Email Author Paul Rubin

Awards

• 2012 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published January 20, 2011

  "Unbalanced"

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Shadow Dwellers"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published November 25, 2010

  "Whitewash"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published September 23, 2010

  "Pinalcchio"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published July 22, 2010

  "Phantom Murder"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published April 1, 2010

  "Honor Thy Father"

• 2010 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published January 15, 2009

  "Judging Juvies"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Are Your Papers in Order?"

• 2010 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc.

  "Are Your Papers in Order?"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 22, 2009

  "Friday Night Frights"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published August 21, 2008

  "Felonious Monk"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published February 14, 2008

  "Bombshell"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published February 7, 2008

  "If the Shoe Don't Fit"

• 2007 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  Murder City

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published July 27, 2006

  "Fear Factor"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published July 2, 2006

  "War and Peacenik"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published June 8, 2006

  "Tough Coach"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published September 23, 2010

  "Crying Shame"

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1992 Stories by Paul Rubin

• LEFT TO HIS OWN DEVICES BOB EMERICK SAYS DISTORTIONS DESTROYED HIS TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR SEX OFFENDERS

  published December 30, 1992

  Bob Emerick sat down recently for a heart-to-heart with his 11-year-old daughter, Leslie. "She really wanted to know why I am leaving... More >>

• ARIZONA'S SHOOTING STAR

  published December 23, 1992

  Ryneldi Becenti stands by herself at center court in the Albuquerque basketball arena known as The Pit. A few minutes remain in a game between... More >>

• OLD MCDONALD HAD A GIG

  published December 16, 1992

  When singer Richie Havens stole the show at Woodstock in 1969, A. Melvin "Mel" McDonald says he was "a Mormon boy up in Utah." "I thought that... More >>

• "HURRICANE" LESSNER DOWNGRADED TO TOPICAL DEPRESSION

  published December 2, 1992

  Richard Lessner, the Arizona Republic editorial writer who inflamed Hurricane Andrew survivors in Florida when his victim-bashing column was... More >>

• MESA TRIES TO TURN IT AROUND

  published November 25, 1992

  It was the worst time in her career as an educator, school administrator Janice Ramirez says. She didn't want to believe one of her best teachers... More >>

• SEX EDUCATION

  published November 25, 1992

  The Arizona Board of Education disciplines teachers for sexual activity with students far more than for any other reason. Slipshod hiring and... More >>

• WHY THE STATE CAN'T SPOT MOLESTERS

  published November 25, 1992

  Berkley Lunt rattles off the names the way sports fans recite the rosters of their favorite teams. Ken Lamberton. Jimmie Benally. Doug Koenig.... More >>

• TURKEY AND STIFFING

  published November 25, 1992

  You've probably heard of Nick Ligidakis--or at least about what he does each Thanksgiving Day. Many news organizations, including New Times, give... More >>

• SEX EDUCATION

  published November 18, 1992

  Part I of "Sex Education" (October 28) told how negligence by those who run Arizona's public schools can turn kids into prey for molesting... More >>

• SEX EDUCATION

  published October 28, 1992

  The 18-year-old turned on his tape recorder and spoke from the heart. "There's more out there than the anger and violence you see," he said.... More >>

• BIRTH OF A TEAM LEGENDARY FOOTBALL COACH KARL KIEFER STARTS ANOTHER WINNING TRADITION

  published October 14, 1992

  Pain is temporary. Pride is forever. --Sign in the locker room of Tempe Mountain Pointe High School Karl Kiefer's kids kneel around... More >>

• The Battle of Patriots Square

  published September 30, 1992

  As wars go, it started quietly. And although the Battle of the Placards didn't make the evening news or draw much notice from the newspapers, it... More >>

• FROM FIFE TO FLAGCRACK TRIB REPORTER GOES NORTH TO START NEWSPAPER

  published September 23, 1992

  Maybe, just maybe, Governor Fife Symington won't have to worry anymore about the reporter whose scoops consistently embarrassed him. Then again,... More >>

• Shiny Happy People

  published September 16, 1992

  Doug Wead, the preacher-turned-politician who moved to Arizona last year looking for work in Washington, D.C., was one giant step closer to... More >>

• DOWN TIME AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY HERE'S ONE FOR THE BOOKS

  published September 9, 1992

  All Sheila Dixon wanted to do was give her daughter a head start on a science project. What better place to go than the library? Instead of books,... More >>

• WHO DID ANN ROPER STAB?

  published September 2, 1992

  The 911 operator took the call at 3:34 a.m. on April 29, 1991. "Did he cut you with the knife?" she asked a frantic-sounding... More >>

• SEX SECRETS AT THE COP SHOP MESA POLICE BALK AT RELEASING REPORT ON LATEST SCANDAL

  published August 5, 1992

  Rocked by sex scandals, the Mesa Police Department has changed its policy about releasing the results of its completed internal investigations.... More >>

• RUNAWAY TRAINSTHE RAILROAD INDUSTRY WON'T TAKEN THE BLAME IF YOU GET KILLED AT ONE OF ITS CROSSINGS

  published July 22, 1992

  What Ray Bernal saw west of Casa Grande on June 30, 1975, troubled him so much he wrote a memo to his boss. An inspector for the Arizona... More >>

• SEARCH MEHOW MANY COPS DOES IT TAKE TO SEARCH A LAWYER'S OFFICE? NONE, AND THEY'LL HAVE TO CALLL A LAWYER FIRST

  published July 22, 1992

  A police investigation aimed at a family of Middle Eastern immigrants that lords over Phoenix's sex-club scene has had an unexpected... More >>

• SHOWDOWN IN CATTLE COUNTRY

  published June 24, 1992

  THE GOVERNMENT MAN recalls the first time he laid eyes on a Klump. "One of the brothers was riding horseback over the south side of the Dos... More >>

• DEAD MEAT AT MCDONALD'SSENIOR CITIZENS NOT DISCOUNTED IN FAST-FOOD BLACKMAIL PLOT

  published June 17, 1992

  Jack and Penny Laetch may end up telling a judge they deserve a break-but it won't be at McDonald's. The elderly Scottsdale couple... More >>

• BIG WHEEL

  published May 20, 1992

  IF MARIA TORREGROSSA knows anything, she says, she knows this: That man saw me standing right in front of him, and he came at me with... More >>

• ONE BRUTAL NIGHT IN WEST PHOENIX

  published May 13, 1992

  A Phoenix cop since 1983, Hardin had been a sergeant for only three months when Rodriquez stole the Chevy and presented him with one of his... More >>

• ONE BRUTAL NIGHT IN WEST PHOENIX

  published May 13, 1992

  MAURICIO RODRIQUEZ celebrated his 20th birthday a few days after Christmas 1990 by hot-wiring a late-model Chevy pickup. He and two friends... More >>

• DOG DAY AFTERNOON

  published May 13, 1992

  A few months ago, a Shar-Pei escaped from his north Phoenix backyard and wandered to a nearby apartment complex on Shangri-La Road. The... More >>