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Uwe Boll, Worst Director Alive, to Wall Street Execs: "Don't Think You're Safe"

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Did Ben Arredondo Deserve Prison Time?

Former state Representative Ben Arredondo ended up receiving no prison time for his charges related to his ticket-bribery exchange and scholarship scam.Instead, Arredondo -- a 65-year-old Republican-turned-Democrat who served on the Tempe City Council for 16 years before making it into the state Hou ... More >>

Local and Online Wine Clubs to Try

Thinking of starting 2013 with a wine club membership for yourself or as a gift for a fellow wine lover? Afraid of commitment? Looking for special access to members only wines? Discounts? Today, we compare some online and local options, all of which have free membership. See also: - Shit Wine Snob ... More >>

American Banks Are on a Massive Crime Spree; Obama and Romney Hope You Won't Notice

Phoenix Rapper FACES is Aggressive and Confident

Maybe west side rapper FACES chose his moniker because that's the place he's most comfortable: in the faces of listeners. Along with his partner in grime, producer/percussionist YAWNING BOY, recently dropped a new record that continues to showcase an abrasive style and staccato deliver. With an ag ... More >>

Debate 2012: Romney and Obama Attack, Jim Lehrer Loses Control -- the Media Room View

The following post was written by Sam Levin, an editorial fellow at New Times' Denver-based sister paper, Westword. Although Senator John McCain easily won Arizona in the 2008 election, team Obama believes Arizona is in play this time around. Read on for observation and analysis from last night's de ... More >>

Paul Ryan, You Might Wanna Relisten to These Rage Against the Machine Songs

Dear Paul Ryan, Congrats on getting the nod for Romney's VP. Must be a big month for you. While you and I probably won't ever agree politically, I realize we have a few things in common. You and I are both male carbon-based lifeforms that breath oxygen and the melanin in our epidermis means we don' ... More >>

Education Only a Con Man (or Congressman) Could Love

Wall Street and Washington Conspire to Destabilize the U.S. Economy, One Barrel of Oil at a Time

Michael Marin's Bizarre Courtroom Death To Be Explored By CNN's Anderson Cooper Tonight

See also: Burning Man: An Attorney Says He Escaped His Blazing Home Using Scuba Gear; Now He's Charged with Arson We were in New York City when word came via numerous texts from the Maricopa County Superior Court (Judge Bruce Cohen's courtroom) that Michael Marin had been convicted of burning down h ... More >>

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"Burning Man" Michael Marin Criminal Trial Heading Down Homestretch

We will know in a few days if Michael Marin, the onetime attorney and Wall Street trader now on trial for torching his Biltmore Estates mansion, will be taking the stand in his own defense. County prosecutors have been trying to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Marin burned down the beautif ... More >>

`Burning Man' Michael Marin Arson Trial To Start Next Week

Remember the quirky case of onetime Wall Street broker, Yale Law School-educated attorney, art collector and man about town Michael Marin, who was accused in 2009 of criminally torching his Biltmore Estates mansion? The highly publicized case perhaps was most notable for how Marin said he h ... More >>

Rapper Faces Explains "BMO," Set to Play Newly Minted Wall Street Venue

It wasn't so long ago that the ill-fated Yellow Canary Dance Hall closed its doors, but come April 28 the warehouse will be bumping live music once again. Avondale rapper Faces will be on hand to lend his lyrical mastery, along with percussionist/beat dropper Yawning Boy, at the site being renamed ... More >>

Jon Kyl's Attack on Online Poker and Livelihoods

"Occupiers'" Anger Shifting From Wall Street to Joe Arpaio, Sheriff's Ego Claims

​There's good news for Wall Street -- the "occupiers" who have been protesting corporate greed (or whatever it is they're protesting) for the past several months have a new target for their rage: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.That, of course, is according to the sheriff's bloated ego."The 'Oc ... More >>

"Occupy Phoenix" Planned for October 15; Protest Movement Spreading Across Country

​ They're pissed off at American greed and social injustice. They're relatively leaderless but well connected through social media. And they're gonna Occupy Phoenix on October 15.The "Occupy Wall Street" movement that led to 700 or so arrests in New York City over the weekend is catching like ... More >>

Battles: "Ice Cream" (Feat. Matias Aguayo) (NSFW)

​So your most celebrated and, arguably, talented member just left the band to focus on his solo work. For most bands with only one album to their credit, a departure like this would spell a most certain doom. However, New York experimental rockers Battles aren't most bands.The band's most prolific ... More >>

Inside Job Will Make You Seethe

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Fry Girl Versus Wendy's Bacon & Blue Burger

Restaurant Roll Call for 2009

Nine 05 brought Asian noodles and more to downtown Phoenix in 2009.​Bittersweet seems to be the best way to sum up the Valley restaurant scene for 2009 -- sweet that more than 100 restaurants opened in the midst of a very rough recession, but bitter that more than twice as many places shut t ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 24, 2009

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Burning Man: An Attorney Says He Escaped His Blazing Home Using Scuba Gear; Now He’s Charged with Arson

Social Security Administration Defends Lavish Arizona Biltmore Blunder

    SSA Commissioner Michael Astrue speaks as U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner looks on like a chastened puppy (did somebody hit Timmy with a rolled-up  newspaper?).  How about just saying "oops?" The Social Security Administration today defended its decision to ho ... More >>

CD Sales Down 54.6 Percent from Peak in 2000

As if the news from Wall Street, Detroit, and Starbucks was not bad enough, DigitalMusicNews.com is reporting that CD sales have now fallen to less than half the number of CDs sold in their peak year, 2000. In 2008, CD sales were down 54.6 percent from 2000, or a giant 514.6 million units less. Soun ... More >>

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Seymour Hersh at the IRE Conference in Phoenix

It's a Wrap

Can the Web save Arizona's largest daily newspaper?

The Year of Living Sequentially

Sequels, prequels, and threequels headline Hollywood 2007

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Speed thrills at PIR

Postcards From the Edge

Hi, Mom! I'm crossing the border!

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Boat Derby raises funds for Child Abuse Prevention

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The latest comic-book movie might just kill you

Ground Zero Hour

A man's last day of freedom becomes Spike's meditation on 9/11

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American Psycho makes a killing in the market

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Boiler Room serves up the sons of Gordon Gekko

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