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Ben Higgins, the sports director for San Diego's ABC affiliate, was in Tucson, Arizona on Thursday, where he covered San Diego State University's first ever NCAA tournament victory. But what made his report so memorable was the part when a SUV darn near ran him over as the cameras rolled. Luckily for Higgins, the vehicle stopped just in the nick of time. Since videos of television reporters actual

Infrared surveillance cameras at the Arizona/Mexico border have captured images of Mexican drug smugglers using a nine-foot-tall catapult to hurl 45-pound bags of marijuana over a border wall and into the U.S.

The state of Arizona is wasting no time in bringing alleged killer Jared Lee Loughlin to justice: after Saturday's shocking shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (who remains in critical condition but is able to communicate) and nine others, charges were quickly filed on Sunday afternoon and he'll appear in court on Monday. Says The New York Times' Caucus blog: