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.
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?
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Illinois House committee investigating Gov. Rod Blagojevich released a draft report Thursday saying the panel believes the Democratic governor has abused his power and recommending the full chamber vote on impeachment....
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith had been battered by waves for two days when a final surge sent their boat crashing into a reef off the western coast of Cuba....
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....
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Thousands of evacuated residents were allowed to return to their homes Thursday after firefighters took advantage of slowing winds overnight to partially contain a wildfire near Denver that destroyed two houses and several outbuildings....
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Republican Sen. Kit Bond announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2010, saying he does not "aspire to become Missouri's oldest senator."...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A northern Alabama sheriff was in federal custody Thursday after a judge ruled he purposely fed inmates skimpy meals so he could make money from an unusual system that lets sheriffs turn a profit on their jail kitchens....
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has reached the end of the road in his effort to reverse his conviction in an airport bathroom sex sting, one of his lawyers said Thursday....
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....
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....
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