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Sheila Polk Was Wrong: 16 Medical-Pot Dispensaries Now Open in AZ and Not Being Shut Down by Feds

Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk announced in dramatic fashion last July that federal authorities would shut down every medical-marijuana dispensary in Arizona "as it opens." Polk made the bad prediction in a letter she penned and sent to the governor after getting several other county attorneys ... More >>

Redflex Execs in Phoenix Resign Over Corruption Investigation

El Mirage: Traffic-Collision Data Belies Officials' Claims that Speed Cameras on U.S. 60 are about Public Safety

See also: El Mirage Officials Withholding Accident Stats at Intersection with Speed Camera Until After Election, Despite Councilman's Request for Data El Mirage officials claim photo-enforcement cameras they installed on U.S. 60 (Grand Avenue) last year to catch red-light runners and speed ... More >>

El Mirage Officials Withholding Accident Stats at Intersection with Speed Camera Until After Election, Despite Councilman's Request for Data

El Mirage's appointed and elected city officials are not releasing accident data for an intersection with a speed camera -- until after the election. That, despite repeated requests by El Mirage City Councilman Jim McPhetres for those statistics.

Solar Firm Matinee Energy is Full of Hot Air

The Nominees for the 2012 Governor's Arts Awards

​The 2012 Governor's Arts Awards will celebrate 31 years in March by recognizing creatives who have achieved and contributed to the Arizona arts community. The awards, presented by Arizona Citizens for the Arts, the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Office of the Governor of Arizona, are ... More >>

Tater Tot: Ben Quayle's Smart. He Can Spell Potato. But He Wouldn't Be a GOP Congressional Nominee Without the Name Daddy Dan Made Infamous

Rocket Burger & Subs' Sandwiches Go Down Easy with One of the Restaurant's More Than 200 Brands of Soda

In Debt and Under Fire, Attorney Grant Goodman Has Found an Unusual Pool of Clients: the "Victims" of Probate Court

Jesse James, Husband of Oscar-Winner Sandra Bullock, in Arizona for Sex Rehab; Why Would he Go Anywhere Else?

www.avagascerfiles.comJesse James and wife Sandra Bullock prior to the news that James is a "sex addict"​Welcome to Arizona, the sex-rehab capitol of the world. Jesse James, the bad-boy biker husband of Sandra Bullock, has reportedly checked into a sex-rehab center near Tucson after Bull ... More >>

Deadly Sanctuary

Sylvia Nobel dreamt of a movie version of her Kendall O'Dell mysteries — until the money disappeared.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Deputy Sued Over Mesa Mom's Tragic Death

Sheriff Joe buffaloes readers with bogus yarns in his book Joe's Law

Strange Fruit

Senator Barry Goldwater's kin try to seal embarrassing letters about them from public view. Way to respect the great man's wishes!

Goldwater Family Values

Goldwater Uncut

You've seen the G-rated HBO documentary on the Arizona legend, but there was so much more to Goldy than that

Lords of the New Church

OnePlace gives new meaning to the phrase, "Rock me, Jesus"

It Girl

Welcome to the Cult of Katie Rose. Hope your liver can handle it

Yo Mama

Amaré Stoudemire's troubled mother walks out of a rehab center again. A judge allows her to return again, but she faces probable prison time

Amaré's Burden

The Phoenix Suns superstar has more to worry about than his ailing knees

The New Boss

Police have shut down most of the meth labs in Phoenix, but now the drug is a big import from Mexico -- cheap, pure and more plentiful than ever

The Real Deal

Art imitates life for balladeer

We Sue the Coward of the County

Arpaio's ditsy chief flack Lisa Allen MacPherson tells us to take her boss to court, so . . .

In the Crosshairs

County lawmen boffing hookers isn't Sheriff Joe's only problem. Fed up with his thuggery, Arpaio's own political party has targeted him for defeat

Giving Peace No Chance

A Valley militia has anti-war advocates in its sights

For the Love of Jamie

Cheryl Moore expected a healthy baby to come off the plane from Korea. She got Jamie instead. And then she and her family made a surprising choice.

The Musica Man

A valley junior college administrator is becoming an unlikely force in the national latin music movement

Laugh, Riot

Neil Hamburger died for your grins

Land Sakes!

Clinton Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt lays claim to an environmental legacy. Too bad it's a monumental disappointment.

Die Hard

Did former beauty queen CeCe Doane conspire to murder her husband with Viagra? The county attorney is investigating.

Soft Cell

Special handling for a federal prosecutor's drunken-driving case sparks controversy in sheriff's ranks

Road Warrior

Ranch owner's feud with feds has been dragging on for 10 years

The Lore of the Luhrs

Adam Diaz remembers 50 years of work and play in Phoenix's first skyscraper

Murder, She Wrote

Sister of slain ASU co-ed pens memoir more than 30 years later

Cold Shoulder

State gives feds the brush-off on open-space preservation plan

Ex-Prostitutes Who Proselytize

A former madam leads a crusade to rescue prostitutes from a dangerous, addictive lifestyle

Time Transients

A new millennium in Phoenix, where the motorist in the next lane is your auld acquaintance

Mick & Me

Creepy parallel lives

Board Games

Maricopa County schools chief Sandra Dowling plays to win--of course, as a governing board of one, she doesn't have much competition

A Hap-less Case

Try as they might, Phoenix police have not been able to get the evidence they need to charge Jeanne Tovrea's stepson in her murder.

The Payne of It All

Pic Hits for the week

Ambulance Chases

If you need anemergency medical vehicle, just hope you're in the right partof Maricopa County. If you're not, questionable dispatching practices could prove hazardous to your health.

Opiate for the Mrs.

When laws are broken, somebody's got to be punished. In the case of Cindy McCain, that somebody is Tom Gosinski

DEATH BY LETHAL REJECTION

TAJUANA DAVIDSON'S NEW PARENTS HAD A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE TOWARD CHILDREN. FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE STATE PLACED HER WITH THEM, SHE WAS DEAD.

"THE AIDS GIRL"

THAT'S HOW RONDA CRACE WAS KNOWN IN PRESCOTT AFTER DRUG COPS INVADED HER HOME. AGAINST ALL ODDS, SHE'S REBUILDING HER REPUTATION

ARMS APPRECIATIONARTISTS FOLLOW THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME SPINE

MINE SHAFTEDTHE FOLKS IN MORRISTOWN MAY BE GETTING A NOT-SO-GRAND CANYON

PHONE CALLS FROM HELL

"YOU WANT PRINCE ALBERT? I'LL CONNECT YOU. PLEASE HOLD."

A Slight Obsession with a Short Man's Hero

Napoleon the Great: Selections From the David Markham Collection