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Douglas Earl Leach of Peoria to Serve Two-to-Four Years in Federal Prison for Child Porn

The feds are bringing another child-porn watcher to justice with the recent guilty plea of Arizona resident Douglas Earl Leach. When Leach's Peoria home was raided on September 5, 2012, following an FBI investigation, agents found nearly 4,000 child-porn pictures, mostly of young boys engaged in se ... More >>

This Teen is Addicted to Ramen, Literally.

At 18 years of age, Georgi Readman, from the Isle of Wight, UK has the health of someone more than four times her age. At least that's what experts say. See also: - Ramen Rematch: Republic Ramen vs. Sushi Ken It's not because she's a chain smoker or because she drank her liver into oblivion. It' ... More >>

Now Michelle Shocked Is on Yahoo! News, Because That's What Internet Outrage Does

The Internet is a perfectly efficient outrage generator. People need things to be super-pissed about so that they can express their social positions to their friends; they burn through that outrage in an orgy of vague, well-intentioned social media protest; they look for something else to be super-p ... More >>

Sprinkles Cupcakes Now Making Ice Cream (Not in Scottsdale...Yet)

Sprinkles cupcake lovers now have a cool, new choice of how to best get their sweet-on: ice cream. This summer, the world's first cupcake bakery, which started in Beverly Hills and now has nine other locations in cities like New York, Chicago, and our very own right here in Scottsdale, introduced t ... More >>

Arizona Did Not Declare That Pregnancy Begins Before Conception

See also: Legislators Send 20-Week Abortion Ban Bill to GovernorSee also: Appeals Court Delays 20-Week Abortion Ban at Least Two More MonthsFor some reason, the rumor is being passed around again that Governor Jan Brewer signed legislation declaring a woman's pregnancy officially begins two weeks be ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Ass-Wipes and the Land of Opportunity

Jonathan Lane Made It All the Way to Florida Before Discovering He Wouldn't Be Having Sex With Wheelchair-Bound 14-Year-Old

Bullhead City resident Jonathan Lane had this one in the works for more than a year -- he was going to have sex with someone he met on the Internet.Finally, Lane got a plane ticket to Tampa, Florida, and landed at the airport early Sunday morning.Lane, 33, was then arrested by the authorities, becau ... More >>

James Baker: Another School Bus Driver Pleads Guilty to Trying to Sex Up a Kid

Let's hope this isn't becoming a trend, but today marked the second time in as many weeks that a school bus driver pleaded guilty to doing something sexual with a kid.On July 6, it was the former Legacy Charter School bus driver who liked to be called "Mr. Bill" who pleaded guilty to charges related ... More >>

Bob Carey on Art, Photography, and “The Tutu Project”

Flashback Friday: Blind Melon Reminded You To "Bee" Yourself

Arguably one of the best things to come out of last night's American Idol episode was the emergence of a video on Yahoo! that Jennifer Lopez beau Casper Smart appeared in back in 2009. The loose-limbed dancer starred as a dancing bee in the Haagen-Dazs produced video in an effort to raise awareness ... More >>

How Insiders Use the College Bowl System to Loot American Universities

Spider-Man Star James Franco to Release an EP

​James Franco, actor and star of films like 127 Hours, the Spider-Man series, and Pineapple Express, has decided to try his hand in the music business, according to Consequence of Sound.James Franco and Kalup Linzy have become the new musical duo that they've appropriately named Kalup and Franco. ... More >>

X Japan Leader Yoshiki Launches Celebrity Auction to Benefit Japan's Earthquake Recovery

Photo by NishiokaYoshiki​To a music fan, there's nothing like having a unique piece of memorabilia from their favorite artist -- for example, an autographed guitar, or maybe the mandolin that Ministry used on three world tours, or Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis' MTV Europe Award. To a ... More >>

Gwyneth Paltrow May Be Signed to Atlantic Records For Country Album

​Renowned actress Gwyneth Paltrow is negotiating a record deal with Atlantic Records, according to Monsters and Critics.The label is in talks with Paltrow to make a country pop album. After all, she seems to be a hot reborn star in the performance market right now, having recently made appearances ... More >>

Gorillaz Not Breaking Up Just Yet

​Rumors were flying around last week that the Gorillaz had broken up. However, they haven't split just yet, according to Consequence of Sound.During a performance in New Zealand back in December, vocalist Damon Albarn gave a lengthy speech about how the show might end up being the band's last ever ... More >>

Veolia Transportation Subpoenas Records From Yahoo, Union Boss, Others in Search of Who Leaked Unflattering Internal E-Mails

Veolia Transportation is bent on finding out who leaked internal company e-mails. ​While Veolia Transportation, the company that operates Phoenix city buses, is in the midst of contentious negotiations with the bus drivers' union, corporate executives are dropping subpoenas to gain access to ... More >>

Latest Cake Album Hits No. 1, Sets Dubious Record In The Process

Robert McKnightCakeThis year sure has been a fickle beast thus far -- treacherous weather, Jared Lee Loughner and now a slumping music industry.Showroom Of Compassion, the latest album from venerable rock band Cake, took the top spot on the Billboard charts for the week ending on January 1 ... More >>

Girl Talk: The Full New Times Interview

​This week's print edition of Phoenix New Times ran a shortened version of an interview with Gregg Gillis, a.k.a Girl Talk, the mashup mastermind who will tear the Marquee Theatre apart brick by brick on March 23.As promised, here's the full transcript of that interview -- all 4,200 words of it.

