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Carnival Cruises' Hamburger Horror On The High Seas

Here is a phrase you never want to hear associated with your vacation: "Cabin carpets are wet with urine and water. Toilets are overflowing inside cabins. We are having to sleep in the hallways. Onion and cucumber sandwich last night." Those are the words attributed by ABC to a cruise ship passenger ... More >>

The Invisible War: Doc Reveals a Military That Is "Target Rich" for Sexual Predators

The Elote Cafe Cookbook

​ Although he describes himself as an introvert, Jeff Smedstad has always been at ease when sharing his garnered wisdom of Mexican cuisine. At the original strip mall location of Los Sombreros in Scottsdale, a diner's question about ingredients could easily coax him out of the kitchen, and if a cu ... More >>

Jim Repetto, Ocean Spray Cranberry Thief Once Thought to be Lost at Sea, Gets Five Years in Prison

Jim Repetto's alive and well -- and heading to prison.​Ocean Spray Cranberries thief James Repetto probably wishes he was still "lost at sea."Repetto was in a Massachusettes federal court this morning where he was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing more than $1 million from the c ... More >>

Ocean Spray Cranberry Thief, Thought to be Lost at Sea, Arrested in Yuma

Jim Repetto's alive and well -- and chances are he's going to prison.​If you're awaiting sentencing after being convicted of ripping off a large-scale cranberry juice manufacturer for more than a million dollars, lost at sea isn't a bad place to be. Assuming you don't want to actually be lost at s ... More >>

Russell Pearce and Other Illegal-Immigration Populists Rely on Misleading, Right-Wing Reports to Scapegoat Immigrants and to Terrify Penny-Pinched Americans

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

Coyotes Latest Gimmick to Fill Some Seats: "Military Mondays"

www.stayclassy.net​In what seems to be a last-ditch effort to keep the team in the Valley, Phoenix Coyotes President Douglas Moss is pulling out all the stops to try to boost attendance at Jobing.com Arena.Yesterday, the team announced the "Coyotes Express," a free shuttle service to drive p ... More >>

Hot Links: Celebrity City, MCSO Pay Raises, and Clone Babies

Former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson is proposing the development of an entertainment complex on 22 acres surrounding Celebrity Theatre, saying it would emulate nightlife hot spots in other cities, such as Sunset Strip in L.A....Among the barrage of boo-hoos Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio laid ... More >>

Hot Links: Downtown Phoenix Still Seeks Identity; Jury Still Out in Serial Shooter Case; Fast-Track Deportations of Criminals Concerns Immigration Advocates

City boosters want downtown Phoenix to have a "brand" -- as soon as someone can figure out what it might be... The jury is still out this morning in the trial of alleged serial shooter Dale Hausner after deliberating all day Friday -- is it really that hard?... Illegal immigrant advocates ... More >>

That Sinking Feeling

Coast Guard epic succumbs to watery clichés

All Yours

Lowering the bar for miserable remakes

Drear Factor

Running on empty

Pat City

Tempe hosts run to honor Tillman

Sins of the Fathers

Letters from the week of May 2, 2002

Moodroom

Hung Up on Breathing (Fowl Records)

Survival

When the captain brought the journalist along on the whale hunt, the elders predicted trouble. The elders were right. The whale tried to kill them all.

Resurrection

After a 70-year hiatus and a confrontation with the world, the Makah tribe resumes its communion with the gray whale

Go to Sea

Adventure, Beauty, Death . . . a brief explanation of why the view on your barstool is a little pallid

Uneven Stephen

The return of "Con Err"

Con Err

"The Big Eagle" preys again on unsuspecting investors.

Squall Waiting

A complete washout, The Perfect Storm drowns before it ever leaves shore

Unmodified

Downtown performance space changes hands, but not intentions

Same Crime, Next Year

Wronged Ashley Judd goes gunning for justice in Double Jeopardy

Scammer in Slammer

Sex, Lies and TV Talk

Tempe pranksters crash seven talk shows--and live to gab again

The Pro Con Man

For a decade, Stephen C. Peterson has been the Energizer bunny of white-collar scamsters. And he's still going and going...

Buffaloed Soldiers

NFL dumps Arizona group representing black military units as Super Bowl colorguard

RAFTS OF REGULATIONSGRAND CANYON RIVER RUNNERS ANSWER TO A NEW FEDERAL AGENCY--THE COAST GUARD

THE DANGER OF BEING FRANK

SURE, CONSTITUTIONALIST CRUSADER FRANK ELLENA IS LOUD AND OFFENSIVE. BUT IS THAT A FEDERAL OFFENSE?

SON OF SPAMMEAT-PACKING HEIR GEORDIE HORMEL HAMS IT UP IN PHOENIX SOCIETY

THE ANGUISH OF ALEX HALEY'S WIDOWWITH HER HUSBAND'S LITERARY LEGACY DISPERSED, SHE'S LOCKED IN A BITTER PROBATE BATTLE

SEPARATE AND EQUAL AT ASUBLACK-CULTURE DORMS STIRS CONTROVERSY