A decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Americans still have a lot to learn about their own nation’s foreign policy and the Islamic religion, according to a panel discussion hosted Thursday by the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University.

A decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Americans still have a lot to learn about their own nation’s foreign policy and the Islamic religion, according to a panel discussion hosted Thursday by the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University.

A decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Americans still have a lot to learn about their own nation’s foreign policy and the Islamic religion, according to a panel discussion hosted Thursday by the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University.

Larger-than-life and a true embodiment of New York’s audacious spirit, former NYC mayor Ed Koch lived his life in the public eye. With the bulk of his three-term career encompassing the turbulent 1980s, Koch went head-to-head with issues such as race relations, the AIDS crisis and the crack epidemic – drumming up controversy along the way while still maintaining his likable if outspoken persona.

NEW YORK - The publisher of a disputed Holocaust memoir has canceled the book, adding the name Herman Rosenblat to an increasingly long list of literary fakers and ending with a heartbreaking crash his story — embraced by Oprah Winfrey among others — of meeting his future wife at a concentration camp.

Many of us have attended or at least heard of the popular fall celebration, Octoberfest.

NEW YORK - Companies dove into the public market during the roaring ’90s, when it was easy to grab capital and turn investors’ heads. Now some smaller businesses are quietly retracing their steps to private life.

President Obama has announced his intent to nominate Bert Castro, president and CEO of the Arizona Zoological Society/Phoenix Zoo, as a member of the National Museum and Library Services Board.

President Obama has announced his intent to nominate Bert Castro, president and CEO of the Arizona Zoological Society/Phoenix Zoo, as a member of the National Museum and Library Services Board.

After a long and storied political career, former Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano is leaving the East Valley to become president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, a national media activist group.

More than 100 companies doing business in the East Valley will be on hand at the annual East Valley Business Expo on Wednesday at the Mesa Convention Center.

Nothing put a bigger smile on Barry Sollenberger's face than seeing full stands at a high school football game. You can bet Sollenberger was looking down Friday and smiling at a full house at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, gathered to say goodbye to Sollenberger, Arizona's foremost historian on prep sports who passed away June 23 on his 60th birthday.

Recruiting quality volunteers from the small business community for your charity or nonprofit organization requires explaining what’s in it for them.You’ll need to educate small businesses on the benefits of collaborative efforts, otherwise known as cause marketing. It is an extremely powerful way for any business, especially a smaller business, to show its brand personality to the world.

PHOENIX - A state official claims he was only joking but a legislator wants to know more about the official's MySpace.com page that described him as a "wild debaucher" who volunteered to help children only to indoctrinate them in lawlessness.

May 11, 2005

The state’s top federal prosecutor is planning a town hall-style forum this month to defend the USA Patriot Act against critics who say the antiterrorism law threatens civil liberties.

Mona Saatkamp’s dream was to own a large property and rescue dogs. Now that dream is threatened since her neighborhood was annexed into Gilbert last summer.

Dr. Jeffrey Singer, a frequent contributor to these pages, wrote Feb. 23 of the threat to privacy that the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) poses in the name of protecting privacy.

September 23, 2004

LOS ANGELES - Here's one sure way to incite Barbra Streisand's wrath: Write a book about her. Christopher Anderson has learned that with his recently published biography, "Barbra: The Way She Is."

PHOENIX – More Arizonans say they are participating in civic activities like interacting with neighbors and contacting public officials, according to a report released at a conference Friday by a nonpartisan research organization.

August 24, 2004

The student populations at East Valley college and university campuses are on course for record numbers again this year, officials said Monday.

The ninth annual McDowell Mountain Music Festival kicks off Friday. The family-friendly event held on the grounds of the Compound Grill in Phoenix brings together bands and the community for a cause: All of the proceeds will be donated to local children’s charities.