Give Brittany West any breathing room behind the arc and you will regret it. A senior guard on the Canyon Del Oro High School girls’ basketball team, West tied the Arizona state record and broke the school’s record for most three-point shots made in a game.

For four years, students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix have worked toward "Match Day" – the day they learn where they will spend the next several years as resident-physicians, a major step in building a medical career.

(NewsUSA) - Saying it's been a positive run for The University of Miami would be an understatement. A balder, more brolic Dwayne Johnson recently hoisted the WWE Championship over his shoulders for the first time in a decade. Then, Warren Sapp was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame, Reggie Johnson's tip-in kept Miami undefeated in ACC hoops and five Hurricane alums on the Ravens became world champions while Frank Gore rushed for 110 yards in a losing effort.

(NewsUSA) - When it comes to filing taxes, it might as well be brain surgery. It may not require forceps or retractors, but on the complexity scale, tax law ranks pretty darn high. The U.S. tax code is so dense, the tome could be a deadly weapon in the right hands.

(BPT) - Hearing aids – those two words alone may conjure up images of unattractive, beige devices that your father or grandmother once wore before finally throwing them in a drawer, never to be seen again. And who could blame them? In the past, hearing aids were big, bulky and fragile – incapable of getting wet or dirty. But hearing aids have come a very long way. Here are five things you may not know about today’s digital hearing aids:

When it comes to seasons, my favorite is the fall by far. Some of you might ask why, given that Arizona lacks the beautiful colors of leaves changing and cool nights that places like Colorado have. But, for me, it’s not about the season itself, but what season it is.

For those not planning to “Marvel’s The Avengers” for the first time, second time or third time – There are plenty of movies opening this week at the Box Office.

The Arizona House of Representatives voted to approve the bill that will allow public schools to teach the Bible as an elective last week.

The Canyon Del Oro Dorados may have lost the championship game of the Dorado Softball Classic, 5-4, against Ironwood Ridge, but the prospects for the reigning state champions still look bright.

The Arizona House of Representatives voted to approve the bill that will allow public schools to teach the Bible as an elective.

Canyon Del Oro goalkeeper Megan Baker dives for a ball that went wide. Baker had 15 saves, while Nighthawk goalkeeper Kim Schultz stopped the Dorados’ four shots on goal.

'Hot Tub Time Machine'

Letters to the editor published in the December 16, 2009, edition of The Explorer.

During halftime of the showdown between Canyon Del Oro and Catalina Foothills, a near-nude streaker raced across the field, jumped a fence on the outskirts of the track and kept going.

Pusch Ridge Christian Academy's Lions fumbled the ball the first two times they touched it Friday night, falling behind visiting Canyon State 14-0.

Something unusual heard on the Marana football team's sideline as the squad headed to the locker room for halftime: "Hey coach, did we defer before kickoff?"