Only Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella could stop Carlos Zambrano. With Zambrano needing a triple for the cycle, Piniella decided to lift his ace after seven sharp innings and 111 pitches.

After an undefeated regular season, Queen Creek Canyon State Academy was hoping to cap its final year in the 1A Conference with a state championship.

Dennis Green figured the Cardinals’ defensive performance Sunday was worse than in any game they played last season. His offensive line, he reiterated Monday, was just OK.

Dennis Green figured the Cardinals’ defensive performance Sunday was worse than in any game they played last season. His offensive line, he reiterated Monday, was just OK.

January 11, 2005

The Maricopa County sheriff’s SWAT team was abruptly disbanded shortly after two of its officers were shot serving a high-risk search warrant in a murder investigation, the Tribune has learned.

A barrage of monsoon microbursts devastated Queen Creek and northern Pinal County on Friday night, snapping 200 power poles like twigs, uprooting hundreds of trees, tearing roofs off homes and impaling livestock with airborne debris.

Reading, writing and ripping: These three subjects are part of the everyday curriculum for five East Valley children as they learn in a unique Mesa private school where skateboarding training is given as much time as typical school subjects. 

WASHINGTON - Republicans accused Democrats Wednesday of moving too hastily on Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination, warning that the decision could imperil her confirmation as they pressed the judge for more documents from her past. The top Senate Republican blasted Democrats' decision to schedule mid-July hearings for Sotomayor's confirmation, while another senior GOP senator floated the possibility of a filibuster by angry Republicans against President Barack Obama's first high court nominee.

WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department has failed to ensure that local and state law enforcement partners pursue serious criminals and don’t misuse their authority while enforcing immigration law, government investigators say.

A veteran Democratic state legislator publicly ripped former Gov. Janet Napolitano on Thursday, saying she abandoned fellow Democrats and others by turning over the governor's office to Republican Jan Brewer.

The Scottsdale business community’s reaction to a discrimination complaint filed against a local club has been muted, but the Chamber of Commerce president says business owners are keeping a watchful eye.

After the effort he received from his team in Saturday’s 4-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings at Jobing.com Arena, Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky is ready to shake up his lineup.