About 40 years ago, the once segregated Booker T. Washington Elementary School in Mesa was closed.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - A disorderly intoxication charge against David Faustino was dropped, but the man who played Bud Bundy on "Married with Children" still faces a drug charge.

New! What a great word… “New!” It brings to mind all sorts of possibilities and opportunities. Who doesn’t love that “new car smell” or a “new” baby! Just think about the excitement of a “new” house or a “new” job! Consider the joy of a “new” friendship or a “new” adventure! “New” – what a great word!

Hollywood keeps making new versions of classic films because the passing of time creates new generations to entertain. Producers bet that, given fresh alterations to script and cast, the old moneymakers will attract new audiences to the box office.

The new home of the Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren in Scottsdale stands as testament that the congregation’s leadership practices what it preaches.

The new home of the Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren in Scottsdale stands as testament that the congregation’s leadership practices what it preaches.

NEW ORLEANS - Police Superintendent Eddie Compass resigned Tuesday after four turbulent weeks in which the police force was wracked by desertions and disorganization in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.

NEW ORLEANS - Police Superintendent Eddie Compass resigned Tuesday after four turbulent weeks in which the police force was wracked by desertions and disorganization in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.

"The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown and his courtroom nemesis, Michael Baigent, now have a new rivalry - on the best-seller lists.

Watch for Kate Spade to start selling her famous handbags and other wares to decorate the home and those who live in it this weekend at Scottsdale Fashion Square.

May 24, 2005

New Orleans is a Super Bowl city again. NFL owners voted Tuesday to play the 2013 Super Bowl in New Orleans, the first time the championship game will be played there since Hurricane Katrina shredded parts of the Louisiana Superdome. The hurricane caused 1,600 deaths and devastated the Gulf Coast four years ago.

It’s not your regular exercise class. No slamming of weights. No squeaking of shoes. Just a half-lit room at Scottsdale’s Granite Reef Senior Center. Twenty seniors are seated in chairs, their arms and torsos tracing fluid arcs to the music of Chinese flutes.

It's not your regular exercise class. No slamming of weights. No squeaking of shoes. Just a half-lit room at Scottsdale's Granite Reef Senior Center. Twenty seniors are seated in chairs, their arms and torsos tracing fluid arcs to the music of Chinese flutes.

A new 44,000-square-foot Tempe Institute of Religion will be dedicated Sunday afternoon on the campus of Arizona State University.

Got a children or grandchildren who are at least 5 years old but not yet 8?

Critics have dubbed Dwight Yoakam a music sponge for transcending the country genre and absorbing different musical styles, making his brand of hip, honky-tonk music accepted among rock audiences. His latest album -- his first original recording in seven years -- is a testament to that.

ASPEN, Colo. - A one-time resident of this city who had been bitter over its transformation into a playground for the rich left four gift-wrapped bombs downtown in a bank-robbery attempt, turning New Year's Eve celebrations into a mass evacuation, police said Thursday.

With high foreclosure rates and 13.1 million people unemployed nationwide, stories of financial hardships and missed bill payments are nothing new, but a small group of individuals are meeting throughout the Valley in hopes of changing that and having a new tale to tell.

Sister’s Christmas Catechism — The Mystery of the Magi’s Gold: Patti Hannon as the strict Catholic nun, Sister, instructs audiences in the Nativity and the puzzle of the Magi’s gold.

The question of whether the Bible becomes part of classroom study is now in the hands of Gov. Jan Brewer.

Hanna Nelson responded to a previous op-ed (“Do research before attacking the Bible,” June 22, AFN), claiming Andy Wangstad (“Don’t take every word of the Bible as literal truth,” June 8, AFN) should do his research before attacking the Bible. She claims she wants to see scripture references for the bold claims he made, here they are:

More than five years after 9/11, passersby at Ground Zero will finally see demonstrable signs of progress in construction of the 1,776-foot-high Freedom Tower and adjoining buildings, the replacements for the World Trade Center.