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Local News - East Valley Tribune en-us Officers from several Valley cities say they have put an end to a crime wave that involved armed robbers becoming more violent with each crime, a shootout between a suspect and a victim and the robbery of a Chandler jewelry store last month. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11qjc0u3r/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146838 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146838 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:14:47 +0000 A committee formed in Mesa to honor a slain civil rights leader with an annual parade is finding trouble keeping pace with the economy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11qi2kb13/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146830 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146830 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:13:49 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11q0nn8uj/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146824 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146824 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:34:18 +0000 Since 1971, Powell Junior High School has served adolescents in a west pocket of Mesa that borders Tempe. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11qdhf9ds/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146823 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146823 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:26:09 +0000 Major city government building projects like the new City Hall in downtown Chandler have left the space-deprived nonprofit Improving Chandler Area Neighborhoods, which mentors at-risk youth, without room to grow. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11qn3dclv/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146822 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146822 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:25:58 +0000 Old signs still advertise for closed stores at the Riviera Plaza in Mesa. Businesses operating at the plaza were eager to see the end of a major construction project at Gilbert Road and University Drive. The $8.4 million project was completed Friday, and merchants say the plaza has seen a decrease in business since the start of construction eight months ago. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11q5qma8o/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146817 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146817 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:28:40 +0000 When Carl Lombardo contemplated opening his first gelato shop at 734 E. Broadway Road, Mesa, everyone told him to stay away. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11qdmqmla/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146814 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146814 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:28:39 +0000 Ken Brague, a medical salesman with five children in the district, was chosen Friday as the Queen Creek Unified School District nominee for the governing board vacancy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11qih3smh/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146813 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146813 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:49:19 +0000 With national unemployment topping 10 percent, a lot of Arizonans could use some extra cash, and the Internal Revenue Service might just be the ticket. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11qegc7ih/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146804 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146804 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:14:57 +0000 Mesa police arrested a man Friday suspected of pistol-whipping a car repossession man on the head, an act that caused the gun to discharge in a shopping center parking lot. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11q1tv5bs/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146783 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146783 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:26:19 +0000 A Mesa police officer shot and killed a 22-year-old man who allegedly pulled a knife on officers Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11q9ve820/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146779 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146779 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:43:40 +0000 A segment of McQueen Road in south Chandler will be closed for more than a month beginning Tuesday while city crews widen a concrete bridge that crosses the Consolidated Canal just north of Appleby Road. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11qqamvdv/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146778 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146778 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:29:58 +0000 A House panel looking at Arizona Private School Tuition Tax Credits will allow public comment during its next meeting from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at the state capitol in Phoenix. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11q3tqkek/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146777 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146777 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:17:53 +0000 The eastbound Red Mountain Freeway section of Loop 202 will be reduced to two lanes between 32nd and 40th streets from 10 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday; from 10 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday and from 9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11qrm5u38/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146776 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146776 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:29:57 +0000 Attorney General Terry Goddard took the first steps Friday toward making a third bid to become governor. Blog: Announced in a tweet | Brewer announces bid for a full term http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11qobthlu/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146772 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146772 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:55:59 +0000 Gilbert police are searching for a woman who made almost 50 purchases in June using a forged credit card in the East Valley and other Arizona towns. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11q97oa9d/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146762 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146762 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:59:58 +0000 Glendale fire crews are investigating an early morning garage fire at the home of an Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter in what authorities call an 'honor killing,' but there's no indication the fire was intentionally set. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11qa35du8/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146760 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146760 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:45:07 +0000 Authorities say a light-rail train and a minivan collided in Phoenix and left five people injured, including two who were hospitalized. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11qpq0kmt/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146761 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146761 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:44:57 +0000 In about a week, workers at Fry's and Safeway in Arizona could be walking a picket line instead of stocking shelves and bagging groceries. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11q0k6948/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146759 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146759 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:29:57 +0000 The Mesa Unified School District is considering closing Powell Junior High School to open a community center, adding ninth-graders to three high schools and creating an Advanced Studies Academy on the west side of the district. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Phoenix/East_Valley_Tribune/SIG=11qftf7fv/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F146748 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146748 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:25:59 +0000 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:14:47 +0000