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• Phoenix HR firm handles companies' tasks

  Chestnut Lane owner Polly Levine is passionate about making lobster Cobb salads and sandwiches with organic ingredients.

• Block of business involves 120,000 life policies with a face amount of almost US$500 million

  Source: The Canadian Press Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc., Canada's fourth-biggest insurer, said Friday it has acquired the life insurance policies of California-based Golden State Mutual for US$11 million.

• Sun City pediatrician's office 'disgusted' by child-porn arrest

  The Phoenix pediatrician office that employed a doctor accused of sharing thousands of child pornography photos released a statement saying the partners were "disgusted" by the allegations.

• Scottsdale district to release report on new start times

  Scottsdale schools Superintendent Gary Catalani promised the governing board Tuesday that the district will release a report on the effects of the new start times after the first quarter ends Oct.

• Scottsdale likely to bid on state trust land for preserve

  Scottsdale is expected to be among the bidders next month for 2,000 acres of state trust land that has been appraised at $44.1 million.

• Scottsdale council move allows health facility, draws criticism

  Despite a roomful of opposition, the Scottsdale City Council cleared the way Tuesday for development of an 80-bed residential health and memory-care facility on 5 acres at the southwestern corner of Lone Mountain and Scottsdale roads.

• Tempe Condo Towers to be Finished Soon

  There will soon be activity to clean up a longtime eyesore in downtown Tempe. The Centerpoint Condominium project, which was largely finished when the developer went bankrupt two years ago, has a new owner.

• U-Call-It Lobster, Labor Day Clam Bake and Apple Bacon Fritters in Today's Eater's Digest

  Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives? Seafood Weekend Hooray for three day weekends! Hopefully you don't have to work and can enjoy an extra day off, but if you do have to work, there are two special dinners this weekend that should put you in good spirits.

• Lawyer's blog digs up dirt on forthcoming Valley restaurants

  On the surface, Heidi Short's job isn't very exciting. She's a land-use and zoning attorney with Phoenix-based law firm Fennemore Craig PC .

• Architect's 40-year endeavor to erect Earth-friendly city still inspires

  Arcosanti has spent 40 years on the fringes of relevancy. It began in 1970, when Paolo Soleri went to the remote country 70 miles north of Phoenix and started building his vision of the future on the basalt cliffs overlooking the Agua Fria River.