Andria Capps and Amy Dye are hot, and they know it.

At an autograph event prior to this year’s Super Bowl in Detroit, Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson watched with interest as fans came up to Todd McFarlane and asked McFarlane to sign various examples of the sports figures McFarlane manufactures.

At an autograph event prior to this year’s Super Bowl in Detroit, Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson watched with interest as fans came up to Todd McFarlane and asked McFarlane to sign various examples of the sports figures McFarlane manufactures.

At an autograph event prior to this year’s Super Bowl in Detroit, Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson watched with interest as fans came up to Todd McFarlane and asked McFarlane to sign various examples of the sports figures McFarlane manufactures.

With government's role in health care a major issue both locally and nationally, we cannot help but take issue with Dr. Merlin K. DuVal's ill-informed attack on the private sector that appears elsewhere on these pages.

Cuba Gooding Jr. couldn’t have said it better. Maricopa’s mayor, council and economic development team had a simple goal in mind when planning out the Dec. 10 economic development forum: “Help me help you.” It was this pitch they made to local landowners while highlighting the work done by the city toward attracting business thus far and what more there was to be done.

CareerBuilder.com has come up with a list of careers you might want to avoid if you hope to build one. Topping the list of fields where job opportunities are expected to fall sharply between now and 2014 are farming and ranching.

Bruce Rogers has farmed onions for 30 years — as a hobby.

NEW YORK - Few investors expect this week's readings on the housing market and personal spending to be especially strong. But many are hoping the data shows at least a few clues that an economic rebound is on the horizon.

NEW YORK (AP) — With new public stock offerings for guitar maker Fender and travel booking website Kayak on deck this week, there are signs demand is starting to grow for IPOs after a five-week freeze triggered by a steep decline in financial markets and exacerbated by Facebook's rocky May 18 debut.

CHICAGO - It has six full baths, 259 feet of Lake Geneva shoreline and a price tag that thumbs its nose at the recent slowdown in the residential real-estate boom.

Arizona pump prices slipped to a four-month low last week. East Valley drivers saw an 8 cent dip week-over-week to $3.479. Statewide, motorists are paying an average of $3.540 per gallon, a drop of more than 7 cents from the previous week. Nationwide, the price of fuel shed 6 cents to $3.472, marking the first time the national average has been below the $3.50 mark since February.

Gas prices dropped more than 6 cents in the last week or so for East Valley drivers, according to AAA Arizona.

Gas prices dropped for the seventh straight week in Arizona last week, just in time for Memorial Day weekend travel.

Blazing summer temperatures may be settling in, but the price of price of fuel continues to cool off. Statewide, drivers are paying an average of $3.612 per gallon, a drop of nearly six cents from a week ago. In the East Valley, drivers were paying nearly seven cents less than a week ago, down to $3.559 per gallon.

While nationally fuel prices were up 2 cents last week, Arizona drivers saw nearly a 7 cent rise to an average of $3.827 a gallon, according to AAA Arizona. That surpasses the national average of $3.758 per gallon. The last time Arizona drivers experienced a price point this high was in August 2008.

NEW YORK - A single energy conglomerate held 11 percent of all contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange at one point last month, according to a published report Thursday, suggesting that speculators may have played a larger part in volatile oil markets than once thought.

NEW YORK - After last week’s dreary economic news, Wall Street is more certain than ever that it is facing a recession. But it’s also seeing signs that corporate America is enduring the difficulties better than it anticipated.

NEW YORK - Stocks faced a second day of steep losses Friday as the dollar weakened and bonds prices fell after data showing higher import prices stoked the market's inflation worries. The major indexes declined sharply this week.

Across the state and country, motorists continue to pay more for fuel than they have in 28 months, according to a press release from AAA Arizona. Thursday's statewide average price was $3.256 per gallon, an increase of seven cents from last week. Nationwide, prices increased more than eight cents to $3.228 per gallon.

Across the state and country, motorists continue to pay more for fuel than they have in 28 months, according to a press release from AAA Arizona. Thursday's statewide average price was $3.256 per gallon, an increase of seven cents from last week. Nationwide, prices increased more than eight cents to $3.228 per gallon.

Across the state and country, motorists continue to pay more for fuel than they have in 28 months, according to a press release from AAA Arizona. Thursday's statewide average price was $3.256 per gallon, an increase of seven cents from last week. Nationwide, prices increased more than eight cents to $3.228 per gallon.

Arizona pump prices have fallen for six straight weeks, and are now within a nickel of year-ago prices, according to AAA Arizona.

Arizona motorists are paying more at the pump again this week. Officials with Triple-A Arizona said Thursday that the average statewide price for unleaded regular gasoline is $3.49 a gallon. That’s 14 cents higher than last week.