Students who enrolled in an aviation-focused Gilbert high school never received what school officials promised three years ago. Flight simulators. Advanced technology.

Students who enrolled in an aviation-focused Gilbert high school never received what school officials promised three years ago. Flight simulators. Advanced technology.

Sophomore, Sarah Galvin, 16, is hard at work preparing for her oral presentation to the United States military at the national Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS), to take place next month. Galvin’s presentation of an Android application to control a robot took first place at last weekend’s state competition and she took home a $2,000 college scholarship and an all-expenses-paid invitation to the national finals.

LAHORE, Pakistan — Black-clad Pakistani commandos overpowered a group of militants who had seized a police academy, took cadets hostage and killed at least six of them Monday in a dramatic challenge to the civilian government that faces U.S. pressure to defeat Islamic extremists.

It is interesting that you encourage people to consider not voting for Romney when he did not serve in the military, but went on a two half year LDS mission. I think you underestimate the desire for LDS young men to serve a mission. My son, graduated top of his class, worked hard in sports so he could attend the U.S. Air Force Academy. He received a $415,000 dollar scholarship to the AFA. He worked hard, he was on the dean’s list, was also in the 22 squad (Raptors) which finished first in the school and was able to stand behind President Obama at the graduation. He gave all this up to serve a mission in Chile. That is how important Mr. Romney also felt. He did this with the hope that there will be no major budget cuts to the AFA so that he may return there.

WASHINGTON -- The secretary for one of the world's wealthiest men and the wife of late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs are among those invited by the White House to attend the State of the Union address.

State prison officials said they hope an employment fair today with some flair will help them reduce vacancies, which have climbed to nearly one of every five jobs.

The terrorists moved through Arizona with impunity. They went largely unnoticed as they trained, planned and prepared for the day that they would launch the worst terrorist attacks in American history.

The Infinity Wrestling Academy, taught by Chuck Barbee, is hosting a IWA No Limits camp through Feb. 9, 2012 for wrestlers with at least a year of experience.

The Infinity Wrestling Academy, taught by Chuck Barbee, is hosting a IWA No Limits camp, which started last week and goes through Feb. 9, for wrestlers with at least a year of experience.

The Infinity Wrestling Academy, taught by Chuck Barbee, is hosting a IWA No Limits camp, which started last week and goes through Feb. 9, for wrestlers with at least a year of experience.

Ahwatukee student graduates from USAFA

Ahwatukee student graduates from USAFA

The Infinity Wrestling Academy, taught by Chuck Barbee, will host two wrestling clinics. The first is a starter program Sept. 8-29 for new and novice competitors.

Austin Kennedy, a National Junior ROTC cadet at Apache Junction High School, will receive the Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement on Wednesday at the district office.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -President Bush, preparing new Air Force officers for war, cast the fight against terrorism as a struggle between freedom and tyranny similar to World War II and the Cold War.

Our military protects and defends us, but it’s a lesser known fact that they also entertain us. The United States Air Force Concert Band and the Singing Sergeants do just that with a free community performance October 25 at ASU Gammage.

On Jan. 1, Arizona’s minimum wage will increase for the fourth time in five years — this time by 10 cents an hour. In a state where the teen unemployment rate is still averaging 32 percent, it’s going to be even harder to find an entry-level job.

Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn. -- General Douglas MacArthur, Thayer Award Speech, 1962

Desert Ridge High senior Cody Sellers will be studying business finance at Northern Arizona University, thanks to $52,000 in scholarships.

Relatives of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed have released the first photographs of the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind at Guantanamo Bay, and experts say the images are being used by terrorist groups to inspire attacks against the United States.

An effort began in the growing United States from 1866 to 1869 to honor and remember the nation's fallen veterans.

BAGHDAD - A total of 12,000 American and 4,000 British troops will leave Iraq by September, the U.S. military said Sunday, hours after a suicide bomber killed 32 people at the entrance of Baghdad's main police academy.

Frederick L. ‘‘Dick’’ Ashworth, the weaponeer in charge of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, that ended World War II, has died at age 93.