This week's "Jack the Giant Slayer," a 3-D retelling of the Jack and the Beanstalk legend, contains all the elements of the classic tale: farm boy, beans, giants, etc. But along for the ride is a new character, Princess Isabelle, played by Eleanor Tomlinson.

An Arizona man accused of threatening to blow up Philadelphia's Liberty Bell was charged Sunday, police said.

The Valley paid tribute Sunday night to a 13-year-old boy Friday afternoon.

I have heard and read in your Sunday paper about the poor woman Ernestine Mathis, that was run over by a truck and died. I know exactly what her problem is as I am also in a motorized scooter.

An 70-year-old woman traveling on an electric, four-wheel scooter was killed Thursday morning when she was struck in a Mesa crosswalk.

The Brophy football team brought its firearm to a gunfight, it just happened to be an antiquated six-shooter.

‘Tis the season to explain, qualify and quantify the inexplicable, unqualified and number-less.

When Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast Ahwatukee Foothills resident Deanna Montalbano was concerned about friends and family in the area, but as the worst of the storm passed she was also torn over whether or not she would still be participating in the New York City Marathon.

Clarence Clark called it being on a team.

No stone goes unturned in high school football playoffs, a combination of a week’s worth of preparation, pressure to win and, consequently, borderline-neuroticism on the part of coaches. But what happens when schools meet a second time around?

TUCSON — Almost a year to the day that Notre Dame Prep pulled off one of the biggest surprises of the 2011 playoffs, the Saints made another trip to face Salpointe Catholic in a first round Division II contest.

It didn’t matter who touched the ball on Friday night.

Call it an awkward reunion. Here it comes again, the eternal question as to whether teams are at an advantage or disadvantage a second time around this season.

When people think of a ‘White Christmas’, they usually don’t think about snow in San Tan Valley, unless you also mention one of the area’s favorite holiday traditions.

With standout running back Marche Dennard watching the football game from the sidelines, Brophy should have been in trouble against powerful Pinnacle, right?

The campuses of Brophy and St. Mary’s might be just three miles apart, but as Friday night’s 58-6 shellacking by the Broncos clearly indicates, the two central Phoenix schools are separated by far more when it comes to football these days.

It’s just the beginning of October, but for some it’s not too soon to think about what the kiddies will want for the holidays.

At 5-1, Avondale Westview was barely in the top 20 in power points. At 5-2, Phoenix Brophy was still widely seen as a state title contender.

The turn of events bordered on the ridiculous.

Mountain Pointe coach Norris Vaughan knows that his team has been through a brutal stretch and to this point has come through unscathed.

Welcome to the Bizarro World.