New Times Introduces a New Commenting System

This is the new hotness.​Attention readers: We have something to discuss. New Times has a new commenting system called "Disqus." I can practically hear your brains churning with wonder as to what it does other than provide a public forum for discussion and helpful insights (read: call James ... More >>

21 Questions: JRC

Becky BartkowskiWelcome to 21 Questions, a regular feature where PHXmusic.com goes to the favorite hangout of a notable Phoenician and asks the "big" questions. This week we met up with The Trunk Space's JRC at Baiz Market in Phoenix. Walking into Baiz Market, I'm blown away by the bustling ind ... More >>

Watch New OK Go Video for "End Love"

OK Go's string of badass music videos are assisting Lady Gaga in keeping the medium alive. The super-cool Rube Goldberg styling of the "This Too Shall Pass" video has everyone talking earlier this year (it even made the Yahoo! homepage).While "End Love" isn't quite as jaw-droppingly unique, i ... More >>

Sedona's Red Rock Scenic Byway Named One of America's Top 10 Road Trips -- and Not Just for Hippies

www.photos.comRed Rock Scenic Byway​Sedona's received loads of negative ink over the last six months -- thanks primarily to a certain snake-oil salesman who organized a "self-help," sweat lodge event that left three people dead -- but it's still a hell of a place to take a drive, that's according ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 15

Tucson Home To America's Best Yodeler

​ As I told you last week, Arizona is (apparently) a hotbed of competitive yodeling. Now we've got some (proverbial) hardware for the trophy room: Tucson's 17-year-old entrant, Tiffany Jo Allen, bested our boy from the QC and another competitor to win the U.S. competition. Now, she'll be featured ... More >>

Arizona Apparently A Hotbed for Aspiring Yodelers

Tiffany Jo doing her best Stevie Nicks impression.​Yahoo! is looking for a new voice to it's iconic YahooooOOOoooOOO and Arizonans seem to be cleaning up. Right now the competition is being won by a girl named Tiffany Jo Allen from "Tuscan" Arizona (which is very near "Tucson") and a localish guy ... More >>

Talkin' Trash

Let your genetic detritus shine forth at the Fair

Incoming: Kiss, Gogol Bordello and King Khan & BBQ Show

Kiss is bringing their over the top stage act to Glendale this December as part of their Kiss Alive 35 Tour​Get excited, Kiss Army, because the Starchild, the Demon, the Spaceman and the Catman are on the prowl yet again. Seminal 70s rockers Kiss have just announced their Kiss Alive 35 Tour and it ... More >>

Actor Bill Murray's Son Joins Basketball Staff at University of Arizona

Wikimedia Commons Bill Murray, at a 2005 Illinois Fighting Illini basketball game.​Actor Bill Murray could be turning up at some U of A basketball games this season. His son, Luke Murray, has joined the UA basketball staff as a graduate assistant. Before his new gig in Arizona, Luke Murray ... More >>

Crowdsourced: Daughtry Cancels Marquee Show

​Usually we confine our Crowdsourced posts to shows that actually happened. However, last night's Daughtry show, canceled because Chris (of almost Idol fame) came down with laryngitis, prompted some interesting tweets:@CHRIS_Daughtry 1/2 Ok. Here goes: Just came back from the Doctors & I have ... More >>

Didgeridoo-ist Xavier Rudd: One Day He May Join Kylie Minogue, Rick Springfield, and Men At Work in the Top 10 Aussie Acts

All-American Rejects Are Ready to Conquer the World with When the World Comes Down

Another neo-Nazi in the nativist woodpile: "Scott Hume," alias "Shawn Hughes."

Cyberspace Invaders

County law enforcement's seeking more and more Web site information to mount investigations against private citizens

Kings of Leon

Modern royalty

Doubting Thomas

County prosecutors charged a teenager with looking at kiddy porn. Turns out they hadn't done their homework

How to Meet Someone Online

Someone decent, that is

After Shock

Howard Stern's switch to satellite means a whole new world for Phoenix radio. And for me

Fast Track

Smooth-rhyming rapper Ol' Green Eyes rides his ticket to overnight stardom

Secret Agent Ham

We spy North Valley Theatre's Get Smart

Toss It Outback

Kangaroo Jack is a real punch in the pouch

Smoke Gets in Their Eyes

Dry ice missiles? Bomb the mountains? Phoenicians come up with some wacky plans for snuffing out the fires.

Girth Mirth

John Pinette’s humor is food for thought

Weezer

Weezer (Geffen/Interscope)

Down Under Par

You'll never smile at this Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles

Letters

From the week of April 5, 2001

Letters

From the week of March 22, 2001

Not Worth Saving

Trying to pass off gross-out gags as fantasy, Saving Silverman is a stink bomb

Meter Man

The Teen Commandments

Why Hollywood's high on children of the multiplex

Slick Transit

Scottsdale's Loloma transportation station goes against the flows