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Phoenix Gun-Buyback Program Takes in Another 937 Guns

This gun-buyback program in Phoenix appears to be pretty popular.After taking in almost 1,000 guns in exchange for grocery-store gift cards in the first two weeks, the program's $100,000 donation ran dry, but another anonymous $100,000 donation came in, and it was exhausted again this weekend.See al ... More >>

Phoenix Gun-Buyback Program Lives, After Another Anonymous $100,000 Donation

Phoenix police and Mayor Greg Stanton have announced that another $100,000 from an anonymous donor will keep the gun-buyback program going.The funds for the program ran dry in the middle of the second of three scheduled dates for the buyback, which started with an initial $100,000 donation. An addit ... More >>

Phoenix Gun-Buyback Funds Run Dry, but People Still Turn in 72 More Guns

After the funds ran out for the city of Phoenix's gun-buyback program this weekend, an additional 72 guns were turned in to police.Phoenix Police Sergeant Steve Martos says a total of 979 guns were exchanged for grocery-store gift cards between the two weekends of the gun-buyback program, which was ... More >>

Ripoff Crew Dressed Like SWAT Team Steals $60K From Kidnapped Would-Be Pot Sellers; One Victim Leaps from Trunk on Way to Desert

A group of men dressed up like a SWAT team and armed with assault rifles robbed and kidnapped three people connected to a pot-selling scheme last month in Litchfield Park. One of the terrified victims jumped from the trunk of a Jaguar going 60 mph while being taken to a desert location. The victim ... More >>

Eric Harroun of Phoenix Charged With Conspiring to Use RPG While Fighting With Al-Qaeda Group

Eric Harroun, a 30-year-old former U.S. soldier raised in Phoenix, has been charged with conspiring to use a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) while fighting in Syria with an Al-Qaeda group. The charge, which carries a potential sentence of life in prison, comes a couple of weeks after a video surface ... More >>

Guns, Drones, But What Was the Most Important Thing at the Border Security Expo?

Yesterday marked the end of the 7th annual Phoenix Border Security Expo, and we should all feel much, uh, safer knowing that the 180 companies attending have devoted so much time and resources to keeping our border safe from low-grade pot and immigrants. The companies set up individual booths like l ... More >>

Scavenger Hunt in the Desert for Grenades and C-4 Ends; Owner of Explosives Still Unknown

Authorities' scavenger hunt for guns, ammo, grenades, and "high explosives" that were poorly hidden in the the desert near State Route 87 has come to an end.Between the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, ATF, and FBI, seven ammo cans were recovered, each containing a cache of explosives or a firearm. ... More >>

Hikers Find Gun, Grenades, and "Possible C-4 Explosives" in Desert, Along With Map to More

Attention: if you hid your guns, ammo, grenades, and "high explosives" in the desert near State Route 87, you're not very good at hiding things.Hikers found the aforementioned items in the past couple of days, and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and a pair of federal agencies are now utilizing ... More >>

Grenades Aren't the Best Thing to Pack in a Suitcase, Mesa Airport Passenger Discovers

Believe it or not, grenades are not allowed on airplanes in this country.That fact was apparently discovered by someone Sunday as they tried to bring a grenade in their luggage at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

Joe Arpaio's Fugitive Nabbed by U.S. Marshals

Talk about a broken record. The U.S. Marshals Service has once more done Sheriff Joe Arpaio's job for him, this time by nabbing an escapee from Joe's jails, who basically exchanged identities with another inmate, and walked out. See also: -Joe Arpaio Won't Do His Job, So Marshal David Gonzales Does ... More >>

Jeff Flake, U.S. Senate Candidate, Says He's Opposed to Budget Earmarks, But Looked the Other Way When it was Politically Convenient

Congressman Jeff Flake, who is running for U.S. Senate against former U.S. Surgeon General Rich Carmona, says he doesn't like earmarks, which some call "pork barrel spending." He certainly has earned a reputation for fighting against federal funding for specific projects attached to unrelated bil ... More >>

