LUBBOCK, Texas — Attention, bread shoppers: A Texas company could have the answer to some consumers' unwelcome discovery that just-purchased loaves contain mold.

DAYTON, Ohio - A woman convicted of murdering her infant daughter by microwaving her was spared the death penalty Wednesday by a jury that couldn't reach a unanimous decision.

You don’t have to be paranoid to find this development a little freaky. Mexico’s attorney general and more than 160 people in his department have been implanted with tiny microchips the size of a grain of rice. Top members of the president’s office, the military and police are also soon to have microchip implants.

BOSTON - A major defense contractor is selling technology to a large oil-field services company, Schlumberger Ltd., that hopes microwaves will someday become a key tool in unlocking the vast but hard-to-extract oil reserves in the West's underground shale deposits.

Touch-screen refrigerators with built-in defrosters. Dishwashers that “sense” how dirty your dishes are. Smart microwaves that are programmed to cook food by reading bar codes on packages. Kitchen appliances continue to evolve and become technologically advanced. Today they do most of the work for you.

Almost all telephone numbers for the Paradise Valley Unified School District and its schools were changed over the summer. A few changes will not occur until the end of July.

A 15-month-old Mesa boy was flown to Maricopa Medical Center with serious burns over 27 percent of his body after he pulled a bowl of hot soup onto himself Friday.

Southwest Jet Aviation said Friday it added a third Gulfstream aircraft to its charter fleet.

Many of the world’s greatest chefs are men. I am not one of them. The kindest thing you can say about my cooking is that it usually leaves a low body count.

The big game on Super Bowl Sunday usually brings with it big eats.

The big game on Super Bowl Sunday usually brings with it big eats.

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Who hasn't blown up a marshmallow Peep in the microwave? Now the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix wants your family to devise an experiment or activity featuring the sugary sticky Easter basket fave - and videotape it.

Who hasn't blown up a marshmallow Peep in the microwave? Now the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix wants your family to devise an experiment or activity featuring the sugary sticky Easter basket fave - and videotape it.

Who has time to rip and tear salad? Give your knife a rest and take advantage of the bagged salads and precut produce available in the market.

Scottsdale is moving forward with an extensive plan to improve its citywide police and fire radio dispatch systems.

Terri Ouellette loves crafts, and this month the whole country will know about it. For the second year, the Valley TV personality — host of "Home With Terri O" and the upcoming "On the Go With Terri O" — is spokeswoman for National Craft Month. Ouellette will make appearances at craft stores as nearby as Prescott, and as far away as New Jersey.

These were some of our favorite Vent calls of 2007. We hope you enjoy reading them again as much as we did.

Hey kids, do you have a healthy, original recipe you love to make or share at home?