The Obama administration seems to have gone Jack Bauer on us, which would be okay if we were just talking about non-American enemy combatants on some far-flung battlefield. It seems the administration danced its way around case law and the Constitution in an attempt to justify the assassination of three American citizens it refuses to acknowledge it had any part of, post execution.

DALLAS — The boards of American Airlines parent AMR Corp. and US Airways could decide early next week whether to merge their two companies and create an airline rivaling the world's biggest.

Gov. Jan Brewer said she won’t support any new laws to limit who can carry a gun, even in the wake of the killing of students and teachers in Connecticut.

TUCSON — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and left her critically injured.

“Social Security and Medicare are NOT entitlements. I involuntarily paid via taxation into these programs for almost 50 years so that I may receive the benefits I do now. Entitlements are handouts such as food stamps, WIC, rent subsidies, and free medical care given to people simply because the have the good fortune of living in this country.”

WASHINGTON — The question surfaces each time a mass murder unfolds: Will this one change the political calculus in Washington against tougher gun control?

Mayor Greg Stanton and City Manager David Cavazos announced that Phoenix has been selected as a finalist for the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge, a competition created to inspire American cities to generate innovative ideas that solve major challenges and improve city life — and that ultimately can be shared with other cities across the nation.

“I love the Vent. It lets me believe that there are Americans out there with a brain.”

Apple Inc. is set to reveal a smaller, cheaper version of the iPad at an event on Oct. 23, according to several reports published Friday.

Not so long ago, the admonishment to "Eat your greens!" generally focused on lettuce, maybe spinach. And that's about as adventurous as it got.

In Phoenix, as graffiti has become a challenge in parts of our community, we have leveraged the power of volunteers to help the city remain a beautiful place to live and work.

Let's just be glad Smell-O-Vision never caught on.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — To begin: This is not a story about Ron Paul.

The nanny state goes nannying on, and as it often does, under the guise of doing the right thing.

The nanny state goes nannying on, and as it often does, under the guise of doing the right thing.

New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s decision to ban supersized sugary sodas has resurrected the age-old debate over the role of the state in protecting the public health. In recent years, this debate involved bicycle helmets, car seat belts, tobacco, trans fats, saturated fats in meat and dairy products, and sugar (or more aptly, high-fructose corn syrup). Public subsidies for tobacco, meat and dairy, and corn production added fuel to the debate.

A new report from Bloomberg Government reminds us of something very, very important before the upcoming elections in six months.

In the May 5 edition, you reported on the passage of a bill that changed the designation of an intersection, which in turn changed the law on running a yellow/red light, changing the violation standard.

The Arizona Small Business Association is hosting its first annual National Small Business Week Mixer on May 22. The event is free and open to the public, but a reservation is required. The mixer is at Gateway Community College, 275 N. Gateway Drive. in Phoenix. For information, go to www.asba.com.

Brian Rapoport of Ahwatukee Foothills always dreamed of working in the investment community on Wall Street. He has just graduated from the University of Arizona, Eller Finance in December. He came to Eller from Phoenix with a full ride scholarship to UA and a driving passion for finance.

Boy, did New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg get himself into a heap of trouble with educators.

"New Year's Eve" is the second in a remarkably shallow series of holiday-themed, celebrity-stuffed confections from director Garry Marshall and screenwriter Katherine Fugate, following their 2010 "Valentine's Day" collaboration. Of course, the really good stuff will come once they get to "Columbus Day," or maybe, just maybe, "Ash Wednesday."

Saturday marks the second Small Business Saturday, an annual event to promote local shopping and fuel the economy.

"There was no ‘religion' in Mayor Bloomberg's disgustingly sterilized 9/11 10-year anniversary celebration at ground zero. But there were two Vietnam era anti-war ‘has-beens,' James Taylor and Paul Simon. What else would you expect from an independent/progressive mayor? Loved that Mrs. Bush moved out from behind the bullet-proof glass to look at the people."