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  • All in the Family - December 28, 2000
    County supervisor and her brother-in-law both have an interest in Bank One Ballpark
  • Drug War Cowboys - December 21, 2000
    The DEA may finally get its man
  • Double Double Talk - December 21, 2000
    Burger chain heads to court over alleged trademark violation
  • Judge Rapped - December 14, 2000
    Former judge reprimanded for dereliction
  • Accountants Down - December 14, 2000
    State files more charges against Arthur Andersen in BFA scandal
  • Lost Cause - December 7, 2000
    National advocacy group dumps affiliate over debt
  • Deportee's Over - November 30, 2000
    INS gives Valley mom the boot after criminal past comes to light
  • Prayberry RFD - November 23, 2000
    Valley church group finds salvation in Andy Griffith Show reruns
  • Strife With Father - November 16, 2000
    Under fire for charges of behavior unbecoming a priest, controversial pastor Saúl Madrid takes a self-imposed sabbatical
  • Screen Saver - November 9, 2000
    Bijou baron Dan Harkins renovates Tempe's historic Valley Art Theatre
  • Speaker Phone - November 2, 2000
    Groscost threats delayed action on alt-fuel debacle
  • Race Tracks - October 26, 2000
    Author Jon Entine comes to Phoenix to dissect the Taboo subject of why blacks dominate sports
  • Turning Tale - October 19, 2000
    In a luridly chilling videotape, a transsexual who helped convict her lover of murdering his wife says she did it herself
  • Gone But Not Forgotten - October 19, 2000
    Financial conservator Andrea McShane has disappeared and left behind a mess of mishandled assets
  • Here Comes the Fudge - October 12, 2000
    From U.S. District Court to the Arizona State Fair, attorney Steve Silver's baked goods are under every judge's nose
  • What a Gas! - October 12, 2000
    Consumers are rushing to get in on the state's new bi-fuel rebate program
  • Half-Baked Bean Counters - October 5, 2000
    Arthur Andersen accountable in BFA collapse, state says
  • Fuel's Gold - September 28, 2000
    Consumers clamor for big state bucks under alternative-fuel incentive program
  • Inquire Practice - September 28, 2000
    District investigating complaints by parents of Hispanic students at Kenilworth Elementary
  • Lawsuit on Board - September 28, 2000
    Fired AutoNation worker sues company for pregnancy discrimination
  • Uneven Stephen - September 28, 2000
    The return of "Con Err"
  • Ecstatic Fall Sale - September 28, 2000
    Safari Media update
  • Muck My Day - September 21, 2000
    Sheriff candidate fears dirty politics
  • Unfinished Business - September 21, 2000
    Susan Clark-Johnson has yet to leave the board of directors of Harrah's Entertainment
  • The Not So United Way - September 21, 2000
    Tempe city honchos break camp over Boy Scouts' anti-gay rule
  • Speared - September 14, 2000
    Jamie Warren claims his football coach at Scottsdale Community College ran a drill in which he was speared in the back during practice. The ugly incident has unleashed a flood of allegations in Artichoke land.
  • Mass Confusion - September 14, 2000
    Bishop's guarded statement of support for embattled pastor further inflames critics
  • Animal House - September 7, 2000
    County officials dog Arizona Humane Society
  • Not Necessarily the News - September 7, 2000
    Media create controversy in otherwise clean campaign
  • Community Jest - September 7, 2000
    Fake 'Get Out of Jail Free' card figures into Mesa constable's campaign game plan
  • Rapture & Rupture - August 31, 2000
    Heavenly deliverance, 'ethnic cleansing' and child-snatching in polygamous Colorado City
  • Parting Shot - August 24, 2000
    Forced out of the military over refusal to take part in a controversial anthrax immunization program, an ex-serviceman finds his protest was in vein
  • Grill, Interrupted - August 24, 2000
    Owners of a new restaurant that's popular with lesbians want to set the record straight
  • Holy War - August 17, 2000
    Demonstrators launch boycott and announce plans for legal action against the Catholic diocese
  • Semen Says - August 17, 2000
    Valley lab aims to catch adulterers with their dirty underpants down
  • Kay's Okay - August 10, 2000
    "Committing the Truth" follow-up
  • Family Affair - August 10, 2000
    Sale of Zia Enterprises ushers in a new era for 20-year-old record-store chain
  • Docket Science - August 10, 2000
    Civil suits take back seat to criminal cases in county's full court press
  • Soft Cell - August 3, 2000
    Special handling for a federal prosecutor's drunken-driving case sparks controversy in sheriff's ranks
  • Throwing Precaution to the Wind - August 3, 2000
    DOC chief continues his easy ride despite death threats -- and a couple of crashes
  • The Doctor Is Out - July 27, 2000
    Lost lease causes labor pains for flamboyant abortionist
  • Good to the Last Flop - July 13, 2000
    Will new e-zine celebrating Failure succeed in spite of itself?
