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Valley Fever
10:00 pm
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Marijuana By Itself Not a Significant Factor in Fatal and Injury Crashes in 2012, DPS Data Shows Pot by itself was not much of a factor in injury and fatal crashes probed last year by the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Fewer than 1 percent of suspected impaired drivers involved in suc... More >>
Up on the Sun
4:45 pm
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Four Must-See Local DJs at This Weekend's Dirty Disco in Peoria Listen up, local party monsters and EDM fans. There are a few things you'll definitely need before going wild out at the massive outdoor dance fiesta and electronica rager known as Dirty Disco to... More >>
Up on the Sun
1:40 pm
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Beyonce Is Pregnant Again: The Top 10 #BeyonceBabyNames of 2013 America wants to be close to Jay-Z and Beyonce. Desperately close. Hashtag close. Because they are officially the last celebrities who have not turned their life together into a weekly show on Bra... More >>
Valley Fever
1:37 pm
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Trent Franks Now Wants to Tell Every Woman in America When It's Okay to Have an Abortion Anti-abortion fanatic/Republican Congressman Trent Franks has yet another abortion proposal, but this one's quite a bit more restrictive than his many other proposals.Franks, who is trying again... More >>
Valley Fever
12:56 pm
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Tony Phung, Restaurant Owner, Accused of Stabbing Co-Owners to Death in Dining Area Believe it or not, Amy's Baking Company may not be the biggest "kitchen nightmare" in the Valley.That honor goes to Phoenix Vietnamese restaurant Pho 35, where the owner allegedly stabbed two of... More >>
Chow Bella
12:30 pm
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Seven Amy's Baking Company Parodies in Video, Gifs, Memes and a Song (NSFW) We were there with front-row seats when all the drama began back in 2010. Since that time, when a local business owner totally flipped her shit over a negative Yelp review, the Amy's Baking Compa... More >>
Jackalope Ranch
12:00 pm
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Amy Nicholson Reviews Star Trek Into Darkness in This Week's Issue of New Times Nerd alert. J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness opens today, and, at risk of revealing just how deep our love of the Enterprise and its crew goes, suffice it to say we've been re-watching Star T... More >>
Valley Fever
11:56 am
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Airplane Up for Auction in Mesa Did Act as Air Force One, Historian Says; Still No Bids Yet The supposed Air Force One airplane up for auction at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport definitely did act as Air Force One, according to an Air Force historian.The General Services Administratio... More >>
Valley Fever
11:25 am
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Jeff Flake Slammed in TV Ad by Mother of Aurora Shooting Victim (Video) A Valley mom whose son was killed last year in the movie-theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, slams Senator Jeff Flake in an advertisement that's about to hit Phoenix airwaves, thanks to Flake's... More >>
Jackalope Ranch
10:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Top 5 Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Weekend This week a study revealed that people who smoke weed are skinnier. But that doesn't mean you should hole up and embark on the soon-to-be invented chronic diet. There's a lot to do this weekend ... More >>
Valley Fever
9:06 am
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Rozeanna Luna, After Unsuccessfully Trying to Give Away Her Baby at a Phoenix Gas Station, Calls 911 on Herself to Get Rid of Child A Phoenix mother tried to give away her 6-month-old baby to four random people at a gas station before just giving up and calling 911 on herself, in hopes that she'd be jailed, and her child wou... More >>
Chow Bella
9:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Scottsdale's Pomo Pizzeria Moving to Downtown Phoenix Pizzeria Bianco and Cibo may be downtown's mainstays for top-notch pies, but on Tuesday, May 28, another pizza powerhouse will enter the ring: Pomo Pizzeria. See also: - Sam Fox's New Seafood Sp... More >>
Up on the Sun
8:36 am
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley - Desert Sky Pavilion - May 16, 2013 Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley (see the full slideshow.)Desert Sky PavilionMay 16, 2013 For me, the night the Desert Sky Pavilion (or whatever else it's called from year to year) opens its g... More >>
Chow Bella
8:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Five Things to Eat and Drink This Weekend in Metro Phoenix Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We've got you covered. Check out what's on our plate. See also: - Food Truck Caravan Rolls into Downtown Scottsdale Starting This Satur... More >>
Chow Bella
7:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Guerrero's, Tempe's 31-Year-Old Family-Owned Mexican Restaurant, Set to Close This Fall It's the end of an era for Norma and Victor Guerrero. See also: - CLOSED: Cask 63 in North Scottsdale - Cheuvront Restaurant in Phoenix to Close at the End of May The husband-and-wife team behin... More >>
