jumpsuit to class at Rio Salado Community College.

January 6, 2005

Today is not such a good day. True, it’s beautiful and sunny out, but once again I needed to get somewhere and I decided to take the US 60. Today, I got onto U.S. 60 at Val Vista Road and a car decided to exit into my lane at the same time I was merging onto the freeway. I had been glancing at my outside rear mirror for some time to make sure I had the free space to move into the lane.

We encourage readers to submit letters to the editor on issues of interest to East Valley residents. Submissions should be no longer than 300 words, factually accurate and original thoughts of the writer. Please be brief and include name, address, city and phone number for verification. Letters and call-in comments may be edited for clarity and length.

We encourage readers to submit letters to the editor on issues of interest to East Valley residents. Submissions should be no longer than 300 words, factually accurate and original thoughts of the writer. Please be brief and include name, address, city and phone number for verification. Letters and call-in comments may be edited for clarity and length.

The Tribune has received many Letters to the Editor dealing with issues in Tuesday's election. Not all the letters could be printed in the newspaper due to space constraints, so we are posting them online so our readers have a chance to see them all. Letters are separated by topics.