Michael Turley, Alleged Director of Terrorist Hoax Movie, Makes Actual Movies (and Magic)

Michael Turley, the alleged director of the terrorist hoax video starring his own nephew as a terrorist, is actually known as "Michael Giannantonio" in the world of professional film-making. If you're into hypnotism and magic, you may also know Turley as "Gianni."Turley was arrested last week after ... More >>

Fight And Flight

Abraham Ortega-Leyva Accused of Throwing Away a Whole Lot of Drugs, Along With a Photo of Himself

Here's a tip -- if you're throwing away about a pound-and-a-half of meth, almost a pound of heroin, a few guns, and almost $20,000 in cash, also tossing pictures of yourself in there may not be the best idea.Abraham Ortega-Leyva learned that one the hard way.

The Invisible War: Doc Reveals a Military That Is "Target Rich" for Sexual Predators

President Obama Approves Version of the DREAM Act, Grants Immunity from Deportation for Certain Young Undocumented Immigrants

President Obama announced today that his administration "will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children and have since led law-abiding lives." From the Associated Press: The policy change, announced Friday by Homeland Sec ... More >>

J.T. Ready Brags About Hunting "Two-Legged Varmints" in Police Report

According to one Gilbert neighbor, neo-Nazi baby-killer and anti-immigrant vigilante J.T. Ready boasted of hunting "two-legged varmints" just days before a massacre in which Gilbert police believe he murdered four, including a 16-month-old girl, and then committed suicide.In a police report released ... More >>

Wendy Rogers Becomes Seventh Person to Announce Run for Congress in CD9

​Republican Wendy Rogers -- who lost her bid for a State Senate seat in 2010 -- made it official today that she's joining the Congressional race in Arizona's newly formed Ninth District.Rogers joins what's becoming an increasingly populated field of candidates, which already includes Republicans D ... More >>

Honor, Courage, Popcorn: Act of Valor Wants You!

Man Robbed of Assault Rifle After Placing Ad; Shoots Wildly at Fleeing Suspect

​A man who placed an ad on backpage.com for an AR-15 assault rifle had the gun stolen from him -- then shot at the fleeing suspect with a handgun, hitting a Valley Metro van.The messy gun deal went down in the parking lot of Sportsman's Warehouse, 1750 South Greenfield Road in Mesa, at about 4:30 ... More >>

Howitzer, Delta Nove, Major Lingo, The Father Figures, and Cory Branan This Weekend

Holy shit do these guys (Howitzer) look pissed!​Sometimes you like a press photo of a band and laugh. Is one guy staring artfully away from the others? Are they pressed against a brick wall? Are they all making the goofy face? Phoenix-based metal band Howitzer isn't having any of that. Serio ... More >>

Tucson Man Indicted for Posing as Air Force Officer to Enter Base

www.legionofvalormuseum.com​According to the United States Attorney's Office, a Tucson man went to some extraordinary lengths to gain access to an Air Force base earlier this year. Once inside, he bought stuff from the base's commissary in what a U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman tells New Ti ... More >>

Morning Poll: Were Pima County SWAT Officers Justified in Shooting at Ex-Marine -- 71 Times

​The Pima County Attorney's Office on Tuesday cleared members of the county's SWAT Team for shooting at an ex-marine 71 times during a drug investigation that netted a total of one bag of marijuana.The ex-marine, 26-year-old Jose Guerena, was holding an AR-15 assault rifle when the SWAT Team buste ... More >>

Pima County SWAT Officers' Shooting at Former Marine 71 Times Was Justified, Probe Concludes. Suspect Died in Hail of Bullets

​Firing more than 70 shots at anyone might seem like overkill, but the Pima County Attorney's Office determined that the 71 shots the county's SWAT Team fired at 26-year-old Jose Guerena were justified.Guerena, an Iraq War veteran, was hit 22 times and killed in the hail of bullets, accor ... More >>