Up on the Sun
6:30 am
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
Justin Timberlake: Phoenix Tickets Are on Sale Today, Can Get Extremely Expensive Justin Timberlake is coming to Phoenix in December, and because he's Justin Timberlake that means tickets are on sale today at 10 a.m. Also because he's Justin Timberlake: The tickets, at least du... More >>
Valley Fever
6:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
CBS 5's Medical-Marijuana Story: "Investigation," or Propaganda? CBS 5 -- the local news station that claims to be "telling it like it is" -- ran one of the stranger "investigations" we've seen from a local TV station.In the report, "investigative reporter" M... More >>
Chow Bella
6:00 am
May. 17, 2013
Phoenix News
$200,000 of BP Oil Spill Recovery Funds Will Pay for Top Chef to Come to New Orleans Remember when BP dumped a crapload of oil into the Gulf? Well in a giant statement of "sorry 'bout it," they created a sizeable fund to help boost tourism in the state of Louisiana over 18 month... More >>
Feathered Bastard
10:02 pm
May. 16, 2013
Phoenix News
Joe Arpaio Recall Suspends Paid Signature Gathering Campaign for Second Time The roller-coaster campaign to recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio took another dive today. With just two weeks left before the recall's May 30 deadline, the on-again, off-again paid effort to gather sig... More >>
Chow Bella
5:10 pm
May. 16, 2013
Phoenix News
Central Phoenix ABC Cake Decorating Supplies Receiving Angry Phone Calls From Confused Amy's Baking Company Haters This time, it's not as easy as ABC. Imagine what it would be like to have a Phoenix business with an all-too-similar name to Amy's Baking Company, and you'll feel ABC Cake Decorating Supplies'... More >>
Valley Fever
4:37 pm
May. 16, 2013
Phoenix News
Paul Babeu, Pinal County Sheriff, Getting Some Lovin' (and Help Distracting Public from PCSO Search-and-Rescue Woes) from Fox News Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has been catching some serious heat over the way his office handled the search for missing hiker Christopher Hensley. The PCSO's own search crew combed the Super... More >>
Valley Fever
4:07 pm
May. 16, 2013
Phoenix News
CBS 5 "Investigation" Into Medical Marijuana Includes a Made-Up Statistic CBS 5 -- the local news station that claims to be "telling it like it is" -- prominently displayed a made-up statistic during its recent anti-medical marijuana propaganda piece "investigation."I... More >>
Valley Fever
3:46 pm
May. 16, 2013
Phoenix News
Marijuana Helps Control Diabetes, Promotes Good Cholesterol, Leads to Lower Waist Size, and Lowers Bladder Cancer Risk, New Studies Show Smoking marijuana has "remarkable" effect on diabetic problems and may lower risk of getting the disease, a study published on Wednesday states. This news comes a few days after a presentation a... More >>
Chow Bella
2:54 pm
May. 16, 2013
Phoenix News
The Amy's Baking Company Carnival: The Reverend Jarrett Maupin Joins the Sideshow The Amy's Baking Company shit show is drawing out Phoenix's cast of characters like moths to the flame. It's probably only a matter of time until Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Russell Pearce get involved... More >>
Chow Bella
12:27 pm
May. 16, 2013
Phoenix News
Amy's Baking Company Shit Show Continues: Now With Grand Re-Opening Press Release Seemingly moments after most of us were making Amy Bouzaglo's cat impersonation ("Meow, meow, meow -- meow, meow!"), uttered on last Friday's season finale of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, t... More >>
Feathered Bastard
11:53 am
May. 16, 2013
Phoenix News
Joe Arpaio Recall: 14 Days Left, a New Dennis Gilman Video Citizens for a Better Arizona president Randy Parraz makes two very important points in this new video from Dennis Gilman. The first has to do with what is possible. See also: -Joe Arpaio Shi... More >>
Jackalope Ranch
11:00 am
May. 16, 2013
Phoenix News
Eureka!: Isac Amaya Foundation Calls for Creative Fundraising Ideas for College Students For years, the Isac Amaya Foundation has been raising funds for scholarships to distribute to Arizona students to attend college and/or a university. But now they have a new strategy: empower ... More >>
Up on the Sun
10:20 am
May. 16, 2013
Phoenix News
A Record Store Geek (And Parent) on Exploring The Music Generation Gap Finally, I get to write about music. I've been hanging out on the cultural side of the New Times site, Jackalope Ranch, writing a little column called Parent Hood. Not a "how to parent" column... More >>
Jackalope Ranch
10:00 am
May. 16, 2013
Phoenix News
Artcade Lounge Finds a Home in Downtown Phoenix and Will Open Later This Year Local gamers, start digging through couch cushions and hoarding every quarter possible. You're gonna need 'em a couple of months from now when the Artcade Lounge opens its doors in downtown Phoe... More >>
Up on the Sun
9:10 am
May. 16, 2013
Phoenix News
The Office Finale and Five More Signs Your Indie Music Is Getting Old Season 2 of the American version of The Office is my favorite TV show ever, and because I am a glutton for punishment, I've been using tonight's series finale mostly as an excuse to understand ho... More >>

