DALLAS - Dell Inc. outlined plans Thursday to simplify pricing and reduce the number of mail-in rebates for consumers and small business as part of the computer maker's recent $100 million initiative to improve customer service.

Gym walls separating at the roof, cracks in the stucco near outside windows and concrete slabs pulling away from the building are just the tip of the structural issues causing problems at Higley's Power Ranch Elementary School, district officials say.

If you've been itching to take advantage of the state's budget crunch to get your hands on a public building at bargain-basement prices, don't hold your breath.

Arizona Diamondbacks ace Brandon Webb had shoulder surgery Monday, putting an end to a difficult season for the usually durable right-hander.

Fire tore through a portable classroom used by a Mesa charter school late Sunday night.

ONCE IT’S GONE ...

A man and an elderly woman were hospitalized after a structure fire broke out in a Tempe neighborhood on Thursday.

‘Rock of Ages’

Every other Friday, Raul Valenzuela gets paid in cash for the hours he spends shining shoes in a Chandler barbershop. He deposits the money in his Wells Fargo savings account. That's the extent of his interaction with a bank.

Tempe has selected five new top managers for a streamlined management structure that is designed to cut expenses as the city balances its budget.

Arizona voters on May 18 will decide the fate of a proposed temporary 1-cent increase to the state sales tax. If the measure fails, an approximately $1 billion hole will open up in the state’s budget for next year. The resulting cuts will come predominantly from education, with over a half-billion dollars removed from the kindergarten-through-college system. This measure follows a series of difficult budget balancing steps including fund sweeps, borrowing and cuts in excess of $2 billion over the last two years.

Arizona voters on May 18 will decide the fate of a proposed temporary 1-cent increase to the state sales tax. If the measure fails, an approximately $1 billion hole will open up in the state’s budget for next year. The resulting cuts will come predominantly from education, with over a half-billion dollars removed from the kindergarten-through-college system. This measure follows a series of difficult budget balancing steps including fund sweeps, borrowing and cuts in excess of $2 billion over the last two years.

The Boeing Co. said it has started flights of the structures-test aircraft of the next-generation AH-64D Apache attack helicopter.

Rebecca Warren: A structured settlement is a way of receiving partial payments for a major amount of money you’ve won or received in a lottery, a court or insurance case.

So here we are, a world facing a paradigm shift so massive that the implications cannot be calculated. The value of our traditional families is discounted as minority groups seek to claim heterosexual systems as their own. Yes, I'm speaking of gay marriage.

TUCSON - A smattering of rain and higher humidity have moderated fire behavior on an 8,000-acre blaze five miles west of Tubac in southern Arizona.

Arizona lakes do not have a lot of cover, so our bass are structure-oriented. Knowing what structure is and understanding how bass relate to it will improve your ability to find and catch them.