WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is hailing today's House vote to change the way the nation's financial institutions are regulated. And he's calling for quick action to get a bill to his desk -- although the Senate is expected to wait until early next year. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration's pay czar is limiting the cash compensation for executives at companies that received the largest taxpayer bailouts to $500,000 and delaying some other payouts. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. and Pakistani officials say they expect Pakistan to eventually deport the five young Americans who are detained there. They had allegedly tried to join up with terrorists -- but the FBI says the bureau has no information linking them to terrorist groups. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) - Were private contractors involved in some of the country's most sensitive overseas operations? Full Story »
PHOENIX (AP) - Behind on its loans, a New York hotel group is prepared to take the Mondrian Scottsdale hotel into foreclosure. The Morgans Hotel Group has been unable to restructure $40 million in delinquent loans on the 194-room hotel in the Civic Center complex in downtown Scottsdale. Full Story »
The city's two police radar vans are scheduled to snap photographs of speeders at these locations today, according to the Tucson Police Department: Full Story »
Mountain lions, mule deer and black bears won a victory Thursday when a regional transportation agency agreed to spend $8.2 million to build three wildlife crossings across a heavily traveled section of North Oracle Road in the Oro Valley area. Full Story »
The Regional Transportation Authority Board denied a request from its executive director, Gary Hayes, to allow him to begin negotiations with Tucson to take over the Sun Tran bus system. Full Story »
Elementary-school students, businesses and even professional athletes are getting behind the effort to feed Tucson's hungry this holiday season. Full Story »
Tucson City Court staffers knew something was wrong when the phone lines lit up with scores of people voicing the same complaint. Full Story »
The Willcox School Board voted 4-1 last Tuesday to change the district's schedule to a four-day week at the start of the 2010-2011 school year. Board Vice President Lucille Seney voted against the measure. Full Story »
Court mandate to shut down heifer-feeding pen is next step Full Story »
BISBEE - A man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday in Cochise County Superior Court for fatally stabbing his girlfriend near Willcox in 2001. Full Story »
WILLCOX MEETING CANCELED: Due to difficult circumstances, the monthly WASA meeting scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 10 has been canceled. Regular monthly meetings will resume the first Thursday of next month, Jan. 7. For more information, contact the WASA office at 384-4777. Full Story »
Willcox clinic to be held on Monday, Dec. 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Willcox Health Department Full Story »
"Splendor of Christmas," 10 free performances by the Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene Celebration Choir and Drama Ministries, makes its annual run Dec. 11-20. Full Story »
Two residents of unincorporated Pima County have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Town of Marana, its town attorney, the police chief, seven police officers and others, alleging their civil rights had been infringed through unlawful arrest. Full Story »
Oro Valley has crowned two residents as volunteers of the year. Doug McKee and Marlene Anderson are the 2009 honorees. The town has given the award for the past three years. Full Story »
Face it, plants and people go together. Almost every holiday on earth is celebrated with plants or plant products (food), and the current festivities are no exception. Full Story »
courtesy photo, Sara Evans presents her Christmas show this Thursday, Dec. 10, at the Desert Diamond Casino. Full Story »
Thelma Grimes/San Pedro Valley News-Sun The Arizona Attorney General's office announced Wednesday that embezzlement charges would be filed against Sylvia Nerey, a former employee of Southeastern Arizona Behavioral Health Services Inc. (SEABHS). Full Story »
Thelma Grimes/San Pedro Valley News-Sun Southeastern Arizona Behavioral Health Services Inc. (SEABHS) will no longer be giving employees pay advances, since the board approved a policy amendment during its monthly meeting in Benson on Wednesday. Full Story »
Thelma Grimes/San Pedro Valley News-Sun Police closed off the Benson Post Office for several hours Monday because a package was ticking. Full Story »
Thelma Grimes/San Pedro Valley News-Sun Rose Weston, legal director for the Southeastern Arizona Behavioral Health Services, Inc. (SEABHS), defended the non-profit's 119-car fleet that has been criticized by board members following termination of the company's CEO. Full Story »
Thelma Grimes/San Pedro Valley News-Sun The trial is now continued until March in the case against Benson resident Alger Hellard, who has been charged with second-degree murder, without premeditation, a class one felony, for the shooting death of his wife. Full Story »
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After earlier buying one Toole Avenue warehouse from the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) for just over its appraised value, on Friday, Dec. 11, Steve Fenton forked over about twice the estimated value of another building on the street. The structure at 15-19 E. Toole had been valued at $265,000 by ADOT, but Fenton won a spirited bidding process at $512,000. There were initially three ... Full Story »
