Lawyers for former U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi have asked a judge to reverse the former congressman's convictions a month ago on public corruption, money laundering and other charges.

PHOENIX (AP) ai??i?? A former mining company executive has testified it was fishy that then-Congressman Rick Renzi insisted during a 2005 phone conservation that a proposed exchange involving federal land sought by the executive's company needed to include a particular piece of privately owned property.

A jury has begun hearing testimony in the trial of former U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi.

A man charged with detonating a homemade explosive device outside an Arizona Social Security Administration office is set to appear in federal court in Phoenix.

A former member of the Arizona Legislature is scheduled to make an appearance in federal court today amid indications of a plea agreement with prosecutors. No criminal charges had been publicly released against former Rep. Richard Miranda as of Tuesday afternoon.