Read more Phoenix stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4360/phoenix.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:07:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74080/overdue-books-return-51-years-late.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Arizona high school librarian got the surprise of her career when she opened a package and found a letter from a former student, two books checked out in 1958—and a money order for $1,000 to cover the overdue-book fines. The books, Community of Living Things: Forests and...http://www.newser.com/story/74080/overdue-books-return-51-years-late.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 14:32:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71150/feds-rein-in-fiery-sheriff-on-immigration-checks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America” was not pleased. Homeland Security yesterday stripped Joe Arpaio’s deputies of the power to make immigration arrests in the field as though they were ICE agents, sending the flamboyant Phoenix-area cop into a sputtering, rambling outburst, the New York Times reports. “I’m going to...http://www.newser.com/story/71150/feds-rein-in-fiery-sheriff-on-immigration-checks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 9:44:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67933/angry-crowd-greets-mccain-at-ariz-town-hall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain met with an angry crowd at a town hall meeting about health care reform yesterday, sometimes having to fight to talk and telling one woman who wouldn't stop shouting that she had to leave. The senator hadn't yet opened the meeting to questions when one audience member continuously...http://www.newser.com/story/67933/angry-crowd-greets-mccain-at-ariz-town-hall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 10:53:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67222/rifle-toting-protester-part-of-staged-radio-interview.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn anti-reform protester who showed up near President Obama's town hall event in Phoenix with a semiautomatic assault rifle did so as part of a staged radio event, reports Talking Points Memo. The man who conducted the seemingly random interview with the gun-toting "Chris" is conservative talk radio host Ernest...http://www.newser.com/story/67222/rifle-toting-protester-part-of-staged-radio-interview.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 22:18:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67187/dozen-gun-toters-spotted-at-obama-event.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe man who brought an assault rifle to Barack Obama’s speech yesterday wasn’t alone. Roughly a dozen protesters were seen carrying guns, the AP reports. Phoenix police say the men didn’t need permits, and didn’t commit any crime. In fact, they say they were worried someone would try to harm...http://www.newser.com/story/67187/dozen-gun-toters-spotted-at-obama-event.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 8:24:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66380/obamas-will-visit-yellowstone-grand-canyon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama will visit two national parks during a family trip to the Mountain West next week, the Denver Post reports. The first family will travel to to Colorado and Montana in addition to Wyoming, home of Yellowstone, and Arizona, where they'll see the Grand Canyon.http://www.newser.com/story/66380/obamas-will-visit-yellowstone-grand-canyon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 16:47:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65143/youths-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-8-year-old-girl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour boys aged 9 to 14 are being held in connection with the sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl in Phoenix, the Arizona Republic reports. All of the children are Liberian refugees. Police say the boys lured the girl into a shed with chewing gum and “took turns” assaulting her....http://www.newser.com/story/65143/youths-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-8-year-old-girl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 13:36:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64460/2009s-best-music-so-far.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNow that 2009 is more than halfway over, James Montgomery runs down the best albums of the year—so far—on MTV: Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion : The No. 1 pick is “the only thing I can remember that has actually lived up to the hype, if not exceeded it....http://www.newser.com/story/64460/2009s-best-music-so-far.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 16:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64135/747-evacuated-by-slides-on-phoenix-runway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of passengers on a British Airways 747 flight to London used slides to evacuate the plane last night on the Phoenix Airport runway, the AP reports. The jumbo jet had just pushed back from the gate when smoke and an acrid odor was reported in the cabin. By the...http://www.newser.com/story/64135/747-evacuated-by-slides-on-phoenix-runway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Jul 2009 6:01:53 CDT