Bruce Bartlett, a senior policy analyst in the Reagan Administration and columnist for Forbes.com, called out Arizona Congressman Trent Franks in a recent article about the health-care debate and why Republicans have little credibility when it comes to talking about fiscal responsibility. The whole piece is worth reading as a reminder of how bad the GOP-controlled Congress was, but check out ... Full Story »
Theodore Buchholz by Mari Herreras While growing up in South Carolina, Theodore Buchholz discovered the cello; with the help of the right teacher, he discovered the camaraderie of performing with and learning from other cellists. Buchholz says he hopes to re-create that experience with the local chapter of the American String Teachers Association at the first Tucson Cello Congress, from 8:30 a.m ... Full Story »
Unfortunately, Arizonans are getting what we're paying for by Renée Downing You've got to admire the Legislature for its imagination in finding new ways to earn the wholehearted contempt of the people of Arizona—and, to the extent to which they pay any attention to our dopey little border state, the derision of people everywhere. The introduction of a bill asking Arizonans to donate money to the ... Full Story »
Police were searching for two men who allegedly held a 16-year-old boy at knifepoint and stole his necklace, officials said. Full Story »
Kenneth McKee, an 84-year-old with Alzheimer's, was last seen about 2 p.m. Thursday. Full Story »
Melvin Stelling, 66, of Gilbert, fell into the water and drowned after suffering a medical problem. Full Story »
The body of first grader Aldo Rubio was found 60 yards from where he went missing in Mesa. Full Story »
A family friend is suspected of stabbing a 36-year-old mother on Thursday, authorities said. Full Story »
Winter's force might have shut down Northern Arizona University for a day and a half earlier this week, but today's graduation ceremonies are going ahead as scheduled. Full Story »
Members of the public are invited to submit arguments for and against Flagstaff Unified School District's next budget override attempt. Full Story »
A Pinyon man has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison after pleading guilty to driving drunk and killing one person and injuring two others. Full Story »
A Coconino County flu vaccination clinic scheduled for Saturday will be moved to Dec. 19, due to the weather forecast of possible snow for the coming weekend. Full Story »
A resident in Alpine Ranchos northeast of Flagstaff has his cat to thank for saving him from a fire that completely destroyed his home early Thursday morning. Full Story »
Mesa High School believes. The message is clear all around the campus. It’s painted on cars. It’s on T-shirts. The student council’s “believe” signs hang near just about every classroom door. 5A-I final: Mesa big underdog vs. Fiesta rival Full Story »
Higher education is coming to Queen Creek. The town has reached an agreement with the Maricopa County Community College District to put a "communiversity" in Queen Creek, with an opening date expected in 2011. The deal would bring the town its first campus for higher education. The Town Council is scheduled to vote on the agreement Wednesday. Full Story »
Only one parent showed up Thursday to the second in a series of Higley Unified School District community forums offered by Superintendent Denise Birdwell at the district office. Three parents came out to the first forum in October. Full Story »
Behind on its loans, a New York hotel group is prepared to take the Mondrian Scottsdale hotel into foreclosure. Full Story »
A federal judge is scheduled to sentence an Arizona man on Friday for lying to FBI agents about helping a Muslim charity with connections to the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Full Story »
NEW RIVER -- A person on a hunting trip found a body in the desert north of the Valley Friday morning. The body was found in a rugged area near Interstate 17 and Table Mesa Road north of New River. Maricopa County sheriff's deputies say the victim was murdered within the last 24 hours and they have launched an investigation. No information about the victim has been released. Full Story »
GLENDALE -- The Glendale Police Department is asking for help to find a missing 84-year-old man who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Kenneth McKee was last seen at approximately 2 p.m. Thursday when he left a business near 51st and Glendale avenues. Police say McKee left the business in his rental car to return to his home near 99th Avenue and Union Hills but did not arrive. There are no signs ... Full Story »
PHOENIX – Police are looking for two suspects that held a teen at gunpoint at a Phoenix bus stop and robbed him. Police say a 16-year-old boy was robbed at knifepoint on Friday at about 10 a.m. at the bus stop located at 7th Street and McDowell. The two suspects, described as African American males in their early 20s, made off with the victim’s silver necklace worth $40.00. There are two ... Full Story »
SURPRISE – More than 50 marijuana plants were seized from a house in Surprise. Police were called to the 15100 block of West Hope Street at around 12'30 a.m. on Friday for a domestic violence incident. Officers saw pot plants were being grown in a bedroom once they arrived at the scene. A search warrant was served and detectives discovered over 50 marijuana plants in various stages of growth ... Full Story »
GLENDALE – A man who killed his wife and daughter and tried to kill his son has been sentenced. Michael Brian Miller, 29, was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 10 years behind bars. The probable cause statement filed by Glendale police says Miller called 911 on May 30 of this year and stated he had just murdered his family with a knife. When officers arrived at the scene, Miller ... Full Story »
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