Our nation’s governing classes aren’t happy with the news media. At first glance, it’s hard to believe they aren’t satisfied with the coverage they receive. The major media with few exceptions (Wall Street Journal, Fox News) are populated with leftists who reveal their bias in their news reporting choices as well as in their opinion pieces. The recent discovery of the “journo-list” e-mails exposed a national press corps not only sycophantically supporting candidate Obama for the presidency but actually strategizing among themselves how to influence the election.

LOS ANGELES - A bad guy in a bad 1980s Mexican movie is surrounded by rival thugs who hold a gun to his head.

Our View: One thing to look for Monday when the Arizona Legislature returns to the Capitol — will Sen. Thayer Verschoor of Gilbert come forward to do his job?

LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton may be looking forward to her jailhouse release, but her neighbors aren't. Anticipating a horde of media when the socialite is expected to be released next week, some Hollywood Hills residents are circulating a letter advising neighbors to call police and local representatives to complain of the noise and traffic that may overtake the sleepy neighborhood, a city councilman's spokeswoman said.

LOS ANGELES - A plan to consolidate the nation's two actors unions was defeated by the slimmest of margins, winning a majority from both movie and television actors but failing to get enough votes from the Screen Actors Guild.

SAN FRANCISCO - A nearly $10 million eBay bid for a car made famous by "The Dukes of Hazzard" seems to have vanished faster than the Duke boys escaping from the sheriff.

Dr. William McCabe, a family practice physician, remembers when he had his own private practice in Mesa with nine physicians on staff. Now, he works for Banner Health, which took over his practice after skyrocketing expenses and limited income forced him out of business.

BIRMINGHAM, England - Police pursuing suspects in the failed July 21 terror bombings in London raided four homes across Britain on Wednesday and detained four people, including a Somali man believed to be one of the fugitive bombers, media reports and a witness said.

BIRMINGHAM, England - Police pursuing suspects in the failed July 21 terror bombings in London raided four homes across Britain on Wednesday and detained four people, including a Somali man believed to be one of the fugitive bombers, media reports and a witness said.

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard visited Apache Junction this week to announce the kickoff of an aggressive statewide ad campaign to combat methamphetamine use among young people.

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The hot new thing involving politics and the Internet is for folks to post a politician’s awkward moments on YouTube so all the world can see. And state Sen. Ed Ableser became part of this trend last week.

PASADENA, Calif. - When Paula Abdul wanted to make a splash, she didn't call a press conference or give an interview. She used Twitter, the same social-media site where she once told her fans, "Craving some ice cream ... Mmmm."

The ill-fated "Feed Your Flock" ad is, without a doubt, the most famous 30 seconds of video that no one will see during Super Bowl XLV.

 An ambitious statewide transportation measure, championed by Gov. Janet Napolitano and a cadre of Arizona’s most powerful interest groups, has failed to make the November ballot.

I have never sexually harassed anyone. Sound familiar? It's one thing to have one woman make allegations of sexual harassment. It's quite another when four, five or more step up and allege the same thing. What happens is that it appears to most of us that a pattern of behavior has emerged where this individual has a problem with female relationships.

The GoDaddy.com Super Bowl XLII commercial is either a success or a failure - depending on how you look at it.

Even with Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux on the power play, the NHL couldn't light the lamp and pull the 2004-05 season out of the deep freeze.

CONCORD, N.H. — For the aspiring cooks and crafters who frequent Pinterest.com, "pinning" something is one thing. "Nailing" it is another.

Arizona teens will remain free to drop out of school at 16. On a tie vote Monday, the House Education Committee killed a proposal that would have required students to stay in school until they reach 18 unless they graduate first, or at least make it through 11th grade. Now, teens can leave school at age 16 or if they get through the 10th grade.

DETROIT — Dennis Green has run out of quarterbacks.

NEW YORK - Novelist Raymond Chandler must be big at NBC, where the motto seems to be "the long goodbye."

The news release arrived in my e-mail box just after noon Friday. "Fur Free Friday," it was headed. "Anti-Fur Demonstration."

The Maricopa County Community College District is no longer trying to fire Mesa Community College’s media arts director. But it isn’t welcoming her back on campus, either.