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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.

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.

This week's biggest real estate deals in the Valley.

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

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 Los Angeles airport spokesman says a man who allegedly made a threat aboard a jetliner as it was landing was subdued by passengers and is being questioned....

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

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....

DENVER (AP) -- Sharecropper's grandson Terrance Carroll was chosen Wednesday as speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives, making the state the first in the nation where blacks lead both chambers of its Legislature....

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Texas authorities are seeking permanent custody of an 14-year-old girl who was allegedly married to jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs, a step toward severing her parents' rights altogether....

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- An attorney for a former Orange County sheriff criticized federal prosecutors Wednesday for including 64 distinct criminal allegations under the umbrella of a conspiracy charge in the sweeping public corruption case....

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....

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- More than 6 feet of snow in the past three weeks has made Spokane residents edgy, and Wednesday brought new problems as melting snow and ice caused flooding and mudslides....