Jan Brewer's Bogus SB 1070 "Counterclaim"on a Road to Nowhere

photosbyjosemunoz.comGee, if we're being "invaded," Jan, why not declare a state of emergency?Add one part delusion to three parts grandstanding, mixed with a healthy glob of nativism, and what do you get?Governor Jan Brewer's SB 1070 "counterclaim" against the federal government for not protecting ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Holds Press Conference to Announce Man Fatally Shot by Deputy Was Illegal Immigrant

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio wants to make sure the public knows one of his deputies offed an illegal immigrant last week​With much of the local media focused on the tragedy in Tucson, it seems somebody feels a little left out.Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio held a press conference ... More >>

VA Hospital Confirms Water Leak on Surgery Patient, but Blacks Out "Quality Assurance" Documents

​ The Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix has finally confirmed what an anonymous source told us back in October: Backed-up toilet water really did drip into the open surgical wound of a veteran on an operating table. Still, we're not terribly impressed with the records received from ... More >>

One-on-One Time With a Pinal County Deputy -- Whose Claim He Was Shot by a Drug Smuggler Is Full of Holes -- Produces Startling Results

Vanity Fair Describes J.D. Hayworth as a "Glib Galoot" While Bashing John McCain

Infomercial superstar J.D. Hayworth seen here pimping "free government money."​Vanity Fair's published an article about Arizona Senator John McCain and "the Maverick" (if he's still OK with that nickname) isn't gonna like it. Neither is J.D. Hayworth, McCain's opponent in this year's GOP Senate pr ... More >>

Pinalcchio: Renowned Forensics Experts Say a Pinal County Deputy's High-Profile Tale About Getting Shot After Encountering Drug Smugglers Doesn't Add Up

Military's Gays to Remain in Closet -- Compliments of John McCain

"The Maverick"​The United States military will continue to follow the policy that it's OK to risk your life serving in the armed forces on the condition that you keep it to yourself if you're attracted to someone of the same sex.Gay soldiers will remain closeted by the federal gove ... More >>

Elsa Lynch, Former Paradise Valley Judge, Sentenced to One Year of Probation for Theft of Federal Benefits

​ Elsa Lynch, a longtime judge and court administrator in Paradise Valley who abruptly retired last summer, has received a sentence of one year's probation for theft of government benefits. As we reported in January, Lynch was indicted by a federal grand jury a few weeks after "reti ... More >>

Morning Poll: Was Yuma Mayor Al Krieger's Apology for Homophobic Comments Sincere?

Yuma Mayor Al Krieger​Yuma Mayor Al Krieger finally apologized for some homophobic comments he made at a Memorial Day ceremony at a Yuma cemetery. While discussing his distain for gays in the military -- namely the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, Krieger said "I cannot believe th ... More >>

Glendale Fest Benefiting Military Families Scheduled for April 11

CheckpointCharlie headlines the Clean Slate fest in Glendale.Festival season is officially upon us -- with Country Thunder and Tempe Music Festival next weekend, and McDowell Mountain Music Fest later in April -- and we've got one more to add to your calender. Clean Slate Celebration in Glendale A ... More >>

Reviving the Rebellion

Alt-rock fivesome reunites for one night only

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 19, 2009

Papago Military Vehicle Show

Ring Leader

The original Governator talks politics in Tempe

Ring Leader

The original Governator talks politics in Tempe

Tanks for the Memories

Enthusiasts make half-tracks to Papago

Blockbuster Audio

Nick Nicholson

Country for country

This is Madness

PSP players, tonight you game in hell

Virtual Quagmire

The Army's realistic first-person shooter bogs down under fire

Uncle Sam Wants Them

Military recruiters are grabbing student info from local schools without parents' permission

Flashes

From the week of December 14, 2000

Naval Gazing

Let's have a look at John McCain's military personnel file

Shot to Hell

Mandatory participation in military's anthrax vaccine program pushes plunger on medical controversy

What's the Mig Deal?

A Valley company finds a thriving market for used Soviet-bloc fighter jets

NO PANACEA CALIFORNIA CASE WON'T GUARANTEE GAY ARIZONAN'S AIR FORCE REINSTATEMENT