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AVONDALE, Ariz. - Police say a valley man threatened to kill his wife, telling his victim "Islamic Law" gave him the right to kill her. Ansar Muhammad, 43, is facing several charges, including assault and imprisonment. SNIP: Muhammad was arrested and booked into the Avondale city jail and later transported to the Maricopa County jail. He faces aggravated assault domestic violence-impede breathing, assault-intent/reckless/injury, unlawful imprisonment, threatening-intimidation with injury and sexual assault charges. More Information at Link

PHOENIX - Sarah Palin kicks off her nationwide book signing tour in Phoenix this evening at 6 and dozens of her fans have been lined up for hours outside of Barnes & Noble at Desert Ridge. Dozens of people in lawn chairs bundled up and braved cold temperatures. That didn't stop 18-year-old Hayden Bradley from showing up at 1 a.m. "Definitely worth it." Greg Goulet from Portland and his son got in line at 4 a.m. to meet the former Alaska Governor and get a copy of "America By Heart." "It's still cold. I mean 45 is 45. It's worth...

HOUSTON, April 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA astronauts and managers of the Orion Project, America's spacecraft for a new generation of explorers, will recognize the Phoenix community's role in space exploration this week. The astronauts and managers will be in Phoenix to participate in a quarterly status review of the Orion Project, which is designing spacecraft and support systems that will enable voyages to the moon, Mars and beyond. Honeywell Aerospace, headquartered in Phoenix, is working with Lockheed Martin and NASA to design, develop and produce much of the computerized navigation hardware and software, displays, controls and navigation for Orion.