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  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Jan Brewer Investigated by Feds Over Criminally Insane Son's Social Security Benefits

    Governor Jan Brewer​Federal authorities spent more than a year investigating Governor Jan Brewer's role in collecting Social Security benefits intended for her mentally ill son, Ronald, who currently is in a state hospital after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1990 on kidnapping an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Herman Cain: Latest Accuser, Sharon Bialek, Has "Long and Troubled History"

    TMZHerman Cain's latest accuser, Sharon Bialek (right), and her headline-hungry attorney, Gloria Allred.​Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain remains on the attack when it comes to Sharon Bialek, the latest woman to accuse the former Godfather's Pizza CEO of sexual harassment.Cain plans t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 21, 2011

    Trend Setters

    TMZHerman Cain's latest accuser, Sharon Bialek (right), and her headline-hungry attorney, Gloria Allred.​Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain remains on the attack when it comes to Sharon Bialek, the latest woman to accuse the former Godfather's Pizza CEO of sexual harassment.Cain plans t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    J.D. Hayworth Blames Arizona's Medicaid Shortfall on Illegal Immigrants

    J.D. Hayworth's rumored to be considering another Senate run. Let the brown-bashing commence.​Former TV pitchman J.D. Hayworth thinks the reason Arizona's medicaid program is in such bad financial shape is because it covers people who are in the country illegally. The only problem with that is Ari ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2010

    Ralphie May-Day

    Big comedian brings largelaughs to Tempe

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2010

    Game

    Big comedian brings largelaughs to Tempe

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Fraud Alerts Don't Hurt Credit Score, NY Times Reports; LifeLock's Critics Made Claim in Lawsuit

    Does setting a fraud alert on your credit file every three months hurt your credit score? Critics of a Tempe-based identity-theft "protection" company, LifeLock, claimed in lawsuits that it does -- a fact that we noted in this month's feature story about the truth-challenged firm. But a blog po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    LifeLock CEO Todd Davis Tries to Spin Story on Frequent Identity Thefts; No Explanation for Why Davis Hid Thefts From Customers

    LifeLock has finally responded to our feature article this week about the Tempe-based company, and the revelation that its CEO, Todd Davis, has had his identity stolen at least 13 times. We offered Davis and LifeLock the chance to come clean about Davis' problems with identity theft before we publi ... More >>

  • News

    May 13, 2010

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

    LifeLock has finally responded to our feature article this week about the Tempe-based company, and the revelation that its CEO, Todd Davis, has had his identity stolen at least 13 times. We offered Davis and LifeLock the chance to come clean about Davis' problems with identity theft before we publi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2010

    Texas Invasion Tour

    LifeLock has finally responded to our feature article this week about the Tempe-based company, and the revelation that its CEO, Todd Davis, has had his identity stolen at least 13 times. We offered Davis and LifeLock the chance to come clean about Davis' problems with identity theft before we publi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    This Just In: The AZ Economy Really, Really Sucks

    ​We didn't exactly need a think tank to tell us how bad things have gotten here in Arizona, but what the heck -- if one wants to quantify our state's woe, who are we not immerse ourselves in the sad details?This week's bad news comes from this month's Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    LifeLock's Fraud-Alert Service Banned Forever in Settlement With Experian

    Image: Martha Strachan​LifeLock, the ethics-bending, Tempe-based firm covered in two 2007 New Times feature articles, has been permanently banned from performing what used to be its most basic service.Under a lawsuit settlement with Experian, a major credit bureau, LifeLock can no longer place a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2009

    American Casino

    Image: Martha Strachan​LifeLock, the ethics-bending, Tempe-based firm covered in two 2007 New Times feature articles, has been permanently banned from performing what used to be its most basic service.Under a lawsuit settlement with Experian, a major credit bureau, LifeLock can no longer place a ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2009

    If John Shadegg Wants People to Take Him Seriously, He Should Give Drug Companies Their Money Back

