President Bush nominated Arizona native and Arizona State University law graduate Diane Humetewa to succeed Paul Charlton as U.S. Attorney for Arizona on Thursday.

U.S. Attorney for Arizona Paul Charlton announced Tuesday he will leave his post for a job at a private Phoenix law firm.

A Phoenix attorney and former top aide to former Gov. Janet Napolitano is expected to be the next U.S. Attorney for Arizona.

PHOENIX - Former U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton said Monday he's relieved that the Department of Justice has reversed course on a death penalty case that led to his ouster in 2006.

Arizona's U.S. Attorney Diane Humetewa says she was never pressured by the Bush administration to drop an investigation of Arizona Republican Rep. Rick Renzi, as was rumored shortly after the president nominated her for her post.

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This week Diane J. Humetewa will become the first American Indian woman in the country’s history to be a U.S. attorney. The Senate confirmed her nomination late Thursday as the next U.S. attorney for Arizona.

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales took the proper course to resign, former U.S. Attorney of Arizona Paul Charlton said Monday.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Arizona has seized cash from the owners of five Mesa motels accused of operating as safe houses for human smuggling.

A federal grand jury this week indicted a 61-year-old Scottsdale woman on charges that she bilked investors of millions, spending $4.8 million on a Paradise Valley home, homes for two daughters and pieces of art, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.

A former top federal prosecutor will investigate whether there is sufficient evidence to bring impeachment charges against state utility regulator Jim Irvin.

International human and drug smuggling rings that find safe haven across the Mexican border will be targeted under agreements between U.S. and Mexican prosecutors announced Wednesday in Phoenix.

MEXICO CITY - Mexico extradited four major drug traffickers to the U.S. on Friday, a sign that the nation's new president will deliver on his promise for more cooperation in fighting cross-border crime.

Former state Sen. John Verkamp formally launched his wild card campaign for the U.S. Senate, saying the two major candidates have failed to address U.S. policy on Iraq and Iran.

February 28, 2005

The Scottsdale City Council this week will get legal advice on abandoning federal easements, even though it has already abandoned them numerous times and allowed buildings to be constructed across them.

February 9, 2005

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