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Employees at the Tempe Union High School District are pursuing a more environmentally-friendly approach to education.

Employees at the Tempe Union High School District are pursuing a more environmentally-friendly approach to education.

Desert Vista's Anna Battle was recently named the 2012 Arizona High School Principal of the Year by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. She is now in the running to become a finalist for the national award, called the 2012 MetLife/NASSP National Principals of the Year.

Desert Vista's Anna Battle was recently named the 2012 Arizona High School Principal of the Year by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. She is now in the running to become a finalist for the national award, called the 2012 MetLife/NASSP National Principals of the Year.

With Arizona school districts cutting back on supplies, staffing and budgets, parents at Chandler High School are stepping up to fill in the gaps.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama issued a withering critique Thursday of Wall Street corporate behavior, calling it "the height of irresponsibility" for employees to be paid more than $18 billion in bonuses last year while their crumbling financial sector received a bailout from taxpayers.

The FBR Open kicks off on Wednesday. Here's what you need to know:

You don't have to know a thing about golf to have a good time at the FBR Open, the annual nationally televised PGA tournament at TPC Scottsdale. Known as one of the best-attended golf events in the nation, the tourney draws world-class players, celebrities and about 500,000 spectators. And when the golfing's done, many of them hoof it to the Birds Nest, the tourney's nightly entertainment tent, for food, drinks and live music.

Tiger Woods regularly skips the FBR Open, the wildly popular Scottsdale stop on the PGA Tour, but almost nobody else does.

WASHINGTON - An impatient White House is serving notice on banks receiving billions of dollars in federal help to quit hoarding the money and start making more loans.

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Steve Berman knocked on nearly every door in Gilbert, spoke with nearly every voter and bragged he'd worn out several pairs of shoes in the process. It was early 1987, and Berman was running for the Town Council as an unknown, a political outsider few of the town's insiders took seriously.

CDW Corp., an Illinois-based provider of technology products and services to businesses, government and education, is opening a new sales office in the Chandler Airpark and expects to hire 450 Valley employees.

Q. I would like to better understand what it takes to convert my business into a paperless office. What do I need to buy? What does it cost? etc. — Samuel

SCOTTSDALE - Charles Warren and Kevin Sutherland shared a one-stroke lead in front of a record opening-round crowd of 83,657 on a crisp, clear Thursday at the FBR Open.

Even though the weather was brisk, with a high of only 60 degrees, a Thursday-record crowd of 83,657 showed up for the opening round of the FBR Open.

It’s a good thing Tiger Woods isn’t playing in the FBR Open this week, otherwise we wouldn’t have a competitive golf tournament.

The vast majority of football fans will find themselves standing on the outside looking in on Super Bowl Sunday, but the NFL Experience will allow fans a chance be a part of Super Bowl XLII in Glendale.

Don’t let the packaging fool you. Housed inside a drab warehouse on the border of Phoenix and Tempe is the largest firefighting museum in the world — the Hall of Flame Fire Museum.

Scottsdale and Tempe voters received a piece of mail in June that looked suspiciously like a political campaign brochure from Rep. Harry Mitchell, D-Ariz.

The Xerox Silver Pro-Am came to a screeching halt at 2 p.m. Wednesday due to rain, cold and wind, as well as a little hail in the area. For the most part, players and participants in the pre-tournament event for the FBR Open looked relieved.

Near-perfect weather should grace the FBR Open once play begins. But the preliminary events may be in for a chilly soaking.