Politics
Verbal jabs fly at ‘immigration solutions’ forum
PHOENIX--Audience members at an “Immigration Solutions Forum” held at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication found that their keynote event was a little short on, well, solutions.
Business
Organic ethnic grocery store is all the multi-culti rage
CHANDLER--With its automatic doors, uniformed cashiers, and numbered aisles, Lee Lee’s may, at first glance, look like your average supermarket. But it doesn’t smell like it.
Valley airports lose money during president's visit
PHOENIX--Temporary flight restrictions issued in light of President Obama's recent visit meant idle hours and a plunge in fuel sales for airports and air services throughout the Valley.
Court
Fake divorce lawyer gets 15 years
PHOENIX--A former lawyer was sentenced to 15 years in prison for bilking thousands of dollars from divorcees.
Breaking News
Sheriff's deputies suspect 60 employees of identity theft
PHOENIX--Deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office carried out a search warrant for suspected illegal immigrants at a Phoenix business. Dozens of sheriff's deputies arrived shortly after 6 a.m. and began questioning employees at Handyman Maintenance Incorporated.
Suspect in custody in murder of photo radar worker
PHOENIX--Phoenix police arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting death of a photo-enforcement employee who was killed when someone opened fire on the Arizona Department of Public Safety vehicle in which he was working.
Police seek suspect shot at by officer
PHOENIX--A Phoenix elementary school was on lockdown Monday morning as Phoenix police investigated a shooting involving an officer near 20th and Cypress streets.
Health
As flu scare shuts schools, are officials going too far? (contributor)
Health officials had confirmed 111 cases of the newly identified swine flu in the USA but still just one death. The scare, however, was spreading far more rapidly than the virus — particularly in America's schools.
