Neurology

Toughest Sheriff in the Nation Wimps Out

DISORDERLY CONDUCT

WHAT MAKES A KID WASH HIS HANDS 100 TIMES A DAY, CHANGE HIS CLOTHES HOURLY AND OTHERWISE DRIVE HIS PARENTS NUTS? TOURETTE'S SYNDROME.

Nursery Crimes

The case of the battered Avondale quadruplets includes horrific injuries, a misdiagnosis, a mystery witness, a mentally ill mother, a crude police report, missions of mercy rebuffed. Expect it all to get sorted out in a criminal court.

Drawing from the Wrong Side of the Brain

Instead of removing Michael Cooley's brain tumor, a surgeon cut out healthy tissue. Fifteen years later, Cooley's settled malpractice cases against his doctor and his lawyer. The tumor still must be removed.

Best Excuse to Look at a Drum Riser

Bob Hoag, Pollen

CPS Took Sick Child From Home Unfairly, Says Mom; Takes Fight to Internet

A Valley woman is using YouTube and a Web site to accuse local doctors and hospitals of fraud and of CPS of wrongly removing her child from her home.Leanna Roberson-Smith writes on her site that CPS officials accused her of Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy and placed her daughter in a foster home follo ... More >>

Keeping the Meter Running

A Valley woman is using YouTube and a Web site to accuse local doctors and hospitals of fraud and of CPS of wrongly removing her child from her home.Leanna Roberson-Smith writes on her site that CPS officials accused her of Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy and placed her daughter in a foster home follo ... More >>

Jump Street

Once ruled a suicide, Phoenix finance chief Kevin Keogh's leap to his death on a busy thoroughfare is a true medical mystery

Reality Check

Let's get this straight: Lots of voters think Janet Napolitano's a closeted lesbian, but she's against Prop 107 and gay marriage?!

The Passion of El Cristo

What if Jesus Christ came back as an illegal alien?

Neil Young

Living With War
(Reprise)

Senior Moment

Jan Decleir shines as a senile hit man

Those Bloody Red Sox

Curt Schilling putts for charity

Painted From Memory

Artist and poet collaborate on Alzheimer's project

Double Hit

A local public advocacy attorney vows to change hospital billing laws, after one hits close to home

Murderball

The Phoenix Heat quadriplegic rugby team has hot wheels, championship dreams, and a thirst for blood

4-H Member

Ray Rivera's rules for standup comedy: Handicapped, Hispanic, Homosexual, Humorist

An Errant Rescue

The short life and times of Johnny Jardine, Part 1

'Til Death Do Us Part

The murder case against Brian Eftenoff crumbles under scrutiny. Part two of a New Times investigation

Self-Guided Tour de Force

"Artists Without Bounds"

Dying Poets Society

Is there beauty in Alzheimer’s disease? Yes, say ASU poets who work with dementia patients. But can you be a poet and not know it?

Lies and Videotape

In an apparent repeat of its behavior in the Norberg case, the sheriff's office withheld key evidence from litigant

Taken Baby Syndrome

Raul and Karla Larranaga's baby Desiree died under mysterious circumstances a year ago. Now Child Protective Services has taken their newborn daughter, Sophia, away from them. But witnesses who neither the police nor CPS interviewed tell New Times they su

THAT MUST HAVE BEEN ONE TOUGH PARAPLEGIC

Raul and Karla Larranaga's baby Desiree died under mysterious circumstances a year ago. Now Child Protective Services has taken their newborn daughter, Sophia, away from them. But witnesses who neither the police nor CPS interviewed tell New Times they su

The Dendrites!

Raul and Karla Larranaga's baby Desiree died under mysterious circumstances a year ago. Now Child Protective Services has taken their newborn daughter, Sophia, away from them. But witnesses who neither the police nor CPS interviewed tell New Times they su