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  • $600M office complex coming to Tempe

    TEMPE, AZ - A $600 million office facility is coming to Tempe near the Arizona State University campus, the city announced Friday. The land, leased from ASU, will be home to the largest office development in Arizona history, with more the 2 million square feet to be constructed on more than 20 acres. The site is adjacent to ASU athletic facilities as well as Tempe Town Lake. Developed by Ryan ...

  • Spelling Bee injects humor laughs

    The cool blonde knew. Her stealth mission was a success. May I have that in a sentence, please? The Scripps National Spelling Bee has a long-held reputation for seriousness. Serious children spelling serious words with serious meanings. The annual competition, begun in 1925 and administered since 1941 by The E.W. Scripps Co. of Cincinnati, is known for its pressure, its nervous contestants, its ...

  • FAST FACTS 2013 National Spelling Bee

    will compete from the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Europe; as well as the Bahamas, Canada, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan and South Korea. Zee Week 2013 marks ...

  • 230PM | Funeral for PHX firefighter

    PHOENIX - A rolling set of street closings is planned late Friday afternoon and early evening for a procession of fire vehicles as the body of a Phoenix firefighter is taken to a cemetery for burial after his funeral. The procession for Firefighter Brad Harper begins at 2:30 p.m. after his funeral at Christ's Church of the Valley in ...

  • Feds warns Navajo about unspent housing funds

    FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- The Navajo Nation has had trouble spending hundreds of millions of dollars in federal housing funds over the past several ...


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Quarantine

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  • Campaign-finance case against Horne still on track

    A spokesman says Secretary of State Ken Bennett's office isn't being swayed by a lawyer's criticism of campaign finance allegations against Attorney General Tom Horne and an associate.Attorney Timothy La Sota says in a letter obtained by The Arizona Republic ...

  • Report AZ teen births drop steeply

    WASHINGTON - Teen births in Arizona plummeted 35 percent between 2007 and 2011, tying with Utah for the steepest decline in the nation, according to new numbers released Thursday. ...

  • Crews herd horses from stable fire

    PHOENIX - Phoenix firefighters had to get several horses out of harm's way as they fought an early morning fire at a stable on Friday. Fire Capt. Jonathan Jacobs says a fire truck used a water gun to knock down the flames but that the job was made more difficult by up to 10 horses running around. He says firefighters had to herd several of the horses to safety away from the fire. Cause of ...

  • TODAY New Scottsdale restaurant opens

    PHOENIX - Since the first of the year nearly 10,000 new jobs have been added to the Valley's growing hospitality and tourism industry. In January 185,000 people worked in area hotels, bars, resorts and restaurants. Now more more than 194,000 people do. Samuel Baxter is one of those people. He was unemployed for two months before finding a job at a new restaurant. Baxter is now the new Chef ...

  • ADOT No highway closures this weekend

    PHOENIX - In an attempt to ease holiday travel, the Arizona Department of Transportation hasn't scheduled any road closures on state highways over Memorial Day weekend. Heavy traffic is expected due to holiday travelers, especially in existing work zones, officials said. However, the funeral processions for fallen firefighter Bradley Harper and slain police officer Daryl Raetz will close ...

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