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Funny or Die's iSteve Beats the Other Steve Jobs Biopics to the Screen

Microsoft Sues E-Waste Harvesters of Phoenix, Claims Firm Sold Pirated Software

Computing giant Microsoft is suing a Phoenix e-waste recycling firm in federal court, claiming that the company has been selling unauthorized copies of its software. Phoenix's E-Waste Harvesters and its principal, Earl Campbell, have repeatedly advertised and sold refurbished computers that contain ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Chief Mike Zullo Strikes Back at Orly Taitz, Says He Doesn't Want "Circus Show" Involved

Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his "birther" chief Mike Zullo are balking at their chance to talk about their super official "investigation" of President Obama's birth certificate in court, and Zullo tells New Times why -- Orly Taitz.Taitz told us yesterday that she's very upset with Arpaio and Zullo, since ... More >>

Shawn Putnam, What Are You Listening To?

Shawn Putnam Putnam is a stand-up comedian and comedy writer. Catch him with sketch comedy troupe Bully Mammoth Thursday, August 2 at Stand Up Scottsdale. For more info, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? On FM radio, 98.7, The ... More >>

AndyTalk: Seeing Green -- An Ode to Guacamole

There are two things that every guacamole recipe needs; the first is salt and the second is some sort of acid. The salt brings out the flavor in the avocado, and the acid adds dimension and cuts the fattiness.

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton Sworn In By Former Arizona Governor Rose Mofford

After the inauguration ceremony, audience members made their way into Phoenix City Hall for a reception, which included offering a 2012 wish for Phoenix and its elected officials.​Greg Stanton took the stage as Phoenix's 52nd mayor and delivered an inauguration speech earlier today that, in part, ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton Sworn in By Former Arizona Governor Rose Mofford

​Greg Stanton took the stage as Phoenix's 52nd mayor and delivered an inauguration speech earlier today that, in part, announced his plans to develop a second bio-medical campus in north Phoenix with the Mayo Clinic and creation of a "Mayors' Futures Forum on Education," a way for Arizona may ... More >>

Phoenix Mayoral Candidates and Their Coveted Endorsements from City Council Members

​Several Phoenix City Council members have picked sides in the August 30 mayor's race.Councilman Tom Simplot stands with Phoenix mayoral candidate and lobbyist Wes Gullett, Councilmen Michael Johnson and Sal DiCiccio are on team Peggy Neely, a former councilwoman running for mayor, and Councilman ... More >>

Is a Sober Lil Wayne a Good Thing?

Sunnyslope's Revamped Eye Opener Restaurant Opens With a Few 'F' Words

  Eye Opener Family Restaurant The refreshed Eye Opener in Sunnyslope.​Imagine going to a restaurant where the owner knows your name and has your steaming cuppa joe and two egg platter -- cooked over easy with wheat toast, just as you like it -- on the table before you even ... More >>

Forbes Reminds Arizona (and the World) that Billionaires Still Exist

scrapetv.com ​In case anyone in the Valley needed a reminder that you don't make enough money and the recession put your retirement fund in the crapper, Forbes reminds us that five of the world's 1,210 billionaires are Arizonans. Forbes put out their annual list of worldwide billionaires W ... More >>

Phoenix Councilwoman Thelda Williams Says She is Not a Member of Private Committee Organized by Councilman Sal DiCiccio, Firefighters' Union Boss

Thelda Williams​Phoenix Councilwoman Thelda Williams tells New Times that she isn't part of a private committee pulled together by Councilman Sal DiCiccio, Pete Gorraiz, the president of the firefighters' union, and Billy Shields, a Phoenix lobbyist and former head of the fire union."I was just on ... More >>

Councilman Sal DiCiccio, Nearly Two Dozen Phoenix Insiders Gathering For Secret Meetings; Want Change in Phoenix Government

​An influential group of individuals -- including three elected Phoenix officials, members of the Goldwater Institute and the firefighters' union boss -- have been quietly meeting over the past month and developing strategies on how to change city government.It's unclear what will ultimately emerg ... More >>

Phoenix Councilman Claude Mattox Still Testing Mayoral Waters, Mayor Phil Gordon Disses Councilwoman Peggy Neely In E-Mail

