The overturned black Kia Spectra lying at the edge of Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn hospital's parking lot drew the attention of three women walking along Drinkwater Boulevard Thursday morning.

A Mesa amateur bicycle racer was in critical condition Tuesday after crashing through the back window of an SUV that had stopped in front of several riders during a race in Utah on Saturday.

The overturned black Kia Spectra lying at the edge of Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn hospital’s parking lot drew the attention of three women walking along Drinkwater Boulevard Thursday morning.

A judge Wednesday refused to order the Maricopa County treasurer to release the ballots of a disputed election to the chairman of a state Senate committee.

Sixteen-year-old Manuel Sanchez can’t move. His body is broken and bruised. He can’t breathe on his own. But the Westwood High School student manages to scribble messages to his anxious loved ones.

Phoenix police say they've had their eye on a suspect in one of the sexual assaults linked to the Baseline Killer since July, when they were checking several leads. This weekend, they identified him as a suspect in the assault, which took place last year in Phoenix.

Phoenix police say they've had their eye on a suspect in one of the sexual assaults linked to the Baseline Killer since July, when they were checking several leads. This weekend, they identified him as a suspect in the assault, which took place last year in Phoenix.

Phoenix police say they've had their eye on a suspect in one of the sexual assaults linked to the Baseline Killer since July, when they were checking several leads. This weekend, they identified him as a suspect in the assault, which took place last year in Phoenix.

September 15, 2004

Queen Creek won the East Sky Region wrestling tournament Saturday at Apache Junction High School, scoring 275.50 points.

First a disclaimer: If you’re a college football fan, don’t get too excited about a recruiting class until you know if the prospects all qualified.

"I'm kind of a detail-oriented person," Gary Bennett chuckles. The car collector's latest creation proves it: clean lines, glossy black surfaces and the kind of shiny trim you'd expect from a Corvette lover.

An unusual lineup will take the stage Saturday at Mesa Arts Center.

Maybe it was the umpteenth coke-dealing anthem or soft-porn music video. The turning point is hard to pinpoint. But after 30 years of growing popularity, rap music is now struggling with an alarming sales decline and growing criticism from within about the culture’s negative effect on society.

Maybe it was the umpteenth coke-dealing anthem or soft-porn music video. The turning point is hard to pinpoint. But after 30 years of growing popularity, rap music is now struggling with an alarming sales decline and growing criticism from within about the culture’s negative effect on society.

Rejecting the pleas of the state's former top federal prosecutor, a House panel voted Thursday to let police destroy marijuana they have seized even if it turns out the person had a right to possess it.

LOS ANGELES - Jazz great Benny Carter hardly ever looked back. He enjoyed whatever he was doing at the moment - composing or arranging, improvising on the alto sax or trumpet, leading a band or making opportunities for other black musicians.

LAS VEGAS - Mary J. Blige won big at this year's Billboard Music Awards as her chart-topping comeback album "The Breakthrough" landed the R&B diva a leading nine honors.

Students at Gilbert's Highland High School wore black on Monday in memory of a friend.

Mesa police suspect a drunken driver caused a collision that killed a 16-year-old Highland High School band student and injured her 17-year-old brother early Saturday while they were driving to appear in the Gilbert Days Parade.

The best validation for the nostalgia of "The Artist" is the film, itself.

NEW YORK - After successive harrowing Election Nights in 2000 and 2004, there were no muffed calls by TV networks, no screwy exit polls, no real twists and turns - only the sense of history as Barack Obama became the first black man elected president.

When artists speak of pain that leads them into a music career, they often are speaking of emotional pain, but for Valley singer Monte Procopio, the pain was quite physical.

All but one of the dozen or so players who kneeled near midfield for a postgame prayer had said their amens and headed toward the locker room.