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Ride From Airport No Good Deed: Woman Robs Victim of $5,000 With Help From Fellow Thugs

Image: Maricopa County Sheriff's OfficeDarren Ross, 25, is suspected of helping three other people rob a Florida visitor of $5,000.​Taking a cab from the airport this weekend would have been cheaper -- and a whole lot less frightening -- for a Florida visitor who was robbed of $5,000.The victim, w ... More >>

Knocked Out: For Kids, Concussions Can Be Worse Than for Adults

Image: Maricopa County Sheriff's OfficeDarren Ross, 25, is suspected of helping three other people rob a Florida visitor of $5,000.​Taking a cab from the airport this weekend would have been cheaper -- and a whole lot less frightening -- for a Florida visitor who was robbed of $5,000.The victim, w ... More >>

ASU Softball Team One Win From National Championship After Routing Florida

Strange game, fast-pitch softball.Dallas Escobedo on cusp on taking Sun Devils to national crown​Just last Friday night, the Florida Gators were poised to post a come-from-behind victory over the top-ranked ASU Sun Devils.Alas, the Devils pulled their own comeback and stole a 6-5 victory on their ... More >>

Fake Problems @ Hard Rock Cafe

Strange game, fast-pitch softball.Dallas Escobedo on cusp on taking Sun Devils to national crown​Just last Friday night, the Florida Gators were poised to post a come-from-behind victory over the top-ranked ASU Sun Devils.Alas, the Devils pulled their own comeback and stole a 6-5 victory on their ... More >>

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Making Plans to Attend Astronaut Husband's Shuttle Launch

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords plans to attend her husband's April 29, shuttle launch in Florida.​Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' condition continues to improve after she was shot through the brain during the January 8 rampage in Tucson, and her staff says she's doing so well that t ... More >>

Underoath @ Marquee Theatre

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords plans to attend her husband's April 29, shuttle launch in Florida.​Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' condition continues to improve after she was shot through the brain during the January 8 rampage in Tucson, and her staff says she's doing so well that t ... More >>

Clay Duke, Florida School Board Gunman, Was ASU Grad

Clay Duke. Go Sun Devils!​What do Barry Bonds, Phil Mickelson, and the guy who shot up the school board meeting in Florida yesterday all have in common? They're all Sun Devils.Turns out, 56-year-old Clay Duke, who fired several rounds at members of the Bay District school board at a meeting near P ... More >>

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers at US Airways Center Last Night

Jonathan McNamara​Tom Petty and The HeartbreakersUS Airways CenterOctober 7, 2010Phoenix fans had to wait a few extra weeks to see Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Once the veteran heartland rocker took the stage, though, they didn't have to wait for the hits. Petty came out swinging, opening with ... More >>

Heart Attack Grill Reaches Settlement With Florida-Based Restaurant With Similar, Cardiac Theme

The Heart Attack GrillHere's taste of The Heart Attack Grill's menu. ​Good news to report out of Chandler: The battle of the bulge -- as we referred to it in a post in February -- has been won, and the Chandler-based Heart Attack Grill came out the victor.You may recall that back in February the c ... More >>

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Jersey Shore Parties, Pin-up Girls, T-Pain, and More

www.mtv.comGet a fake bake like Angelina "Jolie" Pivarnick at Sandbar's Jersey Shore party tonight.​Colorful doesn't even begin to describe the eclectic array of inexpensive events on tap for this weekend. There's a candy-themed dance party at Afterlife that's guaranteed to satisfy your sweet to ... More >>

Matt Hires

www.mtv.comGet a fake bake like Angelina "Jolie" Pivarnick at Sandbar's Jersey Shore party tonight.​Colorful doesn't even begin to describe the eclectic array of inexpensive events on tap for this weekend. There's a candy-themed dance party at Afterlife that's guaranteed to satisfy your sweet to ... More >>

Surfer Blood To Play Trunk Space

Florida's Surfer Blood will play Trunk Space after their much-anticipated SXSW showcase​2010 has been kind to West Palm Beach indie upstarts Surfer Blood. Their debut LP, Astro Coast, has found massive critical acclaim -- even from "Nothing Not New's" Jay Bennett -- helping make a name for the Flo ... More >>

Cubs in Mesa Close to Done Deal, but Florida Officials Aren't Giving Up

www.mouthpiecesports.com​The Chicago Cubs organization seems to be playing government officials in Florida and Mesa like a playa trying not to upset his two girlfriends.Yesterday, team officials suggested that a deal to bring the Cubbies' spring training back to Mesa was a few dotted i' ... More >>

Kidnapping Suspect to be Extradited to Arizona; Tells Father She Killed His Son

​A Tempe woman, who was denied parental custody rights last week and then drove her 8-month-old son to Florida, has been caught and will be brought back to Arizona. The baby, however, has not been found and the mother isn't talking. Elizabeth Johnson, 23, was denied custody of her son, Gabrie ... More >>

Arizona Man Rides Mule-Drawn Wagon From Minnesota to Texas For Jesus

Cafe Press​An Arizona man rolled through Le Mars, Iowa today on his journey from Minnesota to Texas. For a trip like that, someone would probably want a reliable car, right? Not this guy. Randy Boehman has opted to make the nearly 1,000-mile trek on a mule-drawn covered wagon. Why would som ... More >>

