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7 Diamondbacks Players Share Their Favorite Places for Eats and Drinks in Metro Phoenix

Spring training brings plenty of visitors to the Valley -- we're talking about baseball fanatics and players from around the league. Everyone wants a piece of the action (and the weather) and, of course, you can't participate in all the activity without also indulging in some of the Valley's restaur ... More >>

Texas BBQ House Introduces New Texas Po Boy and Quite Possibly the Valley's Best Beef Ribs

Since they opened their original, modest little 'cue joint in South Phoenix in 2011 (and shut down their Scottsdale location last summer), Texas expats Mike Pitt and Doug Dieckmann of Texas BBQ House have been serving up smoked pieces of tender, glistening animal flesh any dedicated carnivore would ... More >>

Chili Challenge: TexAZ Grill vs. Matt's Big Breakfast

When the temperatures turn arctic, there's only one way to do the math: chilly = chili. And because cold snaps are few and far between here in the land of eternal sunshine, this is chili-eating weather as we seldom see it. See also: - 10 Favorite Soup & Sandwich Spots in Greater Phoenix Nobody re ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Mexican Fashion and Embracing Death

Ask a Mexican on the Rio Grande and Loading Pickup Trucks

Metal Mondays: Phoenix Needs a Heavy Metal Strip Club

I've never been a fan of Texas, even though it's the stomping ground for a wide range of heavy acts. From the Dallas Cowboys to the phrase "everything is bigger in Texas" to George Bush, everything about the state has always had a way of agitating the hell out of me. Like, nails-on-a-chalkboard ag ... More >>

One Intersection, Two New Chandler BBQ Spots: Rudy's and Can't Stop Smokin'

Hey Chandler, ready for some BBQ? Texas style or Mountain style? You now have both! Texas barbecue franchise Rudy's Country Store and BBQ opened earlier in April and are dishing out Texas style brisket, ribs, chicken and smoked sausage. And right across the street, New Mexico's Can't Stop Smokin ... More >>

Warren Jeffs Sentenced to Life in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Child "Brides"

www.article.wn.comWarren Jeffs​Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was in a Texas courtroom today, where he was sentenced to life in prison today for sexually assaulting two underage followers of his breakaway sect of the Mormon Church.See fo ... More >>

Pontiak Makes an Album About Driving from Phoenix to Texas

Pontiak​What does a drive from Phoenix to the Big Bend area of Texas sound like? Well, according to psych-rock band Pontiak (who are from some place called Holtzclaw, Virginia), a road trip through the landscapes of the southwest sound like a stripped-down, four-part country-blues jam. Pontiak' ... More >>

Wall of Shame

CNN, USA Today, and other media organizations got fooled

Missing Tucson Girl Found in Texas With Utah Man Who's Apparently Way Into Shirtless Dudes

Ashley Kingsbury was found in Galveston, Texas, this morning.​The Tucson girl reported missing Monday has been found alive and well in Texas with a 19-year-old Utah man -- who apparently has an obsession with shirtless dudes -- whom she met online.Ashley Kingsbury, 14, was found in Galveston, Texa ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Ninth-Generation Texans and What Mexican Are Good For

Sneak Peek at Big Earl's BBQ Menu

​Hi. I'd like an order of deep-fried pickles with blue cheese, some fried sweetbreads with green goddess dressing, a Texas beef brisket combo, and a side of cornbread with molasses. However, as much as the brazen phallic reference cracks me up, I'm not sure I want to order The Johnson ... More >>

Bitter End @ The Underground

Baby From Arizona Found Dead in Box in Texas

​A baby, reportedly from Arizona, has been found dead in a box shipped to southern Texas.According to KNES in San Antonio, Texas, the baby was found in a box shipped to a clothing distribution center in McAllen, Texas, at some point in the last 24 hours.Given the latest twists and turns in the Bab ... More >>

Fried Beer, Tasting at Tops and Cookie Dough Pops in Today's Eater's Digest

browniesfordinner.com​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Beer, Wine and a Little TequilaJoin the folks at Taste of Tops in Tempe tonight for the unveiling of their September Art Exhibit featuring local artist Dumperfoo. Not only can you check ou ... More >>

What About Bob Ray?

Iconic Texas filmmaker posts up in Tempe

Fast Food Toast Has Us on Meltdown

Late Registration

Valley celebrates African-American history and heritage

America's Most Wanted Fugitive Nabbed by Arizona-Based Task Force

www.amw.comJose Luis Covarrubias​The Arizona-based WANTED task force, a unit within the U.S. Marshal's Office, working in collaboration with Mexican authorities, announced today that it's arrested one of Texas' most wanted fugitives. Jose Luis Covarrubias, a 21-year-old U.S. citizen , was arrested ... More >>

Nothing Not New: Texas Tornados

Welcome to the "Nothing Not New," a yearlong project in which New Times editorial operations manager Jay Bennett, a 40-year-old music fan and musician, will listen only to music released in 2010. Why? Because in the words of his editor, Martin Cizmar, he suffers from "aesthetic atrophy," a ... More >>

Talkin' Trash

Let your genetic detritus shine forth at the Fair

High on the Pig

Good chow? Giant TVs? We’re there.

Free Poker Mondays @ K O'Donnell's American Bar & Grill

Swine Flu Arizona -- One Case Confirmed; State Schools Chief Says Campus Closures Possible

The latest Internet news on the swine flu:* The first case in Arizona has been confirmed, and three other cases are suspected. None of the victims were "gravely ill or hospitalized," health officials say.* The state schools chief says schools reporting a case of swine flu should close the campus ... More >>

Franco Mondini-Ruiz Porcelain Party

Dear and the Headlights: Phoenix's Great Hope?

Martin CizmarDear and the Headlights at Tinest Bar in TexasOf all the Arizona bands at SxSW, no one had a higher profile than Dear and the Headlights. They played five shows over the course of the five-day festival, including headlining the I Heart AZ showcase and the same official showcase at Spiro ... More >>

Death and Texas

You’ll laugh, you’ll flinch at Tracy Letts’ white-trash thriller

Good Girls Don't

Badass grrls do

Americans recording Mexican songs: the bueno, the bad and the muy ugly

Who's creepier: Warren Jeffs or Nancy Grace? And FLDS' new Web site about YFZ's "captive children."

Short Creek redux? Colorado City historian Ben Bistline on the FLDS, Warren Jeffs, and Yearning for Zion.

In Search of 50: The Quest Begins With Texas

Country Club Dropout

Texas songwriter ain’t no Nashville cat

Pat Green

Sonny Rhodes

Baptized in blues

Relatives Can Certainly Be Taxing

And taxes remain relatively certain

Sound Team

Movie Monster
(Capitol)

Robert Earl Keen

Giving you a lot to drink about

Bet on Black

The season college hoops smashed the color barrier

Wanted: Armed and Dangerous

As the FBI chases polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs, work continues 24/7 on his religion's foreboding new Texas capital

The Reverend Horton Heat

Prodigal Hijos

Los Lonely Boys survive the family biz in Nashville to become Texas roots-rock heroes

Grumpy Old Men

Lions tames Duvall and Caine with feel-good corn pone

2003 Cactus League Baseball

Spring Training Schedule

Thrill of the Grill

There's nothing brisk about brisket Texas-style

TAPES IN THE MAIL

FLACO 'ROUND THE CLOCKONCE JUST A WARM CHUBASCO, TEX-MEX IS ACQUIRING TORNADO FORCE