WASHINGTON - The U.S. job market is proving sturdier than expected at a time when the economy is under pressure from Washington gridlock and the threat of government spending cuts.

The biggest name in Sedona tourist must-do’s has arrived in the Valley.

LOS ANGELES — To bring the story of mobster Mickey Cohen's reign over post-war Los Angeles to life, the director of "Gangster Squad" employed Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and more than 100 irreplaceable vintage American cars.

A Mesa tire store was robbed at gunpoint at noon Monday, police said.

"How come those who contend they love America so much are the ones who want to secede?"

“Here is a great way to boost our economy. Everyone with a foreign car should go out and buy either GM, Ford or Chrysler. That way your money will give the economy a big boost. Americans should support the USA, not Japan or Korea. When you buy foreign cars they tell you that the cars are made here, which is wrong, the cars are assembled here. Another point: When you buy a foreign car some of your money goes to that country.”

This country has truly changed, and I believe there will be no going back. Hate lost on Election Day. That is amazing in and of itself. Add to that all the women who were elected and you have a total rebuke of Neanderthal attitudes.

An 80-year-old Tempe man missing since Friday afternoon was found Sunday morning on Interstate 5 near Glendale, Calif.

EDITOR'S NOTE _ An occasional look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don't tell the full story

Columnist Linda Turley-Hansen has written a couple of pieces lately, exhorting us to vote in the upcoming presidential election. In one, she ended with this: Our choice was either socialism or freedom (guess who the socialist is?). In her more recent one, she tells us to vote because Obama is killing the coal industry. In other words, a second Obama term is Apocalypse Now.

Columnist Linda Turley-Hansen has written a couple of pieces lately, exhorting us to vote in the upcoming presidential election. In one, she ended with this: Our choice was either socialism or freedom (guess who the socialist is?). In her more recent one, she tells us to vote because Obama is killing the coal industry. In other words, a second Obama term is Apocalypse Now.

“To the Venter who is going to stop reading the EV Trib because of the outstanding letters from Rod Livdhal, good riddance. Go back to reading right wing propaganda.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net.

NEW YORK — As the crowd counted down, Magic Johnson pulled a large silver lever jutting from a box labeled "ASPiRE." With that, his new cable network went live.

NEW YORK — As the crowd counted down, Magic Johnson pulled a large silver lever jutting from a box labeled "ASPiRE." With that, his new cable network went live.

"Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" is one of those films with a special feel that is difficult to capture in a two-minute movie trailer. 

There’s music and there’s foot tappin’, chin noddin,’ soul groovin’ music played by three-time Grammy Award-winning blues artist Keb Mo, who performs live Saturday at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale.

Detroit -- Auto sales are growing so fast that Detroit can barely keep up.

Editor's note -- An occasional look at statements by political candidates and how well they adhere to the facts.

Editor's note -- An occasional look at statements by political candidates and how well they adhere to the facts.

Editor's note -- An occasional look at statements by political candidates and how well they adhere to the facts.

What's billed as America's biggest car show is wrapping in Chicago today. Boy, American concept cars sure aren't what they used to be.

NEW YORK -- The pressure was on. The tension was thick. And then, there were yawns in between.