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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.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, setting up an unprecedented trial in the state Senate on whether he should be thrown out for abuse of power, including allegations that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat....

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A blond girl heads from a playground into a women's restroom. A scruffy man, lurking outside, darts in behind her. "Your City Commission Made This Legal," the words on the TV screen read. And it's true, sort of....

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina pawn shop owner accused by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg of recklessly selling a rifle to an ex-convict pleaded guilty Friday to a federal weapons charge....

MIAMI (AP) -- Charles McArthur Emmanuel, the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and head of a savage paramilitary unit known as the "Demon Forces," was sentenced Friday to 97 years in prison for torture overseas in the first U.S. case of its kind....

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Immigrant rights advocates expressed outrage over two new rules going into effect in the waning days of the Bush administration, one affecting how immigrants are represented in deportation cases and another mandating DNA tests for detained immigrants....

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 retention pond at a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-burning power plant leaked waste into a northeast Alabama creek Friday, putting more pressure on utility officials who are already trying to clean up a major coal ash spill from last month in Tennessee....

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....