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  • Inmate gets 38 years in prison for Ariz. escape

    FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press

    AP Photo/Naz Stobe Kirst Convicted killer Tracy Province, center, is seen being escorted from a courthouse in Kingman, Ariz., Friday, after a judge sentenced him to more than 38 years in prison. Province pleaded guilty this month to state felony charges of escape, kidnapping, armed robbery, aggravated assault and misconduct with weapons. FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — A judge on Friday sentenced an inmate who escaped from an Arizona prison last summer to more than 38 years in prison, but a...

  • Passport flap raises sovereignty issue

    FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press Writer FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.

    An American Indian lacrosse team's refusal to travel on passports not issued by the Iroquois confederacy goes to the heart of one of the most sensitive issues in Indian Country — sovereignty. The rights of Native nations to govern themselves independently has long been recognized by federal treaties, but the extent of that recognition beyond U.S borders is under challenge in a post- Sept. 11 world. After initially refusing to accept Iroquois-issued passports because the documents lack secur i ty f eature s, the Stat e D...