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The Arizona Cardinals NFL football team plays its home games at the State Farm Stadium (formerly University of Phoenix Stadium) in Glendale, Arizona. The stadium, located some 11.5 miles (or 18.5 kilometers) northwest of downtown Phoenix, has been home to the Cardinals since 2006, having previously played at Arizona State University’s Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe since relocating to Arizona Read more...
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The 19th-century London Bridge that once spanned the River Thames in London, England, was dismantled in 1967 and relocated to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it still stands. By 1962 it was decided that the bridge, dating from 1831, could not handle increasing levels of London road traffic and needed replacing. Following a search for potential buyers, it was sold Read more...
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On January 8, 2011, US Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot during a constituent meeting held in the parking lot of the Safeway store at the Oracle Place Shopping Center in Casas Adobes, near Tucson, Arizona. Giffords was shot in the head at close range and taken to hospital in critical condition. Eighteen others were shot at the event, six fatally, Read more...