  • Kosher Clash - July 6, 2000
    Israeli burger statue has local collector in a pickle
  • Lost in the Translation - July 6, 2000
    Top city official at center of racial controversy
  • "Fid" to Be Tried - June 29, 2000
    "Godmother" of state fiduciaries indicted on 11 felony counts
  • Sex Crimes and the City - June 29, 2000
    Retiring child-abuse investigator recalls most haunting cases
  • Worlds Apart - June 22, 2000
    When it comes to immigration for gay bi-national couples, love does have borders
  • What's a Mother to Do? - June 15, 2000
    Teenage daughter of anti-gang activist charged in carjack murder
  • One Man's Meat - June 15, 2000
    ASU cannibalism expert is mad enough to bite someone's head off
  • Make My Dane - June 15, 2000
    Mesa dog owner hopes to hop on Hollywood gravy train
  • Road Warrior - June 8, 2000
    Ranch owner's feud with feds has been dragging on for 10 years
  • Last Call - June 8, 2000
    The Mojave Phone Booth gets disconnected
  • Up in the Air - June 1, 2000
    Why isn't DEQ cracking down on an alleged law breaker?
  • Student, Teaching - June 1, 2000
    13-year-old reveals strange double life as grade school math instructor
  • Last Call - June 1, 2000
  • The Big Sleep - May 25, 2000
    Vintage-paperback dealer Blake Shira writes his own final chapter
  • Swarming Trend - May 25, 2000
    State's buzz on killer bees? Learn to live with 'em.
  • Fallen Idol - May 18, 2000
    Questions surround death of charismatic Yavapai leader
  • Spike Girls - May 11, 2000
    College public relations head nixes student's story on Baptist Foundation
  • Reporter's Notebook - May 11, 2000
    Hearing bull in a bear market
  • Press Club Honors Silverman - May 4, 2000
    Reporter wins NT's sixth consecutive Journalist of the Year award
  • The Truck Stops Here - April 27, 2000
    Pickup owner driven to distraction by vehicle forfeiture snafu
  • Bad Sign - April 27, 2000
    High rate of Reform Party invalid signatures may signal trouble for other ballot measures
  • Chemistry Decree - April 20, 2000
    Local distributor of "party drug" ingredient held on $5 million bail in biggest GHB bust in U.S. history
  • Mujeres Don't Cry - April 20, 2000
    All-Chicana stage production lifts gritty curtain on inner-city life
  • Scrubbed? - April 20, 2000
  • Demean Machine - April 13, 2000
    Owner of health-food chain accused of disparaging female employees
  • The Redemption of Bret Easton Ellis - April 13, 2000
    A decade ago, the American Psycho author was vilified. Now, he could launch a franchise.
  • Cesar Saludo - April 6, 2000
    Latino lawmakers' persistence pays dividends with designation of Chávez Day
  • Fallen Angel - April 6, 2000
    The youngest Carbajal was full of pride
  • Murder, She Wrote - March 30, 2000
    Sister of slain ASU co-ed pens memoir more than 30 years later
  • Don't Waste America - March 23, 2000
    In an unusual lawsuit, environmentalist says city is hoarding federal money
  • Feed Him and Weep - March 23, 2000
    "Mill Avenue Food Critic" is back -- and restaurateurs are reaching for the Tums
  • Working Stiffs - March 23, 2000
    Arizona's low salaries, high turnover plague the worst-paid state employees in the country
  • Habla Di, Habla Da, Strife Goes On - March 23, 2000
    Federal ruling in bilingual-education lawsuit goes unheeded by state officials
  • Cold Shoulder - March 16, 2000
    State gives feds the brush-off on open-space preservation plan
  • Spelunk, Spelunk, Fizz, Fizz - March 16, 2000
    State parks worker canned over Kartchner Caverns column
  • Shot in the Arm - March 16, 2000
    Anthrax vaccine opponents are finding more allies in Congress
  • Pack Mentality - March 9, 2000
    The fur flies as ranchers and wolf-huggers argue over a plan to put lobos in the wilderness
  • Match Game 2000 - March 2, 2000
    Inflammatory signs ignite North Central neighborhood battle
  • Legerdemain Man? - March 2, 2000
    Accountant who audited Keating firm also gave BFA a clean slate, lawsuit claims
  • The Last Man in Cactus - February 24, 2000
    City zoning rules make it tough for Larry Jany to sell his property and retire
  • Mutiny on the Bounty - February 17, 2000
    Jury finds another bounty hunter guilty in 1997 double-murder case
  • Pet Peeve - February 10, 2000
    Dog days may be over for elderly apartment dweller
  • Wolfing Down Beef - February 10, 2000
    A Mexican gray wolf pack learns to kill cattle and loses its freedom
  • Sports Fight - February 10, 2000
    ESPN battles Phoenix webmaster over domain name
  • In Memory of Deborah Laake - February 10, 2000
  • The Ho Shebang - February 3, 2000
    Local party promoter trademarks black hooker slang
  • Sack-A-Flack - February 3, 2000
    State health department's respected spokesman gets his walking papers
  • An ID Ahead of Its Time - January 27, 2000
    Bob Hartle toiled to get state and federal identity-theft laws passed; now he's fighting to get them enforced
  • The Check Republic - January 20, 2000
    City officials sidestep rules to avert New Year's Eve entertainer boycott
  • The Tie That No Longer Binds - January 20, 2000
    Grand Canyon University severs formal link with Southern Baptist Convention
  • Hog-Wash vs. Harkins - January 20, 2000
    President Clinton, Kirstie Alley asked to boycott theater chain in Flagstaff moviehouse dispute
  • You've Got Toast! - January 20, 2000
    At a Las Vegas electronics show, "networked homes" have everybody talking, but not asking the right questions