A convicted copper thief who posed as an electrician at a north Phoenix commercial property failed to appear in court Tuesday for his verdict and is now a fugitive, prosecutors said.

The Arizona Wildcats basketball program took another hit Monday when sophomore wing Chase Budinger opted to declare for the 2008 NBA draft.

Food for the Hungry, the international faith-based relief organization that reaches to countries in need, has moved its headquarters from Scottsdale to Phoenix. The move, effective Sept. 5, ends Food for the Hungry’s 25-year presence in Scottsdale.

A small wooden crate opened and a white dove that emerged circled the American flag flying at half-staff above mourners saying farewell to a Marine from Phoenix killed in combat near Nasiriyah.

PetSmart Inc. has declared a quarterly common stock cash dividend of 16.5 cents payable before the end of the year, protecting its shareholders from potential tax increases next year.

What’s the one thing Arizona Republicans and Democrats can agree on? Apparently, they all like to talk trash — and throw trash.

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Phoenix police will ask the immigration status of everyone they arrest or cite for committing a crime, under a new policy announced Friday.

Thousands of demonstrators waving U.S. flags marched through the streets of Phoenix Tuesday demanding immigration reform. The march re-electrified debate about President Bush’s proposal to grant legal status and eventual citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants living in the United States.

Read the text of the address President Barack Obama delivered Monday to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Phoenix.

There are 19 applicants to replace Phoenix City Councilwoman Maria Baier, who resigned after Gov. Jan Brewer named her the new state land commissioner.

PHOENIX - Gov. Janet Napolitano declared a state of emergency Tuesday in Gila and Navajo counties, freeing up money to help those counties cope with a wildfire that has forced thousands to evacuate their homes.

A second victim in Wednesday's Phoenix office shooting has died, according to his law firm Friday.

DETROIT — A man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after officials say they found him carrying $78,883 in cash and a laptop computer containing information about nuclear materials and cyanide.

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Tempe Mayor-elect Hugh Hallman on Tuesday declared an end to the political hostility that has existed between the cities for years.

LOS ANGELES — The Phoenix lander will not rise again.

The state Court of Appeals has thrown some new roadblocks in the path of cities that want to help subsidize new retail and office construction.

The budget the Phoenix City Council will consider this month includes at least $30 million in pay raises and bonuses for staff, and pays for that by draining the fund from which the city repays its debt.

The budget the Phoenix City Council will consider this month includes at least $30 million in pay raises and bonuses for staff, and pays for that by draining the fund from which the city repays its debt.

Trying to describe Artlink First Fridays is like the tale of the blind men and the elephant: One touches the leg and says the elephant is a tree. The other grabs the tail and declares the elephant is a rope. Still another feels the ear and insists the elephant is a fan.

Trying to describe Artlink First Fridays is like the tale of the blind men and the elephant: One touches the leg and says the elephant is a tree. The other grabs the tail and declares the elephant is a rope. Still another feels the ear and insists the elephant is a fan.

Forty-five years ago, Robert Blair Kaiser was a young journalist covering the heady and historic Vatican Council II in Rome for Time magazine. Since then, the Phoenix journalist and Jesuit-educated Catholic has written 11 books, including four that deal with a call for church reform in the spirit of that council.

The Phoenix Local Organizing Group, headed by Arizona State senior associate athletic director Dawn Rogers, will formally declare its intention to submit a proposal to bring an NCAA men’s and women’s basketball Final Four to the Valley between 2012 and 2016.

A Phoenix jury will return Monday to continue deliberating the penalty phase for a Mesa man convicted in the 2007 rape and murder of a Gilbert woman.