Nothing lasts for three decades without adapting to the times, so it makes sense that the Scottsdale Culinary Festival has evolved over the years. But with national chains like Chipotle and Buffalo Wild Wings — popular, sure, but far removed from what’s traditionally considered “culinary” — among the list of participating restaurants this year, has the festival changed too much?

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Tyler Hadley, the Port St. Lucie teen accused of posting an invitation to a party on Facebook, then killing his parents with a hammer, made his first appearance before a judge Tuesday morning.

I awoke at 5:20 that April morning on a flat car at the end of a slow moving freight train. My partner Ken Langley and our Ethiopian guide, Tim Cat, were asleep wrapped in grubby horsehair blankets to fend off the chilly desert dawn.

July 23, 2004

MONROVIA, Liberia - A thunderous barrage of mortars shook Liberia's capital Monday, hitting residential neighborhoods along with two U.S. Embassy compounds, and killing more than 90 people as government and rebel forces fought over President Charles Taylor's last stronghold.