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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.

They were found dead in a Cave Creek home Tuesday morning.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- One of Gov. Bill Richardson's close friends and advisers worked as a consultant for the California firm at the center of a federal pay-to-play probe that derailed the governor's appointment as commerce secretary....

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A Baltimore City Councilwoman is accused of taking a bribe from a prominent developer, and both have been indicted on state charges....

MIAMI (AP) -- As the only prisoner of war held on U.S. soil, inmate No. 38699-079 gets annual visits from the Red Cross and can wear his military uniform and insignia when he goes to court....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man who allegedly claimed to have a bomb aboard a jetliner and lunged for a door after it landed in Los Angeles was tackled by other passengers and held for questioning Wednesday, authorities said....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Three white New Yorkers, riled by Barack Obama's victory, spent election night hunting down black people to beat up and yelling insults about the president-elect, federal prosecutors said Wednesday....

BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) -- More than two-thirds of the 16 bottlenose dolphins inhabiting New Jersey rivers since summer have died or disappeared, federal officials say....

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Outgoing Gov. Matt Blunt's troubles over deleted e-mails and the firing of a staff attorney has cost Missouri taxpayers about $1.5 million....

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Jack Kemp, the former housing secretary, congressman and Buffalo Bills quarterback, has been diagnosed with cancer, his office said Wednesday....

AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) -- Former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell has been laid to rest in his hometown in south Georgia, with friends and family looking on....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Six veterans who claim they were unwittingly exposed to dangerous chemicals and germs during government-sponsored Cold War experiments have sued the CIA, Department of Defense and other agencies....