The role of the sheriff's office in immigration affairs came under increasingly sharp debate Tuesday.

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon angrily condemned Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Friday for dispatching 200 deputies and posse members into the streets for a second night of high-profile saturation patrols with the intent to arrest illegal immigrants.

CAMP DAVID, Md. - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told President Bush Monday he shares the U.S. view that there are "duties to discharge and responsibilities to keep" in Iraq.

How starved are Gilbert residents for restaurants? Look no further than the month-old Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant at SanTan Village for an answer.

AUGUSTA, Ga. - The James Brown statue on Broad Street, his hometown, was draped in an American flag and a red scarf as several dozen people gathered Tuesday to pay their respects to the late singer. Flowers were left at the base of the statue in tribute to Brown, who died Monday in Atlanta. He was 73.

LONDON -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown clung fiercely to his job Friday, defying calls from some within his beleaguered Labour party to resign.

LONDON - Former Treasury chief Gordon Brown became British prime minister Wednesday, promising "a new government with new priorities," after Tony Blair resigned to end a decade in power.

LOS ANGELES - Rapper 50 Cent captured best new artist and best male hip-hop artist honors at Tuesday's BET Awards show, while Michael Jackson presented the "godfather of soul," James Brown, with a lifetime achievement award.

LONDON - Britain will halve its remaining troop contingent in Iraq next spring, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Monday. A British official later said they could not guarantee that any troops would remain in Iraq by the end of 2008.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown flew into Iraq and essentially told the British troops there, “Mission accomplished. Major combat operations are over.”

The war of words between Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio continued Wednesday as Gordon blasted the sheriff for not tracking down thousands of criminals running free in the Valley.

DAVOS, Switzerland - Microsoft Corp. chairman and co-founder Bill Gates said Friday that his charitable foundation will triple its funding for tuberculosis eradication from $300 million to $900 million by 2015.

The Santan area has been described as 46,000 people who are neighbors without a sense of community.

Phoenix lifted its boil water advisory at 4 p.m. Wednesday after determining harmful bacteria never reached the water supply.

Some Queen Creek Town Council members are questioning whether nonresidents should have a vote on boards and commissions.

A Queen Creek Town Council subcommittee will take a closer look at the reaction of residents to a proposed curbside trash and recycling pickup contract.

May 6, 2005

The state Court of Appeals on Thursday rebuffed a request by Maricopa County to delay a medical marijuana dispensary.

It was some fancy steering by Robby Gordon to back away from comments he made after the Indy 500 Sunday — implying that female driver Danica Patrick had an unfair weight advantage during the race.

At the end, Michael Rozsival was on crutches. Mikkel Boedker was limping like a man much older than 21. Martin Hanzal’s ribs ache and could need surgery, but never stopped playing.