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Redflex Execs in Phoenix Resign Over Corruption Investigation

The Death of Film (Again): A Short History of an Art Form's Long Passing

Lollapalooza Suspended, Resumed After Dangerous Weather Conditions

BY ERIK THOMPSON The 2012 installment of Lollapalooza has thus far brought the requisite extremes, in terms of performances and potent weather. A two-hour delay cut through the middle of Saturday's entertainment at Chicago's Grant Park, and a good many people were wishing they had just the record h ... More >>

Page One: As the Journalism Industry Panics, the New York Times Gets Its Own Reality Show

Yuma: "It City" or Armpit?

Coming Soon to Downtown: Province

Seared beef salad at Province.​ Province is coming in 2011. A popular chef-owned Chicago eatery is about to branch out into Downtown Phoenix. Province, the brainchild of executive chef/owner Randy Zweiban, is set to open its doors along with the new Westin Phoenix Downtown (at& ... More >>

X Japan Is the Biggest Rock Band in Their Homeland -- Can They Finally Break Through in the States?

Chicago and San Jose Pass Toothless "Boycotts" Against Arizona; Councils Afraid to Rock the Money Boat

Wikimedia CommonsChicago City Hall's garden roof.​ The Chicago City Council passed a resolution today urging city departments not to sign any new contracts with Arizona companies because of SB1070. The resolution, which passed on a 46-2 vote, doesn't have any real teeth or affect current contr ... More >>

Napolitano Threatens to Not Accept Immigrants Busted Under Arizona Law; Follows ICE Chief's Statement

​Janet Napolitano reminded Arizona on Friday that the feds have the discretion not to accept immigrants busted under the state's new law. The statement by the Homeland Security Secretary seems intended to prepare Americans for a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau policy that c ... More >>

Baby Dee: Win Tickets To Her Show Sunday at Trunk Space

​Not many acts more colorful than Baby Dee drop by Phoenix.Dee, sort of a cross between The Dresden Dolls (who she's toured with) and Joanna Newsom (just because of the harp), is a transgendered Clevelander-turned-New-Yorker-turned-Clevelander who really has no interest in talking about her life's ... More >>

Jeff Beck: Emotion & Commotion

Let's all hope this isn't the last time I get to use this album cover as the image for a post​Oh, the day has finally come -- British guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck has released his first studio album in 7 years, Emotion & Commotion.First impressions of the Grammy-award winner's latest LP is that h ... More >>

Florida Governor Charlie Crist Still Holding Out Hope of Bringing Cubs to Florida

​The Chicago Cubs agreed to a deal yesterday that would keep their spring-training facilities in Mesa, but Florida Governor Charlie Crist is still clinging to the idea of bring the lovable losers to Naples. The deal, which includes Mesa building the Cubs an $84 million stadium, was accepted b ... More >>

Florida Continues Campaign to Steal the Chicago Cubs From Mesa

www.the217.com​A group of business fat-cats in Naples, Florida, are hosting a private reception this afternoon in what is the state of Florida's latest push to rob Mesa of Chicago Cubs spring training. The reception is hosted by big-wigs from Fifth Avenue Advisors and Esmark ... More >>

2008 Music Sales Less Than Encouraging For Artists

You can apply this graph to a myriad of possibilities in today's economy, but let's stick to music sales for now​The Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit took place this past Sunday through  Tuesday in Washington, D.C. and the news coming out of everything was music sales in 2008. Specific ... More >>

Former INS Agent from Valley Pushes Heavy use of E-Verify Program

 The government has a program in place that could freeze illegal workers from the workplace -- E-Verify. But political leaders on both sides of the aisle don't want to use it. Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass makes this point today with quotes from a former immigration ag ... More >>

Senator Benjamin Cardin Floats Bill to Give Newspapers Tax Exempt Status

The daily newspaper industry seems to be violently ill, if not on its death bed, judging by the onslaught of furloughs, layoffs and shutdowns. But coming to the rescue is a Democratic senator from Maryland, Benjamin Cardin (pictured), who today introduced a bill that would allow newspapers to o ... More >>

Jimmy Eat World's Clarity Anniversary Show Impressive

Luke Holwerda All week we've been sharing personal essays about Jimmy Eat World's Clarity, online and in print. Sadly, I don't have a Clarity story because I wasn't in to the Mesa emo/pop act until my college paper got an advance copy of Bleed American, the follow-up to Clarity, in July 2001. But ma ... More >>

ACLU: No Record of Arpaio Saying Physical Appearance is Basis for Police Questioning

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio keeps a filthy, dangerous jail and brags about targeting illegal immigrants.But a statement in a recent federal court ruling that claims Arpaio said publicly that a person's immigration status should be questioned on "physical appearance alone" is apparently not tr ... More >>

Doh!: Resistible Force (Phoenix Suns) Meets Movable Object (Chicago Bulls) on Saturday Night

NBA No. 1 Derrick Rose makes his US Airways debut. From the January 26, 2009, morning paper: "Leading by as many as 16 in the first quarter and shooting 57.6 percent through three quarters, the team collapsed down the stretch by shooting 8-for-29." Sound familiar? The quote isn't about one of t ... More >>

Think Times Are Hard for the Suns? Try Loving the Washington Wizards, Phoenix's Opponent Tonight.

In 2004-05, the Washington Wizards boasted the NBA's most fearsome backcourt. Led by ex-UA Wildcat standout Gilbert Arenas, Antwan Jamison, and Larry Hughes, Washington earned a modest forty-five victories in the regular season, but turned heads during the NBA Playoffs with its first-round conquest ... More >>

We May Be Losing Cultural Cornerstones Like ASU’s “Duke” Reiter and SMoCA’s Susan Krane, but Just As Much Talent Is Coming to the Valley As Leaving It

The Republic's newsroom runs red with blood...and ink.

Tango and Cash

Chicago dances its way through the origins of the celebrity crook

Spiked

Undies from Joe's jail, reporters on the firing line and Phoenix's contribution to the Salt Lake games

The Write Stuff

Press Club honors New Times scribe

Let Freedom Ring

East Valley newspapers can only improve under new ownership known for innovation

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Press Club Honors Silverman

Reporter wins NT's sixth consecutive Journalist of the Year award

Doppelgang Bang

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Birds of a Feather

Cardinals stadium boosters aren't telling the whole story to voters

Hoke Floats

Message in a Bottle's adrift in sentimental slosh

Juror Furor

Juror's dismissal prompts mistrial demands; excused woman had put false data on questionnaire

Mel's Angels

Powerhouse attorney Mel McDonald needed help to keep a relative from being charged with child molesting. The Phoenix and Gilbert police departments were only too happy to accommodate him.

Scenes From a Slaughter

Thomson Grabs Cox

Tribune Newspapers employees hope conditions won't get worse under new owner.

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STATE SECRETS

WOODS AND SYMINGTON HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON, AFTER ALL: BOTH DISCOURAGE OPEN GOVERNMENT

A MOJOR LEAGUE VETERAN

POLS TO THE WALL

NEW TIMES DONINATES PRESS CLUB COMPETITIONWE WIN TOO MANY AWARDS TO FIT IN THIS HEADLINE

THE SECRET OF NIXON'S SURVIVAL

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH

YOUNG GUNS

REDFORD FISHES FOR SUCCESS

THE USUAL SUSPECTS