REDDING, Calif. - Bernadette Butz, an avid gardener, would wear flip-flops or clogs when she was out planting seeds or pulling weeds.

The man believed to have killed his wife and stepdaughter last week in their Scottsdale home moved with his family this summer from La Quinta, Calif.

Tapes of a 911 call from a teenage girl just before her stepfather burst into her bedroom to shoot her and her brother Wednesday provide a chilling insight into a north Scottsdale bloodbath.

April 21, 2005

Retail-based health clinics are sprouting like mushrooms throughout the East Valley, offering diagnoses, immunizations and school physicals for patients who might otherwise be clogging an emergency room or doctor’s office.

Twelve Kyrene schools plan to stomp down on bullying next week as they take part in a nationwide effort called No Name-Calling Week.

When Peter Kaplan winters in Arizona, he does it first class. Daily maid service. In-room massages. Chilled towels and fruit kabobs served poolside. Grocery service that stocks his favorite foods in the fridge before he even arrives.

The choreographic brains behind modern dance company Nebellen's high-energy shows are company co-directors Ben Howe and Ellen Rath.

You don't have to know about VORP - or WHIP, or OPS - to enjoy "Moneyball," the story of how a bunch of stat geeks changed the way baseball teams assess and acquire players.

You don't have to know about VORP - or WHIP, or OPS - to enjoy "Moneyball," the story of how a bunch of stat geeks changed the way baseball teams assess and acquire players.

2008 All Fiesta Region Baseball

Tis the season for vampires, zombies and superheroes — and you're invited to celebrate with spooky-themed shows by Nebellen Dance Company and Scorpius Dance Theatre this weekend.

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