Arizona Man Admits to Animal Attraction in Broward Newspaper Story

Photo by C. StilesOur sister paper in Florida does it doggy style.​It's apparently not bad enough that Arizona is being portrayed as the home to gun-toting extremists and that Arthur Frommer is canceling his vacation plans.Now New Times' sister paper in Ft. Lauderdale, the New Times Broward-Palm B ... More >>

Hot Links: Monsoons, ADOT's Outsourced PR, and 'Racinos'

The monsoons have finally arrived in the Valley. After a series of thunderstorms Monday night, the city saw more storms early this morning. Although temperatures in the Valley are expected to be around 108 the next several days, the Weather Service says the chance for thunderstorms will continue int ... More >>

Copeland

The monsoons have finally arrived in the Valley. After a series of thunderstorms Monday night, the city saw more storms early this morning. Although temperatures in the Valley are expected to be around 108 the next several days, the Weather Service says the chance for thunderstorms will continue int ... More >>

The Face of Terror

House of Sand and Fog author explores the September 10 mentality

Lord of the Lap Dance

Doc profiles notorious owner of Florida’s Mons Venus

ASU Sun Devils About to Dance With the Owls

We were in Oklahoma City the last time the ASU men's basketball team took the floor in the wonderful event known to all as March Madness. Led by Ike Diogu, the Sun Devils got stomped by a championship-level Kansas team in the second round after upsetting Memphis a few days earlier. That wo ... More >>

Valley Fever's Top 5 Entries of 2008

Happy New Year, Phoenix. Here's one last look at 2008 with the top five blogs as determined by the sheer number of eyes that read them. Catch the top three slots after the jump. 5 - Is dead CEO's mortgage empire crumbling?Mortgages Ltd. CEO Scott Coles, 48, was found dead on Monday in his $11.3 mill ... More >>

Rapper DMX Caught in Florida; Lawyer Says Sheriff Arpaio Pushed to Involve FBI

Accused animal abuser Earl Simmons, a.k.a. rapper DMX, was arrested in Florida today following yesterday's news that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was offering  $5,000 for information on his whereabouts. The rapper, who was arrested at his Cave Creek home in ... More >>

Arty Girl: ASU Art Museum in Miami, FL

Finally, a reason I would actually want to go to Florida. No offense to anyone from that place. It's just that I'm a native Phoenician - I don't like humidity, warm beach water offends me and I've always thought Florida was for people who don't know California exists.Today through Friday, the Aqua A ... More >>

Tim and Eric From Adult Swim Coming to Tempe

Adult Swim fans -- and we know there are a lot of you out there -- are about to freak out. Tim and Eric of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! fame are coming to Tempe next month as part of a national tour. It's a follow-up to this year's tour, which sold out in all 14 cities last April and May."M ... More >>

Jesus Crist, Can't the New York Times Afford Copy Editors?

Adult Swim fans -- and we know there are a lot of you out there -- are about to freak out. Tim and Eric of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! fame are coming to Tempe next month as part of a national tour. It's a follow-up to this year's tour, which sold out in all 14 cities last April and May."M ... More >>

Red Hot Blues

Adult Swim fans -- and we know there are a lot of you out there -- are about to freak out. Tim and Eric of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! fame are coming to Tempe next month as part of a national tour. It's a follow-up to this year's tour, which sold out in all 14 cities last April and May."M ... More >>

Starfucker

Starfucker
(Badman Records)

Killin' Us Haughtily

Starfucker
(Badman Records)

Arizona's homeopathic board is the second chance for doctors who may not deserve one

Starfucker
(Badman Records)

Cactus League, Week 5

Kissing up to the Boys in Blue

Delight 2007

Kissing up to the Boys in Blue

Underoath

Kissing up to the Boys in Blue

Amblin' Man

The "topical pop" creations of a bass-playing adventurer

Newsaxon.com, the neo-Nazi MySpace, with hot racist chicks galore.

The "topical pop" creations of a bass-playing adventurer

9/11 conspiracy nuts slander me online: An example of how they work...

The "topical pop" creations of a bass-playing adventurer

Paris James

Death Letter
(Dreamvox)

Welcome to Hooters

Jimmy Buffett inexplicably leads a kid movie to the big screen

Percee P

West siiiiide

Grabass Charlestons

Ask Mark Twain
(No Idea)

DJ Icey at Myst

Let him turn you on to something strong

Diabolic

Infinity Through Purification (Olympic Recordings)

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Infinity Through Purification (Olympic Recordings)

Big Bong Theory

Arizona's pro-pot advocates cast first stone in latest national effort to legalize marijuana

24K Mold

Corn smut is the delicious fungus among us

Drum & Drummer

Valley jazz musician Rob Schuh pounded skins, pumped iron, shot steroids, went to prison and almost died. Now the feisty trapsman has added an organ to his repertoire -- a transplanted kidney.

She Ball

A Phoenix league goes to bat for women's baseball

WARNING CIGNA

NEGLIGENCE BY ARIZONA'S BIGGEST HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY NEARLY KILLED JIM SELL'S WIFE. THEN CIGNA AND A MAJOR HOSPITAL WENT AFTER THEIR POCKETBOOK.

FROM THE BIG HOUSE TO GOD'S HOUSE

HE HELPED MASTERMIND A MAJOR GOLD FRAUD IN FLORIDA. SO WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING AT A CHURCH IN GLENDALE