In 1980 William Clay, the president of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers union (PATCO) told their convention that they must “learn the rules of the game,” which were “that you don’t put the interest of any other group ahead of your own.” They must be “selfish and pragmatic” and emphasize that “what’s good for the federal employees (is) good for the nation.”

When Chief Justice John Roberts upheld the constitutionality of Obamacare, he didn’t just betray conservatives.

Effective communication is among the more difficult social skills one must face during a job search. It is one thing to be able to put your thoughts into words, but it is another thing to make them understood by others.

In an election year, fodder for political debate is always abundant. As a result, discussions about the US presence in Iraq, the offshoring of US jobs, taxes, healthcare and other contentious issues can get heated.

HONOLULU - President Bush has asked his defense and interior secretaries to look into designating Pearl Harbor and other historic World War II sites in the Pacific a national monument.

WASHINGTON - More than two-thirds of young drivers and passengers killed in nighttime car crashes aren't wearing seat belts - deadly proof of what can happen when young people don't heed parents' pleas and authorities' threats to "click it."

Josh Webster pitched a complete game, allowing just one run on seven hits to lead host Mesquite to a 4-1 victory over Hamilton on Friday.

The 2006 prep track and field season opens with some interesting questions. The Wolves broke Mountain View's two-year hold on the 5A championship and appear talented enough to make it two straight of their own.

Yuma, winless in 5A Central Region play coming into Tuesday’s game at Marcos de Niza, went on a fourthquarter scoring binge, erasing a nine-point deficit and holding on for a 66-65 win.

McClintock celebrated the 4A Skyline Region championship Friday night with an 84-68 win over host Glendale.

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Fourth graders in Terrie Von Holdt’s class at Finley Farms Elementary School

A very old story is once again being retold, with a few of the characters' names updated to besmirch the innocent. In this story, conservatives are to blame for an economic crisis because they allegedly believe there is no role for government in the economy, and all economic crises are due to lax regulation of markets.

In an election year, fodder for political debate is always abundant. As a result, discussions about the US presence in Iraq, the offshoring of US jobs, taxes, healthcare and other contentious issues can get heated.

Many of us know them only as the stuffy portraits on the walls of our childhood classrooms. But America’s presidents are a fascinating, eclectic lot: Some brought genius to the office, some forged greatness in the crucible of Washington politics, and some were freakier than a carnival sideshow.

Many of us know them only as the stuffy portraits on the walls of our childhood classrooms. But America’s presidents are a fascinating, eclectic lot: Some brought genius to the office, some forged greatness in the crucible of Washington politics, and some were freakier than a carnival sideshow.

Dymond Simon led all scorers with 23 points as 5A topranked Phoenix St. Mary’s (15-0, 3-0) defeated visiting Horizon, 72-52, Tuesday in a girls 5A Desert Valley Region match-up.

DALLAS — President George H.W. Bush had a problem so important he sent a memo to White House staff asking them to take a pledge. His dog, Ranger, was packing on the pounds.

I realize that picking a president by his or her ability to play sports, or least talk about them, would saddle the country with leaders with such names as Jeter, Pippin or Manning. But my take on the bad run of presidents since Teddy Roosevelt cluttered up the White House with big game is that many modern presidents have had a complicated relationship with the national pastimes. Maybe it was the German strategist Clausewitz who said that sports is the extension of politics by other means?

L. Ron Hubbard had a restlessness that led to a lifetime of traversing the globe. So it was scarcely three years that the eclectic writer and adventurer lived at his “House on Camelback.” That modest home on 44th Street in Phoenix, recently restored to how it looked in 1952, is regarded as a religious historic site — the birthplace of Scientology.

Gabe Freeman scored 21 points as No. 2 McClintock defeated Phoenix Thunderbird 56-39 in a boys 4A Skyline Region matchup Tuesday at McClintock.

Three thousand years ago their perfume drenched Nebuchadnezzar’s hanging gardens of Babylon, in what is now Iraq, and their petrified wreaths have been unearthed in ancient Egyptian tombs, so roses are certainly hardy enough to survive a Sonoran Desert summer.

All the accolades wouldn’t have mattered much without the ring. Scottsdale Saguaro quarterback Tim Ruben hit the elusive 2,000-yard rushing, 2,000-yard passing milestone in the third quarter of the 4A-I championship game against Tucson Canyon del Oro on Dec. 8, but it was the furthest thing from his mind one quarter later.