Hot Links: Arizonans Travel to DC to Witness Obama Inauguration; Eagles Player's Lawn Vandalized; Clear Channel to Eliminate 1,500 Jobs

Arizonans travel to Washington D.C. for the inauguration. Philadelphia Eagles player Donovan McNabb's Chandler home has a beautiful lawn -- a vandal burned "Go Cards" in it. More media jobs lost: Clear Channel is cutting 1,500 in radio division. West Valley suspects zip-tied two people in a marijuana deal gone...

By Ray Stern

January 20, 2009

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Arizonans travel to Washington D.C. for the inauguration. Philadelphia Eagles player Donovan McNabb's Chandler home has a beautiful lawn -- a vandal burned "Go Cards" in it. More media jobs lost: Clear Channel is cutting 1,500 in radio division. West Valley suspects zip-tied two people in a marijuana deal gone bad -- the victims weren't harmed. Twisted: Baseball-themed art debuts in west Valley. Sounds like a decent idea for a movie: A low-tech "rock burglar" escapes capture for 15 years, stealing $10 million in jewels from homes -- but how will it end? Lawmakers consider lowering the bar on how to measure schools, since raising the bar didn't work. A plane ride, a river trip

Lawn at Chandler house of Donovan McNabb, Philadephia Eagles player, etched by vandals

Clear Channel to cut 1,500 radio jobs nationwide

Suspects caught after two victims turn up zip-tied

Baseball-themed art debuts at west Valley sports complex

Rock Burglar uncaught after 15 years

Maricopa County kids graduate high school unprepared for college

Hudson River crash passengers get $5,000 checks from US Airways

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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.