Four-year-old Tyler Steffensen of Paradise Valley has never been on a real train.

LOS ANGELES - A judge on Monday suspended David Hasselhoff's visitation rights with his two teenage daughters after last week's surfacing of a videotape showing the recovering alcoholic apparently intoxicated in his Las Vegas home.

As a Boy Scout who is working on the completion of my Communications Merit Badge, I am required to write a letter to the editor of a magazine or newspaper.

Parenting has been a blast so far.

Parenting has been a blast so far.

This will sound like blasphemy to Diamondbacks fans, but here goes:

An appeals court in Chile this week unanimously upheld the indictment and arrest of the country's former military dictator, Augusto Pinochet, a strong indication that the country's Supreme Court will do the same and quickly.

For quite some time now, Scottsdale’s contentious school board has reminded us of the fictitious one Meredith Willson wrote into the script of his classic musical set a century ago in his native Iowa, "The Music Man."

AUGUSTA, Ga. - The top 10 conclusions we can jump to at the midway point of the 70th Masters: No. 1 — Chad Campbell is ready to win his first major championship. The 36-hole leader, who not long ago was picked in a poll by his peers to be “the next great player,’’ has the game and the demeanor to win a green jacket.

One of the precious aspects of the First Amendment is its sweeping protection to worship a higher power as you see fit so long as your religious practices are nonviolent and don’t undermine legitimate laws that promote public safety.

Today we honor our Founding Fathers, who penned the Declaration of Independence and, later, the Constitution. Pretty good for guys in pirate hats and heels. Ensconced in stuffy rooms, wearing itchy supportive hose, they created a democracy where lesser men would have produced only a ripe and piercing smell.

Hopefully, the New Jersey State Police were better at probing the Rick Tocchet illegal gambling matter than whoever is in charge of leaking juicy tidbits to the press.

Rob Evans summed up the struggles of his ASU basketball team quite nicely Friday: "When we go smaller, we don't rebound as well. When we go bigger, we struggle guarding."

After spending his entire eight-year NHL career with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, forward Mike Leclerc said he was a little surprised when he was uprooted shortly before training camp opened this season and traded to the Coyotes.

After spending his entire eight-year NHL career with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, forward Mike Leclerc said he was a little surprised when he was uprooted shortly before training camp opened this season and traded to the Coyotes.

Over the past couple of months I've gained an interesting perspective on the candidates for Phoenix mayor.

Over the past couple of months I've gained an interesting perspective on the candidates for Phoenix mayor.

Will Durst: Can we stop with the waving of the sharp instruments for a minute and speak rationally to this whole ugly recession mess we find ourselves currently mired in? C’mon. You know what recession mess I’m talking about. 

Every day, a recent arrival to the East Valley becomes sick or injured, and requires medical assistance. The question facing them or anyone who hasn’t received medical assistance locally is where do they go for help?

So far, so good. The new-look Detroit Pistons, who are making their season’s only visit to Arizona tonight, are re-emerging as title contenders with the mid-season acquisition of free agent Chris Webber.