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Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:13:00 GMT

2 ball clubs near decision on W. Valley

July 15 is the magic date when Glendale and two Major League Baseball clubs planning to move to the West Valley could, without foul, pull back and wait another year before playing spring-training ball in a new complex. But that doesn't appear likely. The
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:13:00 GMT

Crews hoping for rain

Crews battling a blaze that has torched 9,600 acres near Crown King, 20 miles southeast of Prescott, were hoping Friday for a little help from Mother Nature. Firefighters combating the Lane 2 Fire also said that they had found a fourth home destroyed by
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:13:00 GMT

Copter-crash victim remembered

Clyde Shreeve would wave as a matter of course, almost reflexively, at the helicopters that flew over his Flagstaff home. His son, 36-year-old Shawn 'Clyde' Shreeve, worked as a flight nurse, and his missions to and from Flagstaff Medical Center often
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:15:00 GMT

State's DHS director resigns

Arizona Department of Health Services Director Susan Gerard is resigning her position, an announcement that follows a tumultuous year and a half during which the agency helped uncover patient-care problems at the Arizona State Veteran Home. Gerard, whose
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:15:00 GMT

City of Phoenix launches Web site for residents affected by foreclosure

The city of Phoenix has launched a Web site to help homeowners, residents and prospective buyers address foreclosure issues. The city's Neighborhood Services Department set up the site with a link on the www.phoenix.gov home page. It has information on
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:25:00 GMT

U. Arizona-led Phoenix Lander team determining habitability of Mars ice

Source: Arizona Daily Wildcat, U. Arizona After weeks of speculation, the University of Arizona-led Phoenix Lander sent back data last week confirming that it had found ice from water on Mars, a huge milestone for the project. During a June 20
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:27:00 GMT

Mesa police to question arrestees' migrant status

making it clear that everyone arrested in the city will be asked about their immigration status. Leaders of Mesa's two police unions hailed the proposal and said it would make life easier for officers on the beat who must deal with complex immigration
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:16:00 GMT

Foresight shields Crown King

Wildland firefighters have managed to keep the Lane 2 Fire out of Crown King since Sunday, but the work of the U.S. Forest Service and area residents over the past couple of years deserves just as much credit for saving, so far, the old Arizona mining
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:16:00 GMT

Phoenix mortgage broker pleads not guilty to fraud charges

Rick T. McCullough, a Phoenix mortgage broker, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of fraud, theft, securities fraud, sale of unregistered securities and transactions by unregistered dealers or salesmen. McCullough, 35, was indicted by the Arizona
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:52:00 GMT

Fire still raging

A fire near Crown King - 90 minutes northwest of Phoenix - swept across wilderness terrain without containment, burning more than 7,300 acres and destroying at least seven buildings, including three homes since Monday. Winds and thunderstorms in the area
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:02:00 GMT

Tempe police dog dies searching for burglary suspects

The Tempe police dog that died while on duty Monday night wasn't your average canine. Sure, he loved to play with tennis balls but he was also methodical and serious about work, his co-workers say. 'He needed less direction to get the job done (than most
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 04:49:00 GMT

Meredith Broadcasting hires Edward Munson as Phoenix GM

Edward L. Munson Jr. has been hired as general manager for Phoenix CBS affiliate KPHO-TV, Meredith Broadcasting Group announced Monday. Paul Karpowicz, president of the Meredith, said Munson's blend of extensive local experience and industry knowledge
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 23:26:00 GMT

Drivers in Phoenix rate well among big city motorists

Drivers in Phoenix are the best in the nation compared to other municipalities with a population of 1 million people or more, but the city is way down the list when compared with all U.S. cities. Phoenix ranks 84th overall, according to a report released
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 23:25:00 GMT

SCORE combines Phoenix-area chapters into one

SCORE is combining its two Phoenix-area chapters in a effort to provide better counseling to businesses. The combined SCORE chapter also will get a $5,000 donation from Succeed Corp. at an event July 2 at the Mesa Bank of America building. The
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 23:25:00 GMT

Tempe police dog dies in the line of duty

A Tempe Police Department service dog died Monday evening while searching for burglary suspects. Baloo, a 5-year-old German shepherd, fell approximately 40 feet while searching for burglary suspects in the Farmer Street Lofts Project under construction
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:14:00 GMT

