Manufacturing Sector

Hikers Find Gun, Grenades, and "Possible C-4 Explosives" in Desert, Along With Map to More

Attention: if you hid your guns, ammo, grenades, and "high explosives" in the desert near State Route 87, you're not very good at hiding things.Hikers found the aforementioned items in the past couple of days, and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and a pair of federal agencies are now utilizing ... More >>

Candy Land

Flower Arrangement

Hasbro Announces Gender Neutral Easy-Bake Ovens Are On Their Way

Earlier this week we talked about McKenna Pope, a 13-year-old girl who launched an online petition for Hasbro to market their Easy-Bake Oven in a more gender neutral manner so it would appeal to her younger brother, Gavyn Boscio. Now Hasbro has addressed those concerns directly, inviting the family ... More >>

Famous Chefs Stand With Teenager Over Calls for Gender Neutral Easy-Bake Oven

Manuel Trevino from "Top Chef" is just one of the many chefs who stepped forward in this video address to show their support for one teenager's petition to get Hasbro to market their Easy-Bake Oven in a gender neutral manner. See Also: --Powdered Food DIY Kits From Japan Are Kinda Creepy but Also ... More >>

Old Records Are Outselling New Ones for the First Time

By Chris Kornelis In the two decades since Nielsen Soundscan started to keep track of U.S. album sales in 1991, the company has seen the industry fold in half, digital sales catch up to physical, and vinyl mount a resurgence. But until last week, they'd never seen old records outsell new ones. The ... More >>

Lighter Fare

Arizona Must Invest More in Solar Energy to Stay Ahead of Other States and China, Says GPEC President Barry Broome

Image: GPEC Barry Broome, president and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, said today that his organization is doing a better job promoting the solar industry than the solar industry itself.​More subsidies for the solar industry in Arizona are crucial to avoid being lef ... More >>

Doritos Inventor Arch Clark West Will be Buried With, You Guessed It, Doritos

http://jaydeanhcr.wordpress.com/ The original Dorito packaging. The word "dorito" sounds like "doradito," which translates to "little golden" in Spanish. ​Throughout history, famous people have been buried with gold. So it's fitting, we suppose, that the guy who invited Doritos --the s ... More >>

Ford Motor Company Fined $225,000 for Cheating Permit Process; Proving Grounds Manager Mike Stoeckler Lied by Omission, Official Says

Image: www.linkeng.comFord Motor Company was fined $225,000 by Maricopa County for failing to obtain the necessary permits before building a new test track.​Back in January, longtime Ford engineer and proving grounds manager Mike Stoeckler flew to from Dearborn, Michigan to deliver an urgent reque ... More >>

Sweet Stuff

Chow down on some tasty bits

Lou and Denise Mirabella of Chocofin Chocolatiers

What started out as a less than stellar homemade-Christmas-gift attempt at truffle making grew into the passion and livelihood of the entrepreneurial Lou Mirabella and his wife, Denise, of Chocofin Chocolatiers.

Petit Fromage Goes On Hiatus This Weekend

​This Saturday will be the last chance you can swing by cheese goddess Lara Mulchay's artisanal cheese and charcuterie spot, Petit Fromage -- for the time being, anyway. The year-old business, located inside of D'licious Dishes at 7th Avenue and Missouri, will be "on hiatus," Mulchay says, ... More >>

Arizona to Test Gulf Fish, The Ben & Jerry's Crypt and Happy Dogs in Today's Eater's Digest

www.pupdogtraining.com​ Hungry for for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?How Dirty is That Fish?The oil spill  has shut down numerous fishing sites and oyster harvesting sites in the Gulf of Mexico. Although Arizona is nowhere near the gulf, we still ... More >>

"Robots: The Interactive Exhibition"

World Technology Award Results: Drumroll Please...

Here's an update for those following the nomination of our intrepid algae-to-rocket fuel ASU inventors for the World Technology Award: Looks like scientists Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld fell just short: The energy award was given on Friday to Zhengrong Shi from Suntech Power Holdings Co., for ... More >>

Robots to do Battle at MetroCenter; Youths From Maricopa Skill Center Showcasing Summer Project

Image: Wikimedia Commons The rip of metal skin, the smell of electric motors overheating, the excited faces of young nerds in button-down, short-sleeve shirts... If you love a good robot fight like we do, tread on down to Metrocenter this Friday from 10 a.m. to noon. It may not be as exciting as a ... More >>

Death to Chocolate in Phoenix?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/misbehave/Lately, it's gotten downright impossible to get a chocolate fix in Phoenix. Sure, you can still find a Milky Way at Walgreen's, but we're not looking for the waxy stuff that you'd find in a 5-year-old's trick or treat bag. We want our chocolate grown up ... More >>

Phoenix Fringe Festival: The Next Best Thing

Gross Out: Mice at Wright on Main

At Wright on Main (on Main Street in Mesa), Maricopa County restaurant inspectors recently found something rare -- at least, it hasn't turned up in dozens of inspection reports reviewed in the last few months. Mice. And roaches. Also "excessive" droppings from both. (What would qualify as non ... More >>

Arty Girl: HRC Gala Auction Donations - check 'em out

Now, doesn't that sound fancy?That's because it kinda is. The HRC Arizona Gala is on its fifth year of organizing an art auction to benefit The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality.And you can chec ... More >>

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Reclaim your mojo at two-wheel extravaganza

Gross Out: Fenix Eatery & Bar gets Two "No Award" Inspections

Doobie Brutha

Dope rapper spins yarns about sex and sticks

The Symbol Life

Pondering eternity and duct tape in Tempe

Men Wax On, Women Wax Off

Totally not fair

Popular Mechanics

Luxury Sweets

DIY Hard with a Vengeance

Butt Rock

Ride hard without the . . . well, you know

Next Big Things

The five biggest attention-getters at E3

Dream Weaver

Denny Le Nimh, the Yoda of PHX rock DJs, parties with the Kreme posse at Paco Paco for Plus One

The Big Sleazy

Tall trannies, polyamorous pagans and tipsy rounds of tonsil hockey: That's Hot Pink! redux, baby

Generation Next

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

Paper Pusher

The message is the medium

Dollyrots

Hot Pink Perdition

The night crew checks out an after-hours hot spot

Letters

Letters from the week of July 17, 2003

Best Place To Open A Business If You're Not Good With Names

Downtown Mesa

Putting Globe on the Map

As the gritty old mining town tries to broaden its economic base, residents debate how much of its future lies in its past

Maquila Wages, Sans Slums

Sense of Humidor

Smoke and Beers

Senator John McCain may have turned his back on tobacco, but alcohol still gets a free ride

The Devil and Todd McFarlane

Spawn's creator revolutionized the comic-book industry. But did he survive Hollywood with his soul intact?

Candied Camera

Willy Wonka's dark chocolate still tasty at 25

Politics: A Smelly, Puking Habit

Mayor Rimsza urges reticent council to embrace local antitobacco enforcement

Mayoral Smoke Screen?

Rimsza blasts cigarette makers, then endorses tobacco-industry legislation

Where There's Smoke

There are Friends of Tobacco. And antismoking advocates worry that behind-the-scenes machinations may water down a state campaign to discourage teen smoking.

SHORT-SHEETEDSTATE SCRAMBLES TO KEEP ITS PAPER-PUSHERS IN BUSINESS

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