WASHINGTON — An advocacy group under fire after employees were caught on camera appearing to advise a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp to lie about the woman's profession to get housing help said Wednesday it is ordering an independent investigation.

Nick Dranias: Confidentiality appears to be guaranteed by the Census Bureau when you fill out one of their mandatory surveys. But when it comes to sharing your private information with the federal government, the only real guarantee is that there isn't one.

The bizarre suicide Tuesday of the director of federal immigration operations in the Valley will not affectoperations to curb the flow of illegal immigrants, an official said Wednesday.

Federal authorities will assist Gilbert in investigating a fire that destroyed sections of a light industrial complex Tuesday.

Federal authorities will assist Gilbert in investigating a fire that destroyed sections of a light industrial complex Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES - State officials will launch a thorough investigation into off-duty employment of all state workers here after three parole agents were found to be part of rapper Snoop Dogg's armed entourage at the BET Awards.

The State Bar of Arizona is investigating Tom Horne, adding to the legal woes of the state's top lawyer.

State Rep. Ben Arredondo has pleaded not guilty in federal court in Phoenix to charges of bribery and other crimes.

January 26, 2005

After 22 days on the run, a man authorities said escaped from a Phoenix half-way house while serving time for his involvement in the death of an officer was captured early Thursday morning.

LOS ANGELES - Dozens of burly, tattoo-covered members of the Mongol motorcycle gang were arrested Tuesday in six states after a three-year investigation in which undercover agents infiltrated the notorious group.

Local and federal officials launched an investigation Wednesday into the fire that destroyed a strip club on county land near the Scottsdale-Tempe border early Monday.

FARMINGTON, N.M. - Investigators believe a fire that left substantial smoke and water damage to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seminary building near Farmington High School was deliberately set.

Three Tempe residents accused of fraudulently buying guns from dealers throughout the Valley so they could smuggle them to Mexican drug cartels are facing federal charges.

Three Tempe residents accused of fraudulently buying guns from dealers throughout the Valley so they could smuggle them to Mexican drug cartels are facing federal charges.

WASHINGTON - The White House staff began going back through records and telephone logs Wednesday in search of any information relevant to the criminal investigation into public disclosure of a CIA undercover officer's identity, President Bush's spokesman said.

The top federal prosecutor in Arizona resigned abruptly Tuesday in the midst of a growing investigation about a program designed to let straw buyers purchase weapons for Mexican cartels.

The top federal prosecutor in Arizona resigned abruptly Tuesday in the midst of a growing investigation about a program designed to let straw buyers purchase weapons for Mexican cartels.

The top federal prosecutor in Arizona resigned abruptly Tuesday in the midst of a growing investigation about a program designed to let straw buyers purchase weapons for Mexican cartels.

A federal agent told members of Congress on Wednesday that Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents in Arizona routinely allowed the purchase of guns they knew would wind up in the hands of Mexican cartel members.

A federal agent told members of Congress on Wednesday that Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents in Arizona routinely allowed the purchase of guns they knew would wind up in the hands of Mexican cartel members.

A federal agent told members of Congress on Wednesday that Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents in Arizona routinely allowed the purchase of guns they knew would wind up in the hands of Mexican cartel members.

The announcement this week that Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is under criminal investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for reportedly “illegally collaborating with his campaign committee to raise campaign funds, promising a job to the leader of that committee and helping funnel money, an estimated half-million dollars, from his brother-in-law to the committee” is just the latest in a series of questionable acts involving Horne.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is now involved with the Mesa Fire Department in an ongoing investigation of a fire inside an airplane storage hangar at Mesa’s Falcon Field where firearms and ammunition was discovered, according to a Mesa Fire spokesman.