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Experts: Do your homework before hiring AC repair company

Jason Barry — Sat, 18 May 2013 09:54:00 EDT

It's a call many Arizonans will be forced to make this summer when their air-conditioning unit breaks down and it needs to be fixed right away.

Midwifery community upset over new DHS guidelines

Lindsey Reiser — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:49:00 EDT

Everyone wants the right to make their own choices when it comes to their healthcare, but a group of valley midwives says that isn't happening thanks to a new set of guidelines that will likely take effect next month.

Troopers: Texting teen dies in first drive by herself

Laura McCallister — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:16:00 EDT

Savannah Nash celebrated her 16th birthday last week. She died Thursday when her car slammed into a semi while she was texting during her first time driving by herself.

PD: Scottsdale woman sentenced for shooting, dismembering husband

Breann Bierman — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:03:00 EDT

A Scottsdale woman was sentenced to life in prison for shooting her husband and then dismembering and dumping his body to hide the evidence, police said.

Kitchen Nightmares bakery can't take heat, melts down on Facebook

Ray Daudani — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:57:00 EDT

The old saying goes, "If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen." Perhaps, this applies to Kitchen Nightmares, as well.

Motorcyclist dies after bike slams into car in Mesa

Steve Stout — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:39:00 EDT

A woman and infant in the car were taken to a nearby hospital, but the extent of their injuries and their conditions were not immediately available.

Prices at the pump poised to spike

Tanita Gaither — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:00:00 EDT

Summer is fast approaching and gas prices may be increasing with the temperature.

Back in 2008, Arias said she wanted death penalty

Greg Argos — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:49:00 EDT

There has been a lot of attention paid to Jodi Arias' recent comments about how she prefers the death penalty over life in prison, but it's a belief she's held for years.

MCSO: 15 arrests made Thursday in 2 human smuggling cases

Breann Bierman — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:00 EDT

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said the suspects said they had paid between $2,500 and $4,000 to come to the U.S. and were headed to Chicago, Michigan, New York, Delaware and Kansas.

Police arrest drunk driver in fatal crash on Loop 202

Breann Bierman — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:20:00 EDT

According to the police report, a Chandler woman was driving eastbound on Loop 202 near Recker Road in Mesa when she drove into the right side emergency lane and slammed into the back end of a disabled vehicle.

Restaurant owners slammed on national TV speak out

Elizabeth Erwin — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:25:00 EDT

Scottsdale restaurant owners made a big splash on national television for being impossible to work with, and now it appears they've taken their bad attitudes to the internet. Or have they?

AZ man found guilty in fatal shooting at store parking lot

Steve Stout — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:48:00 EDT

A police dog helped Phoenix police officers capture a home burglary suspect early Monday morning.

PD: Woman attempts to give away baby at Phoenix gas station

Breann Bierman — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:01:00 EDT

Police said Rozenna Luna, 36, had been drinking and was on meth when she asked strangers if they wanted a "free child" as she attempted to give the baby girl away at a Phoenix gas station.

'Notarios' taking advantage of Valley immigrants

Colton Shone — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:40:00 EDT

They're called "notarios," and some of them are preying on immigrants who are looking for that legal path to citizenship.

Lottery fever hits the Valley

Colton Shone — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:04:00 EDT

If you were to stack 600 million $1 bills, that would look like 4,200 live shot vans with the mast raised 50 feet.

Wedding venue shut down by city; bride out thousands

Greg Argos — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:14:00 EDT

A bride-to-be says she is out $3,000 after a wedding venue has been shut down due to zoning violations.

Missing Oregon girl found safe after 18 years

Kate Cagle — Sat, 18 May 2013 02:54:00 EDT

An Oregon girl abducted as a baby and missing for 18 years finally emerged in Dallas this week when her mother turned herself in to authorities, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Department.

Masked man puts gun to worker's head, demands marijuana

FOX 12 Staff — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:00 EDT

An armed robber held a gun to the back of a woman's head and threatened to shoot her if he didn't get marijuana.

Police: Speeding 18-year-old driver slams into school bus

Paul Craig — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:40:00 EDT

Several elementary school students in Woodburn suffered minor injuries, and one child was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

Controversy brews over 'hotness' contest at Newberg High

Kai Porter — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:18:00 EDT

A "May Madness" bracket at Newberg High School ranks high school girls on their "hotness."

Alaska volcano shoots ash 15,000 feet into the air

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:42:00 EDT

One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles when the weather allows.

Pa. coffee run leads to hatchet hitchhiker arrest

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:42:00 EDT

Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker.

SWAT team arrests two men on rape charges

FOX 12 Staff — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:23:00 EDT

Two men accused of holding a woman down and raping her were arrested in a raid at a Vancouver home yesterday.

Police: Men with gun threaten to kill black man at Vancouver bar

FOX 12 Staff — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:10:00 EDT

SWAT teams arrested three men accused of pointing a loaded gun at a man at a Vancouver bar and threatening to kill him because of his race.