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Move Aside, Armani

While most 18-year-olds are deciding whether or not to attend senior prom, Alexander Sanchez is busy designing Alice Cooper’s costumes and submitting extravagant outfits for the revered design contest, A Royal Fashion Competition to benefit Pink Ribbons Crusade and Sentebale, His Royal Highness Prince Harry’s Personal Charity. In his final year at the New School for the Arts and Academics (NSAA) in Tempe, the fashion-designing teen is redefining what it means to dress to impress.

“I love this state,” Jackson says. “We go up to the Grand Canyon and Lake Powell. There’re just so many things to see here, I love it.”

In 1995, car collector extraordinaire, Brian Jackson, fell ill and, within months, had passed away. His 35-year-old brother, Craig, had two choices: To let the empire his late dad and older brother established and nurtured with Tom Barrett, who had retired in 1997 and passed away in 2004, continue its course on autopilot, or to steer the future of Barrett-Jackson car auctions in a new direction. Through Jackson’s role as chairman and...

Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Medical Center will host a free community presentation Tuesday, Jan. 29, about cord blood banking, which is now available at the facility. The event will feature Matthew Farrow, recipient of the world's first successful umbilical cord blood transplant, Dr...

In today’s technologically advanced world, it has become increasingly common to spend hours staring at computer screens, tablets and smart phones. According to local experts, staying glued to technology for long periods of time may ruin a person’s eyesight. Dr. Tyson Tanner, optometrist for Southwestern Eye Center in Phoenix and Sun City, calls this condition “square eyes,” a non-literal term used to describe strained or tired eyes, which result from constantly using electronic devices. “The more time we spend staring at our screen the more fatigued our eyes focusing system becomes...