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Former Phoenix Suns star Charles Barkley took a leave of absence from TNT following a charge of drunken driving, according to USA Today.

Like other Valley municipalities, Fountain Hills faces serious spending cuts that threaten its well-to-do lifestyle.

Paradise Valley has implemented a hiring freeze and most likely will have to lay off employees because of a decline in town revenues.

They await their place in the spotlight at the Barrett-Jackson auction, which starts this weekend.

A Carefree initiative asking voters if they want to elect their own mayor could face legal opposition if it passes, a town attorney said.

An estimated 80 percent of businesses do not re-open after a fire, Fountain Hills Fire Chief Scott LaGreca said.

Scottsdale traffic restrictions and street closures.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich says the Illinois House's decision to impeach him was no surprise because he's been engaged in a struggle with lawmakers since his re-election in 2006. The governor spoke to reporters Friday in Chicago hours after members of the House voted 114-1 to impeach him....

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Mayor Sheila Dixon was indicted Friday on charges that she accepted illegal gifts during her time as mayor and City Council president, including travel, fur coats and gift cards intended for the poor that she allegedly used instead for a holiday shopping spree....

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- An Alabama sheriff imprisoned after admitting he legally pocketed about $210,000 from his jail kitchen while providing skimpy meals to inmates agreed to give up future profits from the operation, a judge said Friday....

CHICAGO (AP) -- The Illinois Supreme Court said Friday that Secretary of State Jesse White's signature isn't required to validate Roland Burris' appointment to the U.S. Senate, lobbing the question of seating him back to Democratic leaders in Washington....

STEVENSON, Ala. (AP) -- A waste pond at a coal-burning power plant in northeast Alabama ruptured Friday, but the spill was quickly contained, utility officials said. It was the second breach at a Tennessee Valley Authority facility in less than a month....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Since Hurricane Katrina, the beer-soaked, urine-splashed, puke-puddled French Quarter of old has been scrubbed clean. But with the city facing tough financial times, it may no longer be able to afford to pay for all the services of an army of sanitation workers who pick up after the partying....

HOUSTON (AP) -- A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it....

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The National Organization for Women is outraged over the swearing-in of a New York state senator facing charges of slashing his girlfriend's face with a piece of broken glass....

CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich was out jogging in Chicago as lawmakers in Springfield voted to impeach him. Upon returning from his jog, he likened his situation to long-distance running....

BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Fire Department says a ladder truck has crashed into a high-rise apartment building, injuring at least four firefighters....