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The 38-year-old victim answered the door to an unknown person, who asked to use his phone.

Cave Creek has turned to layoffs, wage-slashing and a possible tax hike to counteract its looming deficit. According to Town Manager Usama Abujbarah, the worst could be ahead.

Economic conditions have forced the Scottsdale Museum of the West to rein in its ambitions for the downtown cultural facility.{snl} Museum of the West

Sheriff's officials have identified a man and woman who were found dead Tuesday in a murder-suicide in Cave Creek.

Students at Black Mountain Elementary and Desert Arroyo Middle schools are enchanting each other this week through the art of storytelling.

While 14 dealerships remain on the stretch between 64th Street and Scottsdale Road, the exodus of brand names isn't over.

Scottsdale police suspect arson was the cause of the vacant warehouse fire Tuesday in downtown Scottsdale.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Illinois House committee investigating Gov. Rod Blagojevich released a draft report Thursday that concludes the Democratic governor has abused his power and was poised to recommend he be impeached by the full chamber....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Prosecutors said Thursday that investigators found 100 signed checks worth $173 million in Bernard Madoff's office desk that he was ready to send out to his closest family and friends at the time of his arrest last month....

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Republican Sen. Kit Bond announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2010, saying he wants to go out "at the top of my game" and setting the stage for what one expert said could be a "land rush" for the seat....

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- An Alabama police sergeant accused of faking his abduction, stealing money and flying to Vegas won't contest a return back home to face charges....

NEW YORK (AP) -- With her Camelot pedigree and Park Avenue address, Caroline Kennedy is not exactly the average American woman. But many women identify with her impulse to enter the work force after two decades of child rearing....

LEESVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- A quick-thinking woman put her lifeguard experience to good use, saving herself and her two small daughters after their car slid off a road into a deep, frigid pond....

ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia, Ohio and Minnesota are among the states that are part of a national salmonella outbreak that has sent at least a dozen people to the hospital and sickened nearly 400 people, officials said Thursday....

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Mayor Ron Dellums urged residents to remain calm after protests turned violent in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a transit police officer....

SNOQUALMIE, Wash. (AP) -- More than 30,000 people were urged to leave their flood-endangered western Washington homes as snowmelt and rain swelled rivers and caused mudslides and avalanches that engulfed neighborhoods and roadways....

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- A 64-year-old woman whose heart stopped beating and body temperature dropped to a dangerous 60 degrees after she was stuck in the cold for hours has survived - and her recovery amazed doctors....