Can there be any doubt that it has become little more than a game, run by and for the wealthiest 1 percent and corporate CEOs?

A small Tempe-based semiconductor company is taking on the mighty United States Department of Defense over replacement electronic parts for jet fighters and other complex weapons.

A former high-tech complex in Mesa is being recycled into what may become a center for technologyoriented businesses.

A former high-tech complex in Mesa is being recycled into what may become a center for technologyoriented businesses.

The interior of Building 561 is wrapped in copper sheathing that can block the most powerful transmissions of communications devices.

New York City is putting the "public" into public transit in a big way. The city’s transit authority has awarded a $212 million contract to a group headed by defense contractor Lockheed Martin to install a network of 1,000 state-of-the art surveillance cameras and 3,000 motion sensors in its subway stations and commuter rail stations.

Arthur Cyr: President Barack Obama deserves commendation for making the right call concerning deployment of anti-missile weapons in Europe. Instant criticism of the decision as weakness and appeasement of Iran and Russia is predictable but without merit.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's defense minister said Thursday the real battle for Baghdad will be on its streets, making his bold remarks just before the most powerful blasts in days rattled the capital and destroyed communications and command facilities.

Purdue University scientists have taken a page from air conditioner technology in their quest for a new way to cool down ever-more powerful computer chips. Their experimental system, which flushes a refrigerant through tiny channels cut into chips, is intended for the high-power electronics found in radar and advanced weapons systems such as lasers, said Issam Mudawar, a mechanical engineering professor at Purdue.

When Steve Nebel talks about efforts to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, he is reminded of Sisyphus. In Greek mythology, the gods punished the king by forcing him to push a boulder up a hill. It rolled back down before Sisyphus could reach the top, forcing him to begin anew the endless task.

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's defense chief called Wednesday for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea if there is a clear indication the country is preparing a nuclear attack.

Inside a nondescript former Air Force lab in east Mesa, national defense work occurs at such a classified level that officials hesitate when answering questions about the facility.

To defeat enemies and care for veterans of its armed forces, President Barack Obama said the United States must fundamentally change how the military industrial complex works to slash billions of dollars in wasteful spending.

In “Shooter,” Oscar nominee Mark Wahlberg (“The Departed”) fights fascism, murder and political corruption the way Arnold Schwarzenegger once did, by absolutely obliterating everything that moves. Sure, there’s some contextual stuff about greed and the exploitation of power, but mostly it’s just Wahlberg wasting people. For justice.

“Taxing a newspaper...is like taxing freedom of religion or freedom of speech. It is unconstitutional to tax a newspaper.”

Arizona State University’s new innovation center at the Los Arcos Mall site in Scottsdale will not have an impact on the ASU Research Park in Tempe, despite the appearance that their functions might overlap.

June 8, 2004

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Police arrested 172 Islamic militants, some of whom had trained abroad as pilots so they could fly aircraft in attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil fields, the Interior Ministry said Friday. A spokesman said all that remained in the plot "was to set the zero hour."

My reaction to Bill Richardson’s guest commentary of Dec. 28, “Young warriors a truly special breed,” is dismay. Although I respect his service as master police officer, and appreciate most of his contributions to the Tribune, I must comment that some of the opinions in this article are historically naive, on one hand, and disingenuous on the other.

Col. Dan Walker said Friday that technology developed at a military lab in Mesa enabled the U.S. to kill one of the world’s most dangerous terrorists, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. But soon the Air Force Research Laboratory at Williams Gateway Airport will be moved to an Ohio military base, ending more than three decades of cooperation between military personnel and civilian contractors who work at the complex.

Col. Dan Walker said Friday that technology developed at a military lab in Mesa enabled the U.S. to kill one of the world’s most dangerous terrorists, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. But soon the Air Force Research Laboratory at Williams Gateway Airport will be moved to an Ohio military base, ending more than three decades of cooperation between military personnel and civilian contractors who work at the complex.

The shriveling housing market took the bloom off an otherwise bright year for East Valley businesses in 2007. However, for most of the East Valley there were more financial blossoms than bitter herbs during the past 12 months.

December 10, 2004

In the galaxy of big-screen superheros — a rather glum lot — Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is the snappy one.