MILWAUKEE - Shareholders of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. have approved the company's $23 billion sale to Mars Inc., a move that will end more than a century of family control as the chewing-gum company becomes part of what will now be the world's largest candy maker.

Matt Williams, cab driver.

A $15 million donation is enabling Arizona State University to launch the International Institute for Sustainability to help the world deal with its pressing environmental challenges.

A $15 million donation is enabling Arizona State University to launch the International Institute for Sustainability to help the world deal with its pressing environmental challenges.

November 23, 2004

When Bill Keller landed a store manager’s job with Dillard’s department store in the Valley 34 years ago, his wife, Dianne, said she wasn’t excited about moving to Arizona, much less Mesa — from Minneapolis.

The wife called Wednesday morning, and that's not usually a good thing because, well, I'm a husband, and you know how we are.

MILWAUKEE - After winning a 3-0 game Wednesday without an RBI, the Diamondbacks finally had seen enough. In a move designed to address their sputtering offense, the D-Backs recalled top prospect Conor Jackson from Triple-A Tucson after salvaging the final game of a three-game series against Milwaukee by recording only five hits and scoring on a wild pitch and two throwing errors.

MILWAUKEE - After winning a 3-0 game Wednesday without an RBI, the Diamondbacks finally had seen enough.