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Scientists Created a $325,000 Test Tube Burger -- But Would You Eat In Vitro Meat?

The good news is we officially can stop stressing about the existence and safety of cloned meat. The bad news is that's because scientists have moved onto bigger (and better?) things. Namely, in vitro meat. See also: - Insects Are an Untapped Source of Food and Could Help End Hunger, According ... More >>

Judy Burges, Republican State Senator, Claims Agenda 21 Will Turn Arizona Into Commie-Land

Do you hear that? That's the sound of a black helicopter landing at the state capitol for the Senate Government and Environment Committee' hearing on a conspiracy theory bill about the United Nations' "Agenda 21."Yes, Republican state Senator Judy Burges is still trying to warn everyone that the Uni ... More >>

Uzbek Cuisine From the Golden Valley to the Valley of the Sun

Ask most folks their first impressions of Arizona and you'll most likely hear answers like, "heat," "desert," and "heat." Not Olimjon Samidinov. His answers were, "freedom," and "jobs." Samidinov is a political refugee who, along with several others, was brought to Phoenix by the United Nations af ... More >>

The Dictator: Sacha Baron Cohen Misses the Comedy Revolution

Feat of Clay

Wes Gullett Supporter, Tea Party Wackjob Wes Harris Calls for President Obama's Hanging

I am forever amazed that otherwise seemingly sane politicians seek and accept the endorsement of the grab bag of certifiable nuts, conspiracy theorists, and bigots that make up the Tea Party. Though I know I shouldn't be.After all, politicians are shameless and at one time in American history, the K ... More >>

UN Study Says World Wastes One Billion Tons of Food a Year

​Planning on tossing that slightly-bruised banana or uneaten plate of buffet goodies? You might want to think again. According to CNN Money, the United Nations says about 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted every year -- about roughly one third of all the food produced for human cons ... More >>

May 13 In Blogs: Corky Gonzales, Summer Diets, The Love Me Nots, Barrio Cafe, and the ASU Undie Run

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Miral: There's Style But Little Substance in Schnabel's Palestine Plea

Kofi O. Okyere

Arizona Diamondbacks Win Community Giving Award For Being "Most Positive Team In The World"

Diamondbacks CEO and President Derrick Hall heads "most positive team in the world." ​The Arizona Diamondbacks have won the inaugural United Nations NGO Positive Peace Award for community giving, the team announced this afternoon. The award recognizes the team's work with the Southwest Autis ... More >>

Nov. 10 In Blogs: United Nations, Pussy Cat Lounge, OK Go, George and Dragon, and Keith Olbermann

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Jan Brewer on Blast at United Nations Periodic Review by Arizona ACLU and Sal Reza

Reza in Geneva, where he's telling the world about human rights abuses in ArizonaI'm anticipating a silly press release from Governor Jan "We Have Did" Brewer's camp tomorrow condemning the U.S. State Department, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the United Nations, as well as the New World Or ... More >>

Jan Brewer's U.N.-Bashing PR Stunt, and Its Sliver of Truth

courtesy of Dennis GilmanJan finds the State Department's mention of 1070 "downright offensive." Governor Jan Brewer's political operatives are by no means as dumb as their candidate. Evidence the PR stunt they let drop Friday, berating the U.S. State Department for daring to mention Arizona's brea ... More >>

August 30 In Blogs: Tom Horne, Dumperfoo, Phase 54, Chris Bianco, and a 69-Car Wreck

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Los Angeles Boycotts Arizona, Sorta; U.N. Officials Blast SB 1070; and Seattle Cops Stomp Hispanics (No, Really)

Matthew FieldThe City of Angels just dropped one on Sand LandThe Los Angeles City Council today joined the growing list of cities and organizations boycotting Arizona because of our new "papers please" legislation SB 1070. Well, kinda sorta.According to LA Times reporter Phl Willon, the council vote ... More >>

May 12 In Blogs: COED Magazine, You Hang Up, Radio Cafe, and Erica Blasberg

​​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: COED Magazine's "72 Sexy Reasons to Boycott Arizona," Gawker's Navel-Gazing, an ... More >>

What Do Restaurant Critics and Tigers Have in Common?

photos8.com​I just read two stories that freaked me out a bit, and now it's finally sinking in just why. First, this: MSNBC's "U.N.: Tiger on 'verge of extinction'" And then, a while later, this: Time Magazine's "In Praise of the Endangered Restaurant Critic." It's a jungle out there.

