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The phone call didn’t take long, and I was seated in Judge Shetter’s courtroom along with my friends, to hear whether or not the State would allow the prosecutor’s motion to apply zoning restrictions to our cases. Zoning restrictions mean that the defendants cannot return to the scene of the crime. Usually these restrictions are applied for crimes of moral misconduct like theft and/or prostitution, or if others are injured as in the case of fighting or domestic abuse – those convicted are unwelcome to return to the physical location and make more mischief.  Think what that says about how the City views the Occupiers.  And consider the implications if adopted.  By lumping us together with thieves, prostitutes, and violent offenders, we are banned from returning to Armory Park.  (The first time this plan was forwarded, it was to cover ANY time, the second time, it covered just the hours the curfew was in effect.)  But, if we cannot return, the number of tents steadily decreases and the media can contend that support is waning.  It is a sure way to break the back of the movement.  Pretty slick, huh?  Both judges Chrenshaw and Shetter denied the motion.

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People complain about the cost associated with the Occupation. The taxpayer money spent on policing is being wasted and people should be up in arms about it. It is ridiculous to dispatch fleets of 9 to 24 uniformed officers to ticket us each night. Three would be ample. We all line up to receive our citations, and there have been NO incidents of resistance or violence. We self-police. We actually SAVE the City money by providing much needed social services to the most compromised residents. Occupying these past 2 weeks has really opened my eyes to the numbers of severely mentally ill and homeless people shambling around our streets. Our presence in the park protects them from the ravages of “bum fights”, prostitution, and other indignities they suffer just to scrap together the money they need to survive. We feed and shelter them, just like Jesus would have done. Think of how much money is spent on arresting, prosecuting, defending, incarcerating, and probating Tucson’s most at-risk popul …

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In the last election cycle, Rolling Stone was one of the magazines to feature Obama covers repeatedly (one with a God-like aura). This might be the only reason why anyone would suggest to the magazine that Matt Taibbi’s unhinged rants (badly disguised as political journalism) that they re-read Obama’s speech in Tucson on civility.
The Houston Chronicle offers a handy summary of all of Taibbi’s textual tantrums. The article is titled “Rick Perry: The Best Little Whore In Texas” and the subhead is “The Texas governor has one driving passion: selling off government to the highest bidder”. Amanda Russo noted “Taibbi compares the Republican presidential candidate to an undertaker, a prostitute, a male underwear model, a serial killer AND Adolf Hitler. Bet you’ve never seen all those things in one article before.”

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We all know the same old-as-time argument of the “mini-dorm” phenomena: a large and rowdy group of poor college students pool their money together and move into a large house, often new ones built by developers that don’t necessarily match the historical architecture of the surrounding houses. From there, the only kinds of stories that come out of these situations are triumphs in drinking games and taking the meaning of partying to new levels.
It seems Arizona has a knack for creating housing laws that discriminate against the college student population. Tempe and Flagstaff both have zoning laws that prevent sorority houses from being built. According to myth, an old Arizona law states that six or more women living together constitutes a brothel. This is a rumor, frequently passed around college towns, according to snopes.com. Obviously, this act is borderline ridiculous. Sorority houses are absolutely not brothel houses, but rather established organizations dedicated to positive morals, and Arizona’s Greek Life would never stand for such a law if it really existed. Nonetheless, there are efforts to prevent students from residing together.

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… People come here because they are interested in the issue. Wherever they come from in a political spectrum, if they leave here with a more solid fact base so they can engage about the conversation based on the facts then we’ve done our job,” Real Arizona Coalition, James Garcia said.
One of the panelists Daryl Williams said while he has some reservations when it comes to immigration issues, he says this conference is one way to learn and work together to improve the way we look at immigration in Arizona.
“It is unfortunate that people come here without paperwork. Do I think that’s a crime in the traditional sense, anti-social behavior that says I’m going to disrupt our society? No it’s not. It is a distortion and if you will forgive me a prostitution of our criminal justice system to say that’s a crime,” Williams said.

