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Paolo Soleri Is the True Legend of the Arizona Architecture Scene

Kristen Campbell Makes Cheesecake Batter

Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We've got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we'll introduce them to you, one by on ... More >>

Paul Babeu's Chief Deputy Steve Henry Considering a Run For Boss' Job -- Now That Babeu's Considering Running For Congress

PCSO Chief Deputy Steve Henry, it appears, is the heir-apparent to Sheriff Paul Babeu, who's probably running for Congress.​Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced last week that he's considering running for Congress -- his chief deputy, Steve Henry, however, apparently thinks Babeu is definitel ... More >>

A Band of Screw-Ups at KWSS-FM Work at Waging a 100-Watt Revolution

Cowboy Down: Rob Krentz's Family Talks About the Life and Death of the Murdered Arizona Rancher

Cracking LifeLock: Even After a $12 Million Penalty for Deceptive Advertising, the Tempe Company Can't Be Honest About Its Identity-Theft-Protection Service

Paint on a Happy Face: Local Artist Luis Gutierrez Is on the Cusp of Making It in the Art World Despite Struggling with MS

Greek Ruins: Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright's Disciples — As Well As Ralph Haver, Kemper Goodwin, John Sing Tang, and Edward L. Varney — May Soon Be History, Thanks to Arizona State University

The Bird Interviews Arizona’s Only Mexican-Born Governor About His Memoir and Connection to Kemper Marley, the Man Behind Don Bolles’ Assassination

From the Society for Creative Anachronism to Self-Propelled Electronic Armored Racks, Simon Rohrich is a True Renaissance Man

Can Maynard James Keenan Put Arizona Wine on the Map?

Letters from the issue of Thursday, February 21, 2008

What Happened in Vegas...

Clients nationwide are entrusting private financial information to a Tempe anti-identity-theft firm that’s based on a bluff

Move Over, Ann Coulter

Meet the woman behind ASU's Caucasian American Men's Club

Tohono O'odham With Love

Move over, Dannielynn; Anna Nicole's Native son is alive and well on the Tohono O'odham reservation, and he may be the rightful heir to the tabloid temptress' millions

Colangelo Eats Crow

ASU President Michael Crow's emergence provides Phoenix a preferable alternative to Jerry

Speed Queens

Peoria teen sisters are racing toward success on the track and off

Jerry's World

Jerry Colangelo and his pals have gobbled up the lion’s share of public development dollars. If downtown’s to be saved, City Hall’s got to share the wealth.

Shell Game

Rowing in the desert? Tempe junior crew is leading a boom in this traditional Ivy League sport.

Mission: Impossible

The Arizona Legislature may prove to be too much for ASU's unsinkable Michael Crow

Nada Chance

Reforming Arizona's bilingual education system won't be as easy as voters may think

Committing the Truth

After years of retaliation because she was a whistleblower, a leading Alzheimer's researcher can vouch for how poorly Arizona law protects university employees who report waste or fraud

Sex Crimes and the City

Retiring child-abuse investigator recalls most haunting cases

Suspended Animation

Two senior court officers sit at home, wondering if they've been blacklisted

Rivera's Edge

After a year on the job, U.S. Attorney Jose de Jesus Rivera looks to be in the right place at the right time

Letters

Tributary Bypass

Ninety years ago, an electric company harnessed all 14 miles of Fossil Creek. Now, environmentalists want the water set free.

Advocate Without Pier

Jeff Ofstedahl became the Valley's most visible gay activist, turned Echo Magazine into a political force, and carefully planned his departure for four months of sailing and finishing a novel. Then his doctor called.

Timely Tim

Despite an unremarkable demeanor, public-interest lawyer Tim Hogan has a nose for trouble and a knack with judges

Sky Writer

Stargazers revere Arizona Robert Burnham Jr., creator of the most complete, practical, inspirational book ever written about the night sky. But like so many people of genius, he would spend his last years alone and destitute.

Calendar for the week

Same Dam Story

Lake Powell's high waters are flushing the Grand Canyon again. Is it Mother Nature's fault or the Bureau of Reclamation's?

Crime Spree on the Reservation

Teen-gangster Crips on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community got high on crystal meth and cheap beer and terrorized the reservation with drive-by shootings, murder, beatings, fire-bombings and robberies for two years--until the feds busted them fo

Hacker, Cracker, Watchman, Spy

Some old-school Valley hackers grew up to be high-tech cat burglars. Some went to work for the man. Some just never grew up.

DPS: Department of Political Safety

The state police force is riven with dissent over the governor's politicization of the department. Leading the list of complaints are rapid advancement of unqualified Symington cronies, the governor's misuse of the DPS plane, and scarce resources for crim

Pic Hits for the week

Owl See You in Court

From spikedaces to spotted owls, the Southwest Center for Biological Diversity has logged the legal system and rewritten the book on environmental activism

Pic Hits for the week

Pic Hits for the week

Mall Americans

A fledgling indoor-football league is a steppingstone -- for some, to the future; for others, to the past

Pic Hits for the week

WHO KILLED KING?

THE VALLEY'S HOTTEST POLITICAL STRATEGISTS TEAMED UP TO PUSH MLK DAY. NO WONDER IT FAILED.

A PROCESS IS DUE AT SOUTH MOUNTAIN HIGH

THE BEST OF FIFE

HE BROUGHT US AN RTC LAWSUIT, A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION AND A "CAR OF THE PEOPLE." NOT TO MENTION GEORGE LECKIE AND ANNETTE ALVAREZ. OH, WHAT THE HECK, WE'LL MENTION THEM.

DEATH OF AN ECO WARRIOR

LEROY JACKSON TRANSFORMED HIMSELF FROM A PHOENIX STREET WINO INTO A CHARISMATIC NAVAJO ENVIRONMENTALIST. HIS FRIENDS THINK HE WAS MURDERED FOR HIS EFFORTS.

ARIZONA'S SHOOTING STAR

RYNELDI BECENTI IS A HERO TO THE NAVAJO NATION-----AND THE BEST BASKETBALL PLAYER AT ASU

SEX EDUCATION

SLIPSHOD BACKROUND CHEDKS, SCHOOL BOARDS THAT CUT DEALS, AND COLLEAGUES WHO PROTECT THEIR OWN. WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHERS WHO MOLEST, THE BIG PICTURE ISN'T PRETTY.

SEX EDUCATION

NO ONE IN FLAGSTAFF COULD BELIEVE THE CHARGES AGAINST THE TOWN'S FAVORITE MUSIC TEACHER. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN MESA.

WHOSE WOODS ARE THESE?

THE WOODS ARE LOVELY, DARK AND DEEP; THE FOREST SERVICE HAS PROMISES TO KEEP

TOM SWIFT AND HIS FLYING CARAERO SMITH GREG GLEBE LITERALLY FLIES THE COUPE