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Lawsuit seeks to stop Arpaio's business raids 06/18/2014 08:40pm • JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) -- Immigrant-rights advocates filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging business raids by an Arizona sheriff's office that have led to the arrests of hundreds of immigrant workers on charges of using fake or stolen IDs to get jobs.The lawsuit against Marico NJ man sentenced in Va. fake ID conspiracy 06/18/2014 09:50am • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- A New Jersey man will spend 60 days in jail for his role in a Virginia-based fake identity operation.Michael Delrio also must serve four months on home monitoring after he completes the jail term.Delrio pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit identification docum Williams putting stamp on Rams' defense 06/17/2014 08:50pm • R.B. FALLSTROM AP Sports Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Gregg Williams kept saying how much fun he was having, how happy he was to be coaching in his home state, how great players have responded to his high-decibel leadership.The 91-degree heat that pushed St. Louis Rams players Tuesday gave their new def Security reviewed after Argentina fans jump fence 06/16/2014 03:58pm • GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- World Cup organizers are reviewing security after some Argentina fans without tickets got over fences at Maracana Stadium before the national team's match against Bosnia-Herzegovina."Those that jumped were apprehended and taken to the police," Sa Security reviewed after Argentina fans jump fence 06/16/2014 03:58pm • GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- World Cup organizers are reviewing security after some Argentina fans without tickets got over fences at Maracana Stadium before the national team's match against Bosnia-Herzegovina."Those that jumped were apprehended and taken to the police," Sa Bureau warns against Home Depot 'secret shopper' scam 06/16/2014 11:05am • WASHINGTON -- The Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about a scam that not only offers phony employment, but asks people to wire money to an address outside of the United States. People have been getting emails offering employment as a "secret shopper." When they agree, and send their p Hall of Fame coach Chuck Noll dead at 82 06/14/2014 03:02pm • WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Chuck Noll, the Hall of Fame coach who won a record four Super Bowl titles with the Pittsburgh Steelers, died Friday night at his home. He was 82.The Allegheny County Medical Examiner said Noll died of natural causes.Noll transformed the Steelers from Hall of Fame coach Chuck Noll dead at 82 06/14/2014 03:02pm • WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Chuck Noll, the Hall of Fame coach who won a record four Super Bowl titles with the Pittsburgh Steelers, died Friday night at his home. He was 82.The Allegheny County Medical Examiner said Noll died of natural causes.Noll transformed the Steelers from Cuba ballplayers chase dreams, big bucks, overseas 06/14/2014 12:44pm • ANNE-MARIE GARCIA Associated Press HAVANA (AP) -- Yulieski Gourriel's cellphone rang again and again as he strode, family in tow, through Havana's international airport. Friends calling to wish him well, he said.Travelers and airport workers approached to ask for autographs and have their picture ta FIFA warns of fake tickets being circulated 06/13/2014 05:10pm • STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- FIFA said Friday that it rejected about 50 fake tickets for the opening World Cup match in Sao Paulo between host Brazil and Croatia.FIFA marketing director Thierry Weil said the tickets for Thursday's game were "an example of real professional fa IRS Scam Threatens Immigrants With Deportation 06/13/2014 01:30pm • An Internal Revenue Service impersonation scam has victimized some Arlington-based immigrants, threatening them with deportation unless they drive to Home Depot and add money to pre-paid gift cards. “So many people already got in trouble,” Shamim Naseer, who received one o Militant bravado wins support for Ukraine radical 06/13/2014 04:36am • LAURA MILLS Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- In late May, Oleh Lyashko posted a picture on Facebook of himself standing over a suspected separatist who had been stripped, bound, and loaded into the trunk of a car: "Today was a good day -- we detained four terrorists. Glory to Ukraine!"Lyashko Q&A: Tatum, Hill on their sequel satire '22 Jump' 06/12/2014 03:06am • JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The comic duo of Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill began with an intentionally bad idea.Hill called up Tatum: "So I have this probably terrible idea, but I want to see if you're interested," he said. Adapting the 1980s TV show "21 Jump Street" was the pitch, an 'Graceland' brings Southern California to Florida 06/11/2014 08:10am • DAVID FISCHER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- It's long been a point of some annoyance and confusion for South Floridians when a television series set in their region -- such as "CSI: Miami" or "Dexter" -- is actually filmed in California.But for the USA Network series "Graceland," th AP IMPACT: Tax cheats took billions from Ukraine 06/11/2014 06:36am • MARIA DANILOVA Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- As Ukraine's tax chief tells it, the billion-dollar theft was planned at a see-through plastic table in a vault of sound-proof steel.The table and six matching transparent chairs sit in a secret chamber on an upper story of the Tax Ministry in Ki