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Joe Arpaio's Alleged DUI-Deputies: Lieutenant Aaron Brown and Detective Stephen Palmer

My general rule when it comes to drinking is that I do mine at home. Life is so much simpler that way. It's a bit of wisdom two of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's boys in beige might profit from: MCSO Lieutenant Aaron Brown and sex crimes detective Stephen Palmer, both of whom are charged with driving while i ... More >>

Why Is There So Much Indie Rock on Television?

By Dave Good It's hard not to notice: Indie bands seemingly soundtrack just about every sitcom, film and television commercial today. But why? Influential music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas swears it's not just about cheap labor. "It's far more of a creative decision than a monetary one," she say ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

Bill Johnson's Big Apple Hopes to Endure Contentious Times

Three Quintessential Nerd Cars (That Won't Be at Barrett Jackson this Week)

​Everyone geeks out for something - as evidenced by the throng of classic and custom car enthusiasts who will descend on the Barrett Jackson Auto Show this week to slobber over dual overhead cams and bored-out-twin-turbo... something or other (check out today's slideshow here).Truly, I don't unde ... More >>

Arizona Prison Escapees: Couple Believed to Have Been Murdered by Convicts Were About to be Grandparents

Linda and Gary Haas​As if the story of an Oklahoma couple -- who authorities believe were murdered in New Mexico by escapees from an Arizona prison -- couldn't get any worse... Turns out the couple was about to have a grandchild.Authorities believe escapees Tracy Province -- who was taken in ... More >>

Arizona Barbecue Festival 2010: We'll be There. Any Chefs Wanna Play for Pinks?

Jonathan McNamara Here's our smoker. Yes, we're serious. ​"Don't let your mouth write a check that your tail can't cash" -- Bo Diddley, coining an age-old axiom. "Props to [Karnivorous BBQ Team] for having brisket when everyone else was out, even if that intensely-dry brisket tasted a lot l ... More >>

Capitalism: A Love Story Shows Michael Moore Is a Marxist, But He’s Still Selling the Same Old Shtick

Custom Car Company to Open Factory in Phoenix; First Vehicle is High-Mileage Dune Buggy

  Image: www.local-motors.com Rally Fighter A custom car company plans on producing off-road vehicles from a "micro-factory" somewhere in the Valley as soon as next year. Local Motors Company, based in Massachussetts, is already taking orders for its first car, the Rally Figh ... More >>

Hybrid Prius Drivers May Be in for an Unexpectedly Wild Ride

If ASU's Polytechnic Closes, What Happens to Mesa's Dream Development?

With budget cuts of biblical proportions being proposed to deal with a multi-billion-dollar state revenue shortfall, Arizona State University is contemplating the end of its East Valley Polytechnic campus.But hold on -- Mesa was banking on the vitality of the satellite campus to help prop up progre ... More >>

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The Economist: Mesa's the "City of the Future"

We couldn't help but raise an eyebrow when we saw the Economist's headline "City of the Future" and realized it referred to Mesa, the rather bland, ultra-suburban neighbor of Phoenix. But the international weekly seems to really dig Mesa's at ... More >>

Men Wax On, Women Wax Off

Totally not fair

And We're Glad You Did

Icon Game

reZurrection says to hell with it

Hang the DJ!

'Cuz there's Panic! on the streets of Scottsdale

House of Pain

It's Kingsley versus Connelly in a heart-rending real estate battle

Family Stone

They've got the parents. Now the Rolling Stones are out for the kids.

Van Dulce

Chevy rules Mexico's roads

Tangential Rage

Ex-Meat Puppet Curt Kirkwood, now with Eyes Adrift, rambles on for the sake of rambling

Best 24-Hour Restaurant

Hap's Real Pit BBQ

See How They Were

Arizona shutterbug offers the world a wild gift of X photos

Sentence and Sensibility

Deconstructionalist Linda Lewis' work needs focus but is headed in the write direction

He Got Rhythm

Ken Burns wants you to know why Jazz is America's music

Fresh Prints

Trophy Husbands, Grave Danger to debut new platters

Inside the Soap Box

Michael Moore gets out of his La-Z-Boy to find The Awful Truth

Lemon Harangue

Disgruntled Corvette buyer takes his fight to the Web

The Law of the Land

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

Hank's Tank

What a Wasteland

Unions Struggle for a Foothold

Second Helpings

Trainplotting

Transit-plan backers say they see a bus in your future--so how come they've been working on the railroad?

What's the Mig Deal?

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

Please--No More, Mr. Nice Guy!

Pic Hits for the week

Brand-Name Zappa

Is Rykodisc trying to (finally) get Frank Zappa's cruddy music on the radio?

Pic Hits for the week

A Shut and Open Case

TRW's air-bag plant was closed because of chronic explosions. Mesa officials weren't ready for the political explosion that followed.

Collateral Damage

Conflicting financial statements from 1990 may leave Symington vulnerable to creditors and prosecutors

FLASHES, 6-8

FREON EASY

ARIZONA'S REPUBLICAN LEADERS WANT THE STATE TO BUCK FEDERAL LAWS ON CFC PRODUCTION. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WEIRD SCIENCE MIXES WITH WACKY POLITICS.

HYPE AND GLORY

CAR 54, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE PHOENIX COMPUTER FIRM'S SQUAD-CAR COMPUTER TAKES A BYTE OUT OF CRIME

SECOND HELPINGS

RAMADA'S CRAPSHOOTNEW BOOK CHRONICLES DICK SNELL'S CASINO TAKEOVER IN VEGAS

COUNTRY CONTRARY TRUE TO THEIR NAME, THE MAVERICKS ARE GOOD OL' BOYS FROM THE HILLS OF MIAMI

WHY JAPAN DOES IT BETTER

HIME FOR CHRISTMAS