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  • VIDEO Wild stunts and big explosions

    TUCSON, AZ - They're a tough lot, stunt actors putting on two shows a night at Trail Dust Town in Tucson. The Pinnacle Peak Pistoleros put on their Wild West Shows with family-friendly jokes and stunts performed by vaudeville-type characters like those popular at the turn of the century. Stunt director Jerry Wood says he's been perfecting the show for 15 years. There isn't a lot ...

  • Feel lucky Powerball numbers are out

    DES MOINES, IA - Lottery officials have announced winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot. The numbers drawn Saturday are: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and a Powerball of 11. Officials estimate the jackpot at $590.5 million. With four of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot. The problem, of course, is ...

  • Brach optioned to Tucson Grandal debuts

    San Diego Padres pitcher Brad Brach (58) is relieved by manager Bud Black (20) during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, in Denver. The Rockies won 11-10. (AP Photo/Barry ...

  • MLB Arizona 1 Miami 0

    Brandon McCarthy fired his second career shutout Saturday, baffling the Marlins on three hits in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 1-0 decision over Miami. McCarthy (1-3) earned his first win of the season in his ninth start after firing eight shutout frames in his previous outing -- a no-decision against the Phillies. The right-hander allowed two walks and struck out five in the 100-pitch ...

  • Lucky Powerball winner TONIGHT

    DES MOINES, IA - It's all about the odds. With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot during Saturday night's drawing, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars -- and that's after taxes. The problem, of course, is those same odds just about guarantee the lucky person won't be you. ...


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Movie Review

Body of Lies

Body of Lies

As we saw last year with The Kingdom, making a conventional action thriller set against the backdrop of the War on Terror is a dicey proposition. While we like to sink into the spectacle and get caught up in the intrigue, there is always that nagging sense of discomfort that the f ... ...

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  • Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US

    In response to a federal court order, Gov. Jerry Brown pushed a novel approach through the Legislature two years ago to dramatically reduce California's prison ...

  • Ariz. deputies make more human smuggling arrests

    Maricopa County sheriff's deputies have made another round of arrests as part of an effort to crackdown on human smuggling.Deputies say 10 Mexican nationals were arrested after the van they were traveling in was stopped Thursday north of the Valley. About two hours later, five more people were arrested during a separate traffic stop.On Friday, seven people from Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala ...

  • The English Teacher Review

    They say that the best way to learn a subject is to teach it, and, as a former high school chalk-pusher I heartily agree. In Craig Zisk's 'The English Teacher,' the title character teaches the likes of 'A Tale of Two Cities' while some of the greats taped to the walls like Mark Twain overlook the classroom. The teacher represents learning a lot about Charles Dickens by ...

  • TIPS to stay safe on the water

    Put on your bathing suit, sun glasses and sun screen and tube down the Salt River. Tubing at the Salt River opened today and ABC15 is Taking Action to help keep you safe around the ...

  • Witness Car crashes into VA parade

    DAMASCUS, VA - Witnesses in southwestern Virginia said a car drove into a crowd at a parade Saturday and hurt several people, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known. It happened around 2:30 p.m. during the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival, an annual celebration of the Appalachian Trail in Damascus, a small mountain town near the Tennessee state line about a ...

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