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Jimmy Magahern was presented with his 10th and 11th Arizona Press Club Awards on May 15, 2010: First place in business reporting and in health reporting. See list of winners here.

  
 Recent Articles

 
Published by Lovin' Life, July, 2010  
Sun City Grand's Ron Ransom is waiting for his debut on Sunset Daze, a troubled cable reality series on swingin' seniors, to launch his life's own crowning chapter.  

 
Published by Times Publications, July, 2010  
Today's specialty "cake artists" are the new pop stars of the elite party crowd.  

 
Published by CityCircles, May, 2010  
The transit system's Central Station makeover hops aboard its green future, while leaving behind its colorful past.  

 
Published by Times Publications, May, 2010  
As the future of Arizona's 13 closed rest areas remains in question, the state's travelers and truckers are standing up for the pit stop.  

 
Published by Times Publications, March, 2010  
From quarter-midget race cars to high-speed pocket bikes, kids too young for drivers licenses are rippin' it up on Valley race tracks  

 
Published by Times Publications, February, 2010  
Arizona is becoming home to a new breed of upscale retirement communities, giving new meaning to the term "destination resorts"  

 
Published by Times Publications, December, 2009  
Local artist James B. Hunt has found a novel way of showing his peculiar pieces of art -- first by hiding them and then letting fans seek them out as free treasures.  

 
Published by Lovin' Life After 50, December, 2009  
For decades, Arizona's RV parks have been attracting active retirees. But in today's economy, some 55-and-over communities are welcoming younger residents living on wheels wherever the work may take them.  

 
   
 Business
  
    01  
    Laid Off, Inc.  
    In the ranks of the unemployed, groups of Valley corporate castaways are getting creative and finding that the last thing they need in order to survive is a job.  
 
 Sports
  
  01  
  Chuting The Bull  
  In Cave Creek, almost any yahoo can try riding a live bull behind a rowdy Western saloon. But only the baddest cowboys can make it big in the rising sport of professional bull riding.  
 
 Entertainment
  
  01  
  Fabulous at 50  
  Phoenix Art Museum is just entering its prime.  
     
 
   
 People
  
    01  
    Top 'O the Mountain  
    How do you get to the top of Camelback Mountain? For Bill O'Brien, it took ingenuity, hard work - and a bit of the luck of the Irish  
 
 Lifestyle
  
  01  
  MexMansions  
  As the Valley's Hispanic population gains affluence, home builders are catering to the trend by placing half-million-dollar homes next to blighted barrios  
 
 Technology
  
  01  
  Obama Futurama  
  Could the nation's new "hope" mantra help the business of preserving bodies? One Scottsdale-based cryonics organization is banking on it.  
           
   
 Environment
  
    01  
    For Profit: Another Kind of Green  
    Alt energy innovations born in the Arizona boonies are going global. Get ready for the Revenge of the Hicks.  
 
 Health
  
  01  
  Second Chance  
  Twelve years after being misdiagnosed with cerebral palsy, the Beery twins are leading normal, active lives. A mother's tenacious research and what she considers a miracle have set them free.  
 
 Offbeat
  
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  Eating Arizona  
  Competitive eaters can devour ten percent of their body weight in ten minutes. But will they ever get any real respect?  
           

 

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