    Image: Martha Strachan​LifeLock, the ethics-bending, Tempe-based firm covered in two 2007 New Times feature articles, has been permanently banned from performing what used to be its most basic service.Under a lawsuit settlement with Experian, a major credit bureau, LifeLock can no longer place a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    "Obama-care" Has New Opponent: Mesa-Based "No Insurance Club"

    www.roflrozzi.com​In case you've been living on Mars for the last several months, the nation is in the midst of an intense debate over healthcare. Sick of it yet (no pun intended)? Well, a Mesa man claims to have the solution: Don't bother getting health insurance at all.Chad Harris, chief e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    SCA Contributions Technically Not "Payroll Deductions," County Says

    We're not saying Captain Joel Fox is wrong about everything. Turns out he's right on the issue of whether the SCA contributions were, in fact, "payroll deductions." Although the reports filed by Fox say "payroll deductions," Fox says in comments to this blog that they were actually nothing more t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Obama Scholarship Program at ASU Really a Financial Aid Program; Draws From Federal Grants and Scholarship Programs

      The "scholarship program" at Arizona State University to be named after President Barack Obama really isn't a "scholarship" at all. The nod to criticism of the school's denial of an honorary degree for Obama turns out to be a financial aid program called "ASU Advantage" that pools&n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Obama Says Plan Will Shore Up Foreclosures, Create Incentives in Housing Market

    President Barack Obama told a cheering crowd at Dobson High School in Mesa that the $787 billion stimulus act he signed into law yesterday will create jobs and restore the housing market to stability.Though the speech was loaded with vague rhetoric, Obama focused on a few of the details he said ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2008

    New Year's Financial Resolutions a Good Idea for State Residents and Government, Says Treasurer

    State Treasurer Dean Martin just put out a helpful list of New Year's resolutions that anyone could use to keep their finances in check -- especially state lawmakers. State budget watchdogs like Martin and others have been sounding the alarm, but outgoing Governor Janet Napolitano and a fiscal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    AIG Now Claims 90 Percent of Local Conference Costs to be Paid by "Sponsors;" NFL Star Speech Canceled

    State Treasurer Dean Martin just put out a helpful list of New Year's resolutions that anyone could use to keep their finances in check -- especially state lawmakers. State budget watchdogs like Martin and others have been sounding the alarm, but outgoing Governor Janet Napolitano and a fiscal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Wins; Other Propositions Don't Fare as Well

    State Treasurer Dean Martin just put out a helpful list of New Year's resolutions that anyone could use to keep their finances in check -- especially state lawmakers. State budget watchdogs like Martin and others have been sounding the alarm, but outgoing Governor Janet Napolitano and a fiscal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    Two Deceptive Proposition Campaigns to Watch Out For

    State Treasurer Dean Martin just put out a helpful list of New Year's resolutions that anyone could use to keep their finances in check -- especially state lawmakers. State budget watchdogs like Martin and others have been sounding the alarm, but outgoing Governor Janet Napolitano and a fiscal ... More >>

  • News

    June 5, 2008

    A legal battle with Wal-Mart over injury benefits broke this elderly store greeter’s spirit

    State Treasurer Dean Martin just put out a helpful list of New Year's resolutions that anyone could use to keep their finances in check -- especially state lawmakers. State budget watchdogs like Martin and others have been sounding the alarm, but outgoing Governor Janet Napolitano and a fiscal ... More >>

  • Music

    March 13, 2008

    Nine tips to take your strip club experience to the next level

    State Treasurer Dean Martin just put out a helpful list of New Year's resolutions that anyone could use to keep their finances in check -- especially state lawmakers. State budget watchdogs like Martin and others have been sounding the alarm, but outgoing Governor Janet Napolitano and a fiscal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2008

    Consumer Alert from reporter Ray Stern: LifeLock being sued by credit agency Experian (w/UPDATE).

