If you’re just a casual swimmer, you probably don’t have to adjust your diet before jumping in. But that’s not the case with competitive swimmers, who must constantly watch what they eat and drink. You can learn a lot from swimmers’ consumption patterns — particularly if you’re an investor.

Robert Redford does his most compelling work in some time as both actor and director in "The Company You Keep," a tense yet admirably restrained thriller about a fugitive forced out of hiding after 30 years to prove his innocence. Adapted with clarity and intelligence by Lem Dobbs from Neil Gordon's novel, and lent distinguishing heft by its roster of screen veterans, this gripping drama provides an absorbing reflection on the courage and cost of dissent.

Does your outfit blend into the woodwork?

State lawmakers edged closer Wednesday to allowing armed staffers in some public schools.

Cavemen — they're just like us! — or so "The Croods" seems to be saying with its familiar mix of generational clashes, coming-of-age milestones and generally relatable laughs.

A spider crawls up the leg of 18-year-old India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) early in Park Chan-wook's English-language debut, "Stoker," and she regards it passively, intrigued.

Although I agree that Sen. Nancy Barto has assisted rural Arizonans with some of her health care bills alleviating regulations for anesthetist certification and pharma administration, I cannot overlook her self-proclaimed public policy advocacy for fewer Federal mining regulations and lower business taxes. She is also a prolific Capitol voice continually propelling regulation on female body parts and even voted to cut Medicaid reimbursements, nearly crushing rural hospitals. Therefore, I look at the Legislator of the Year award from the Arizona Rural Health Association as just another pandering distinction to another legislator who does not represent me in any way.

WASHINGTON — Side by side, leading Democratic and Republican senators pledged Monday to propel far-reaching immigration legislation through the Senate by summer providing a possible path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people now in the U.S. illegally.

A series of new restrictions on abortions in the last four years has propelled Arizona into the Top Five of all states in a list of places considered most friendly to "pro-life'' issues.

Nearly 40 years after first slapping on the makeup, donning the costumes and changing forever the way a live concert is performed, Kiss can still bring it.

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.

Understanding that language is limited in its ability to describe some things, the ancients often used metaphors to speak of the divine. Three of the most common were fire, water and wind. They are three things that can be quite wonderful: a warm fire on a cold evening, water to grow crops, a cool breeze on a hot summer day. They are also things that can become large and uncontainable: a brushfire, a flash flood, a tornado that uproots mighty trees.

What makes the Emmys such an exciting award show to watch is, unlike the Oscars, the winners are not prematurely set in stone. Almost anything can happen on the big night, sometimes resulting in the greatest underdogs triumphing in victory. I’ll do my best to predict what will win on Emmy Sunday. Even if I’m wrong though, at least I can undeniably say which shows should win in each category.

All Drew Manusharow needed was a little push.

All Drew Manusharow needed was a little push.

Where were you in ’99? If you were a news junkie, you watched Texas governor George W. Bush emerge as the front-runner for President in a crowded field of Republican hopefuls. If you subscribed to HBO, you were hooked to a new series called “The Sopranos.” If movies were your thing, you were mesmerized by the special effects in “The Matrix.” And if you were listening to the radio, there was no escaping Collective Soul’s “Dosage.”

Where were you in ’99? If you were a news junkie, you watched Texas governor George W. Bush emerge as the front-runner for President in a crowded field of Republican hopefuls. If you subscribed to HBO, you were hooked to a new series called “The Sopranos.” If movies were your thing, you were mesmerized by the special effects in “The Matrix.” And if you were listening to the radio, there was no escaping Collective Soul’s “Dosage.”

Where were you in ’99?

Passenger growth at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport propelled a tourism boom in the East Valley in 2011, helping to boost hotel occupancy more than 15 percent.

Passenger growth at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport propelled a tourism boom in the East Valley in 2011, helping to boost hotel occupancy more than 15 percent.

He's out of shape and older than his birth certificate from the waist down, but the addition of Michael Redd to the Phoenix Suns might be the perfect, low-cost move (and when you're talking about the Suns, is there any other kind of move?)

He's out of shape and older than his birth certificate from the waist down, but the addition of Michael Redd to the Phoenix Suns might be the perfect, low-cost move (and when you're talking about the Suns, is there any other kind of move?)

MJJ Cashman always watched the classic Christmas film “Miracle on 34th Street” with his family after Thanksgiving dinner. “It’s a movie that we always started our holidays with because there was a sincerity to it,” Cashman said.

MJJ Cashman always watched the classic Christmas film “Miracle on 34th Street” with his family after Thanksgiving dinner. “It’s a movie that we always started our holidays with because there was a sincerity to it,” Cashman said.