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Thomas Burgman-Panky Ran Up a $3,300 Bill at Scottsdale Hilton, Had Nowhere Near $3,300

A 24-year-old man with a criminal history in five states managed to spend last week in a room at the Scottsdale Hilton with nothing but a $20 prepaid credit card.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Thomas Burgman-Panky checked in at the Hilton on the afternoon of February 18, and tri ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Cubans and Idiots

American Banks Are on a Massive Crime Spree; Obama and Romney Hope You Won't Notice

Help Food Network Connect to the Phoenix Food Scene: Submit Your Pitch Today

Have you always wished you could hack Food Network? Now's your chance. The TV network has teamed up with Advertising Age to find the most innovative technological idea to help tailor Food Network's content (including the Cooking Channel and its digital presence) to local audiences. They want to know ... More >>

Investigations Into Thomas Abbott's Brutal Death Were Botched by Phoenix Police; His Family's Convinced It's Because He Was Gay

LCD Soundsystem's Final Show Spurs Ticket Outrage

​We've all heard of concert tickets that sold out in record time. Last year Garth Brooks sold more than 140,000 tickets in a day to a benefit show. Lady Antebellum sold out an arena in Georgia in seven minutes last year as well. Most recently, Coachella sold all of its 75,000 tickets in five days. ... More >>

How Do I Make a Great Cup of Coffee?

How do I make a really good cup of coffee? Coffee Beans Our favorite coffee house slogan: "Drink Coffee, patriotic beverage since 1773." That's because the Continental Congress declared coffee our official national beverage when the original tea party, a revolt against the British tea tax, be ... More >>

Cracking LifeLock: Even After a $12 Million Penalty for Deceptive Advertising, the Tempe Company Can't Be Honest About Its Identity-Theft-Protection Service

Doug Lingner, Embattled Housing Authority Executive Director, Rejects Severance Offer

Doug Lingner vows not to quit -- unless he's paid bigger bucks.​The Housing Authority of Maricopa County's executive director, Doug Lingner, is rejecting a settlement agreement because he wants a chance to "defend" himself -- oh, and six months' salary, too."The Release/Severance package whi ... More >>

LifeLock Founder's Hawaiian Adventure Biz Getting More Press on Island; His Father Renounces Accusation About Credit Card

Image: www.kitv.com The Honolulu Star-Bulletin wrote up a piece on Robert J. Maynard Jr. after recent post about him, covering some of the highlights of his sketchy past and uncovering some new info. One interesting factoid: Maynard's father, local optometrist Robert J. Maynard Sr., reversed earlie ... More >>

LifeLock Former Exec and Founder, Robert Maynard Jr., Surfaces in Hawaii Adventure Biz

Robert J. Maynard Jr., the LifeLock founder who resigned from his own company after New Times revealed his lies and shady past, is now the CEO of an ocean adventure business in Waikiki. A Federal Trade Commission order from the 1990s apparently bars Maynard Jr. from returning in ... More >>

New Year's Financial Resolutions a Good Idea for State Residents and Government, Says Treasurer

State Treasurer Dean Martin just put out a helpful list of New Year's resolutions that anyone could use to keep their finances in check -- especially state lawmakers. State budget watchdogs like Martin and others have been sounding the alarm, but outgoing Governor Janet Napolitano and a fiscal ... More >>

Screwing the Foundation for the Blind

By Michael Lacey State checks that finance aid for the severely disabled have gone missing for months. Hanky panky or a sign of the economic times and a harbinger of things to come? Since the answer involves some of the largest corporate names in philanthropy, the government will not be able to duc ... More >>

Mixed Martial Arts’ Unsung Pioneer: “Grapple Girl” Michelle Farrow

A sinfully swank soiree: Black Card Ultralounge’s opening bash

Sting vs. Elvis Costello in a race to betray their punk roots

Money for Nothing

Don't fall victim to the identity-theft protection scam

Slapstick Scammers

The livid lapwing lambastes LifeLock phonies, J.T. Ready, and pathetic P-town puppy-huggers

Bird Boycott

The truculent tweeter tackles Mayor Phil, PHX City Council hypocrisy, and goofball prez wanna-be Fred Thompson

What Happened in Vegas...

Clients nationwide are entrusting private financial information to a Tempe anti-identity-theft firm that’s based on a bluff

All Wet

M. Night Shyamalan steps up the lunacy with Lady in the Water

Keep It in Play

The humble iPod strikes a chord with Matt Kata and his D-Backs brethren

American Expression

Festival fetes Native arts

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Double Plays

ASU launches season with two heavy hitters

Polygamy in Arizona: The Wages of Sin

Arizona polygamist leaders are using public funds to support religious schools and line their own pockets. The state's done nothing to stop them.

Naked Sitting

'Annie Leibovitz's Nudes' uncovers new territory

Critical Mass

Even with impending Willennium looming, 1999 proved to be a banner year for music

Second Helpings

The Law of the Land

Lobbyists ride roughshod over the legislative process, going so far as to write the bills that lawmkers pass

Art in the Proper Setting

PAM's 1998 Triennial tries to make sense of the region's art

Letters

Call Out the Reserves

Restaurateurs sing the blues over no-show diners Guest columnists

Z-Trippin'

Don't Leave Homies Without It

Scrimp Cocktail

A Heartbreaking Ruling

A THRIVING BLACK MARKET FLEDGLING ENTERPRISE STRIVES TO FILL A VOID IN LITERATURE FOR AND BY AFRICAN AMERICANS

POLS TO THE WALL

PERFECTLY SWANK

The Color of Monet

The word at Accent Graphics will never be in a museum. So what? It sells.

PICS HITS AND THRILLS

MISCUE 911

SARAH DUGAN WAS A LOYAL AMERICAN EXPRESS EMPLOYEE UNTIL SHE COLLAPSED ONE DAY AT WORK. HER FAMILY BLAMES THE COMPANY FOR WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.

SINGLE SERVINGS

AZSCAM'S BOMBSHELL

SHIREE FOSTER WAS TREATED LIKE A BLONDE JOKE UNTIL SHE MET JOE STEDINO. THEN IT GOT WORSE.

HAVE CREDIT, WILL TRAVELMORORISTS ENTERING MEXICO NOW NEED A MAJOR CARD

YOU GRETZKY, ME JANE

PUCKISH ALL WOMAN TEAM BREAKS THE ICE IN VALLEY HOCKEY LEAGUE.

MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE LOBBY

"THE DEAL" GOES DOWN. INFLUENCE GETS PEDDLED. IS IT ANY WONDER LAWMAKERS ARE GETTING A LIFE---SOMEPLACE ELSE?

THE SELLING OF ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

THE WORLD OF SUSHI WRONG