From mental illness and adultery to football obsession and competitive dance, "Silver Linings Playbook" follows a wily and winding path that consistently defies expectations.

What do you know about the Grand Canyon?

Nearly 100 calls flooded a 911 dispatch center and an orange glow and smoky haze could be seen from miles away moments after a Chandler home was destroyed by an explosion late Sunday.

The four newest members of the Gilbert Town Council will be sworn in in a special meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday.

A look at the new personnel suggests that the Gilbert Town Council is poised to move right.

The new blood transfusion for Gilbert's Town Council apparently culminated on Tuesday, as two challengers were victorious, a young incumbent survived and three members with a combined 34 years of experience were voted out.

Scary as his stage makeup may sometimes look, Alice Cooper’s a nice guy at heart. The proof’s in the pudding — his 10th annual Christmas Pudding, a holiday variety show the Valley rocker hosts to raise money for local at-risk kids. Among this year’s acts are Cooper and His Original Band, Rob Zombie, Cheech Marin, Don Felder, Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers, Glen Campbell, Nils Lofgren, “So You Think You Can Dance” winners Lauren Froderman and Kent Boyd, and “America’s Got Talent” winner Michael Grimm. Cooper will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2011.

The AZ Country USA nightclub in west Mesa has gone out of business, just months after its owner opened it to replace a failed Hispanic nightclub. The club announced its closure Wednesday on its Facebook page while thanking patrons for their support. Owner Brain Weymouth did not return a phone call for comment. The club opened in July and in September added an Alice Cooperstown bar to it.

Sarah Cooper, a visiting fellow at the Arizona Justice Project, will talk to students Thursday in Deb Siroky's criminology class at Skyline High School. Her topic will be the conviction, imprisonment and release of Ray Krone, the innocent Arizona resident who served more than a decade in prison and two years on death row for a murder he did not commit.

Commercial real estate broker and investor Ben Cooper was named Wednesday night as Gilbert’s newest town council member.