PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona will argue before the Supreme Court on Monday that it is within its rights to demand voters show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, while opponents will argue it is an overreach of its powers.

The legal dispute over the registration requirement dates back to 2004 when Arizona voters passed a ballot initiative, Proposition 200, designed to stop illegal immigrants from voting.

PHOENIX (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday tossed out the conviction of a woman who has spent more than 22 years on Arizona’s death row after being found guilty of conspiring to murder her 4-year-old son in 1989.

Debra Milke, 48, was placed on death row after she was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy and other charges in the death of her son Christopher in December 1989, in a case that drew wide media coverage at the time.

PHOENIX/NEW YORK, March 13 (Reuters) – Despite a doubling of
border officers over the last nine years, the U.S. Border Patrol
union is warning that furloughs, hiring freezes and overtime
cuts could threaten recent security gains on border with Mexico
as the patrol’s parent agency seeks to trim $595 million under
budget cuts.

The National Border Patrol Council, which represents some
17,000 rank-and-file agents, says the cuts would reduce agents’
working week by around a fifth, leaving gaps in security along
the porous, nearly 2,000-mile border.

/WILLISTON, North Dakota (Reuters) – Charles Cork is gearing up to do something he hasn’t done in four years: Build a $1 million house “on spec.”

“I don’t think getting a client for this one will be too much trouble,” said Cork, principal of home builder Braxton Homes in Scottsdale, in the Phoenix area.

, March 8 (Reuters) -
C harles Cork is gearing up to do something he hasn’t done in
four years: Build a $1 million house “on spec.”

“I don’t think getting a client for this one will be too
much trouble,” said Cork, principal of home builder Braxton
Homes in Scottsdale, in the Phoenix area.

PHOENIX (Reuters) – A woman accused of murdering her Arizona lover struggled on Wednesday to explain to a jury why she could not recall stabbing him repeatedly including several times from behind in a killing she says was in self-defense.

Jodi Arias, 32, could face the death penalty if convicted of murdering 30-year-old Travis Alexander, whose body was found in the shower of his Phoenix valley home in June 2008. He was shot in the face, stabbed 27 times and had his throat slit.

PHOENIX (Reuters) – Defense lawyers for a California woman accused of murdering her lover in Arizona scrambled on Tuesday to counter the prosecution’s contention that the killing was premeditated and to cast doubt on speculation that she may have stolen a gun from her grandparents to use in the crime.

Jodi Arias could face the death penalty if convicted of murdering Travis Alexander, who was found at his upscale home in the Phoenix suburbs in June 2008 shot in the face, stabbed 27 times and with his throat slashed.

PHOENIX (Reuters) – A woman accused of murdering her Arizona lover broke down and wept on the witness stand on Thursday when presented with a photograph of his body, and admitted to lying about the killing.

Jodi Arias, 32, could face the death penalty if convicted of murdering 30-year-old Travis Alexander, whose body was found in the shower of his Phoenix valley home in June 2008. He was shot in the face, stabbed 27 times and had his throat slit.

PHOENIX (Reuters) – A woman on trial for capital murder in Arizona testified on Tuesday that she attended her lover’s memorial service days after she killed him, writing in a remembrance book that he was “beautiful inside and out.”

Jodi Arias, 32, could face the death penalty if convicted of murdering 30-year-old Travis Alexander, whose body was found in the shower of his Phoenix valley home in June 2008. He was shot in the face, stabbed 27 times and had his throat slit.

PHOENIX (Reuters) – A woman charged with capital murder in Arizona testified on Monday that she sent flowers to her former boyfriend’s grandmother days after killing him, which prosecutors said showed the lengths to which she went to cover her tracks.

Jodi Arias, 32, could face the death penalty if convicted of murdering 30-year-old Travis Alexander, whose body was found in the shower of his Phoenix area home in June 2008. He was shot in the face, stabbed 27 times and had his throat slit.