“Doozers” is the term that Dean and Andi Barness affectionately dub subscribers to their daily deal website.

“Doozers” is the term that Dean and Andi Barness affectionately dub subscribers to their daily deal website.

“Doozers” is the term that Dean and Andi Barness affectionately dub subscribers to their daily deal website.

December 20, 2004

It is a Tuesday afternoon and Samantha Spinelle sits crossed-legged on the cool, concrete floor of her office. A small, tan dog named Finn is folded into her arms. She strokes her hand over an angular body that is comprised of little more than skin stretched taut over bones. The warm cocoon of her embrace and soft caress is pure torture. In his world humans are not good. If only he could crawl back under her desk and make himself one with the hot-pink dog bed where he was safe just moments ago. Eyes fixed at some point beyond the gray wall, he is frozen, save for the slight, involuntary shudder that comes with each touch.

The Arizona Humane Society is top dog nationwide.

A young puppy thrown from a vehicle in the south East Valley recently will likely be going to a new home Wednesday.

Lightning and flashing fireworks on Independence Day were exciting for most people, but the combination created quite a problem for the Arizona Humane Society the next day.

A 10-week-old puppy reportedly thrown from a vehicle in the Queen Creek area was adopted Wednesday.

The Arizona Humane Society rescued three emaciated dogs and found two more dead at a Phoenix residence on Sunday.

Police on Sunday were looking for a suspect in the beating deaths of a 14-year-old Phoenix boy and his grandmother.

Four teenagers were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of plowing into a flock of ducks and geese in Ahwatukee Foothills, leaving a gruesome 50-yard aftermath of blood and feathers.

A Mesa woman was found Tuesday dead in her home with 31 feral cats and kittens.

Police are getting calls, but still have no leads after a car mowed down a flock of ducks and geese in the Ahwatukee Foothills.

A man suspected of fatally bludgeoning his mother and teenage nephew was arrested Monday after he was seen drinking from a park sprinkler, police said.

As a way to showcase the artistic talents of district employees, art teachers and other artistic employees will now be given the chance to show their artwork in the upstairs superintendent’s reception area and superintendent’s office at the Gilbert Unified School District office.

Joseph Kimball is a true cowboy at heart, really. When doctors discovered a congenital heart problem last year, they suggested he get his defective aortic valve replaced with a mechanical, metal valve. When he got a second opinion and discovered he could instead get a bovine tissue valve, from a cow, with no blood thinners required, he jumped at the chance.

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The West Nile virus has officially arrived with mosquitoes testing positive in Mesa and Chandler.

Chrissie Wellington came to Arizona to celebrate her fitness. She's leaving with another Ironman victory and another record.

LOS ANGELES - John Ritter, whose portrayal of the bumbling but lovable Jack Tripper helped make the madcap comedy series "Three's Company" a smash hit in the 1970s, died of a heart problem after falling ill on the set of his new TV sitcom. He was 54.

LOS ANGELES - John Ritter, whose portrayal of the bumbling but lovable Jack Tripper helped make the madcap comedy series "Three's Company" a smash hit in the 1970s, died of a heart problem after falling ill on the set of his new TV sitcom. He was 54.

Emma and Taylor Bailey pack a lot of personality into two little bodies. They laugh, take turns playing with toys and are starting to form words. And they’re never apart.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Cargo planes touched down with promised aid Wednesday, bearing everything from lentils to water purifiers to help survivors facing the threat of epidemic after this week's quake-tsunami catastrophe. The death toll across 12 nations has risen to more than 76,700.