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Cronkite News: Late Lunch Update

by Adnan Alam, Cronkite News
April 30, 2015

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<p class="byline">by Adnan Alam, Cronkite News <br />April 30, 2015</p>
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<h3>The Cronkite News late-lunch update gives you a rundown of the key national, regional and local stories impacting Arizona and the Valley. Watch our noon update, then read these stories:</h3>
<p>1. <a href="http://kjzz.org/content/133627/declining-water-table-strains-agriculture-community-southeastern-arizona" target="_blank">Declining water table strains agriculture community in southeastern Arizona</a> <em>(KJZZ)</em></p>
<p>2. <a href="http://129.219.172.28/2015/04/30/sports-leaders-say-commission-state-fund-could-help-arizona-with-mega-events/" target="_blank">Cronkite News in-depth: What did Phoenix and Glendale learn from hosting Super Bowl XLIX?</a> <em>(Cronkite News)</em></p>
<p>3. <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/2015/04/30/first-solar-reports-loss/26667993/" target="_blank">Tempe-based First Solar, Inc. reports $62 million loss</a> <em>(AZCentral)</em></p>
<p>4. <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/arizona-lawmakers-cities-ban-plastic-bags-30702856" target="_blank">Arizona lawmakers tell cities that they can't ban plastic bags</a> <em>(ABC News)</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.abc15.com/weather/forecast/todays-forecast/today-weather-forecast-in-arizona" target="_blank">Weather update</a> <em>(ABC 15)</em></p>
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The Cronkite News late-lunch update gives you a rundown of the key national, regional and local stories impacting Arizona and the Valley. Watch our noon update, then read these stories:

1. Declining water table strains agriculture community in southeastern Arizona (KJZZ)

2. Cronkite News in-depth: What did Phoenix and Glendale learn from hosting Super Bowl XLIX? (Cronkite News)

3. Tempe-based First Solar, Inc. reports $62 million loss (AZCentral)

4. Arizona lawmakers tell cities that they can't ban plastic bags (ABC News)

Weather update (ABC 15)

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