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rHot off the cyber-presses of the Business Journal: Erin Kalin, a country singer from Scottsdale whose body must be the envy of every other woman on the planet with four kids, has become... More >>
A breakfast that makes you go "mmmr" Not in Chandler, reportedly, where a teacher said his McDonald's bag contained a special ingredient: A live scorpion. Jeff Tallman, according... More >>
rIt's 51 down, 67 criminal counts to go for Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley. The county leader under investigation and indictment for failure to follow campaign finance disclos... More >>
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office promoted Paul Chagolla last year, even touting him as the agency's first Hispanic deputy chief, but Chagolla never got the raise that was supp... More >>
rSteven Anderson, the right-wing pastor from Tempe who said he was abused by authorities at an Arizona checkpoint in April, caught the attention of MSNBC for his hate-filled... More >>
The arson fire of June 14 at the Young Champions of America headquarters burned up every scrap of administrative records and melted scores of awards and trophies amassed over the years. Rory Hood... More >>
rTerry Goddard is one of 10 attorney generals across the country to take part in a task force with federal authorities against mortgage fraud. Rob McKenna, Washington's AG, is co-chair w... More >>
"Hos," the Maricopa County Treasurer Maricopa County Treasurer Charles "Hos" Hoskins has finally carried through on a threat he made back in December to sue the county again. Hoskins already has a la... More >>
rThe Arizona Republic seems to be taking a more aggressive stance lately against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Case in point: Its big Sunday story about the sheriff by Dan Nowicki en... More >>
The crime is sophisticated and devious: You're tricked into swiping your card in a thieving cardreader planted over the real one. Meanwhile, the would-be Lex Luthors are watching you punch in your P... More >>
A wanna-be writer and musician from California has sued the Valley's own dark mistress of vampire fiction, Stephenie Meyer in what looks like a half-baked cry for attention. The young woman, Jordan... More >>
rCharges have been dropped against an 18-year-old man who took an Airsoft rifle -- which shoots BBs or pellets -- to Scottsdale's McDowell Sonoran Preserve. The teen, Max Hoem... More >>
Creationists will have a field day with this one. Turns out that Charles Darwin was wrong about the appendix. Darwin believed the organ didn't do anything useful, so it might have been ves... More >>
You want to ignore that speed-camera ticket -- good for you. Heck, we even encourage it. But we also encourage authorities to prosecute to the fullest those who would commit violence as some sort of... More >>
We messed up and we admit it. Our blog post yesterday about the Yellow Sheet Report contained a factual error -- it wasn't Phil Riske who broke the story last year about the connection between Capta... More >>
rThe Phoenix police cold case squad, in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Office, arrested an elderly man at a long-term care facility in connection with a 1987 murder. Cops sa... More >>
Reading the full transcript of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' August 10 interview with the Arizona Daily Star, it's easy to see why people are so frustrated with plans to launch governmen... More >>
President Obama popped into a meeting today between government officials and immigrant advocates, saying he wants local 287(g)-authorized agencies "held accountable," a pro-immigrant group said today... More >>
Thankfully, there's just one Trent Franks. The conservative Arizona Congressman from District Two, which includes Maricopa County, apparently believes human beings should multiply like rabbits until ... More >>
Veteran Arizona Capitol Times reporter Phil Riske has been fired from the Yellow Sheet, a paid-subscription politics rag, says an Arizona Republic blog post by Matthew Benson. Riske had been with th... More >>
Phoenix cops call the murder of Terry Neely, 46, one of the most heinous they've ever seen -- and indeed, these details can make the most jaded news reader shudder. Even the beginning of the at... More >>
Arizona State University is "leading the pack in improvements and innovative changes," according to the latest issue of U.S. News and World Report magazine. Though ASU was only as the 121st best na... More >>
Check out the photo and caption that ran along with an article on an Irish Web site about an upcoming solar energy project: r To folks across the "pond," Arizona is one vast d... More >>
rThe owner of a $3.5 million mansion in the Biltmore Estates was arrested today by Phoenix police in connection with an arson fire that burned the place to the ground. Michael Marin told... More >>
Since we're on speaking terms (for the time being) with Dave Hendershott, chief deputy of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and Joe Arpaio's right-hand man, we've got a few other things to relate... More >>
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