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Feature
A Gilbert Detective Crossed the Line to Turn Doug Grant’s Wife’s Bathtub Drowning Into a Murder Case
By Paul Rubin
Published: October 16, 2008
This is Part 2 of a two-part story. Read Part 1 here. It's September 24, 2008, seven years to the day since Faylene Grant tumbled off a cliff in Utah. Faylene survived the...
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Feature
John McCain's Fame is Based on His POW Status, But He Has Abandoned Fellow Veterans
By Amy Silverman
Published: October 16, 2008
If you want to know what it's like to be a veteran in John McCain's home state, stop by the Justa Center in downtown Phoenix. On a Thursday morning not long ago, a volunteer...
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Night & Day
I Spit on Your Grave
This one’ll turn your tummy
By Leslie Barton
Published: October 16, 2008
Golfland SunSplash, usually the second-happiest place on Earth, has reinvented itself for All Hallows with The Gauntlet, a 4,000-square-foot maze re-creating the bubonic plague...
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Night & Day
All About Eve
And nothing about The Sitcom That Shall Not Be Named
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: October 16, 2008
This is perhaps the only article in the history of her career which will not mention by name the sitcom on which actress Eve Plumb became famous. That’s because...
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Night & Day
Doobie Brutha
Dope rapper spins yarns about sex and sticks
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: October 16, 2008
Some rappers obsessively brag about moving product, whether record sales or controlled substances, but Devin the Dude is much more interested in his El Producto. The Houston...
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Night & Day
Discomfort Inn
No smoking aloud for cig-free humorist/hotel critic
By Julie Peterson
Published: October 16, 2008
AmeriSuites, we're sure you're a fine hotel. Though bestselling humorist and National Public Radio darling David Sedaris name-checked you as a less-preferred accommodation, it...
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Night & Day
The Dork Side
By Jason Gross
Published: October 16, 2008
Somewhere in the course of making his mark as a mastermind behind Cartoon Network’s smartass Adult Swim programs, Christopher Ward found time to concoct a junk...
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Night & Day
Jazz It Up
A night of burning sound awaits at the Lost Leaf
Published: October 16, 2008
Every Monday night, one of the Valley's best jazz ensembles, Moseyhorse, nestle themselves in the exposed-brick corner of artsy beer/wine bar the Lost Leaf and play the hippest...
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Night & Day
SPAMMOBILE
Published: October 16, 2008
The traveling shrine to Hormel's mystery meat returns to pass out more free SPAMBURGERS to Arizona State Fairgoers. Fri., Oct. 17; Sat., Oct. 18; Sun., Oct. 19; Fri.,...
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Night & Day
Mary J. is A-OK
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: October 16, 2008
Is Mary J. Blige still the reigning queen of hip-hop soul? It was looking iffy a few years ago, when she released her lukewarm Love & Life, an awkward attempt to reconcile her...
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Night & Day
Big Time
DJ Big Time is everywhere you want to be
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: October 16, 2008
We've said it before and we'll gladly say it again: Andy Herrera (a.k.a. Big Latin) is one of the hardest-working cats in the P-town DJ and dance scene. He's got gigs going...
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Night & Day
The God-Loving Glam Goofball
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: October 16, 2008
There's a sly smile that highlights Paisley Yankolovich's face. It's the kind of bemused calm of knowing that the Christian performance artist's journey with Jesus is less a...
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Night & Day
Stingray Bay
Published: October 16, 2008
Pet the title nasties as well as bamboo and nurse sharks, who return for another season starting today. Starts: Oct. 18. Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 2008
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Fenske
A Dog of a Case: Andrew Thomas Again Proves That Indicting the Innocent Isn’t a Good Idea
By Sarah Fenske
Published: October 16, 2008
The crime was so heinous, it made headlines across the nation — and sent some animal lovers racing to their phones to make death threats. Dr. Joshua Winston, according...
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News
Latest on the Aryan Brotherhood Beating Death in Arpaio's Jail
Published: October 16, 2008
Click here for New Times' most recent coverage of this developing story.
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News
New Times’ Lawsuit Continues, Stern’s “Disorderly Conduct” Charge Dropped, and We Ask a Judge to Force Joe to Release Video of a Suffocated Inmate's Last Minutes
By John Dickerson
Published: October 16, 2008
Almost a year after New Times' two top executives were arrested and jailed, a federal judge dismissed parts of the newspaper's lawsuit against the Maricopa County officials...
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News Sidebar
Scant Regard for a Free Press
By Michael Lacey
Published: October 16, 2008
Contrary to newswire accounts, our lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and former special prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik is not dead, though parts...
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Feedback
Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 16, 2008
Published: October 16, 2008
IMMIGRATION NATION Round-ups are a wasted effort: Your story demonstrates how a bunch of racist rednecks are driving the agenda on illegal immigration ("Police State," Ray...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
On Niños Héroes and Blinging Out Your Astrovan with Stickers
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: October 16, 2008
A group of very young soldiers in the Mexican Army was being chased through a castle by U.S. Marines. At the end of the chase, the Mexicans realized they were trapped on a...
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Music
Giantkiller: A David Versus Goliath Rematch with the Majors?
By Serene Dominic
Published: October 16, 2008
Epic is a word that frequently punctuates Larry Elyea's conversation. Not enough times to warrant a drinking game — like with Sarah Palin and the word "maverick" —...
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