Email Author Bruce Rushton

Awards

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published June 30, 2005

  "S#&t Storm"

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2004 Stories by Bruce Rushton

• Hope I Die Before I Get Old

  published December 2, 2004

  Stricken with dementia and unable to care for herself, Lucille Ayers died a horror-movie death. "My mother basically died staked to an ant... More >>

• A Legal Matter

  published December 2, 2004

  Sometimes, it takes a lawsuit to punish a bad nursing home. But state lawmakers may rein in the lawyers by making it tougher to sue. In June... More >>

• In God We Trust

  published October 21, 2004

  Richard Ellison, founder and president of Help Ministries, says his organization is doing the Lord's work. In a message on the Mesa-based... More >>

• How to drink and drive and get away with it

  published September 2, 2004

  Cherry lollipop? Check. Eye patch? Check. Bandage on knee? Check. Loaf of bread open on the passenger seat, next to a... More >>

• Dude Where's My Car?

  published August 19, 2004

  It sounds too good to be true. Just stick the key in, jiggle it around a little, and presto: Any Chrysler product manufactured between 1992 and... More >>

• Falling Down

  published June 17, 2004

  Scott Holden walked into court on May 2 certain of victory. He was representing Diane Brauch, whose husband, James, had fallen in a Scottsdale... More >>

• Dora's Darlings

  published June 3, 2004

  Dora Schriro lives in a parallel universe, a place where teenage thugs sit on Santa's lap and Girl Scouts visit penitentiaries. In Schriro's... More >>

• Garbage Time

  published May 20, 2004

  The nation's biggest garbage company is everywhere in Mobile, one of Maricopa County's smallest communities. "Thank You Waste Management,"... More >>

• Reasonable Doubt

  published February 19, 2004

  A federal judge in Missouri is refusing to admit sworn testimony from Arizona Department of Corrections Director Dora Schriro in a lawsuit brought... More >>