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When a neighborhood is demolished in the name of urban renewal or “slum clearance,” it is a great deal like ripping pages from a history book. After the wrecking crews, a slice of our past is lost in the rubble and gone forever. In Tucson, it was the downtown barrio which was replaced by the Tucson convention complex, demolishing some of the oldest and most historical private dwellings in the city. During the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, it happened in major cities throughout the country. In North Frankfort, Kentucky, it was the lower part of the city which was known by several names including “Crawfish Bottom,” “the Craw”, and often just “Craw.”
Covering about fifty acres, Crawfish Bottom gained a reputation for being a hotbed of prostitution, rampart alcohol abuse, and crime. In saloons with such colorful names as the Blue Moon, and the Peachtree Inn, prostitutes including Ida Howard and “Mountain Mary” worked.

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More than 5,000 people have made phone calls and sent e-mails and faxes to ICE Director John Morton. So far, Morton, the Obama Administration and DHS have turned a cold shoulder to the public outcry on Sandra’s behalf.
After Sandra ran for safety back to the US border, Sandra told a judge what happened on the streets of Nogales, Mexico.
“When I got to Nogales, I was really sacred. Strange men began to ask me to come with them; I ran away from them, I thought they were going to kidnap me.”
She saw men bring younger girls to a hotel. “At night I could hear them scream.”
Older women tried to get her to become a sex worker. “I know they wanted me to be a sex worker for them, I said ‘No,’ over and over, but the men with them tried to grab me and I ran away.”

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Talib was arrested in March for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a shooting outside his home in Dallas. Britt was arrested twice, although he settled the first case. Both have been summoned to New York to meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and have been told they will not be disciplined at this time. Talib is set to go to trial in March 2012 and multiple sources have said that unless he is found not guilty or pleads to a much lesser offense, he will be suspended for at least four games by Goodell.
[ Related: Roger Goodell overreaches with conduct policy ]
As for the others, Jolly, who was charged with drug possession in the offseason, and Underwood are currently not playing. Underwood pleaded no contest Friday to a domestic disturbance charge involving his estranged wife. It was his second no contest plea in a little more than a year. The other involved a solicitation of prostitution charge at a Wisconsin resort in 2010. Jones, currently on the physically unable to perform list with the Bengals, is set for a November trial after an incident at a Cincinnati bar.

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TUCSON, AZ, Sep 15, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — My Big Fat Greek Restaurant has kicked off an exciting new series of free country music entertainment every Saturday night from 8 to 11 p.m. at their Foothills Mall restaurant. At the first such concert on September 10th, George Strait tribute band Strait Country entertained the estimated 200 customers with a fantastic three hour show, which had kids aged 3 to 83 dancing the night away.
“It was great to see so many people enjoying our first ‘Live Country Music Saturday Nights’ show,” stated Field Restaurant and My Big Fat Greek Restaurant owner and CEO Ryan Field. “And the fun is just starting. On September 17th we have lined up The Last Call Girls to entertain our great customers with their ‘rockabilly, hillbilly and honky-tonk’ music and on September 24th we have Rancho Deluxe featuring Kevin Pakoulis putting on what promises to be a great traditional country music show. We are proud to be providing a showcase for outstanding local country music acts at our Foothills Mall restaurant. Come on down!”

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Gunmen abducted the son of a slain former governor from the eastern city of Lahore on Friday, relatives and police officials said. Relatives confirmed the kidnapping of Shahbaz Taseer, 27, the son of Salman Taseer, a former governor of Punjab province who was assassinated in January by one of his security guards. The assassin later said he had killed Salman Taseer because of the governor’s opposition to Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the abduction.
SOUTH SUDAN
U.N. official beaten by police officers
South Sudanese police officers beat up the head of the U.N. human rights division in South Sudan, leaving him in the hospital and drawing a sharp rebuke from the United Nations. According to a U.N. statement released Friday, Benedict Sannoh was assaulted on Aug. 20 by more than 10 police officers after he refused to let police officers search his luggage at a hotel in Juba, the capital of the new nation.
Elsewhere
HOUSTON: The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state’s “pole tax” — a $5-per-customer fee that strip clubs that serve alcohol must pay the state — did not violate free-speech rights, overturning a decision by a lower court.

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