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Phoenix Mayor Asks FBI to Check Sheriff

The mayor wants the FBI to investigate whether the local county sheriff has violated any civil rights laws with his recent high-profile crackdowns on illegal immigrants.

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Arizona sheriff conducts migrant sweeps despite curb
Source: Reuters

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio dispatched deputies on a two-day "crime suppression" operation in the western Phoenix valley on Friday, stopping and arresting at least eight people for minor offenses who could not prove that they were in Arizona legally.

American Idol's Tatiana Del Toro: Most Despicable Reality Show Contestant Ever?
Source: The L.A. Times

Watching Tatiana del Toro on "American Idol" is like meeting someone at a party who for a fleeting moment or two seems likable and charming but long before the end of the evening has turned into an inescapable nightmare, like the monster in a sci-fi movie.

Oklahoma City looking for 62,359 people ."...just go ahead and come in..."said Stacey Davis.
Source: The Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman

Front page of the Oklahoman ,Aug.23rd Issue... to read article,click on read and then dial up or broadband and then the date of the 23rd on the calendar Another desensitizing and conditioning of the public through exercises that seem run of the mill...but aren't.

CBS wins May sweeps
Source: TV Squad

If you look at the Nielsen ratings each week, where you see shows like Survivor, NCIS, all of the CSIs, Two and a Half Men, 60 Minutes, Without A Trace, and Criminal Minds consistently in the top 20, this probably won't come as a surprise: CBS has won this year's May sweeps perio …

November sweeps secrets
Source: TV Squad

Sweeps period is not only important for networks but also for TV viewers. Sweeps periods are when some of the biggest events in a TV series happen: deaths, explosions, extra special guest stars, etc.

Things That Might Scare The Americans: Univision Ranked #2 During July Sweeps
Source: Guanabee.com

Did you know that the Univision network ranked #2 amongst all American adults aged 18-34 during July sweeps? Beating out every other American network except for Fox.

"My Name is Earl" gets animated for sweeps
Source: animationmagazine.net

A two-minute stop-motion segment will interrupt the super-sized Nov. 16 episode, which also features a guest stint by Christian Slater. As Animation Magazine describes it, "In the episode, one of the characters has an accident and starts to see everything in stop-mo vision.

innocent man still locked up from 9/11 sweeps after 5 years.
Source: The Houston Chronicle

In a jail cell at an immigration detention center in Arizona sits a man who is not charged with a crime, not suspected of a crime, not considered a danger to society. But he has been in custody for five years.

Police Called After John Karr and ABC producers Found Near School
Source: Drudge Report

San Francisco police say they stopped a limo carrying John Karr after the one-time JonBenet Ramsey suspect was spotted wandering near a school and peering in a window!

MLB: Five clubs enjoy sweep weekend
Source: ESPN.com

Nothing sets the table for the second half better than a sweet sweep. Coast to coast -- from the Bronx to Anaheim, er, L.A. -- teams vaulted back into division and wild-card races Sunday.

New business helds people back-up false alibis
Source: WUSA/9

It's sweeps month so one local television station did a profile piece on a controversial business called The Alibi Network which helps clients to back up their false alibis.

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