Honeywell sells $185 million of Chinook helicopter equipment to U.K.PHOENIX — Honeywell International Inc. said Wednesday it sold Britain’s defense ministry helicopter equipment valued at $185 million to retrofit their fleet of Chinook helicopters used in Afghanistan. Alleged white supremacist charged in 2004 Scottsdale bombing ordered heldPHOENIX — A federal judge has ruled that an alleged white supremacist charged in a 2004 bombing that injured a black city official in Scottsdale must remain in federal custody. Family friend says Liberian teen accused in child rape grew up in refugee campPHOENIX —A Liberian teenager charged as an adult in the alleged gang rape of an 8-year-old girl in Phoenix pleaded not guilty Monday, as details of the boy’s former life in an Ivory Coast refugee camp emerged. Liberian teen charged as adult pleads not guilty in 8-year-old’s rape in PhoenixPHOENIX —A Liberian teenager charged as an adult in the gang rape of an 8-year-old girl from the same country pleaded not guilty on Monday. Liberia’s deputy ambassador to the US meets with young rape victim in PhoenixPHOENIX —Liberia’s deputy ambassador to the U.S. said Sunday that he tried to console an 8-year-old rape victim in Phoenix with hugs and a teddy bear in a case that has gripped Liberians worldwide. ON Semiconductor posts 2Q loss on lower revenue, charges but numbers top analysts’ estimatesPHOENIX — Chip maker ON Semiconductor Corp. reported a loss for the second quarter after booking restructuring and other charges as revenue fell. But its earnings and revenue numbers blew past analysts’ forecasts. Top US Catholic bishop tells Knights of Columbus convention that morality needed in businessPHOENIX — The top Roman Catholic bishop in the United States said Wednesday the global economic crisis was caused in part by people abandoning personal ethics, and he’s calling for increased morality in business. Boys charged in Ariz. child rape case appear in court, 1 crying and the other curiousPHOENIX — The two youngest boys charged in the rape last month of an 8-year-old Liberian girl were ordered Wednesday to remain in juvenile detention with restricted visitors, as Liberia’s deputy ambassador to the U.S. arrived in town hoping to speak to them. Ariz. prosecutor seeks adult charges against 13-year-old boy in child rape casePHOENIX — An Arizona prosecutor wants to charge a second child as an adult in the alleged rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl at a Phoenix apartment complex. ATF worries about Mexican cartel grenades coming into AmericaPHOENIX — It was a scenario U.S. law enforcement had long feared: A fragmentation grenade from Mexico’s bloody drug war tossed into a public place. Deputy Liberian ambassador wants to meet young rape victim, 4 suspects in PhoenixPHOENIX — Liberia’s deputy ambassador will travel to Phoenix in hopes of meeting with an 8-year-old rape victim, the four boys accused of attacking her, and their Liberian families in part to help dispel notions that rape is condoned in the West African country. Liberians leaders in Ariz. worried about stereotypes following alleged rape of 8-year-old girlPHOENIX — Leaders of Arizona’s Liberian community said Sunday they’re worried about stereotypes of the West African nation and potential backlash against its people in the aftermath of an 8-year-old girl’s alleged rape by four boys. Residents, businesses fear day-labor centers’ struggles will send jobseekers back to streetsPHOENIX — Until a day-labor center opened nearby, jobseekers in Keenan Strand’s north Phoenix neighborhood used to drink from people’s hoses, urinate on walls and duck behind bushes to escape triple-digit heat while waiting for work. Residents, businesses fear struggling day-labor centers will send jobseekers back to streetsPHOENIX — Until a day-labor center opened nearby, jobseekers in Keenan Strand’s north Phoenix neighborhood used to drink from people’s hoses, urinate on walls and duck behind bushes to escape triple-digit heat while waiting for work. Grand jury in Phoenix indicts 14-year-old boy in rape of 8-year-old Liberian girlPHOENIX — A 14-year-old Liberian refugee has been indicted in connection with the rape of an 8-year-old girl at a Phoenix apartment complex. Pastor: Liberian family misunderstood doctor about 8-year-old rape victimPHOENIX — Statements made by the family of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who police say was raped by four boys included terrible mistakes that resulted from a language barrier, a pastor said Friday. Arizona sheriff balks at immigration enforcement change by fedsPHOENIX — The self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America” has never gotten so much resistance from the federal government. Arizona traffic stop finds nearly 100 undocumented immigrants inside refrigerated trailerPHOENIX — An Arizona officer who stopped a refrigerated trailer found nearly 100 undocumented immigrants crammed inside in near-freezing temperatures. Faced with huge deficits, Ariz. state lawmakers consider selling off Capitol buildingsPHOENIX — Desperate for cash, Arizona state lawmakers are considering selling the House and Senate buildings, then leasing them back over several years before assuming ownership again. Desperate for cash, Arizona lawmakers look at selling Capitol buildings to help balance budgetPHOENIX — For sale: historic buildings with reliable tenants. Father who denies shaming 8-year-old rape victim must wait 3 months for custody reassessmentPHOENIX — A Liberian man whose 8-year-old daughter allegedly was raped by four boys, and then reportedly shunned by her family, must wait at least three months before possibly regaining custody of the girl. Father of 8-year-old girl who was raped says he hopes to regain custody from statePHOENIX — The father of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly raped by four boys in a Phoenix apartment complex says he wants his daughter back with her family. Authorities: Crime sweep southeast of Phoenix nets 72 arrests, including 25 illegal immigrantsPHOENIX — The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 72 people during a three-day crime sweep in Chandler and Queen Creek southeast of Phoenix. 8-year-old girl shunned by family after rape sparks outcry reaching to Liberian presidentPHOENIX — Lured by promises of chewing gum then allegedly raped in a shed by four boys barely older than her, an 8-year-old Liberian girl is now in foster care and living with strangers after being shunned by her family. Phoenix officials say case of 4 boys charged in 8-year-old girl’s rape is ‘deeply disturbing’PHOENIX — Officers responding to a report of hysterical screams found an 8-year-old girl partially clothed and four boys, barely in their teens, running from an empty shed. 4 boys ages 9 to 14 charged in Phoenix in 8-year-old girl’s sexual assaultPHOENIX — Authorities said Thursday that four boys ages 9 to 14 took turns raping an 8-year-old girl in a shed for more than 10 minutes after luring the young victim with chewing gum in what Phoenix police are calling one of the most horrific cases they’ve ever seen. Knight Transportation second-quarter profit nearly flat despite decline in fuel surchargesPHOENIX — Truckload carrier Knight Transportation Inc. said Wednesday that its second-quarter earnings were nearly flat with a year ago as revenue fell 21 percent — but not as much as expected. Jurors listen to Phoenix Serial Shooter suspect’s apology to survivors of random attacksPHOENIX — Jurors mulling the death penalty for one of two men convicted in a series of random shooting deaths that terrified Phoenix listened Tuesday to his letter to a victim, in which he apologized but said he would make “no cries for mercy.” Low-priced home incite bidding wars in cities hard-hit by foreclosuresPHOENIX — Each time Lance and Kelli Thorson thought they had found their first home, someone would outbid them. It’s already happened at least 15 times. 2 employees of Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan among injured in Indonesia blastsPHOENIX — A company spokesman says two employees of Phoenix-based Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. are among the people injured in suicide bombings at hotels in Indonesia’s capital. |