Hot Links: State Dems to Obama: Take Jan Brewer Away; More Drug Tunnels at the Border; British Couple Escape Jail for Dubai Beach Sex

They can't be serious. Democrats want Barack Obama to appoint Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer to some cushy federal post -- doesn't matter which one -- so she won't be governor when Janet Napolitano abandons the state to run Homeland Security. When that doesn't work maybe state Dems will...

By Ray Stern

November 25, 2008

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They can't be serious. Democrats want Barack Obama to appoint Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer to some cushy federal post -- doesn't matter which one -- so she won't be governor when Janet Napolitano abandons the state to run Homeland Security. When that doesn't work maybe state Dems will just offer to write Brewer a million-dollar check to turn down Janet's job. Other stuff being reported out there today: Smugglers digging their way to big profits. Bailout money is being put to work on the economy even as Obama pushes for yet another big stimulus package. A ballsy jet-pack pilot zips over a 1,500-foot wide canyon, perhaps heralding the day when we all commute to work this way. Sex on the beach in Dubai won't net a British couple any prison time -- that's good to know. And dog-abuser and former football star Michael Vicks is hoping to keep his prison time relatively short.

Dems lobbying Obama to appoint Jan Brewer to federal post

Record number of tunnels being found under the Arizona-Mexico border

Arizona isn't very green

Federal Reserve and Treasury to use up to $800 billion to help thaw credit markets

Obama pushes another stimulus package to move economy

Daredevil flies over a canyon with jet pack

British couple won't face jail for sex on the beach in Dubai

Sword-wielding former Scientologist shot dead by guard in Hollywood had made previous threats

Former NFL star Michael Vick hopes plea deal will keep his prison time short

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Ray Stern is the former news editor of Phoenix New Times. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Arizona for more than two decades. He's won numerous awards for his reporting, including the Arizona Press Club's Don Bolles Award for Investigative Journalism.