PHOENIX - Two helicopter news pilots were in the middle of describing a car chase when their aircraft collided and killed four people last year, according to transcripts of on board video recordings released by federal investigators.

NEW YORK - While no one is ready to call the bottom of the worst housing collapse in decades, there were glimmers this week that the severity could be waning.

Two helicopter news pilots were in the middle of describing a car chase when their aircraft collided and killed four people last year, according to transcripts of on board video recordings released by federal investigators.

LONDON - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is discussing swapping social networking Web site MySpace for a 25 percent stake in Yahoo Inc., The Times newspaper reported Wednesday.

NEW YORK - Stocks retreated Friday after a report on November employment revealed disappointing job growth and Intel Corp. issued a forecast that fell short of expectations.

We’ve had good news to report lately.

The world, and especially the United States, are in pretty dismal shape right now. At least that's the perception most Americans hold. Natural disasters seem to be pummeling people all over the globe and there's no one to blame, which adds to the frustration. Christians are being persecuted. Women and children are exploited and sold into the sex trade. Responsible citizens are going bankrupt and families are living on the streets. Should everyone simply raise their hands in surrender and wait for the rapture, or is there a tiny glimmer of good news?

The world, and especially the United States, are in pretty dismal shape right now. At least that's the perception most Americans hold. Natural disasters seem to be pummeling people all over the globe and there's no one to blame, which adds to the frustration. Christians are being persecuted. Women and children are exploited and sold into the sex trade. Responsible citizens are going bankrupt and families are living on the streets. Should everyone simply raise their hands in surrender and wait for the rapture, or is there a tiny glimmer of good news?

MOSCOW - Russian news agencies are reporting that at least nine workers have been killed in an explosion at a mine in northern Russia.

It wasn't a good weekend for the Phoenix Desert Vista football team. First came a 27-3 loss to Mesa Mountain View on Friday. Then came the really bad news.

For the second year running, Arizona State University has secured a spot among the nation’s top universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings.

Mesa’s serious crimes fell 5 percent overall from 2006 to 2007, and fatal traffic collisions decreased by almost half. But robberies, aggravated assaults and arsons increased.

It’s a so-so holiday season for motorists — much lower gasoline prices than two months ago but much higher prices than last year.

Big-name college players can be hit or miss in the NBA. In the case of the SuperSonics' two big-name, Round 1 draft picks, one looks like a hit, the other at least a short-term miss.

Big-name college players can be hit or miss in the NBA. In the case of the SuperSonics' two big-name, Round 1 draft picks, one looks like a hit, the other at least a short-term miss.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the case of two journalists who face prison time for not revealing their sources to federal investigators has caused considerable concern in America’s newsrooms. The issue affects all Americans who value serious news coverage.

Journalists have been criticized a lot lately, sometimes justly, as in Dan Rather’s 2004 “Memogate” report that used a falsified document on President Bush’s military service. But journalists still are the men and women on the front lines of wars, riots and disasters, bringing the news to us. Sometimes journalists are hurt or killed.

One of the perks of being president is being able to take credit, deserved or not, for good news. Of course, the opposite is also true, and adding to President Bush’s run of bad news is a softening economy.

Mike Tyson’s arrest in Scottsdale on drug and DUI charges a week ago is still making national news, not only because he was once the world’s heavyweight boxing champion but because he faces returning to prison — at least if the county attorney has his way.

NEW YORK - Stocks rebounded Monday after a fresh round of buyout news offered evidence that Wall Street's penchant for dealmaking hasn't disappeared.

Even high oil prices weren't supposed to be much of a barrier to booming job creation, and so it came as an unpleasant surprise when July's Labor Department report on payroll expansion showed significantly fewer new positions than expected.

Congress is so suspicious of an official government broadcast network being subverted for political and propaganda purposes that it refuses to allow Voice of America radio and TV to broadcast to the United States.