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New Film Documents Southern California's Tattoo Scene, from Danny Trejo to Ed Hardy

Prosecutors Team With Debt Collectors to Terrorize Consumers

Four Artists Who Would Have Paired Well With The Game

The Game: Four Dead Rappers We Wish He Could Collaborate With

In hip-hop the past is a constant and idealization of one's forefathers-or mothers-is an uncrossable tradition. The Game might be hip-hop's most eloquent eulogizer. His 2005 hit "Dreams" spoke poignantly to that point; Game all but admitted that he'll never mean as much to the culture as his lordl ... More >>

Arpaio Awaits Justice as Election Looms

Ask a Mexican on Mexico's Woes and Remembering Ruben Salazar

Five Must-See Shows This Weekend

Curious what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions as to how to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend. Friday, June 1: Frequency Fridays @ DWNTWN Fridays used to be one of the pimpest nights of the week at Cent ... More >>

Toys That Kill @ Meat Market Garment Factory

Money Pit: Andy Thomas’ Death-Penalty-Laden Years as Maricopa County Attorney

Lindsay Lohan (We Mean Rachel Alexander) Thumbing Nose At Panel Through Blog Won't Help "Cause"

We watched the morning news a bit ago as onetime Disney superstar turned train wreck Lindsay Lohan slipped in the back door of the Los Angeles County morgue to do ghoulish penance for whatever it was that got her on probation.Rachel Alexander's testimony yesterday was the proverbial train wreck.​L ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Reconquista, and Riding a Bike

Ask A Mexican on Social Acceptance and Linguistic Understanding

Hit Man Trained by Mexican Cartels

Pro-SB 1070 Phoenix Rising Rally: Neo-Nazis, Nativists, Crackpots, and More

A white supremacist in the nativist nut bag... A fruitcake of nativist rage and looniness baking in the Arizona sun: That's what was generally to be found at Wesley Bolin Plaza this Saturday, June 5 for the pro-SB 1070 Phoenix Rising rally, which drew around 2,000 mostly white participants to ... More >>

Michelle Obama Embarrassed by 2nd Grader; and Why Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce Is an Idiot

And a little child shall lead them...In case you missed it, the video above is of First Lady Michelle Obama, accompanied by Mexico's First Lady Margarita Zavala, visiting with a group of Maryland second graders on Wednesday. One kid raised her hand to ask if it was true what her mommy says that Bara ... More >>

Antonio Villaraigosa Says Los Angeles Will Take Joe Arpaio If Suns Best Lakers

L.A.'s resident Mayor-comedian, Antonio VillaraigosaFinally, a way to get rid of Maricopa County's geriatric gendarme Sheriff Joe, and he doesn't even have to get indicted by the feds! Though that would still be pretty sweet.In a message to Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon publicized today, La-la Land Mayo ... More >>

Maricopa County No. 2 in the Country When it Comes to Job Losses, According to Latest Statistics

www.bp.com​In the most recent blow to Maricopa County's reputation throughout the country, the latest jobs report is out and it aint pretty for the Valley.Among the county's other embarrassing, um, problems -- law enforcement and prosecutorial, mainly -- Maricopa County is now the number two count ... More >>

Gotcha! State Hospital Escapee Busted in California

Jorge Murillo​We caught wind of this a few hours ago but couldn't confirm it until now -- Jorge Murillo, the state hospital "patient" who escaped custody last week by hopping two fences without anyone seeming to notice, has been captured. Murillo, a 40-year-old Honduran national, who recent ... More >>

Michael Jackson Homicide: We Told You So

​The Los Angeles County coroner's ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide, according to the Associated Press. Officials say a fatal combination of drugs was given to Jackson hours before he died at his rented mansion; he was apparently poisoned by an interaction between the powerful anesthetic pr ... More >>

Judge Neil Wake takes action in the jail conditions lawsuit against Arpaio

Arpaio tells a $400 million whopper, and a New Times reporter's kicked out of Joe's offices--again

Chef Michael Mina starts the local conspicuous consumption trend with Bourbon Steak

Information Blockade

The sheriff's made a career of stonewalling critical media — the public's right to know be damned

Under Siege

Polygamists are barricading their homes in the midst of mounting legal assaults by authorities

Tom Avila's Big Story

He delivered the news on KFNX, but left out the part about his criminal past

Double Exposure

Arizona's finally followed Utah's lead and launched serious action to stop abuses by polygamists

Polygamy Puzzle

Furor over mysterious memo masks difficulties in prosecuting illegal acts

Cover-Up (Arizona Attorney General internal memo)

Arizona faces a "Waco-level" threat from Mormon fundamentalists.

Murky Waters

The drowning death of a child is always a tragedy. But when does it become a crime? County prosecutors are wading into a dangerous debate.

Shock Treatment

California eats lots of power, but it doesn't like growing its own power plants. Instead, Arizona is becoming the new power farm for the Coast.

'Til Death Do Us Part

Cocaine. Domestic brawls. Group sex. Brian Eftenoff concedes his wasn't the perfect marriage. But was his wife Judi murdered? Did Brian kill her? And can prosecutors prove anything? Part One of a New Times Investigation

The Strong Arm of the Law

Police go to great lengths -- including civil injunctions -- to combat gangs. The jury is out on their effectiveness

A Madam, A Murder, A Mystery

Exhuming Arizona's most notorious prostitute

One From the Heart

Seraphim-themed City of Angels is a glossy cloud-pleaser

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Family says teen was disoriented and suicidal three days before death at Boys Ranch

Under the Knife

Even legislation can't end violence in Valley hospitals

Don't Leave Homies Without It

Jailers Show a Paraplegic Who's Boss

Richard Post was taken to jail in his wheelchair for mouthing off in a bar. Joe Arpaio's detention officers saw him as such a threat, they strapped him into a medieval restraint chair--and broke his neck.

The Amazing Colossal Sculptor

The works of Tempe patriot Lawrence Tenney Stevens loom large

Paging Bull

He's JJ! He's the owner! He's the King of Beepers! And we've got his number!

Thanks for Quitting. Heres Your Gold Watch.

When Fred Tryon retired, Arizona Public Service Company gave him a gold watch. Then the multibillion-dollar utility claimed he hadn't retired, but quit, and took away his pension and his benefits. Then Fred Tryon died of a heart attack. Now, his wife o

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

LIFESTYLES OF THE DEAD AND FAMOUSPHOENIX COMPANY MAKES A KILLING TRAFFICKING IN CELEBRITY WILLS AND OTHER DEATH DOCUMENTS

LIGHTS! CAMERA! INACTION!BEHIND-THE -SCENES BACKBITING THREATENS ARIZONA'S CHANCES OF FILMMAKING STARDOM

THE BOB CRANE MURDER CASE PART TWO

IN 1978, THE SCOTTSDALE COPS HAD A DEAD CELEBRITY AND A GREAT SUSPECT. WHAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE WAS PROOF.