The body of an Arizona State University student was found handcuffed and beaten in the bathtub of her boyfriend's Tempe apartment, and he's accused of killing her, authorities said Wednesday.

Homeowners who survived the initial onslaught of harsh weather late last week might still want to take a number of precautions, as late-night temperatures are expected to stay in the low- to mid-30s through at least Tuesday.

When winter weather hits the Valley, so do fire dangers in the home with space heaters, chimneys and home heating systems, safety officials say.

Four people have been taken to hospitals with carbon monoxide poisoning after a running car filled more than a dozen north Phoenix condominiums with fumes.

East Valley residents have long been able to order pay-per-view movies, faster internet speeds, or long-distance phone service telecommunications provider Cox Communications. Now, they can order peace of mind, too.

As Valley temperatures drop, residents are lighting up their fireplaces.

Gilbert motorists are experiencing an average of 15 percent fewer traffic delays thanks to the completion of the town-wide traffic synchronization study, town officials said.

Ah, parking. How many four-letter words have been uttered, how many blood pressures have spiked upward, how many hairs have turned gray in searching for you, paying for you?

For many Valley homeowners, poorly insulated homes and inefficient air conditioning systems mean summer starts a little earlier and sometimes lasts well into the fall. Aging homes not equipped to handle the intense summer heat, including many in the Sun Cities, not only can drain homeowners’ pocketbooks, but also their energy.

A few facts about Susan Leeper’s letter to the editor on Sunday regarding oil prices:

Nine members of a Mesa family were treated by emergency workers this week for carbon monoxide poisoning after operating a barbecue too close to an open door of their home.

Nine members of a Mesa family were treated by emergency workers this week for carbon monoxide poisoning after operating a barbecue too close to an open door of their home.

Nine members of a Mesa family had to be treated at a hospital for exposure to carbon monoxide fumes.

In Arizona a regular vehicle can opt for two-year registration or now even a five-year registration. But if you have an alt-fuel vehicle, you cannot. You must submit to a yearly emission test and registration.

A public-interest law firm wants a federal judge to force lawmakers and the governor to give back the money they took from local transportation programs.

LOS ANGELES -- Six in 10 Americans - about 175 million people - are living in places where air pollution often reaches dangerous levels, despite progress in reducing particle pollution, the American Lung Association said in a report released Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES  — The man in charge of a spiritual retreat last week in Arizona that left two people dead after they were overcome in a sweat lodge said Tuesday night he is "being tested" by the tragedy and has hired his own investigators to try to determine what went wrong.

WASHINGTON — An advocacy group under fire after employees were caught on camera appearing to advise a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp to lie about the woman's profession to get housing help said Wednesday it is ordering an independent investigation.

 “Yesterday I saw an interview on Fox ‘news’ with a protesting Syracuse grandmother who says she doesn’t want America to turn into a ‘welfare nanny state.’ What they forgot to mention was that dear Mrs. Wilder is also currently receiving Social Security and Medicare benefits, filed for bankruptcy last year to escape her creditors, and used the local, free dial-a-ride to get to her ‘tea party.’ Pretty typical ditto head, I’d say.”

Chandler-based Microchip Technology said Thursday it has acquired R&E International, a privately held developer of integrated circuits used primarily in security and life-safety equipment such as smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.