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National political reporter, @WashingtonPost. Previously: The Arizona Republic. Taiwanese American.
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LAST CLEANUP: 7 things to know when you wash down death scenes for a living

LAST CLEANUP: 7 things to know when you wash down death scenes for a living

Arizona Republic — To follow Dale Cillian as he works is to witness the goriest details of the human demise. Those scenes - and this story - are not for the squeamish.
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Wishes fulfilled: Canyon trip and a dignified death

Wishes fulfilled: Canyon trip and a dignified death

Arizona Republic — In the photos, Brittany Maynard and her family are beaming as they hug against the Grand Canyon's brilliant walls.
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'We had 3 minutes to save their lives'

'We had 3 minutes to save their lives'

Arizona Republic — The command that blared from the radio was one Gary Dahlen had never heard before, not in all his years piloting helicopters over wildfires. All available helicopters prepare for an emergency launch.
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Smell of cow manure signals fall's arrival in Phoenix

Smell of cow manure signals fall's arrival in Phoenix

Arizona Republic — The true scent of autumn's arrival in greater Phoenix is near. That smell isn't wood smoke, or rain showers, or even pumpkin-spice lattes. It's cow manure.
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To the Canyon, slowly

To the Canyon, slowly

Arizona Republic — How do two British brothers and a few carloads of strangers get a 113-year-old car down miles of dirt roads to the Grand Canyon? With patience. And tea.
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Old buildings, new uses: Phoenix preserves history

Old buildings, new uses: Phoenix preserves history

Arizona Republic — Drive the streets of downtown and central Phoenix and you may do several double takes: What appears to be a church is actually a taco restaurant. A former pie factory now houses numerous small businesses. And upon closer inspection, an old brick pool house is a walk-up coffee bar. Since 2008, more than 100 successful adaptive-reuse projects have sprung up across the city.
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Slain journalist James Foley remembered as Arizona teacher

Slain journalist James Foley remembered as Arizona teacher

Arizona Republic — As reports of the death of American photojournalist James Foley at the hands of ISIS militants in Iraq reverberated around the world, many in Phoenix remembered him for other reasons.
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Dubious, curious Arizona place names

Dubious, curious Arizona place names

Arizona Republic — Arizona, it seems, has no shortage of place names that evoke bygone biases, terms that might make people cringe today. In an age of hyperawareness fueled by social media, how do so many of these place names still exist?
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For homeless Chihuahuas, there's no place like Chi Town

For homeless Chihuahuas, there's no place like Chi Town

Arizona Republic — Chi Town is a shelter-within-a-shelter for (mostly) Chihuahuas at Maricopa County's Animal Care and Control facilities - a second city, as it were, within a metropolis of concrete and cages.
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Has Yarnell Hill Fire changed way crews fight fires?

Has Yarnell Hill Fire changed way crews fight fires?

Arizona Republic — Just before 4 p.m. on the Tuesday before Memorial Day, a tourist in Sedona spotted an alarming sight: fire crawling up the steep walls of Oak Creek Canyon.
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Phoenix OKs pact for ASU to manage Papago Golf Course

Phoenix OKs pact for ASU to manage Papago Golf Course

Arizona Republic — After years of debt, management issues and snake-bitten restoration attempts, Phoenix is once again trying to breathe new life into the once-storied Papago Golf Course.
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Sky Harbor Airport parking lots face competition from nearby hotels

Sky Harbor Airport parking lots face competition from nearby hotels

Arizona Republic — In the few square miles surrounding Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, several makeshift airport parking lots have cropped up, most at nearby hotels.
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Phoenix's new city manager all about service

Phoenix's new city manager all about service

Arizona Republic — In many respects, Ed Zuercher is Phoenix's everyman, a 48-year-old father who begins his days helping shuttle his two teenage daughters to school and ends them working out at the downtown YMCA or watching "The Walking Dead." In between is simply the business of running America's sixth-largest city.
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Phoenix chooses from within for new city manager

Phoenix chooses from within for new city manager

Arizona Republic — The Phoenix City Council on Wednesday unanimously picked longtime employee Ed Zuercher to serve as the next city manager, a move Phoenix leaders hoped would strengthen both the city's finances and its employee morale.
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Phoenix weighs plan to prevent blighted golf courses

Phoenix weighs plan to prevent blighted golf courses

Arizona Republic — Phoenix hopes an ordinance will prevent closed private golf courses from becoming sources of blight.
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Girl with tough spirit, fragile skin sheds bandage cocoon

Girl with tough spirit, fragile skin sheds bandage cocoon

USA Today — In early August, Kristin and Rob Hendrickson dared to entertain the thought: Could their 4-year-old daughter go for a whole day without her legs being swathed in bandages? Lizzy was born with epidermolysis bullosa, or EB, a rare skin disease that causes skin to be so fragile it can blister at the slightest touch.
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Wage cuts hit some Sky Harbor Airport custodians

Wage cuts hit some Sky Harbor Airport custodians

Arizona Republic — The Phoenix City Council six months ago agreed to a more expensive custodial contract at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to ease long-standing concerns about poor conditions. Yet some airport custodial workers say they are disappointed by unexpected wage cuts.
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Phoenix historical homes on endangered list

Phoenix historical homes on endangered list

Arizona Republic — A downtown duplex that was the site of an unsolved double murder in 1931. A crumbling, rare Queen Anne Victorian that predates Arizona statehood. An isolated farmstead on the edge of Phoenix. What do these properties have in common? Prone to vandalism, the elements or the wrecking ball - sometimes all three - these neglected homes are at the highest risk of disappearing in the near future.
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Goodwill opponents allege ethics violation

Goodwill opponents allege ethics violation

Arizona Republic — Opponents of a proposed Moon Valley Goodwill store are accusing a Phoenix City Council member's chief of staff of not disclosing a potential conflict of interest.
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Phoenix city manager leaving for California job

Phoenix city manager leaving for California job

Arizona Republic — Despite receiving a controversial $78,000 pay raise last year, Phoenix City Manager David Cavazos abruptly announced Thursday he would step down to become city manager of Santa Ana, Calif., a move that surprised most city officials and council members.
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Yarnell Hill Fire fallen remembered: Travis Turbyfill

Yarnell Hill Fire fallen remembered: Travis Turbyfill

Arizona Republic — PRESCOTT - Disciplined, respectful and "flat-out funny," Travis Turbyfill, 27, was "a perfect fit" for the elite Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighting team.
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Districts convert schools to charters for more money

Districts convert schools to charters for more money

Arizona Republic — Amid run-of-the-mill agenda items recognizing volunteers and approving playground renovations, the Paradise Valley Unified School District governing board last month quietly made a significant change: It converted one-third of its elementary schools to charter schools. A growing number of schools in Arizona are considering similar switches.
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North Phoenix school closes after 33 years due to cuts

North Phoenix school closes after 33 years due to cuts

Arizona Republic — The noise levels in the big hall swelled with the energy of the last day before summer vacation. Jan Stevens waited, listened, then raised her hand for the last time as principal of Village Vista Elementary School. "Village Vista!" she called out, and the response was immediate and deafening. "Vikings!" the students yelled.
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$1.58 billion PHX Sky Train to make its debut

$1.58 billion PHX Sky Train to make its debut

Arizona Republic — On paper, the PHX Sky Train is simple: a few extra lines and dashes near the center of metropolitan Phoenix's already-crowded map. In reality, some say, the Sky Train symbolizes much more - a major city's coming-of-age, the final piece of the puzzle that fully integrates the Valley's still-nascent light-rail system with one of the busiest airports in the country.
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