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Arizona Tea Party Members Officially Reject Tea Party License Plates; New Plates are Counter to Principles

​ Members of the Arizona Tea Party have firmly rejected the idea of the state's new Tea Party license plates. The plates symbolize big government and seem counter to Tea Party principles, a spokesman for a local Tea Party group told the Huffington Post today. You'd think the tea-baggers would ... More >>

Four-Hundred-Pound Arizona Blob Becomes Heaviest Man to Complete Marathon

CrusephotoKelly Gneiting​Most people who weigh 400-plus pounds can barely make their way from the couch to the refridgerator. Not Arizona-based sumo wrestler Kelly Gneiting, 40, who became the Guinness-certified "heaviest man to complete a marathon" over the weekend when he finished the LA Maratho ... More >>

A New Times Art Critic Reconnects with Underground Comic Icon Joyce Farmer, the Person Who First Inspired Her to Be One

Mohave County Probation Officer Fired for Supporting Marijuana Legalization

Image: Huffington PostJoe Miller, former Mohave County probation officer, was fired for publicly supporting marijuana legalization.​Right to free speech: Canceled.At least, it is for Joe Miller, a former Mohave County probation officer who believes that marijuana should be legalized.As the Huffing ... More >>

Peter King, GOP Rep From NY, Wants Guns Kept at Least 1,000 Feet From Government Officials

  Representative Peter King, R-NY​Saturday's mass shooting in Tucson has prompted another idea for gun-control legislation: Representative Peter King, a Republican from New York, says he plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit people from bringing guns within 1,00 ... More >>

Bristol Palin at ASU: Rumors of Her Attending Cronkite School (the School's Potential Demise) Greatly Exaggerated, Dean Says

www.punditkitchen.com​Did you hear Bristol Palin, daughter of one-time vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is moving to the Grand Canyon State to attend Arizona State University? So did Chris Callahan, dean of ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication -- the school Pal ... More >>

Frank Pratt's Stolen Vehicle Not "State-Issued;" Casa Grande Lawmaker Recovering After Beating, Theft of Vehicle and Rolex

Frank Pratt's expected to be released from the hospital today following a Christmas Day attack and beating of the state lawmaker in his Casa Grande business. ​ One of the weirdest details in news coverage of the weekend beating of State Legislator Frank Pratt, a Republican from Casa Grande, wa ... More >>

Pitbull Un-Boycotting Arizona with Saturday Show at Celebrity Theatre

​Back in May, when SB 1070 hysteria was at a fever pitch, Cuban-American rapper Pitbull jumped in the fray with both feet, canceling a show and issuing a statement in text-speak. "I am canceling my concert in Phoenix on May 31," he wrote. "How is the country we enjoy and love bcuz of its human rig ... More >>

Waiting For Superman: Davis Guggenheim Ignores Too Many Inconvenient Truths

Coconut Water

Kelly Green ​In the name of good health and a good read, each week we'll be bringing you a health product, complete with review. We're calling this feature Crunchy Granola -- even though we doubt much of this stuff tastes that good. This week: Coconut water.Celebrities love it. Athletes swe ... More >>

Part of Your Tax Dollars are Paying For Military Marching Bands

​If there's one thing our country is good at, it's not knowing how to properly allocate our spending money. After hearing about America's big budget for military marching bands, NPR wanted to know just how much tax payers are collectively throwing down for these guys.It turns out that the Marines ... More >>

Jan Brewer Joins Tiger Woods and the Old Spice Guy on the Huffington Post's List of Funny Halloween Costumes

​Jan Brewer's bumbling performance during the gubernatorial debate earlier this month, which instantly became a Youtube blockbuster, seems to have made Jan even more famous (or infamous) than signing SB 1070.Jan's hit the big time and people are noticing, which is why she's made the Huffington Pos ... More >>

Ace of Base to Release a New Album, Even Though Nobody Saw That Coming

​Did anyone see the sign when it comes to the possibility of ever hearing a new Ace of Base album? Not I.Consequence of Sound reports that the Swedish pop group -- fondly remembered by all as a 90s ABBA -- will be releasing their latest studio album on September 24. Most of us forgot about Ace of ... More >>

