Nick Escalante enjoys grilling his family's meals a couple of times a week year-round, but doesn't like cleaning the greasy mess that comes with it.

“Old Sparky, new Sparky ... the dude’s about as handsome as Mitch McConnell.”

Athletes will take on a military-style course this weekend in Mesa to test their physical – and mental – ability.

It’s time to discover an old product that is inexpensive, versatile, and effective.

Lady and the Tramp had the right idea.

At this time of year, a coffeecake is warm and inviting, cinnamon-y and rich with butter and sour cream, dotted with fruit and nuts, or plain and simply delicious.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In 21st century America, a 19th century invention — the bicycle — is figuring more and more in the calculations of apartment hunters and others looking for suitable digs.

In an effort to reduce air pollution and sewage waste, Gilbert will work with REV Biodiesel to collect used cooking grease at fire stations now through Jan. 5.

Few foods are as satisfying as a golden potato pancake that is soft and tender inside, but crispy outside. But this simple dish so often is bungled. It can be undercooked, overcooked and/or soaked in grease.

Few foods are as satisfying as a golden potato pancake that is soft and tender inside, but crispy outside. But this simple dish so often is bungled. It can be undercooked, overcooked and/or soaked in grease.

Here are The Associated Press’ reviews of selected holiday albums:

Fortunately, Kevin Kolb’s current injury doesn’t involve a concussion. The series of events over the last two months, however, are enough to make the Arizona Cardinals quarterback’s head hurt.

New federal guidelines aim to make school lunches more nutritious this year by requiring all students to take a fruit or vegetable with their meal. More whole grains and less saturated fat, trans fats and sodium are also part of the regulations.

The perfect cake should be a visual pleasure long before the first bite is taken. Like judging a book by its cover, a lot of this anticipation stems from the allure of the cake's icing. But as any novice baker can attest, icing is no piece of cake.

Carrots are more versatile than you think.

Several years ago, Jay Brown, a Tempe music teacher and softball coach, finished the certification he needed to become a principal.

Here we go again, talking out loud about the hair issue. I naively thought that we had done that issue to death, but the roots of the problem seem not to have been adequately addressed. Perhaps a little context will help grasp what’s going on now.

Stand-up comedian Steve Byrne is in Phoenix this weekend for the “Sullivan and Son Comedy Tour,” promoting his new TBS sitcom.

Here we go again, talking out loud about the hair issue. I naively thought that we had done that issue to death, but the roots of the problem seem not to have been adequately addressed. Perhaps a little context will help grasp what’s going on now.

Leave it to the Fiesta Bowl to come out smelling like a Rose.

Are you ready?

When emergency crews responded to a drowning call of a 3-year-old Gold Canyon boy who was discovered floating inside a family swimming pool last week, his father told authorities that the child had been out of his sight for about two minutes.

You know Steve Nash is watching this.

We hear it time and time again — “Eat your veggies!” From the grocery aisle to the farmers market, vegetables are plentiful. But it is all too easy to wind up with wan, dried-out carrots from the supermarket or overpriced broccoli from a farm stand.