Claude Mattox ​Although Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon doesn't leave office for another year and half, political wonks already are speculating about the final lineup of candidates for the 2011 mayor's race.Former Attorney General Grant Woods? Arizona Democrat Jim Pederson? Deputy Attorn ... More >>

Top Chefs: Phoenix Culinary Students Compete for Regional Title

Claire Lawton Culinary students Abel Ley, David Cooper and Justin Cooper critique the ingredients they prepared during a practice skills relay. ​There's no secret ingredient here; just nine culinary student teams competing for The America Culinary Federation's Western Regional title. On Sat ... More >>

The Mexican on Huevos, Cojones, and Mexico's Answer to Bill Gates

Bill Gates -- Not That Bill Gates -- Is New Phoenix City Councilman

This is not your next councilman ... but they do share a name. Governor Jan Brewer may have little-to-no-clout with her fellow Republicans at the Statehouse -- she's had to sue them just to get their budget proposal (and even that didn't work). But Brewer still, apparently, has clout at Phoenix Ci ... More >>

Riffer Madness

MST3K’s original cast docks in Mesa

Geek Beat: 5 Geeky Freebies for This Week

We don't have to tell you that the event listings for Phoenix shrivel in the summer heat. As the calendar rolls from May to June to July and the thermometer raises from hot to hotter to "oh, crap, the mercury exploded," locals literally head for the hills. Of course, the upside to being ge ... More >>

The Top 10 Reasons to Attend Phoenix Comicon This Weekend

Think comic conventions are only for geeks, nerds, and losers? Well, we may not argue with that, but we will argue that being called a "geek" and a "nerd" are no longer derogatory terms. Those guys who picked on Bill Gates for wearing glasses so thick he could see into the future during the '70s are ... More >>

As to Rendell's Comment on Napolitano: Is it Even Possible to Work 20 Hours a Day?

The comment by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell about Janet Napolitano having "no life" was all the rage today on talk radio and blogs as many people wondered whether it was sexist. Famous blogger Ariana Huffington wondered in a high-profile column today whether it was good to be a workaholic, honi ... More >>

County Attorney Candy Thomas rips off graffiti artist for truancy campaign?

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 1, 2007

Three's a Charm

A promising glimpse of the next Halo

Coming Zune

Microsoft shoots at the Apple again

Generation Next

Microsoft's Xbox 360 fires the first shot in the next-gen console war

John Vanderslice

Sad rabbit on killing spree

Barbecue Nations

Aryanfest was hardly the badass event it billed itself. Shaved-headed men hugged each other like they were at a gay pride picnic.

Letters

Letters from the week of January 1, 2004

Shouldering Atllas

The Phoenix rapper won't rest -- literally -- until Arizona is his

BEST WAY TO EAT IN THE CAR

Cuisine Limousine

I'll take care of your kids!

For troubled 'tweens, forget the parents: Nothing beats the hip techie uncle with the PC room

Surviving the Jungle

Electronic music never erupted the way the faithful hoped it would, but jungle, and DJs like AK1200, still thrive in the underground

Short Buss

Romance gets retarded in Pumpkin

David Lee's Froth

Diamond Dave rants on fashion, being a digital gigolo, rival/tourmate Sammy Hagar and a pending lawsuit

Fellowship of the Ring

Rebounding from health scares, the Promise Ring sheds its emo skin for a Brit-pop sheen

Hairy Plotters

Ignoble savages go ape in Human Nature

Hoax, Lies and Audiotape

John Vanderslice is an excellent musician and songwriter. He's also a pretty good prankster.

Hacked Off

The flimsy techno thriller Antitrust does nothing to boost Ryan Phillippe to stardom

Electile Dysfunction

Reflections on democracy inaction

Fatman and slobbin'

DC Comics places its superheroes in the RealWorlds

Flashes

You've Got Toast!

At a Las Vegas electronics show, "networked homes" have everybody talking, but not asking the right questions

Toyz N the Hood

Phone Alone

In the middle of nowhere, Godfrey Daniels gets calls from everywhere

Flashes

Flashes

Flashes

Send In the Clones

Man . . . or Astroman? reproduces the new-fashioned way

I Totally Object

Arizona's high-stakes high school mock-trial program teaches kids the basics of jurisprudence--including how to recruit a ringer