AZ Tidbits

• Glendale preparing bid for the 2016 NCAA Football Championship game.
• ASU extends contracts of Todd Graham & Steve Patterson.  
• Arizona state jobless rate jumps up sharply.   
• ESPN study ranks the Arizona Diamondbacks as the number 1 MLB franchise.
• Arizona has one of the nations highest rates of poverty. 
• I love those Arizona lightning showers. 
• Diamondbacks name Archie Bradley & Chris Owings as team's ML Pitchers/Players of the Year.
• This past Phoenix summer was the hottest on record.  
• 18 percent of Arizona residents lack health insurance, ranking 10th worst in nation. 
• Is Mesa Mayor Scott Smith running for Governor of Arizona?
• Trio of Arizonans make Forbes list of wealthiest Americans. 
• John McCain calls out the Dodger for the NL West clinching celebration at Chase Field. 
• Is a private prison system really the right for Arizona?  
• Arizona Cardinals DB Rashad Johnson is one tough hombre. 
• Chad Campbell announces that he will not run for Governor of Arizona. 
• Sheriff Joe Arpraio booted from latina conference.  Rightfully so.
• Arizona ranks as the fifth worst state to be unemployed. 
• The Arizona Cardinals lose starting LB's Sam Acho & Lorenzo Alexander for season.  
• Border Patrol agents in Ajo, AZ are living in some nice digs. 
• Bob Schieffer schools Arizona Congressman Matt Salmon on the reality based world.