Yes, there is life on Mars in "John Carter," and it's deadly dull.

April 27, 2005

SAN DIEGO -- The chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says agents searching for people who ignore deportation orders will continue to arrest others in the country illegally who happen to be around when they show up.

The Arizona Biltmore Resort will be celebrating the first day of the statewide smoking ban by throwing a cigar dinner party.

A 31-year-old Scottsdale woman died Monday morning at Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn hospital of severe head injuries suffered about 24 hours earlier, police said.

April 26, 2005

The Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce on Friday evening will honor six volunteers for their leadership, including Sen. Jon Kyl.

Federal officials arrested the owners and employees of five shuttle operations Thursday that they charge were knowingly ferrying illegal immigrants from Tucson to the Phoenix area.

A top national border security official said Thursday his agency is doing all it can to deport illegal immigrants with the resources Congress has provided.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has signed up 55 state and local law enforcement agencies to help enforce immigration laws, including an Arizona country sheriff under investigation for racial profiling, the Homeland Security Department announced Friday.

RICHMOND, Va. — States should not follow Arizona's lead and enact strict new immigration laws because ridding the country of illegal immigrants is the federal government's job, the director of the nation's immigration enforcement agency said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — Immigration officials are immediately ending the housing of families at a former prison in central Texas as a first step in transforming immigration detention from a criminal to a civil system.

For Suns fans who felt an NBA championship was stolen away by David Stern, the basketball gods who despise their team, or, OK, OK, maybe the San Antonio Spurs, the nightmare just got worse.

A successful end to a great career and a championship from a newly formed relay team highlighted the 4A Division I state track and field championships Saturday at Mesa Community College.

A successful end to a great career and a championship from a newly formed relay team highlighted the 4A Division I state track and field championships Saturday at Mesa Community College.

Chris Young stayed calm at the plate and propelled Arizona to a big night on offense.

Posh steakhouse Morton's, with restaurants in north Scottsdale and the upscale Biltmore area of Phoenix, has always been cigar-friendly. But a year ago, when it became illegal to smoke inside restaurants in Arizona, Morton's moved the stogie lovers outside onto "tented, misted, heated" patios. And business hasn't suffered a bit, said John Simich, Morton's spokesman.

Arizona should see its first National Guard soldiers next month.

Every man is the star of his own drama. Such is the insight gleaned by Tom Stoppard's Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern and by Charlie Kaufman's Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the glum and hypochondriacal theater director who is stage center in "Synecdoche, New York."

A e-mail scam within a scam hopes to trick Wells Fargo customers into disclosing their account numbers and other personal information.

BRICK to Morton Blackwell, described as a longtime GOP activist from Virginia, who handed out bandages with purple hearts on them Monday night at the Republican National Convention in a swipe at Democratic nominee John Kerry’s war record.