About Will Durst’s mistaken column about gun control and Senator Diane Feinstein’s rants about assault rifles — what does the 2nd Amendment have to do with hunting or target shooting? Nothing. What does it have to do with citizens defending themselves against a government-controlled militia? EVERYTHING! Just ask the successful Viet Cong, the Cambodian Khmer Rouge, the Taliban, and lots of other grassroots insurgencies. The Founding Fathers knew that, and so do a high percentage of US voters.

“The people who call Thanksgiving Day ‘Turkey Day’ must not have anything to be thankful for.”

Through Dec. 29 soft toys purchased at Ikea will help provide quality education to children in developing countries.

After years of avoiding direct mention of his religion, Mitt Romney will open up about his Mormon faith as he accepts the Republican nomination for president.

Wallets are opening up this holiday season.

During the closing arguments in the defense of Jesus Arturo Martinez Jr. facing a life sentence or the death penalty for the 2007 murder of Chandler mother, wife and convenience store owner Nisay Kang, Maricopa County Legal Defender Dawn Sinclair told the jury deciding his fate:

As Maricopa County legal defender Dawn Sinclair began presenting a 2 1/2-hour closing argument in the defense of Jesus Arturo Martinez Jr. on Monday, she told members of the jury they would be making one of the most important decisions in their life:

It’s been a little more than four years since Alisa Ea has been greeted with a smile from her mother in the kitchen, and that’s just one of the things the 13-year-old girl misses after she wakes up.

For Paul Ea, the evening of May 24, 2007, and the next day have stayed fresh in his mind as he and his family sat through court hearings and grieved the death of his former wife Nisay Kang, who died at the hands of a man she often helped.

For Paul Ea, the evening of May 24, 2007, and the next day have stayed fresh in his mind as he and his family sat through court hearings and grieved the death of his former wife Nisay Kang, who died at the hands of a man she often helped.

For Paul Ea, the evening of May 24, 2007, and the next day have stayed fresh in his mind as he and his family sat through court hearings and grieved the death of his former wife Nisay Kang, who died at the hands of a man she often helped.

When the National Geographic Channel's television series "Monster Fish" premieres its new season on July 8, the host of the show will have a new title added to his name.

Susan Stamper Brown, guest commentary

For refugees like Ada Swenson, working at the medical device company Vascular Solutions in Maple Grove, Minn., is more than just a job.

At first, Derri Velarde told herself she wasn’t going to look in the mirror.

“Chicago Cubs ... I’ve lost all respect for you.  Demanding a new stadium when our town is in such dire needs. How dare you, and how dare the “rich ole boys” for agreeing!!!!”

 The week between Christmas and New Year’s has typically been a dead one in TV land. Save for football games, there generally isn’t a lot of original programming in prime time. But that drought seems to be ending.

A church celebrating 100 years in arid Mesa gathered Saturday for a centennial prayer breakfast, in which one of the chief desires on their hearts was bringing water to a barren land. Their prayers were not for the desert of Arizona, but Africa.

MEXICO CITY - The swine flu epidemic spread deeper into the United States, Europe and Latin America - and in Canada, back to pigs - even as Mexico's health chief hinted Sunday it may soon be time to reopen businesses and schools in the nation where the outbreak likely began.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An end-of-year college block party spiraled out of control as police fired pellets and used pepper spray to break up hundreds of rioting students who sparked a string of street fires at Kent State University.

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