What do an exercise physiologist, a former car wash owner, an e-mail company account manager and plastic surgeon have in common? Beside being cycling enthusiasts, next month they will team with four other men to compete in the annual 3,000-mile Race Across America.

WASHINGTON - Vera is certain that it began with the red dress. London in the waning months of World War II was so dark and dreary. She was just 18, and sick of the anti-barrage balloons that blotted out the sun, sick of carrying the smelly rubber gas mask.

WASHINGTON - Vera is certain that it began with the red dress. London in the waning months of World War II was so dark and dreary. She was just 18, and sick of the anti-barrage balloons that blotted out the sun, sick of carrying the smelly rubber gas mask.

Tom Purcell, Commentary

PERU, N.Y. - More than 229 years ago, Gen. Benedict Arnold led his crew of sailors on Lake Champlain against a far superior British fleet near here and lost. But their dogged fight in October 1776 delayed British movement south for a year, when they would be defeated in the Battle of Saratoga.

June 24, 2004

Joining rallies at statehouses across the country, hundreds of gun owners and Second Amendment advocates descended upon Arizona's Capitol on Saturday in support of gun rights amid federal proposals aimed at new strict gun controls.

Weaponized America. Cooking. Terrified. Absolutists. Celebrate violence. Murder spree. Mike McClellan’s guest commentary leads with these words that serve only to color a deeper issue than what type of bullets and guns are out there. I’m not convinced “we” Americans celebrate violence since I am a “we” and I do not and I don’t know one American who does.

Welcome to President Obama’s second term, America — that special place where ridiculousness replaces raison d’etre, and presidents give us things like gun control a’ la United Nations.

Ten Arizona sheriffs slammed the Obama administration on Friday over a botched federal operation that that lost track of up to 1,400 weapons sold to suspected straw purchasers for Mexican drug gangs.

Loaded guns will be allowed in Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon and other national parks under a new U.S. law that takes effect Monday.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gun battles between American forces and insurgents resumed in Fallujah on Wednesday night, with an AC-130 gunship firing its cannons on targets in the Iraqi city after a day of fighting in several areas. The nighttime fighting raised more smoke over the city.

In a front-page editorial, El Diario de Juárez, a newspaper published across the border from El Paso, Texas, asked, "What Do You Want from Us?"

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Ten states are responsible for the bulk of illegal guns that are shipped across state lines for use in crimes, according to a report released Friday by a national coalition of mayors.

TUCSON — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and left her critically injured.

BOISE, Idaho - The expiration Monday of a 10-year federal ban on assault weapons means firearms like TEC-9s can now be legally bought - a development that has critics upset and gun owners pleased.

“What’s with the weeds 2 feet high along University Drive in Mesa across from CVS? It always looks like a dump site. Lindsay down by Broadway, same thing. Property owners and the city both need a good ass kickin’.”

Linda Turley-Hansen: Motherhood didn't come naturally for me. But once in awhile I would come up with something workable as I raised my four children here in the East Valley. There are certain truths which apply no matter where you live - Gilbert, Mesa or Timbuktu.