Taser's stock had the biggest rise in seven years after the United Kingdom announced on Monday it would fund the purchase of 10,000 of the Scottsdale company's stun guns.
The good news for Taser soured somewhat today, though, after New Scotland Yard, headquarters of London's famous Metropolitan Police, said it wanted no part of the deal -- for now, anyway.
DOSE's tribute to Haring, at the entrance to Scottsdale's Bentley Gallery.For those who doubt Phoenix graffiti writers have the stuff to invade the realm of fine art, Scottsdale's Bentley Gallery has a one word rebuttal: DOSE. The PHX's sultan of street art is known for his work with the Forever in Control art collective, which is in turn known for rocking walls from downtown Phoenix to the barrios of L.A. and back again. Now DOSE's aerosol stylings can be appreciated right along with the radian
A former sailor and Phoenix UPS driver was sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison today for passing secrets to a Pakistan man who ran an Al-Qaeda recruitment Web site.Paul R. Hall, who has apparently changed his name to Hassan Abu-Jihaad, was arrested in Phoenix in 2007 and charged with terrorism- and espionage-related crimes. Hall/Abu-Jihaad was convicted a year ago, but in early March a judge dropped the terrorism charge, delaying his sentencing.Hall was a bona fide rat in the grain house -