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  • May 18 Today in Arizona history

    Arizona Diamondbacks starter Randy Johnson, left, celebrates with catcher Robby Hammock after pitching a perfect game against the Atlanta Braves Tuesday, May 18, 2004 in Atlanta. Arizona won ...

  • Mother of man killed in 2011 wreck seeks help in finding Jaguars driver

    Seven blocks.That's how close 25-year-old Ramon Jesus "Jesse" Steele came to surviving a night out with his buddies.He was blocks from home after a night out with two friends when the car in which he was a passenger slammed into a tree. The force of the high-speed crash was so great, the 2002 Jaguar split in two. Steele was trapped in the car and died at the scene. Another friend ...

  • Summers goal nears halfway point

    The Arizona Daily Star's Sportsmen's Fund Send a Kid to Camp program raises money so children from low-income households and military families can attend overnight YMCA, Boy Scout and Girl Scout and Camp Courage burn camps.Our goal is to raise $170,000 to send 770 kids to weeklong overnight camps this summer. We are nearing half of our goal. So far we have received 934 donations ...

  • Arizona House Approves Bill Further Protecting Religious Freedom

    Senate Bill 1178 , which passed the Arizona House of Representatives on Wednesday with a 32-24 vote along party lines and reportedly with little debate, seeks to strengthen the language of the already existing Religious Freedom Restoration Act.The bill seeks to strengthen religious freedom in the state in several ways, predominately by giving all denominations the ability to file a lawsuit over ...

  • Judge Suggests He Will Strike Down Arizona Discrimination Against Many Immigrant Drivers

    After President Obama opened the door to temporary legal status for more than a million young immigrants who came to the United States as children, Arizona and other ...


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Movie Review

Blindness [DVD]

Blindness [DVD]

Based on the novel by Nobel laureate Jos Saramago, Fernando Meirelless Blindness is a harrowing, if sometimes overly hammering descent into the darkest depths of human nature. A sort of Lord of the Flies parable, it suggests an inexplicable and highly contagious epidemic that r ... ...

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  • Direct Energy looking forward to Arizona electric deregulation discussion

    Direct Energy is expanding in the Phoenix area. Direct Energy is ready to start talking a bit more about deregulated utilities in Arizona. The Houston-based company, which announced earlier this year it was opening another call center in the Valley, is ready to join in on the discussion of giving consumers a choice in who their electric providers will be. Heres a hint: Direct Energy believes ...

  • Greys Anatomys Jessica Capshaw Arizona Does Not Forgive Callie

    'Grey's Anatomy's' Sarah Drew on April's Sweet (and Sudden) Surprise Arizona Robbins made a heartbreaking confession during Thursday's ninth season finale ...

  • Fitch Releases Report on Tucson AZ

    California's Fiscally Disciplined Budget Positive Fitch Ratings views California's fiscal 2014 budget as continuing the disciplined approach to fiscal management shown by the state in recent years. California's economic outlook cautiously forecasts that the expiration of the federal payroll tax holiday and federal sequestration cuts will have a modestly negative impact on ...

  • Arizona law banning hiring of illegal immigrants hurts workers more than businesses

    FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2011 photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks to the media after his deputies conducted a raid at a printing company in Phoenix, arresting six suspects out of 17 they were allegedly looking for. The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point when the state passed a groundbreaking law in 2007 targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's ...

  • Arizona Insurance Agency Chosen for Agency 2020

    Hester, Heitel & Associates, an independent insurance agency in Phoenix, Ariz. was chosen to represent "the path to the future for all independent agencies," announced Consumer Agency Portal LLC, also known as Project CAP, creator of the Agency 2020 program. Through early 2014, industry service and product providers will work with Hester, Heitel to explore pathways to future ...

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