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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.

SNOQUALMIE, Wash. (AP) -- Rain and high winds lashed Washington state Wednesday, causing widespread avalanches, mudslides, flooding and road closures as the heavy snowfall that has buried parts of the state began to rapidly melt....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Watch out, Las Vegas: New York City wants to become the new No. 1 place to tie the knot....

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....

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Two wind-driven wildfires swept across Boulder County grasslands Wednesday, prompting authorities to call for evacuations of threatened residential areas....

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) -- The search for the remains of a Jersey City baby apparently thrown in the trash by a hospital has moved to Kentucky, but police fear the corpse has already been incinerated....

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A grand jury indicted a Baltimore councilwoman and a prominent developer Wednesday, the first public corruption charges in a three-year probe of city finances that has targeted the mayor....

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The tab for a toxin-laden ash flood at a coal-fired power plant in Tennessee could reach hundreds of millions of dollars, and ratepayers for the nation's largest public utility will probably be stuck with the bill....

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Lawyers for a former Orange County sheriff blasted federal prosecutors Wednesday for failing to call one of his ex-assistants as a key witness in his corruption trial....

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....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Three men, 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....