A Mesa police commander was placed on paid suspension last week as the department began an internal affairs investigation into his conduct.

KABUL, Afghanistan - NATO-led troops and Afghan forces detained a prominent Taliban commander during a raid on a compound in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Wednesday.

Football has always been a violent game. Players expect a level of contact that can border on felonious, but as long as it is within the rules and occurs after the snap and before the whistle, it’s fine.

Football has always been a violent game. Players expect a level of contact that can border on felonious, but as long as it is within the rules and occurs after the snap and before the whistle, it’s fine.

A Tempe police commander whose unmarked cruiser was stolen was suspended for two weeks without pay, is banned from using a take-home car ever again, and will have his salary cut 5 percent, a police spokesman said Thursday.

A Tempe police commander whose unmarked cruiser was stolen was suspended for two weeks without pay, is banned from using a take-home car ever again, and will have his salary cut 5 percent, a police spokesman said Thursday.

1. I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

The first words of the First Amendment — "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" — are frequently misinterpreted as a constitutional mandate for the separation of church and state, but that is not what they are.

BOSTON - The Yankees kept circling the bases, battering Boston’s beleaguered pitching staff. By the time the long, long night ended with a devastating 19-8 romp over the Red Sox, the dreaded New Yorkers were just one game away from a shocking sweep.

The state agency that certifies police officers is investigating a Pinal County sheriff's commander. According to Lyle Mann, executive director of the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Board, or POST, the probe involves inconsistencies in commander Joe McAuliffe's current certification application with the board and past ones.

The Arizona State baseball team pounced on a shaky freshman starting pitcher and had Mike Leake to protect the lead. On Saturday night, that combination put the Sun Devils in firm control of the Tempe Regional, as a 15-3 victory against Oklahoma at Packard Stadium put ASU within a victory of advancing to the super regional round.

WASHINGTON - Army Gen. David Petraeus, the four-star general who led troops in Iraq for the past year, will be nominated by President Bush to be the next commander of U.S. Central Command, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.

Josh Satow of Arizona State has one of the most demanding jobs in baseball, a starting pitcher who relies heavily on location.

WASHINGTON - The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East says there has been a dramatic decrease of violence in Iraq, but such gains are not irreversible.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - One of the largest bombing campaigns of the war destroyed extremists' "defensive belts" south of Baghdad, allowing American soldiers to push into areas where they have not been in years, a top commander said Friday.

The central authority of the Roman Catholic Church borrowed from the guidebook for Christianity and Judaism last week when it issued a “Ten Commandments” for safe motoring.