A year ago, Adrian Williams was the Mercury's only WNBA All-Star. Unhappy with a drastically reduced role this season, Williams now is a member of the San Antonio Silver Stars.

Free trade scored some laudable victories in the '90s with the passage of the North American Free Trade Act and the granting of normal trade relations to China.

While the Atlanta Hawks organization could only hide its face in embarrassment, the Suns were still waiting and watching on the sidelines Tuesday as a proposed Joe Johnson trade took yet another interesting detour.

Despite multiple reports of an agreement in principle between the Diamondbacks and the New York Yankees on a trade that would grant ace Randy Johnson’s request of a move to New York, no deal has been set.

The media guide says Orlando Hernandez is 36 and the overunder proposition line is 40, but the Diamondbacks say they couldn’t care less about the age of their newest starting pitcher.

The media guide says Orlando Hernandez is 36 and the overunder proposition line is 40, but the Diamondbacks say they couldn’t care less about the age of their newest starting pitcher.

CANCUN, Mexico - World trade talks collapsed Sunday amid sharp differences between rich and poor nations, a blow to the World Trade Organization that many poor countries called a victory against the West.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit declined to $39.21 billion in August, the smallest gap in six months, reflecting a big drop in imports of cars and foreign oil.

Imagine a family in Greece sitting down to a dinner with pasta made from desert durum wheat, while a family in Romania keeps warm in sweaters made of Arizona cotton. Strengthening education and business ties between Arizona, and the Balkans and Black Sea Region is the subject of an ongoing project involving the Morrison School of Management and Agribusiness at Arizona State University and numerous universities in that region.

The last 10 years have constituted a rather crude metamorphosis for filmmaker Oliver Stone. Stone (“JFK,” “Wall Street”) has busied himself with sultry noir thrillers (“U-Turn”), fawning sports dramas (“Any Given Sunday”) and — most inanely — budget-busting toga epics (“Alexander”).

Pathologist Stephen Ovanessoff said the medical community has found a real champion in Sen. Jon Kyl, which is why many doctors are opening their wallets to help the Arizona Republican get re-elected.

Pathologist Stephen Ovanessoff said the medical community has found a real champion in Sen. Jon Kyl, which is why many doctors are opening their wallets to help the Arizona Republican get re-elected.

PHOENIX (AP) — The mayors of Phoenix and Tucson lead a trade mission to Mexico this week as part of effort to foster relations with Arizona's largest trading partner.

LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears' father and a lawyer who claims to represent her traded legal barbs Monday in an intensifying fight over whether James Spears is violating her civil rights by controlling her finances and life.

March 23, 2005

Rep. Colette Rosati landed the first punch, saying her opponent was too closely aligned with the Democratic governor.

Rep. Colette Rosati landed the first punch, saying her opponent was too closely aligned with the Democratic governor.

MILAN, Ohio -- Lawmakers looking for a famous Ohioan who best represents their state have a diverse group to choose from: a Rat Pack crooner, brothers who were first in flight, or maybe a great inventor.

The Phoenix Coyotes have reacquired right wing Radim Vrbata in a trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

HONG KONG - Police fired tear gas Saturday at hundreds of protesters who charged the convention center where delegates were wrapping up global trade talks. Security forces locked the doors and took up positions throughout the building.

HONG KONG - Police fired tear gas Saturday at hundreds of protesters who charged the convention center where delegates were wrapping up global trade talks. Security forces locked the doors and took up positions throughout the building.

WASHINGTON - The trade deficit swelled to an all-time high of $46 billion in March as a stronger U.S. economy stoked Americans' appetite for foreign-made cars, TVs and other goods.

You don’t have to be too terribly old to have believed this day would never come. The United States announced that it would be resuming full diplomatic relations with Libya after 26 years and almost simultaneously announced agreement on a trade deal with Vietnam, clearing the way for the nation to join the World Trade Organization.

WASHINGTON - The deficit in the broadest measure of international trade rose to an all-time high of $195.1 billion from January through March of this year as the country sank deeper into debt to Japan, China and other nations.