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  • Rep. Giffords leaves Tucson for rehab in Houston

    SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press

    HOUSTON — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords got a dramatic send-off from her hometown Friday as throngs of sign-carrying well-wishers lined the streets to wave at the ambulance taking the wounded congresswoman from the hospital to the airport, where she was flown to Houston just two weeks after she was shot. The trip by ambulance, jet and helicopter took her to a Houston hospital where she will undergo weeks of rigorous rehabilitation. "We want to be here to help her and show her a good farewell, and hope that she has a great r...

  • Breaking news: Museum director sues feds over probe

    SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The founding director of the Custer Battlefield Museum in Montana said Monday that his constitutional rights were violated when two dozen federal agents raided the museum, his home and other businesses in 2005 and in 2008. Agents, some of whom were armed with automatic weapons, were looking for any evidence that Chris Kortlander was illegally buying and selling American Indian artifacts when they surrounded his property in Garryowen, Mont., in March 2005. Yet, five years have passed and Kortlander h...