NASA Wants You to Pick Out Music Used to Wake Up Astronauts

They can put a man on the moon, but they can't find a way to inject caffeine into Tang, and they sure as hell can't make a playlist.​NASA has found a way to integrate the general public into their upcoming STS-133 mission.As NME reports, the task at hand is to decide what music should be used to w ... More >>

Arizona Capitol Times Now Calls Tales of Ben Quayle's Demise "Unfounded;" We've Been Sayin' That Since Last Week

Ben Quayle​Attention Arizona Capitol Times, KTAR, ABC 15, The Huffington Post, and all the other media outlets who ran with Cap Times reporter Jeremy Duda's claim last week that Ben Quayle had fallen from frontrunner status in the District 3 Congressional primary: we hate to say we told ya so, but ... More >>

U.S. Senate Candidate John Dougherty's Got a Plan for the War on Drugs: End it

​U.S. Senate candidate and former New Times columnist John Dougherty (pictured) discussed his plan for the infamous "War on Drugs" this morning at a debate near Yuma. Bottom line: End it. The "squares" have gotta love that."The War on Drugs has been an abject failure. We need to move it o ... More >>

Hillary Clinton Blows Justice Department's Spot; Says DOJ Will Sue Over SB 1070

www.flatrock.org​ U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have let the cat out of the bag when it comes to the federal government's apparent plans to sue Arizona over the state's controversial, new immigration law.In an unscripted interview with an Ecuadorian television station today, Cl ... More >>

U.S. Senate Candidate John Dougherty to Contribute to Huffington Post During Campaign

U.S. Senate hopeful John Dougherty​We got word yesterday that as U.S. Senate hopeful Rodney Glassman hits the campaign trail with his snazzy, new, Arizona flag lapel pin, one of his opponents in the Democratic primary will be contributing to the Huffington Post.  U.S. Senate candidate, ... More >>

John McCain Says He Never Considered Himself a "Maverick;" Blogosphere Freaks Out

www.newscorpse.com​ John McCain's maverickness is getting called into question after an interview the senator gave this week, where McCain downplays the nickname and denies ever viewing himself in that regard. "I never considered myself a maverick," McCain tells Newsweek. "I consider myself ... More >>

Jimi Hendrix Has a New Album: Maybe Next Time He'll Collaborate with Tupac

​Some artists still have an infinite supply of unreleased material, no matter how long it's been since they passed from this earthly plane.Slowly and painfully, these songs are compiled onto "new" albums and released like some kind of slowly-metabolizing prescription painkiller. You know you need ... More >>

Caught by His Tail; Tiger Spotted Outside Sex-Rehab Center -- Sorry Wickenburg, He's in Mississippi

​Tiger Woods, whose location has been more elusive than Osama Bin Laden's since his Thanksgiving car wreck, was spotted outside a sex-addiction-rehabilitation clinic in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Another loss for the Arizona economy, as hopeful businesses in Wickenburg planned for hi ... More >>

Huffington Post Claims Republican Women Afraid of State GOP Executive Director Brett Mecum

www.thedirty.com GOP Executive Director Brett Mecum (he's the one in the blue.)​ The Huffington Post claims that the stalking complaint against GOP Executive Director Brett Mecum fits a pattern of weirdo behavior by him that's creeping out Arizona Republican Party women.In an arti ... More >>

John Prine Has Had Help from Many Famous Fans

Interview with MC Hammer: Once The Awesomest Guy Alive, Now Another Social Media Guru

MC Hammer before Twitter.​There's probably no human being I've ever held in higher regard than MC Hammer. Truly. Over the span of my 29 years, I'm hard-pressed to think of anyone I idolized quite like Hammer circa summer 1990 something my mom confirmed earlier this year upon discovering some old V ... More >>

Michael Jackson’s Sedona “Murderess” Revealed

Joe Arpaio Confronted by Channel 5 Over Video of Crying Child Robbed of Her Parents by MCSO

Katherine Figueroa weeps, and all Joe can think about is himself KPHO Channel 5 has picked up on the story of Katherine Figueroa, the nine year-old girl robbed of her parents by the MCSO during its raid on Phoenix's Lindstrom Family Auto Wash last Saturday. Her tearful testimony pleading ... More >>

