PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) - Phoenix police spokesman Sgt. Trent Crump says authorities are trying to determine what led to the death of an Ahwatukee man whose body was found in his backyard.

The Arizona Republic made another round of layoffs Thursday as part of Gannett Co.'s overall cut of 1,400 jobs at its newspapers.

HOUSTON - Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest garbage hauler, on Monday withdrew its $6.73 billion bid to acquire smaller rival Republic Services, saying the move wouldn't be prudent given current financial market turmoil.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Republic is introducing a paywall for its website.

Politics and art will meet during Wednesday's Republican presidential primary debate in Mesa when downtown businesses host a tongue-in-cheek event called Republi-Con. Organizers say they've invited the candidates to the event at 4 p.m., when politically themed artists will show their work and spoken-word artist Klute will debate any takers on Arizona issues.

Republic Airways Holdings won the bankruptcy court auction for Frontier Airlines on Thursday, buying the Denver-based carrier for almost $108.8 million after Southwest Airlines Co.'s rival bid was rejected.

Le Templar: I didn’t intent to create some extra work for the Arizona Secretary of State’s office when I called Wednesday to ask a couple of questions about a Twitter page that seems to be illegally using the Arizona state seal. But that’s what has happened, as Assistant Secretary of State Jim Drake and other staff members are looking for whoever set up a Twitter account simply to forward the top stories of the day from a Valley newspaper. 

The Arizona Republic, the state’s largest newspaper, cut more than 100 jobs on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of massive workforce reduction announced by its parent company in October.

The U.S. Department of Justice is requiring Republic Services and Phoenix-based Allied Waste Industries to sell trash-hauling routes and landfills in 15 metropolitan areas as a condition of their merger.

Waste Management has raised its unsolicited buyout offer for Republic Services by 9 percent to $6.73 billion, escalating a takeover battle among the nation’s largest trash haulers.

The chief executive of Republic Services refused Friday to discuss Waste Management’s attempt to buy shares of his company as part of a takeover bid.

Funeral arrangements have been set for former Arizona Republic sportswriter Bob Eger, who passed away recently in his home in Phoenix.

Arizona State University baseball analyst and former Arizona Republic sportswriter Bob Eger died unexpectedly Tuesday of an apparent heart attack. He was 66.

If Iran ever held a truly free election, that country's supreme leader, his appointed Guardian Council and their coterie of corrupt clerics would be swept from office.

A newspaper's mistake is causing Mesa officials to postpone nine items slated for Monday's City Council meeting.

Here are some new screen shots from The Old Republic, the Star Wars MMOPRG in development from BioWare and LucasArts.

Call it the great garbage war of 2008.

The nation’s largest waste hauler suffered a setback Friday when a competitor rejected its buyout offer.

As the owner of the Arizona Republic and KPNX-TV (Channel 12), the Gannett Corp. has a lot at stake in a proposed rule change before the Federal Communications Commission.