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Arizona's Republican Congressmen Take the Jan Brewer Route on Immigration Proposals

The anti-immigration-reform crowd's broken record is currently playing in the offices of Republican Congressmen Matt Salmon, Trent Franks, Paul Gosar, and David Schweikert.The congressmen, like Governor Jan Brewer, insist that they can only even fathom immigration reform proposals if the border is s ... More >>

Bell's Hopslam Returns This Week

Beer: HopslamBrewery: Bell's Brewery,Inc.Style: Imperial IPAABV: 10 percent See also: - Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Banana Ale - Ballast Point Victory at Sea. Not to get you guys all excited, but Bell's, the best damn brewers in all of Kalamazoo County, posted this on thei ... More >>

Moombahton Is More Than an Internet Trend

Five Freaking Awesome Acapella Covers We Found on YouTube

If the Skifcha cat has already messed with your perception of dubstep, prepare to have it once again shaken up with an acapella cover of "Bangarang." Dutch choir Dario Fo released the song last week and brought up important questions such as "is Skrillex really saying 'salsa on my balls boys, weed b ... More >>

Does Trent Franks Need to Stop Worrying About Regulating Abortions in Washington D.C.?

Congressman Trent Franks -- the "self-appointed Mayor" of Washington D.C., as an area advocacy group calls him -- had his office protested last week, as his new-found "constituents" aren't quite happy with the job he's doing.As you may recall, a group called "DC Vote" isn't quite pleased Franks -- t ... More >>

New Pei Wei Asian Market Will Be Dream/ Nightmare For Those Who Love/Hate Pei Wei

Last November, I reported that P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc., the Scottsdale-based company responsible for serving mediocre "Pan-Asian" fare at over 200 P.F. Chang's China Bistro restaurants and over 170 Pei Wei Asian Diner locations, was planning to open a new concept in Phoenix this April. And T ... More >>

Hooves @ Crescent Ballroom

Congressman Trent Franks' D.C. Abortion Bill: Job Or Activism?

​Arizona Congressman Trent Franks yesterday introduced a bill into Congress that would dictate when women in Washington D.C. are allowed to end a pregnancy.The rest of the country's allowed to make its own rules, but thanks to the U.S. Constitution, Franks and his Congressional cronies have a say ... More >>

Abortion Bully Trent Franks Wants to Tell People in Washington D.C. When They're Allowed to End a Pregnancy

​Fagala-phobic abortion bully Trent Franks today introduced a bill into Congress that, if it becomes law, would dictate when people in Washington D.C. are allowed to end a pregnancy.Franks, just to be clear, is a congressman from Arizona -- but that's not stopping him from playing morality cop in ... More >>

Village Voice Media Asks for Your Support of Senate Bill 596

Good Gourd! The Top 10 Pumpkin Beers

​Like Linus awaiting the Great Pumpkin, we find ourselves plopped outside our local brew shops each October, anticipating the arrival of the season's bounty of pumpkin ales. The selection is vast -- this year there seem to be more gourd-based brews on shelves than ever. Some are mediocre; some are ... More >>

Baby Goats, Banoffee Pie and Chipotle's New Concept

A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. ​Mouthbysouthwest shared the news that Chipotle is opening a new concept called ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen, the first of which will be in Washington, DC this summer. The restaurant "is inspired by the traditional shophouses found throug ... More >>

MasterChef, the American Idol of Cooking, Premieres This Tuesday -- Prepare for Stomach for "Funeral Potatoes"

This Tuesday on Fox, Mr. needs-a-nap chef Gordon Ramsay brings the world's biggest cooking competition to America with MasterChef. Featuring home cooks competing for $250,000 and the chance to publish their own cookbook, this American Idol of cooking shows doses out more drama than the wildly pop ... More >>

The Next Food Network Star: Let's Just Cut to The Finale, OK?

Unlike reality show cooking competitions in which it's all about the food and one bad dish can send a front-runner packing, The Next Food Network Star is more about on-air personality -- and that ain't anything that's gettin' fixed overnight. That said, this season looks pretty clear cut, so let's ... More >>

Top Chef, Ye Olde Bravo Standby, Comes To Snoozeville (Washington D.C.)

Hearts across America have barely started to beat regularly again after last week's amazing finale of Top Chef Masters (congrats, Marcus Samuellson!) and now comes Season 7 of Top Chef. The time-tested Bravo standby will premiere this week, take place in our nation's capital, and, once again, feat ... More >>

Nigerian-Like Scam Hits Our Inbox--We Run for Cover!

