Late at night, when 68-year-old Grace Reynolds sat alone in her Gilbert home watching television, she said she felt as if someone was gazing at her.

The ability to move more safely in the woods is helpful to those who hunt, fish and camp, particularly when they find themselves doing so in the dark.

Nearly a century ago, racial tensions forced Mesa’s black residents to live at the city’s northern edge and establish a separate society with their own churches and stores.

SEMINOLE, Fla. -- Eyes bright, tail up and wagging, nose eagerly sniffing the air -- the beagle is the classic picture of a dog on the hunt.

Sheila Hunter said she’s gotten in the habit of sleeping with a note pad and pencil by her bed.

They began as a mom-andpop company eight years ago with a dozen or so walk-in clients mostly from the East Valley.

SanTan Village, a mammoth-sized mixed-use development near Williams Field Road and the Loop 202 Santan Freeway in Gilbert is five months away from opening its core shopping center component.

Claire Fisher is straight — or is she? As season four of ‘‘Six Feet Under’’ unfolds, the show’s caustic art student is fanning her fires for a slamming lesbian poet named Edie. Meanwhile, Claire’s terminally bummed ex-boyfriend, Russell, is chasing after her, despite his gay tryst with their bombastic professor, Olivier.

Looking to inspire your child to read this summer? Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe recommends a slew of books for your summer reader.

SALT LAKE CITY - When Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, fell ill last year, church convert Nora Healey prayed.

NEW YORK - "Wicked," a quirky and fantasy-filled musical about those folks who live along the Yellow Brick Road, picked up 10 Tony Award nominations Monday.

It’s that time of year to hand out some honors for the year’s best. So it is without further ado that I bring you the Third Annual Hammer Awards.

December will soon be descending upon us. For a lot of people this month will entail building snowmen, sledding down hills of snow, making snow angles and getting tongues stuck to icy poles. Of course those stuck in Ahwatukee won’t be able to appreciate any of these traditional winter activities. But who needs snow when you can spend your Christmas break in a cozy movie theater. Here are several films to look out for this holiday season.

The 2009 All-Region Softball Teams

LOS ANGELES - Suzanne Pleshette, the husky-voiced star best known for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running "The Bob Newhart Show," has died at age 70.

MILWAUKEE - After 12 months of looking, trying and waiting, Lisa Solchenberger and Joe Knowski finally found a home to buy.

By now, any well-meaning melodrama featuring a crusading educator who helps a classroom of cynical, atrisk minority students rediscover their zest for life is going to strike a routine tone.

After hearing impassioned testimony, the Arizona Medical Board on Wednesday vindicated a prominent Scottsdale fertility specialist whose techniques had raised concerns that they might be too risky.

Maybe they're a bit prettier and a lot more talented than most of us. Still, celebs are made of flesh and blood: just flesh and blood that sells for a bit more on eBay.

LOS ANGELES - "Mystic River" and "The Station Agent" collected three Screen Actors Guild nominations Thursday, including best ensemble cast.

What will be the top trends of 2009? Here’s what professional trend spotters forecast:

Tracy Baker doesn’t believe in ghosts. Yet when her four children were bored and restless on a recent trip to Douglas, Baker sent them on a ghost hunt through the Gadsden Hotel. The Baker children, Sarah, 16, Merenzi, 12, Brandon, 11, and Chad, 9, roamed the halls of this historic landmark looking for spirits that checked in but never checked out.

Tracy Baker doesn’t believe in ghosts. Yet when her four children were bored and restless on a recent trip to Douglas, Baker sent them on a ghost hunt through the Gadsden Hotel. The Baker children, Sarah, 16, Merenzi, 12, Brandon, 11, and Chad, 9, roamed the halls of this historic landmark looking for spirits that checked in but never checked out.

Gilbert teenager Austin Staub filled out his first job application ever on Wednesday at Fiesta Mall in Mesa.