Firebird was rescued from on the expressway. How she got there no one knows, but thankfully she was rescued in time. She demands love and adores being pet by her humans. Firebird seems to acclimate to most situations as far as home environment. She’s tested FELV/FIV negative, is up to date on vaccinations, and microchipped. She’s been waiting for a home since December.

A playful, elegantly made little horror film, “Mama” teasingly sustains a game of hide-and-seek as it tantalizes the audience with fleeting apparitions of the title character while maintaining interest in two deeply disturbed little orphan girls. Being sold primarily on the name of its godfather, Guillermo del Toro, this Canadian-Spanish co-production from Universal is refreshingly mindful of the less-is-more horror guidelines employed by 1940s master Val Lewton, not to mention Japanese ghost stories, but the PG-13 rating might prove too restrictive for the gory tastes of male core genre fans. Still, less bloodthirsty female teens could make up the difference at the box office, as the film provokes enough tension and gasps to keep susceptible viewers grabbing their armrests or the arms of those next to them.

A New Year’s bash is one of the easier parties to throw. Everyone’s already in the merry-making mood, so it’s a simple matter of setting the stage.

This is in reply to Martin Klein's letter to the editor ("America should beware of scare tactics," AFN, Feb. 10). Klein stated that Adolf Hitler was not a socialist but that he came from the right wing of the political spectrum.

Who's got the oldest car in Arizona?

A year has passed. The outrage has subsided. The public outcry for change has faded. But the slain are still deceased; the wounded are still trying to recover and lives and families have been damaged forever.

A year has passed. The outrage has subsided. The public outcry for change has faded. But the slain are still deceased; the wounded are still trying to recover and lives and families have been damaged forever.

I've been watching the unfolding drama of the "Occupy Wall Street" phenomenon. It's reminiscent of many 1960s protest demonstrations by casually-dressed, loosely-coifed or bearded young folks - which we now call this or that "generation."

Firebird International Raceway is gearing up for its fall season with the following events:

Firebird International Raceway is gearing up for its fall season with the following events:

Firebird International Raceway is gearing up for its fall season with the following events:

Firebird International Raceway is gearing up for its fall season with the following events:

A Sun City West man has won Early Bird Prize No. 1 in the Spring 2011 Health & Wealth Raffle, which supports St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and Barrow Neurological Institute. Harry Lobdell said he was still in shock after learning he had won the $50,000 prize.

Surprise police are investigating a two-car collision that occurred at 6:35 p.m. Friday at the intersection of West Bell Road and North Cotton Lane.

Look at Harry's record

Look at Harry's record

Look at Harry’s record

In a place so starved for “good news,” Arizona greeted the announcement that China’s Suntech would locate its first U.S. manufacturing plant, growing to 250 jobs, in metro Phoenix as if it had won a Boeing jetliner assembly line. “This is a great day for Arizona,” enthused Gov. Jan Brewer. “I’ve been so determined that we have a business climate that will bring us jobs.”