Buyers initiative inches on

A group backed by a labor union on Monday filed more than 260,000 signatures with the Arizona Secretary of State's Office to put a homeowners' 'bill of rights' initiative before voters in November. The initiative aims to help home buyers deal with
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:35:00 GMT

'Well-loved family' mourned

Relatives were mourning and struggling to cope with Sunday's plane crash that killed five members of a Gilbert family. The five died when their single- engine airplane crashed at an airport in Santa Rosa, N.M., killing everyone onboard. Killed were Ules
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:35:00 GMT

Number of Phoenix millionaires jumps 20 percent in 2007

Even with the economy mired in a major slump, the Phoenix area keeps cranking out more millionaire households. The annual World Wealth Report by Merrill Lynch and Capgemini finds that the number of millionaire households in Phoenix increased last year
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:49:00 GMT

DirectoryM offers Phoenix companies free online ads

DirectoryM, an advertising platform based in Cambridge, Mass., is providing Phoenix businesses with free online advertising and phone leads for 90 days. The first phase of Project Lighthouse was launched June 25 in Phoenix, Chicago and Houston. The
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:49:00 GMT

Phoenix officer is shot during routine stop

Phoenix police arrested a 35-year-old man they say shot and wounded a female officer late Saturday night and then forced his way into a home, holding a man hostage before surrendering early Sunday. Aaron Baca Lopez was booked on aggravated assault of a
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:58:00 GMT

'Sky Bloom' sculpture takes shape downtown

Nadine Ulloa gasped as she looked up at the towering public-art sculpture being erected across from her gym. 'It's huge,' the retiree said. 'This thing is enormous. I had no idea it was going to be so big.' The 'thing,' is the 100-foot-wide,
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:58:00 GMT

Gun buyback nets 100 firearms

Valley residents sold 100 guns to Phoenix police on Saturday during a gun-buyback event that was part of a month-long campaign to combat violence in some south Phoenix neighborhoods. The Police Department, in conjunction with the city and other
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:38:00 GMT

APS lines may spoil views, West Valley residents fear

Newcomers flocking to developing West Valley cities for homes that still offer pristine views are in turn bringing in infrastructure that threatens to blemish the Sonoran Desert skyline and scar hundreds of acres of wilderness. Two major utility projects
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:15:00 GMT

'Difficult' state legislative session ends

Numbers dominated this year's legislative session. As in shrinking revenue projections and growing deficit numbers for the state budget. As in counting the number of votes needed to pass a budget - which has its own controversial set of numbers.
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:15:00 GMT

'Opportunity Oasis': A new vision for Phoenix

There is an exuberant concentration of talent, vision and energy creating a new face for metro Phoenix. It is the promise of groundbreaking discovery at the TGen research center. It is a vision for a New American University at Arizona State University.
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:38:00 GMT

McCain campaign moving into new Phoenix headquarters

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is opening a regional headquarters for his presidential campaign in Phoenix. The McCain campaign hub will be located in the Madison Square office complex on 16th Street just south of Missouri Avenue near State Route 51.
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:28:00 GMT

Bomb attack kills GI

Leanna Hammett and her five daughters were in Tucson visiting her parents after a family vacation to Disneyland when she got the news that her husband, Army Chief Warrant Officer Robert C. Hammett, 39, was killed Tuesday in Iraq. The couple's youngest
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:24:00 GMT

Legislature's session ends with testy finale

In the final hours of one of the longest state legislative sessions on record, state senators approved a measure sending a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage to the fall ballot. The long-anticipated vote came just before adjournment and
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:24:00 GMT

2.0 minutes with Dr. John K. Crowe co-founder Scottsdale Medical Imaging Ltd.

Scottsdale Medical Imaging Ltd. (SMIL) is a group of 10 outpatient diagnostic imaging centers in the northeast Valley. What is a significant goal you achieved in the past 12 months? 'We took a lead role in a breast imaging study published in the New
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:53:00 GMT

Electronic bills give companies paper cuts

The dream of personal computing included a paperless office, and now it's moving to paperless billing. Local companies are pushing paperless bills, delivered to customers' e-mail boxes, as a way of going green and saving money in the process. Arizona
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:52:00 GMT