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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2012 Stories by James King

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  Tempe Ranked Second-Worst College Town in America (By Online Education Peddlers)

  published Jan 06, 2012

  According to a new survey, Tempe, the home of Arizona State University's largest campus, is the second-worst college town in America -- worse even than places like Waco, Texas, Ruston, Louisiana, and ... More >>

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  Is Joe Arpaio Beatabler

  published Jan 06, 2012

  Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is 79 years old. He's also running for a sixth term as sheriff, as he announced yesterday."For all those critics that demonstrate in front of my office for three ye... More >>

• Larry Lee Thompson's Girlfriend Dissed Him in Front Of His Friends -- So He Stabbed Her 16 Times

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Larry Lee Thompson, a transient ex-con with a long history of domestic violence, felt that his 48-year-old girlfriend got a little lippy with him last night as the two were hanging out on the streets ... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio, at 79 Years Old, Is Really Running For Sheriff Again

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Despite a humiliating 2011 -- complete with a Mexican drug cartel infiltrating his office, a scathing Department of Justice report claiming he's guilty of the worst racial-profiling practices in U.S. ... More >>

• Tempe Mom Who Left 11-Month-Old Baby in Running Bathtub Gets Probation, Jail Time

  published Jan 05, 2012

  A Tempe woman who left her 11-month-old son in a running bathtub last year was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where she was sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years probation.Addit... More >>

• John Landrum Jr. Was Downloading More Kiddie-Porn As Cops Raided His Home

  published Jan 05, 2012

  We finally got our hands on the arrest report for alleged kiddie-porn connoisseur John Landrum Jr. Aside from having hundreds of images and videos of "child erotica" stored on his computer, he was act... More >>

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  Valley Radio Legend Bill Heywood and Wife Found Dead in Scottsdale Hotel; Suicide Pact Suspected

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Valley radio legend Bill Heywood and his wife, Susan, were found dead yesterday afternoon at a Scottsdale hotel in what police suspect to be a double-suicide.About 1 p.m. yesterday, housekeeping staff... More >>

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  Will Joe Arpaio's "Cooperation" With the DOJ End In a Lawsuitr

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio sent a letter to the Department of Justice yesterday saying he planned to cooperate with the federal government in fixing the alleged racial-profiling practices with... More >>

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  John Landrum Jr. Busted With "Some of the Most Egregious Child Porn" Cops Have Seen in a While

  published Jan 04, 2012

  A Phoenix man was arrested this morning after police found in his home hundreds of videos and images of kiddie-porn that investigators are calling "some of the most egregious child porn" they've seen ... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio Meets DOJ's "Cooperation" Deadline by Making Demands, Setting Deadline

  published Jan 04, 2012

  rThere's good and bad news about the deadline the Department of Justice gave Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to decide whether he'd cooperate with the feds in fixing the problems outli... More >>

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  KPHO Thinks it Saw a Chupacabra...Again

  published Jan 04, 2012

  Say what you will about the local TV news-hounds at KPHO, but the station is again leading the way in chupacabra-related journalism -- for the third time in less than a year, KPHO is reporting a sight... More >>

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  Sheriff Paul Babeu: "It's Time For a New Sheriff in Washington." Announces He'll Run For Congress

  published Jan 04, 2012

  It seemed like only a matter of time, but Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced this morning that he'll run for Congress in Arizona's Fourth Congressional District."The American people are soundin... More >>

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  Will Joe Arpaio Cooperate With the Feds Or Lead Taxpayers Into Another Pricey Lawsuitr

  published Jan 04, 2012

  Happy January 4! Today's the day we'll find out whether Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will cooperate with the federal government in correcting some of the problems outlined in the Department of J... More >>

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  If You Stole a Tempe Cop's SWAT-Issued Assault Rifle (Which May Or May Not Be a Fully Functioning Machine Gun), He'd Really Like it Back

  published Jan 03, 2012

  *UPDATE (7:13 p.m.): Good news -- the weapon is semi-automatic. After publishing this post, Tempe police spokesman Steve Carbajal says he got word that the rifle is not automatic -- despite his tellin... More >>

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  Kyrsten Sinema Surprises Precisely No One With Announcement That She's Running For Congress

  published Jan 03, 2012

  In a move that doesn't come as much of a shock to anyone familiar with state politics in Arizona, Democratic state Senator Kyrsten Sinema announced today that she's resigning from her Senate seat and ... More >>

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  J.D. Hayworth, Phoney "Conservative"/"Free Government Money" Huckster, Back On Right-Wing Radio

  published Jan 03, 2012

  rIt's been more than a year since Senator John McCain mopped the floor with former congressman/phoney conservative/free government-money huckster J.D. Hayworth in Arizona's GOP Senate primary, a... More >>

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  Judge Denies Senator Scott Bundgaard's Request to Halt Ethics Hearing Over Fight With Former Gal-Pal

  published Jan 03, 2012

  A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has denied state Senator Scott Bundgaard's request to put a stop to the State Senate ethics hearing over the fight the senator got into with his former gal-pal o... More >>

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  Scott Bundgaard's Request to Halt Senate Ethics Hearing Over Fight With Former Flame to Be Heard By Judge

  published Jan 03, 2012

  A Maricopa County Superior Court judge today will consider whether to put a stop to the State Senate ethics hearing over the fight Senator Scott Bundgaard got into with his former gal-pal on the side ... More >>

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  What Was the Most Humiliating Joe Arpaio Moment of 2011r

  published Jan 03, 2012

  There probably aren't too many people as happy to see 2011 come to an end as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- the 79-year-old sheriff had a particularly rough year in the PR department.Sadly, the... More >>