Email Author James King

Awards

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Valley Fever

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published September 8, 2011

  "Brocked Up"

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2009 Stories by James King

• Huffington Post Claims Republican Women Afraid of State GOP Executive Director Brett Mecum

  published Dec 16, 2009

  r The Huffington Post claims that the stalking complaint against GOP Executive Director Brett Mecum fits a pattern of weirdo behavior by him that's creeping out Arizona Republican Pa... More >>

• Police Looking For Two Men and Woman They Believe Robbed a 16-Year-Old Kid While He Was Waiting For the Bus

  published Dec 16, 2009

  r Phoenix police are looking for three people they say robbed a 16-year-old kid on December 10.The unidentified teen was waiting at the bus stop on 7th Street and McDowell when two men walked up... More >>

• John McCain Continues Campaign to Pardon Boxing Great Jack Johnson, Despite the Fact That He's Been Dead Since 1946

  published Dec 16, 2009

  rSenator John McCain received some bad news from the Justice Department last week: Boxing legend Jack Johnson will not receive a pardon from the Obama administration.Johnson has been dead for ... More >>

• Man Attacked by Rabid Bobcat Strangles Animal to Death With Bare Hands

  published Dec 16, 2009

  rOfficials at the Arizona Game and Fish Department say a Yavapai County man was attacked by a rabid bobcat on Monday. Rather than panic, he strangled it with his bare hands.The man's name is not... More >>

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  ASU Student/Aspiring Male Underwear Model Featured on ABC News to Promote New "Self-Promotion" Web site

  published Dec 16, 2009

  rThere is a brand-new virtual forum for shameless self-promotion, and an Arizona State University sophomore has found himself as the face of the new site.Ryan Maciorski, 19,  was recently f... More >>

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  Mug Shot of the Week From MCSO: 27-Year-Old Brittany Alexis Giacone

  published Dec 16, 2009

  rSurprise! You're under arrest!   Judging by the shocked look on Brittany Alexis Giacone's face, it seems the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has captured on film the exact moment t... More >>

• Disciplinary Commission Recommends Suspension for Phillips and Associate; Does This Mean Valley Residents Will Be Spared Those Awful TV Adsr

  published Dec 15, 2009

  r"Need a tough, experienced attorney to protect your future and your freedomr" If so, and Jeffrey Phillips of Phillips and Associates TV-ad fame is your attorney of choice, you might have to wait ... More >>

• Police Release Names of Members of "Fluffy Bunny Crew" Busted Last Week. One Happens to Be a Hell of a Golfer

  published Dec 15, 2009

  rSome new information has been released about the people busted as part of the Department of Public Safety's "Operation Triple Threat" last week, including the names of some of the members of ... More >>

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  "Christianity" Causes Phoenix Consignment Store Worker to Return More Than $9K She Found in Donated Heating-Pad Box

  published Dec 15, 2009

  r An employee made a stunning discovery when she was processing a heating pad brought into A Second Look Consignment Superstore in North Phoenix last week -- $9,080 in cash.After findin... More >>

• "Drive Hammered...Get Nailed" Holiday DUI Task Force Nabs 223 Drunk Drivers This Week

  published Dec 15, 2009

  rIf the Governor's Office of Highway Safety hasn't made itself abundantly clear that it won't be tolerating drunk drivers this holiday season, the shear number of drunk drivers it has nailed as p... More >>

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  Cardinals Crushed by 49ers; Turn Ball Over Seven Times in Embarrassing Loss

  published Dec 15, 2009

  rFor anyone who watched the Arizona Cardinals beat down Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings last week and then saw the Redbirds get crushed by the San Francisco 49ers last night, you may have t... More >>

• Arpaio, Unfazed by Prior Lawsuits, Will Force Jail Inmates to Listen to Christmas Music All Day Long

  published Dec 14, 2009

  rIt seems as though America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" can't live without hearing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in his jails this holiday season.Sheriff Joe, despite being sued six time... More >>

