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• Fla. spring training is laid-back fun in the sun

  (AP) -- Major league baseball teams started coming to Florida for spring training almost a century ago, traveling by rail from the often still-frozen North to get in shape and play some exhibition games in the sun.For baseball fans needing an early fix a 2/14/12 Read more »

• Sampling Scottsdale, Arizona

  When reviewing restaurants—I’m not a traditional foodie—I focus on how dining destinations makes us feel…where they transport us. Here are two special atmospheres in Scottsdale. Dining upon a bar often conjures up images of fried food meant to mate with   Read more »

• Questionnaire Could Help Predict Alzheimer's: Study

  A series of specific "yes" or "no" questions could help doctors distinguish between people who have normal memory loss that comes with age and those with a condition known as amnestic mild cognitive impairment, according to a new study.Researchers from B   Read more »

• Kan. plan: Allow illegal immigrants to stay, work

  (AP) -- A coalition of business groups will propose Kansas start a new program to help some illegal immigrants remain in the state so they can hold down jobs in agriculture and other industries with labor shortages, coalition representatives disclosed Tu   Read more »

• Different look, same attitude for Giants

  INDIANAPOLIS -- Back in black? Sorry, it's at the cleaners.That was the reason Justin Tuck gave when asked why he and his teammates did not repeat what they did four years ago, when the Giants showed up for the Super Bowl decked out in all-black suits. T   Read more »

Around the web

• Arizona celebrates centennial

  Indian Sunrise Ceremony during the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Arizona's statehood Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Phoenix. Arizona proudly celebrated its centennial Tuesday with story-telling and pageantry amid recollections of the state's long independent 27 m ago from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »

• Arizona's English-only election law questioned

  Alejandrina Cabrera from a March ballot for city council in San Luis, a small city on the U.S.-Mexico border in southwestern Arizona. Cabrera says her English is good enough for the community's mostly Spanish-speaking constituents. Her attorney, John Minore, 48 m ago from Richmond Times-Dispatch Read more »

• NAZ Today Show – February 14, 2012

  Arizona was one of the first stops on this year’s National Senior Pro Rodeo schedule. Over the last weekend of January riders and ropers aged 40-72 competed in a variety of events including barrel racing and bull riding. JW Mitchell and Jon Buchert are featured 56 m ago from Northern Arizona News Read more »

• Santorum surges into lead

  Romney, Texas congressman Ron Paul and former House speaker Newt Gingrich — have agreed to take part in a CNN-hosted debate in Arizona on 22 February, less than a week before the primary there and in Michigan. Romney, whose father was once the state's governor 12:42 AM from iAfrica.com Read more »

• Auburn football: Former Georgia assistant coach Willie Martinez close to joining Tigers' staff

  who resigned as Oklahomas secondary coach when former Arizona head coach Mike Stoops was hired there, has been looking for a job since he left the Sooners last month. When Martinez resigned at Oklahoma, Sooners coach Bob Stoops said the coach had some attractive 12:05 AM from Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Georgia) Read more »