Earlier-than-usual openings appear to ease Black Friday rush

Rosamaria Valenzuela, left, and her daughter, Rosana Paz, wait in line at the JC Penney at El Con Mall. They were out early on Friday.

Earlier-than-usual openings appear to ease Black Friday rush

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Earlier-than-usual openings appear to ease Black Friday rush

Away from the big stores, Lauro Bejar and his son, Lauro Jr., from Hermosillo, Sonora, check out toys at Yikes Toys, 2930 E. Broadway. They were out shopping on Friday.

Earlier-than-usual openings appear to ease Black Friday rush

Shopping on Black Friday this year was "pretty calm and pleasurable" for shoppers like Herman and Lisa Rascon.

Target T-shirts benefit pro-gay marriage group

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two years after Target Corp. angered gay marriage supporters with a political donation that benefited a fiery gay marriage opponent seeking the governor’s office, the retailer is now upsetting same-sex marriage opponents by selling T-shirts to raise money for a group workin…

Thornydale closed after fatal crash

A disabled man trying to cross North Thornydale Road on a motorized scooter was struck by a vehicle and killed this evening.

Park Place phone outage easing up

Things started to return to normal for businesses at Park Place mall on Sunday after phone service was knocked out last week, and debit and credit card transactions were halted.

Hillary Clinton spars with Pakistanis full of resentment for US

ISLAMABAD — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faced sharp rebukes from Pakistani audiences Friday, including one woman who accused the U.S. of conducting "executions without trial" in aerial drone strikes. Verbally slapping back, Clinton questioned Pakistan's commitment to fighting t…

FluMist for ages 2-24 is free today

The nonprofit Marana Health Center will hold a free novel H1N1 vaccination clinic today. It will administer live-virus nasal-spray FluMist vaccinations to children and young adults ages 2 through 24.

Muhammad cartoonist remains defiant

COPENHAGEN — A few pen strokes thrust Kurt Westergaard into the midst of an international crisis, exposing him to death threats and an alleged assassination plot.

Muhammad cartoonist remains defiant

Over half of Arizonans polled say they won't get H1N1 flu vaccine

More than half of Arizonans say they are not going to get inoculated against the novel 2009 H1N1 virus, a new poll says.

US warns of cartel shootings in Ciudad Juarez

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — The U.S. Consulate in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez warned U.S. citizens that Mexican drug cartels were possibly planning random shooting attacks on cars Wednesday — the same day gunmen ambushed a top state police official.

Raytheon missile intercept successful in Hawaii test

The Japanese navy had a second successful ballistic missile intercept in space late Tuesday using a Standard Missile-3 made by Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems, the company said Wednesday.

Raytheon missile intercept successful in Hawaii test

Day of destruction in 2 nations

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan punctuated U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's arrival with deadly attacks on Wednesday, underscoring their ability to cause chaos even in the face of offensives on both sides of the border.

Day of destruction in 2 nations

Number of students home with flu is multiplying

CHICAGO — The number of students staying home sick with the flu is multiplying nationwide, and normally quiet school nurses' offices suddenly look like big-city emergency rooms, packed with students too ill to finish the day.