New York. Chicago. Add Scottsdale to that list when you think about upscale urban living. Downtown Scottsdale’s condominium market is booming, with construction cranes and the steel skeletons of what will soon become luxury dwellings looming against the skyline.

When there’s a busy day in the Reese house (when is there not?), I have to take steps to remember all that needs to be accomplished. Sometimes, I write it on the white board in my kitchen. Sometimes, I load items together – like sticking my big kids’ PJs in their baby sister’s diaper bag so they get remembered.

Nothing compares to wrestling. There’s the spandex. And the physical demands. And the mental drain. And the meals (or lack thereof). And repeated head-banging against mats.

Tribune editorial

Tribune editorial

August 25, 2004

Neil Young is freaked out, man.

Something more than a child goes missing in Clint Eastwood’s “Changeling,” his tale casting Angelina Jolie as a real-life single mom whose young son vanishes in 1928.

Something more than a child goes missing in Clint Eastwood’s “Changeling,” his tale casting Angelina Jolie as a real-life single mom whose young son vanishes in 1928.

Tribune editorial

Banner Heart Hospital in east Mesa will undergo a nearly $30 million expansion next year to accommodate increasing demand for its services.

SAN ANTONIO — The face of the Mavericks' franchise is Dirk Nowitzki. It's the fingerprints that have undergone a change this season, particularly over the last couple of months. Not coincidentally, the identity alteration has coincided with improved play.

A relaxing weekend? More like heart-attack helper. We already know Peoria Centennial and Chandler Hamilton are the teams to beat in 5A, and Scottsdale Notre Dame is again evolving into one in 4A Division II.

Classic rockers Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick have teamed up for a package tour that will make a stop at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion, 2121 N. 83rd Ave., Phoenix, on Friday, October 3, it was announced Tuesday.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - She had spent the week shucking fava beans for a spring pesto, buying flowers for decorations and wrapping favors for 120. Now, after putting the finishing touches on tiered cakes of tiramisu, chocolatera spberry and coconutpassion fruit, Eileen Kilmartin got her hair done and slipped into her wedding dress.

Partial list of winners at the 82nd annual Academy Awards:

As if the first-round heart-pounding win wasn’t enough, the Desert Vista baseball team had to go to extra-innings again to keep its season alive.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese continue to lure movie-goers to "Shutter Island," while James Cameron's "Avatar" has surpassed $700 million domestically.

LOS ANGELES - Maybe Bai Ling can plead a broken heart. The Chinese actress was charged Monday with petty theft for allegedly shoplifting a pack of batteries and two Star magazines at Los Angeles International Airport.

LOS ANGELES — The Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" has won best picture and five other prizes at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood's top prize for filmmakers.

He has given standout performances in the likes of “The Big Lebowski,” “Crazy Heart” and “True Grit,” but Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges’ enormous talent doesn’t stop there. His illustrious resume runs the gamut from musician to author to humanitarian, which begs the question: Is there anything he can’t do?