Hybrid Prius Drivers May Be in for an Unexpectedly Wild Ride

A Word to Joe Arpaio Foes on the Huffington Post's Cynicism

The latest video from HumanLeague002 and Puente. There is one sure way to prove the cynical, prissy pundits, the professional tut-tutters right in regards to Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Do nothing. "Do nothing" is essentially the message to the streets from Huffington Post's Dawn Teo, a former PR  ... More >>

March 18 In Blogs: St. Patrick's Day, iPhone, Free Wine and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Mesa Woman and Three Kids Wait for Illegal Immigrant Dad's Release From ... More >>

The Bird Marches with Zack de la Rocha and Laughs at the Latest Arpaio "Death Threat"

New York Times, Huffington Post Weigh in on Anti-Arpaio March

Proving once more that the anti-Arpaio march that went down this weekend in Phoenix has, um, legs, both the Huffington Post and the New York Times editorial board have put their respective two cents in on the Zack de la Rocha-led anti-Arpaio protest. The Huffington Post had a two-wom ... More >>

Huffington Post, Amy Goodman Cover Joe Arpaio's Misdeeds; and Don't Forget, Desert Politics is Back on 1190 AM Tomorrow

photo by Adolfo Maldonado and Dennis Gilman.The classic Arpaio snarl, patented in 25 countries, including the Emirate of Kuwait ...Both the Huffington Post's Dawn Teo and Amy Goodman of Democracy Now have produced long pieces in the past week covering Joe Arpaio's recent outrages against those with ... More >>

Nova M Deader than Bernie Mac? Sheldon Drobny's Mental Breakdown, and More on Randi Rhodes and 1190 AM's Implosion

from TheDailyGut.comDon't get mad at me, Drobny posted this himself once at HuffingtonPost.com.I was planning to save most of this for my Bird column this week, but the news is coming too fast and furious today not to follow up on my recent post concerning Randi Rhodes' disappearance from Nova M ra ... More >>

After 20 Years, Simpsons Intro Gets Face Lift

"After 20 years the Simpsons have changed their opening sequence. Tonight the show had its premiere in HD and with it brought the first revamp of the main titles since 1989." - The Huffington PostI am not so sure I know what to think of this. Is it reaching for help, grasping to stay relevant? Or is ... More >>

Your Reason to Watch the Grammys, Watch Coldplay Get Served

HuffingtonPost.com and Fox News are reporting that Coldplay might get served with legal papers in a law suite by Joe Satriani at this weekend's Grammy Awards.Last year Satriani claimed that Coldplay's Grammy nominated hit "Viva La Vida" ripped off his song "If I Could Fly" (see the video after the b ... More >>

The Wily Warbler Visits Ciria Lopez-Pacheco and Courtney Bisbee Behind Bars

Huffington Post Picks Up on Plight of Immigrant Mom Torn from Children by Joe Arpaio's Goons

When, I wonder, will Ciria Lopez-Pacheco finally be reunited with her children? The extremely well-read site Huffington Post just picked up on the plight of undocumented mom Ciria Lopez-Pacheco, who was torn from her children the evening of January 9, during Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio' ... More >>

Jan. 16 In Blogs: Phil Gordon, SXSW, Rare Vox, Light Rail and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Red-Light Violation Video Phoenix Light Ra ... More >>

Why the Huffington Post Needs to Get Over Chip Saltsman and "Barack the Magic Negro"

Is Barack really "the magic negro"? Considering the state of the economy, let's hope so. The liberal political correctness posse over at the Huffington Post is doing backflips of fake outrage over RNC Chairman hopeful Chip Saltsman's sending out a humor CD to Republican committee members -- one tha ... More >>

More Religious Wackjobbery? The Sarah Palin "Witchcraft" Video.

Sorry, Republitards, If the National Enquirer's Right about Sarah Palin, It's Fair Game.

Sarah Palin, the Wackjob from Wasilla and Her Crackpot Beliefs

Postmodern John McCain: the presidential candidate some Arizonans know — and loathe

The Yoda of 9/11

Pat Curley slices through the loony conspiracy theories at his influential "Screw Loose Change" Web site

It's a Wrap

Can the Web save Arizona's largest daily newspaper?