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he Facebook events page called Doggies for allows Anthony to look at pictures of happy dogs a nytime he wants. By New Eve, more than 7,000 people had accepted to the nline event. As of Monday, more than 900,000 people hadjoined the guest list. or Anthony, the outpouring of support is surprising. just kept going and going; it was, ike, crazy.

My mom goes through all the ictures; they all make me he said. I began with pictures of dogs huskies, pit bulls, Labs, corgis, Chihuahuas and pulis favorite) but as grown to include all walks of pet life, including potbellied pigs and lizards. eople from around the country and as far away as Australia and Dubai are osting pictures of their pets, along with their names and where Teen with leukemia has 500,000 new best friends RYAN VAN VELZER THE REPUBLIC i AZCENTRAL.COM Work-site raids blocked: A federal judge i ssues an injunction against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe work- lace raids for undocumented workers and County Attorney Bill prosecution of them. A6 ALSO nightmare come Two U.S. Olympic skiing prospects, onnie Berlack, 20, of ranconia, N.H., and Bryce Astle, 19, of Sandy, Utah, a re killed in an avalanche i Soelden, Austria.

B1 AZCENTRAL SPORTS If Larry Fitzgerald is to remain an A rizona Cardinal, someone is going have to give, and that someone i most likely Fitzgerald, columnist an Bickley says. C1 MICHAEL REPUBLIC Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday used his inaugural address to strike a conciliatory tone, stressing the need for ore opportunity for all, while promising to hold the line against higher taxes a nd to reform education. While staying vague, Ducey in his 25- minute address confronted two of biggest concerns the ongoing udget crisis and education laying own markers that he intends to pursue a pro-growth, fiscally conservative agenda that includes the belt on Ducey, upon becoming the 23rd governor, inherited a projected $1 illion budget shortfall in the coming fis- al year, and a $520 million gap in the cur- ent budget. again, there is no escaping duty, reality or Ducey, a former state treasurer who once ran the old Stone Creamery ice-cream chain, DUCEY ON DAY 1: TOUGH TALK ON TAXES, BUDGET ROB REPUBLIC Gov.

Doug Ducey is sworn into office by Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Scott Bales on Monday next to his family. Ducey, 23rd governor, outlined his overall vision for the state, stressing education and the economy, but stayed away from specifics in his inaugural speech. TOM REPUBLIC About 3,500 people attend the inaugural ceremony for Ducey and other elected officials. DAN NOWICKI THE REPUBLIC i AZCENTRAL.COM Editorial clear that Gov. Doug Ducey understands the hard choices facing our state, but what is ess clear is whether he grasps the concept of balancing budget cuts with improving statewide education.

A14 Montini Will our new governor be a leader? Or will he follow his predecessor off a series of ublic-relations cliffs? Columnist EJ Montini says Doug Ducey has the opportunity to make Arizona more humane. A3 Clarence controversial irector of the social-service a gency, submitted his resignation Monday. He is the first agency director to publicly announce his departure as the oug Duceyadministration takes off ice. office issued a statement ishing Carter, who was appointed by former Gov. Jan The new overnor also hinted a replacement would be named in short order.

In a letter to staff at the state Department of Economic auded the work of his employees, calling them of the fine st, most committed, dedicated, capable and passionate he has worked with in his 22-yearcareer. Although he mentioned the Great prompted lawmakers to cut the budget at the ame time the demand for services increased, he made no reference to the child-welfare fiasco that engulfed the agency in late 2013. he discovery of more than 6,500 ninvestigated reports of child abuse a nd neglect prompted Brewer to pull the Child Protective Servicesoffice out of DES and ultimately turn it into its own agency, the state Department of Child Safety.Carter said he was un- a ware of the uninvestigated cases and NICK REPUBLIC DES Director Clarence Carter said he a ware of the thousands of uninvestigated hild-welfare cases discovered in 2013. Carter resigns as head of DES He led agency during child-welfare scandals MARY JO PITZL THE REPUBLIC i AZCENTRAL.COM More online To read previous stories on problems with child-welfare agency, go to children.azcentral.com. Three weeks after he was fired ver a controversial press conference, former Phoenix Police Chief Daniel V.

Garcia takes issue ith the characterization that he was terminated for insubordination. Full story, A9 Former chief stands firm escaping duty, reality or governor says at inauguration.