Just about everyone we know who routinely plays around on the Net -- which is just about everyone -- has gotten a Nigerian scam letter.   ​You gotta know the deal: Someone has $30 million awaiting them in a Swiss bank, or something, but only if you fork over $3,000 or so to the cause. ... More >>

The Humane Society and Big Agriculture Slug It Out Over Animal Rights

This week's feature story, "Down on the Farm," chronicles an increasingly heated national battle over "factory-farmed" food. On one side: a phalanx of corporation- and family-owned farms across the country. On the other: the Washington, D.C.-based Humane Society of the United States.Caught in the mi ... More >>

Yelp Lawsuit Widens: From Washington to Chicago to L.A., Plaintiffs Charge Extortion

​Nine companies have joined the proposed class action lawsuit against Yelp, the San Francisco-based Internet giant, attorneys in Miami and California announced this morning. The new plaintiffs are located everywhere from Tujunga, California to Washington, D.C. They include businesses ranging from ... More >>

Puscifer Takes Tour East This Spring

​Arizona's own Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle) takes the his side project, Puscifer, east in spring 2010. The musical/comedic/theatrical stageshow that is Puscifer played a few shows in the Southwest earlier this month including two dates at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Phoenix (o ... More >>

Best Fiends Forever

Supersnarky C.S. Lewis translation hits the Herberger

Health Director Heads to Washington to Get Junk Food Off Food Stamp Program; Looks Like No More Free Cookies for Our Most Destitute Fatties

www.demotivateus.com​The idea of fat poor people doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense. If they're so poor, where do they get the funds to continually grow fatter and fatter?The answer, if you ask interim Health Services Director Will Humble, is Food stamps.

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 >>

House Judiciary's Witness List for Thursday's 287(g) Hearing

I just received the witness list for Thursday's 287(g) hearing from New York Congressman Jerrold Nadler's office. At this point, it's highly unlikely that the Republicans will try to call Sheriff Joe Arpaio because the Dems are running the show, and Arpaio would be walking into a hostile environment ... More >>

Jeff Hatch-Miller Named State Lottery Director

Former state legislator and corporation commission member Jeff Hatch-Miller has been appointed director of the Arizona Lottery. (Click here for a MS Word version of the news release from Governor Jan Brewer's office). Hatch-Miller replaces Art Macias, who had in the position since 2005.Hatch-Miller' ... More >>

Jan. 20 In Blogs: Janet Napolitano, President Barack Obama, Frozen Yogurt and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Donovan McNabb's Lawn Safe: Suspected Vandals Caught Janet Napolitano ... More >>

It's No Consolation to the Families of Local Cops Who've Died, but Cop Killings by Gunfire Dropped Big-Time in '08

The Death Penalty Information Center out of Washington D.C. sends along a feel-good statistic from 2008: The number of cops killed nationally by gunfire in the recently completed year dropped to its lowest level in about half a century. Of course, that's no consolation for the loved ... More >>

Meet the New County, Same as the Old County

Postmodern John McCain: the presidential candidate some Arizonans know — and loathe

Catch a live Raconteurs concert tonight on NPR's Webcast

So Close, and Yet So Far

The intimate pleasures and necessary detachments of Toronto 2007

Walking on Water

Jelly side up

Making Babies

Children are everybody's future

Aloha

Hook of Genesis

Stealth Zealot

Pop quiz. Who’s Arizona’s other U.S. senator? Here’s a clue: He makes Dubya look like a liberal

Flying Fish

Fresh seafood doesn't swim to Phoenix

Two-Cop Cop-Out?

When an officer is senselessly murdered, the deliberative process dies, too

Reform Fitting but Unlikely

Babbitt's Department of Ulterior

When wealthy casino tribes sought to derail a would-be competitor, campaign donations were the currency of the day

The Pampered Politician

Arizona Senator John McCain is ready for a presidential run — if the national press corps has anything to say about it

Halloween VI: Election Fright!

In the sixth congressional district, J.D. Hayworth and Steve Owens have run campaigns so devoid of content it's almost scary

What's the Buzz?

It's marketed as VCR-head cleaner, but it's really meant to clean the user's head

Flag and Country Bumpkins

BLAND AMBITION

HE'S RUNNING FOR THE U.S. SENATE ADS AN OUTSIDER, A BORING STRAIGHT ARROW WITH THE COMMON TOUCH.

Pressure Point

WHILE THE BORDER PATROL IS ATTACKING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS, THE AGENCY IS LITERALLY RETREATING IN ARIZONA. THE RESULTS ARE COSTLY AND DANGEROUS.

DESCENT OF A WOMAN

THE STEALTH CONGRESSMAN

EIGHT-TERM REPRESENTATIVE BOB STUMP STANDS TO BECOME THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE ARIZONA DELEGATION. SO HOW COME YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF HIM?

WHISTLE-BLOWERS' CHARGE: RTC TOOK A DIVE

Right Time for Sargent?

Look out, McCain. There's a woman after you.