The Paradise Valley Planning Commission has approved a request to reduce the number of patio homes to be built as part of the Ritz-Carlton, Paradise Valley project.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A police chief whose company sponsored a gun fair and two other men have been indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi at the gun fair....
ALBERT LEA, Minn. (AP) -- Two teenage girls who worked at a nursing home have been charged with abuse, accused of taunting, spitting on and groping the breasts and genitals of residents who suffered from Alzheimer's disease and other dementia disorders....
AUSTIN (AP) -- In a move that could spark a bruising Republican primary battle in 2010, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is taking formal steps toward a run for Texas governor....
DETROIT (AP) -- Federal prosecutors twice pursued a former autoworker suspected of running a multimillion-dollar drug operation. The first attempt fizzled when Clarence Carson died shortly after an indictment. The second? Blame it on the collapse of Detroit's real-estate market....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Voters' economic status and religious convictions played a greater role than race and age in determining whether they supported the Nov. 4 ballot measure outlawing same-sex marriage in California, a new poll shows....
NEW YORK (AP) -- For those hard-to-please people on your holiday gift list this year, consider some unusual presents: the chance to hang out with Bill O'Reilly, sing with Aretha Franklin or tour the Capitol with Nancy Pelosi....
LOSTANT, Ill. (AP) -- A chartered bus carrying high school students collided with a tractor-trailer on an icy highway in north-central Illinois, sending at least 36 people to the hospital with minor injuries, authorities said....
NEW YORK (AP) -- When football star Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg, police were surprised to learn of it from TV - not from the hospital, as required by law....
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- With Arnold Schwarzenegger's governorship entering its final years and his ability to attract the spotlight intact, one question is arising more frequently: What will Arnold do?...