November 19, 2004

It may be the biggest question the Cardinals face this offseason, and perhaps that’s fitting, since it involves “Big.” Does the team try to keep left tackle and unrestricted free-agent-to-be Leonard Davis?

You have to hunt around a bit to find Samuel Adams’ signature on the Declaration of Independence.

Uncle Sam attacked the worsening problem of childhood obesity the way we Americans attack most problems — by dumping money on it.

The annual Mesa City Tournament, which is more of a fun event than anything else, showed again just how competitive the girls' 5A state tennis individual tournament will be at state this season.

Arizona schools whose courses "denigrate American values and the teachings of Western civilization" could lose state funding under the terms of legislation approved Wednesday by a House panel.

LOS ANGELES - A restraining order against the man who's been at Britney Spears' side during her downward spiral portrays him as a Svengali figure who held her a virtual hostage in her home, drugged her, took over her finances and controlled the ravenous paparazzi "like a general."

They plugged holes at cornerback and among their pass-rushing spots. But on offense, they didn’t come away with a “home run” speed threat either at running back or wide receiver.

LOS ANGELES - A court commissioner on Monday extended the temporary conservatorship of Britney Spears to her father and an attorney until Feb. 14 and appointed a physician to evaluate her competence to make decisions.

As American flags are removed from the graves of military veterans and fallen heroes in the weeks following Memorial Day, a set of keys was handed this week to an organization that helps veterans who are down on their luck.

Somehow, Brophy’s boys tennis team might have gotten stronger.

The theory goes that a new era has begun at Phoenix Brophy. Household names like Ray Polk, Bryan Berens and Sean Lieb have each taken their two high school state championships and moved on to college.

DETROIT - Prosecutors accusing Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of lying on the witness stand to cover up an extramarital affair said Wednesday that a plea deal is expected soon, a surprise development that appeared likely to cost him his job.

The federal government said Monday that it will inves tigate the airline mix-ups that disrupted holiday travel over the weekend.

Bob Zaletel may be the most tireless shuffleboard supporter the East Valley has ever seen, but that hasn’t blinded him to the sport’s image problems in the United States.

Mark Heller: To the surprise of nobody, the most important piece of the Cardinals roster walked away on Friday, concluding a 12-year career even the most wacky wordsmiths would have an arduous time trying to sufficiently explain in writing, or sell as a “based on a true story” movie script.

LOS ANGELES — As far as Tim Burton's concerned, you can't keep a good dog down. And you can't keep a good, old-fashioned form of animation down, either.

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Enjoy the last weekend of summer and several mystery-themed events around the valley. Tribune has all the details for making your weekend plans.

LOS ANGELES - With Britney Spears whisked out of the public spotlight Thursday and committed to a hospital psychiatric ward, it's now up to a team of professional caregivers to reverse her seemingly endless downward spiral.

Traveling around the NBA every year, there are several “musts” in certain cities:

Hollywood might be telling its own life story this fall, presenting a lineup of liars, phonies, smooth talkers, bloodsuckers and greedy old men.

In summer 2009, Hollywood and moviegoers tossed out the rule book, stomped on it and left it for dead at the side of the red carpet. After all, consider:

In July 2005, we here at Get Out published our list of the top 50 songs of all time by Valley artists, and while we were compiling the story we knew that, after all of the brainstorming, the listening and the research, we’d undoubtedly leave off some deserving tunes that had evaporated momentarily from our collective conscience.