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  • Scottsdale names new city manager

    SCOTTSDALE, AZ - The Scottsdale City Council has selected Fritz Behring to be the new city manager. Behring has been Pinal County's manager and also has been city manager in two Florida cities and one in Nebraska. City officials announced the selection Wednesday. Behring was one of three finalists for the Scottsdale job, which attracted 50 applicants in a nationwide search. The other two ...

  • Crews to pave new route for US 89

    A 150-foot section of pavement on U.S. 89 south of Page buckled earlier this year in a landslide . A stretch of Navajo Route 20 between the Gap and Page will be used as an alternate route but first must be paved. Transportation spokesman Dustin Krugel says crews are headed to the site this week. The paving project is expected to begin within the next month and be complete later this summer. The ...

  • Solar plane arrives safely in Dallas

    A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States. The Solar Impulse is making the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across the U.S. The plane landed early Thursday at Dallas-Fort Worth International ...

  • Court strikes down Arizona law against late-term abortions

    The Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an Arizona law banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy is unconstitutional. In August, the court had blocked enforcement of the law. "We want to challenge Roe so we can take it to the Supreme Court, and we say, 'Why can't we protect babies at 20 weeks?'" said John Jakubczyk, past president of Arizona Right to ...

  • Jury in Jodi Arias trial resumes deliberations

    Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...


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Movie Review

Meet the Parents [DVD]

Meet the Parents [DVD]

For Greg Focker (Ben Stiller), the earnest, put-upon hero of Meet the Parents, absolutely nothing goes right from the very beginning. First of all, his attempt to propose to his girlfriend, Pam (Teri Polo), is interrupted by a cell phone call from Pam's sister, Debbie (Nicole DeHuff), that she just got engaged and will be getting married in two weeks. Greg decides to hold off on ... ...

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  • Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas

    The plane flew its first leg from California in early May. From Dallas, it will fly to Lambert-St. Louis airport, Dulles airport near Washington and New York's John F. Kennedy ...

  • Gripes top the menu at Arizona pizzeria

    SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet. An Arizona restaurateur, fed up after years of negative online reviews and an embarrassing appearance on a reality television show, allegedly posted a social media rant laced with salty language and angry, uppercase letters that quickly went viral last week, to the delight of people who love a good Internet ...

  • More Mesa’s Nine Lives

    UC regent, and owner of the vast Dos Pueblos Ranch, proposed the 800-unit Buena Vida development, with a 20-acre golf course, tennis club, beach club, pools, and some residences built in just below the bluff, so as not to cut off views from above. But even Mosher's clout and bucks couldn't make it happen. I recall covering County Plan- ning Commission hearings on it, back at a time ...

  • Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon in Chinas Tibet

    The Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon is one of the deepest and longest canyons in the world. The Yarlung Zangpo River starts at Mount Kailash before reaching the juncture of Mainling and Medog counties, where it swerves around towering Namjagbarwa, the highest peak in the eastern section of the Himalayas, carving a U-shaped gorge. The canyon is home to many animals and plants barely explored and ...

  • Abuse victim Arias sets back survivors

    PHOENIX - Jodi Arias' claims that she killed Travis Alexander in self-defense have set actual domestic violence victims back ten years, according to one abuse survivor. "Travis was the victim of domestic violence," said Leah Pettyjohn, a domestic violence survivor. "He ended up the ultimate victim when his ex-girlfriend murdered him." Pettyjohn escaped a dangerous ...

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