When Laura and Drew Werb of Fountain Hills lost their beloved golden retriever, they were devastated.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Jeff Probst says the upcoming season of "Survivor" has already hit a few snags. "Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden" has been plagued with several preproduction problems, Probst told The Associated Press at a restaurant opening Wednesday.

Scottsdale-based pharmaceutical company Medicis said Monday it will spend $160 million on products that plump lips and erase laugh lines.

TRW Automotive will cease production this month of an explosive chemical that caused dozens of fiery explosions at its east Mesa air bag plant and sparked community protests.

Nine months after spending $160 million for Restylane, Scottsdale-based pharmaceutical company Medicis got the FDA’s approval to sell the collagen alternative to U.S. customers.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - After getting a taste of the radio business in college, software designer Craig Patchett never lost his interest in broadcasting. But without a job in radio, it seemed likely to remain one of those unfulfilled passions — until something called ‘‘podcasting’’ came along.

NEW YORK - First, there was Fusilli Jerry. Now, there's cartoon Jerry. Jerry Seinfeld is trying out his animated side in a DreamWorks production called "Bee Movie," due out in November 2007. In it, he is the voice of a bee who leaves the hive and discovers that humans have been stealing the insects' honey.

About 25 protesters campaigning to keep a global drug developer out of Chandler lined street corners in the city’s downtown Tuesday afternoon.

About 25 protesters campaigning to keep a global drug developer out of Chandler lined street corners in the city’s downtown Tuesday afternoon.

WASHINGTON - Meat and milk from cloned animals is as safe as that from their counterparts bred the old-fashioned way, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday - but sales still won't begin right away.

Animator Chuck Jones once said that “it is easier and more believable to humanize animals than it is to humanize humans.”

NEW YORK - Animal Planet's desire to become less warm and fuzzy means exposure to some unaccustomed issues, such as danger on the high seas and journalistic fairness.

NEW YORK - This past spring, 10-year-old Adam Young joined other tweens on Club Penguin, playing games, throwing virtual snowballs and chatting with fellow kids who appear onscreen as plump cartoon penguins.

It began as a simple sunrise service atop a wooden cotton wagon in 1928, but Mesa's "Jesus the Christ" Easter Pageant is now believed to be among the largest annual outdoor Easter plays in the world.

LOS ANGELES - On-location movie shoots are on the rise in Los Angeles, despite repeated warnings from Hollywood studios that the possibility of an actors strike had stalled moviemaking, a permitting group said Wednesday.

Rick Anglin’s mission is “cow comfort.” The dairy farmer moved his family operation from Chandler to Maricopa a few years ago to avoid a clash with urban growth.

PITTSBURGH - Even Bill Gates gets spam. The Microsoft Corp. chairman showed a Carnegie Mellon University audience of several hundred people, many of them computer science and computer engineer students, examples of the unsolicited e-mail he sometimes gets in his inbox.

ATLANTA - When John Paul DeJoria, the co-founder of Paul Mitchell salon products, decided to launch another hair care line, he made sure it addressed a common consumer problem: Getting rid of fleas and ticks.

LOS ANGELES - On-location movie shoots are on the rise in Los Angeles, despite repeated warnings from Hollywood studios that the possibility of an actors strike had stalled moviemaking, a permitting group said Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES - A "Family Guy" spinoff show featuring the character of Cleveland Brown is mixing up its voice cast, ethnically speaking.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other "Peanuts" characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91.