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Washington, DC

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    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 >>

  • Music

    March 15, 2012

    Hooves @ Crescent Ballroom

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Destroyer Announces Phoenix Date This Summer

    ​Up on the Sun favorite Dan Bejar and his band Destroyer released their newest album Kaputt more than a year ago. We liked it then, we liked it at the end of the year, we like it now still. It's a charming ode to the smooth sounds of late-'70s/early-'80s yacht rock, cannily balancing the line betw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    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 >>

  • News

    November 3, 2011

    Village Voice Media Asks for Your Support of Senate Bill 596

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Coconut Water

    Kelly Green ​In the name of good health and a good read, each week we'll be bringing you a health product, complete with review. We're calling this feature Crunchy Granola -- even though we doubt much of this stuff tastes that good. This week: Coconut water.Celebrities love it. Athletes swe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    October 29, 2009

    Best Fiends Forever

    Supersnarky C.S. Lewis translation hits the Herberger

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    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.

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Meet the New County, Same as the Old County

    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 >>

  • News

    August 7, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Veggie Girl: Tandoori Times

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2008

    Catch a live Raconteurs concert tonight on NPR's Webcast

    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 >>

  • Film

    September 20, 2007

    So Close, and Yet So Far

    The intimate pleasures and necessary detachments of Toronto 2007

  • Culture

    March 29, 2007

    Walking on Water

    Jelly side up

  • News

    September 28, 2006

    Making Babies

    Children are everybody's future

  • Music

    August 3, 2006

    Jen Lasher and DJ Icey

    Breaking more than beats

  • Music

    May 11, 2006

    Aloha

    Hook of Genesis

  • News

    April 13, 2006

    Stealth Zealot

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

  • Dining

    September 20, 2001

    Flying Fish

    Fresh seafood doesn't swim to Phoenix

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    Two-Cop Cop-Out?

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

  • News

    April 23, 1998

    Reform Fitting but Unlikely

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

  • News

    November 20, 1997

    Babbitt's Department of Ulterior

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

  • News

    May 15, 1997

    The Pampered Politician

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

  • News

    October 31, 1996

    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

  • News

    July 4, 1996

    What's the Buzz?

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

  • News

    May 2, 1996

    Flag and Country Bumpkins

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

  • News

    October 5, 1995

    STIFF COMPETITIONDEATH-POOL PLAYERS CASH IN WHEN CELEBRITIES CASH OUT

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

  • News

    August 11, 1994

    BLAND AMBITION

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

  • News

    March 16, 1994

    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.

  • News

    December 15, 1993

    DESCENT OF A WOMAN

    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.

  • News

    October 13, 1993

    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?

  • News

    February 17, 1993

    WHISTLE-BLOWERS' CHARGE: RTC TOOK A DIVE

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

  • News

    September 30, 1992

    Right Time for Sargent?

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

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