Arizona sheriff conducts migrant sweeps despite curbSource: 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.

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CBS wins May sweepsSource: 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 secretsSource: 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.
"My Name is Earl" gets animated for sweepsSource: 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.
MLB: Five clubs enjoy sweep weekendSource: 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.

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New business helds people back-up false alibisSource: 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.