From the Print Edition

Flip-Flopping John McCain Is No Political Profile in Courage Flip-Flopping John McCain Is No Political Profile in Courage

It wouldn't be a John McCain town hall without occasional off-color humor. "There was a poll, a poll that had to do with favorability," the 76-year-old U.S. senator tells the crowd… More >>

Jodi Arias Could Be Executed in Just Four Years — if Her Death Wish Isn’t Another Lie Jodi Arias Could Be Executed in Just Four Years — if Her Death Wish Isn’t Another Lie

In an exclusive post-conviction interview, boyfriend-killer Jodi Arias insisted that she didn't plan to kill 30-year-old Travis Alexander in 2008. But now that she's been convicted of premeditated murder, she'd… More >>

Ask a Mexican on Spanglish, Incredible Expanding Cars, and Protestants

Where did the notion of adding an -o to the end of an English word and assuming it makes it a Spanish word come from? Juanito "Anglos have long held power in… More >>

Dead or Alive? Paul Babeu's Wilderness-Rescue Unit Once Again Proves Inept Dead or Alive? Paul Babeu's Wilderness-Rescue Unit Once Again Proves Inept

Is Daddy living in the mountains now?" It's a heartbreaking question that 5-year-old Alexa has been asking her mom, Tonya Hensley, since her father went missing on April 15. It's been three… More >>

Ask a Mexican on Intra-Mexican Hatred and Immigration Travails

Why is it that people from Chihuahua and Monterrey are such jackasses? They come from pinches ranchitos and talk about their haciendas, They cross the border and act as if… More >>

Riding High: Arizona's Zero-Tolerance Stance on Pot and Driving Riding High: Arizona's Zero-Tolerance Stance on Pot and Driving

A couple of large mason jars full of green buds sit on the coffee table inside Tad Zaccard's west Mesa mobile home as he talks about his marijuana-DUI ticket. "I'm a… More >>

Ask a Mexican on Mexican Pride and Speaking English

Although I'm familiar with your column, I don't read it regularly. But today, I was struck by something you said in a recent column about how Mexicans can make Americans… More >>

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