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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.

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

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.

A Fountain Hills councilman who uses a mobility scooter says the town has ignored his pleas for better accessibility in town buildings.

Scottsdale Mayor-elect Jim Lane will ask the City Council to reconsider its position on when elections for mayor and City Council should be held.

Who better to bring a VIP group of Buckeyes and Longhorns together for some ''Good Vibrations'' the night before the big Tostitos Fiesta Bowl than Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys icon?

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

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The chances that a teenager will be cited for talking on a cell phone while driving are pretty much zero in Oregon, a consequence of the way the law is written and a problem other states may be facing....

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith never meant to spend the holidays in Cuba....

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- More than a hundred firefighters spent the night battling a stubborn, wind-driven wildfire that triggered the evacuations of more than 900 homes as it scorched grasslands near Denver....

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer turned violent Wednesday night with windows broken, fires set and train stations closed....

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) -- A Long Island surgeon embroiled in a nearly four-year divorce proceeding wants his estranged wife to return the kidney he donated to her, although he says he'll settle for $1.5 million in compensation....

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- If you're a guy on a day hike in a national park in Utah, step carefully. You're among the most likely to need rescuing....

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Ted Johnson planned on using a set of logs to a build a cabin in Alaska's interior. Instead he'll burn some of them to stay warm....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Contending it's not a federal crime to violate the service terms of a Web site, a defense attorney has asked a judge to dismiss the conviction of a Missouri mother in a cruel Internet hoax on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide....

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Dozens of foreign species could spread across the Great Lakes in coming years despite policies designed to keep them out, causing significant environmental and economic damage, a federal report says....