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ANAHEIM – A group opposed to Arizona's recent anti-illegal immigration law on Monday demanded that they be able to personally deliver more than 100,000 petitions to Major League Baseball Commissionerer Bud Selig that ask him to move next year's All-Star game out of the "Grand Canyon State."

WASHINGTON — A top US diplomat who reportedly compared a tough new immigration law in Arizona to China's rights record must retract his "offensive" remark and apologize, the state's two US senators demanded Tuesday. Republican Senators Jon Kyl and John McCain accused Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner of implying that the Arizona measure "is morally equivalent to China's persistent pattern of abuse and repression of its people." The letter from McCain and Kyl, obtained by AFP, cited a media report that Posner had called Arizona's controversial immigration measure part of "a troubling trend in our society" during recent US-China...

(06.09.06) — Fires were intentionally set inside two Wal-Mart stores late Thursday, Glendale fire investigators said Friday. Both stores were evacuated after the flames broke out, and six people were treated for smoke inhalation, with two taken to local hospitals. Fire officials said damages were estimated at $5 million, mostly from smoke and water damage. One of the stores was to remain closed until Monday. The first fire started about 10 p.m. in the rear of a Wal-Mart in Glendale and forced about 120 people to evacuate, Deputy Fire Chief Elio Pompa said. A second fire broke out about an...