More Modified Memories, Stevie Wonder Joins U.N., Animal Collective Film

So Much Silence: Modified memories: Ami Johnson (booking manager)Idolator: Green Day Premiere The Stage Musical Version Of '21 Guns'NME: Stevie Wonder becomes United Nations Messenger of PeacePitchfork: Animal Collective's Highly Anticipated Film to Premiere at Sundance 2010Rolling Stone: Dave Grohl ... More >>

PETA Offers Governor Brewer a Financial Solution; It Wants to Make the Capitol Building Look Like a Beautiful Salad

www.greendaily.com PETA Wants to turn the Arizona State Capitol into a billboard featuring its famous "Lettuce Ladies"​People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent Arizona Governor Jan Brewer a letter today, offering to rent space on the outside walls of the state capitol building ... More >>

Mexican Government Denounces Arpaio's Tent City March; Protest Filed with Supervisors

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's forced march of illegal immigrants to Tent City has drawn a stunningly sharp rebuke from the Mexican government -- with a letter arriving at the county today and more action ordered by a Mexican Senate committee if the situation doesn't change. I ... More >>

Brew Review: Rogue's Hazlenut Brown Nectar

Last weekend we invited a few dozen of ASU's finest over to our place for a party. In typical pot luck style we had a table full of goodies representing all different culinary cultures and backgrounds. There was Italian, Indian, Chinese and more. It was like the U.N. of pot lucks. Unlike the real Un ... More >>

The Day the Earth Stood Still Remake Misses the Point, and That’s a Klaatu Barada No-No

Let Your Freak Flag Fly: Cindy M. at Every Diamondbacks Game

Dance of the Penguin

That whole talking-animal genre? Let's be done with it

Gigantour

Mustaine salvo

Art Scene

Current exhibitions, installations, and shows

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibits, and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions and installations

Pop-Punk, and Then Sum

With an acclaimed new album and a goodwill trip to Africa, Sum 41 grows up -- a little

Lost in Translation

All talk, little action, no sense

Blade Runners

Rusesabagina's List

Good Charlotte/Sum 41

Punk's not dead, it just grew up

Raging Bull

Kerry's a wuss. Dubya's a doof. How can anybody vote for either of these clowns?

Woman's Work

Exhibit illustrates the plight of women in developing countries

Renaissance Woman

Hazel paints from the past

Breast in Show

Angelina Jolie stars in Taking Lives, but the filmmakers are the real boobs

Divided Borders

Brutality and romance make odd bedfellows in Beyond Borders

Way South of the Border

Just don't steal the menus from this South American deli

Wild Pitch

The Warped Tour invades Peoria Sports Complex, which suits AZPunk.com just fine

Strength Training

Buddist spreads message of peace

World Harmony

Glendale goes global

The Living Dead

No more room at the inn. Our Bunker of the Apocalypse has been filled.

Not the Usual Suspects

The crowd at Patriots Square Park resembled that at a Stones concert

Hell Hole

Two soldiers are stranded in No Man's Land, where no one wins

Flaming Wreck

Owen Wilson goes down Behind Enemy Lines but lands in familiar terrain

War-Winning Cuisine

Peruanitos serves up South American cuisine like llama used to make

First Lady of the Theater

ARE THESE FOLKS REALLY A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY?

SAVING THE ANIMALS--SORT OF

PHOENIX ZOO OFFICIALS SAY PANHANDLER DECEIVES DONORS. BERNIE KESSLER BEGS TO DIFFER.