    State Treasurer Dean Martin just put out a helpful list of New Year's resolutions that anyone could use to keep their finances in check -- especially state lawmakers. State budget watchdogs like Martin and others have been sounding the alarm, but outgoing Governor Janet Napolitano and a fiscal ... More >>

  • News

    November 1, 2007

    Brother's Keeper

    Phoenix boxing great Michael Carbajal says his big brother and manager, Danny, stole every penny he had

  • Calendar

    October 4, 2007

    Nag, Nag, Nag

    Phoenix boxing great Michael Carbajal says his big brother and manager, Danny, stole every penny he had

  • News

    July 19, 2007

    Money for Nothing

    Don't fall victim to the identity-theft protection scam

  • News

    May 31, 2007

    What Happened in Vegas...

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

  • News

    December 28, 2006

    Loan Sharks

    The governor's chosen loan authority is determined to keep its monopoly

  • News

    November 16, 2006

    Bonds. Big Bonds.

    It's officially a nonprofit, but the company Governor Napolitano picked to handle millions in student loans is making big bucks for one of its original founders

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2006

    Manet, You Corrupt Biddy...

    It's officially a nonprofit, but the company Governor Napolitano picked to handle millions in student loans is making big bucks for one of its original founders

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    Bonds. Big Bonds.

    It's officially a nonprofit, but the company Governor Napolitano picked to handle millions in student loans is making big bucks for one of its original founders

  • News

    September 21, 2006

    Campus Strife

    A free-speech battle at ASU centers on enormous posters of aborted fetuses

  • Music

    April 14, 2005

    Where Eagles Dare Benefit Show

    Help them stay posi

  • News

    October 21, 2004

    In God We Trust

    Big banks and desperate debtors have made an East Valley ministry millions

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    Burned

    Aging Rural/Metro firefighters can't afford to retire

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Straits of Magellan

    Canadian investors in a Phoenix-based company say they are victims of an international incident

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    Poring a Foundation

    State prosecutors, regulators scrutinize the Baptist Foundation of Arizona

  • News

    August 20, 1998

    Auto Lock-up

    State prosecutors, regulators scrutinize the Baptist Foundation of Arizona

  • News

    October 23, 1997

    Face Lift

    Bankruptcy officials say People's Paralegal owner is up to his old tricks with a new partner

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    Fife's Myth

    Symington's tax cuts had little or nothing to do with Arizona's economic boom, which isn't as robust as it's made out to be

  • News

    April 24, 1997

    Bob Hartle's Identity Crisis

    A con man stole his good name and good credit; the law wouldn't help him get it back

  • News

    December 7, 1995

    Class Reaction

    Legal aid to farmworkers and Indians slashed as Congress seeks end to mass lawsuits

  • News

    February 16, 1995

    THE GRIM RED LINE

    MINORITIES ARE REFUSED MORTGAGES. BANKS WON'T LEND IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S CALLED REDLINING, AND IT'S STILL THRIVING IN PHOENIX.

  • News

    October 13, 1994

    HIGHER YEARNING

    INVESTORS WANT WESTERN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY TO CASH IN ON THE MBA CRAZE. BUT THE SCHOOL HAS YET TO MASTER ITS OWN BUSINESS PROBLEMS

  • News

    February 23, 1994

    LESSEE GO HOME

    TANYA BECKER WANTED A NICE RENTER FOR HER HOME. SHE WOUND UP WITH A REAL-LIFE "PACIFIC HEIGHTS" TENANT

  • News

    December 29, 1993

    CHARTER RUNS AGROUND

    DEAN BREWER WAS ALREADY UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR BANKRUPTING A MORTGAGE COMPANY, SO ARIZONA REGULATORS LET HIM TAKE OVER CHARTER TITLE, AND $8 MILLION IS MISSING.

  • News

    April 7, 1993

    RESOLUTION TRUST CORPSE

    THEIR INCOME WAS FIXED, THE BANK'S PROMISE WAS BROKEN, THE RTC WAS RUTHLESS

  • News

    February 21, 1990

    Charge It To Bad Luck

    What happened when Karen Law bumped into Karen Law? Financial disaster.

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