• ICE Agents in Phoenix Seize More Than $8K Worth of Bogus NFL Jerseys and Ed Hardy Shirts as Part of "Operation Holiday Hoax"

  published Dec 14, 2009

  rImmigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Phoenix and Tucson rounded up nearly $800,000 worth of bootleg clothing last week, including more than $8,000 worth of phony football jerseys, as p... More >>

• Redflex Posts Signs Banning Guns in Bars at its Phoenix Headquarters. Unless Redflex Starts Serving Drinks, They're the Wrong Signs

  published Dec 14, 2009

  rRedflex, the company responsible for the widely unpopular speed-cameras that, um, patrol Valley roads, has banned guns in its downtown Phoenix offices -- probably not a bad decision consider... More >>

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  Do Lil Wayne Fans Know How to Spellr For the Ones Who Read Valley Fever, All Signs Point to No

  published Dec 14, 2009

  rOn October 2, Valley Fever featured a post about rapper Lil Wayne's latest brush with the law. In the comment section of the post, fans and critics voiced their opinions on the matter, and it s... More >>

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  Florida Continues Campaign to Steal the Chicago Cubs From Mesa

  published Dec 14, 2009

  rA group of business fat-cats in Naples, Florida, are hosting a private reception this afternoon in what is the state of Florida's latest push to rob Mesa of Chicago Cubs spring training. ... More >>

• Can the Cards Beat the Niners to Clinch Divisionr Despite History, the Answer is Yes

  published Dec 14, 2009

  rWhen the Arizona Cardinals take the field tonight, the team has a chance to do something it hasn't done in 34 years -- win two consecutive division titles. Standing in their way -- the la... More >>

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  "Fluffy Bunny Crew" One of Three Street Gangs Busted by DPS

  published Dec 11, 2009

  rIn the past, criminal street gangs have used names that strike fear in the hearts of their rivals. The Bloods, the Crips, the Jets, the Sharks -- all have an intimidating connotation.As for S... More >>

• GOPer Brett Mecum Called "Creepy Around Women" in Criminal Stalking Complaint

  published Dec 11, 2009

  rArizona Republican Party Executive Director Brett Mecum is "creepy around women," according to a complaint filed with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.A criminal complaint, dredged up by th... More >>

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  City of Tempe Changes Sea Life Deal, But Goldwater Institute Says More Changes Might Need to be Made

  published Dec 11, 2009

  rThe Goldwater Institute claims that a lawsuit it filed against the city of Tempe has forced changes in the deal between the city and a British developer to build an aquarium at the Arizona Mills ... More >>

• Arizona Senator Jim Waring Makes it Official; Eyes Run for State Treasurer

  published Dec 11, 2009

  rThere was speculation that Republican AZ Senator Jim Waring would consider a run for state treasurer, and this week he made it official.Yesterday, term-limited Waring planned to set u... More >>

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  Arizona Republic Pays Homage to a Miserable Decade of Hockey in Arizona

  published Dec 11, 2009

  rThe Arizona Republic has compiled a list of what it feels are the top 10 Phoenix Coyotes stories of the decade and as, um, shocking as it may seem, only two of them actually pertain to something ... More >>

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  Arpaio Detention Officer Adam "Sticky Fingers" Stoddard Out of Clink Pending Appeal, but His Days as, um, "Political Prisoner" May Be Over

  published Dec 10, 2009

  r Adam Stoddard, the sticky-fingered detention officer jailed for defying a court order demanding he apologize to a defense attorney for taking her legal papers, has been released from ja... More >>

• ASU Hosting Lego Championships. University Officials Say There's Nothing Nerdy About It. Yeah, Right

  published Dec 10, 2009

  rMore than 300 of Arizona's top Lego architects will be meeting at Arizona State University on Saturday to compete in the First Lego League robotic championships.The competition will have 32 tea... More >>

• Former Phoenix City Council Worker and Weed Advocate Gets Mom's Approval for His Book: Marijuana is Safer: Why Are We Driving People to Drink

  published Dec 10, 2009

  rDiane Tvert is a self-described "child of the '70's," so when her son wrote a 192-page book about why weed is safer than alcohol that has found itself on best-seller lists, she was quick to give ... More >>