Most trust-building exercises entail things like telling someone a secret or having someone fall backwards as the other person catches him or her. It seems 48-year-old Ronald Gene Olivier is unfamiliar with these approaches, because in attempt to “trust” his girlfriend, he chopped her finger off with a sword. The…
The latest “happiness study” finds that Arizona is among the grinningist states in the entire country. A few weeks ago, a similar survey determined that Arizona was the 10th-happiest state, but the latest study ranks Arizona at number five…
If you’re a Cardinals fan, you’re probably still trying to figure out what the hell happened on Monday night, when the Cards got lit up against the San Francisco 49ers. Here’s what happened: The Cardinals beat themselves. When a team turns the ball over seven times, the opposing team doesn’t need much help…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office announced today that the fifth of six lawsuits filed against the MCSO over its policy of playing Christmas music in the county jails has been dismissed.The lawsuit was filed in January by inmate William Lamb, who felt that being subjected to Christmas songs for 12…
Yesterday, we told you about a man who strangled a rabid bobcat to death after the cat attacked him in the front lawn of his Crown Creek Trail home on Monday.Chuck Norris, eat your heart out, right?…
After a blizzard in McGregor, Iowa, a man named Jeff Lenhart went out into his yard, packed a jar full of snow, and put it on ebay with plans to give the proceeds to a cancer research center.The bidding began at only a few cents but as time went on,…
The rumor mill is turning, and it sounds like the Tiger Woods shame-train might be rolling through the Grand Canyon State sometime after Christmas.The Daily Mail is reporting that Tiger, in wake of his now super-public philandering, is “planning to go into rehab in Arizona in the New Year for…
Last week, Valley Fever posted a story about California animal shelters being overrun with chihuahuas and how shelter officials were pawning off the little pooches to shelters in Arizona.Thanks for nothing, California, because now the chihuahua infestation seems to have found its way into Maricopa County…
Officials from the city of Mesa will be in Chicago tomorrow to continue trying to woo Chicago Cubs owners into keeping the team’s spring training facility in Mesa. Mesa officials will be asking the Cubbies to pick out one or two potential sites for a new stadium so they can start talking to landowners…
The Arizona State Legislature enters its fourth special session of the year today, with the hopes of ironing out a plan to put some sort of dent in the current $2 billion budget gap. Good luck. One thing will be absent from this round of bickering, however: The standard squabble…
Governor Jan Brewer made it official today: Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus, Hanukkah is an eight-day festival of lights, and state employees can celebrate either holiday as they see fit.Brewer signed Executive Order 2009-11 today, which puts the “Christmas” back in “Christmas tree” for state employees after it was…
The Huffington Post claims that the stalking complaint against GOP Executive Director Brett Mecum fits a pattern of weirdo behavior by him that’s creeping out Arizona Republican Party women.In an article posted on the Web site yesterday, Huff Post’s Arizona correspondent Dawn Teo maintains that, for months, she’s been speaking with GOP…
Phoenix police are looking for three people they say robbed a 16-year-old kid on December 10.The unidentified teen was waiting at the bus stop on 7th Street and McDowell when two men walked up to him, held him at knifepoint, and demanded he hand over a silver necklace he was…
Senator John McCain received some bad news from the Justice Department last week: Boxing legend Jack Johnson will not receive a pardon from the Obama administration.Johnson has been dead for more than 60 years — it’s not like he’s sitting on death row — so who cares, right? The “maverick,”…
Officials at the Arizona Game and Fish Department say a Yavapai County man was attacked by a rabid bobcat on Monday. Rather than panic, he strangled it with his bare hands.The man’s name is not being released because of privacy laws, but AGFD officials say the attack happened in the…
There is a brand-new virtual forum for shameless self-promotion, and an Arizona State University sophomore has found himself as the face of the new site.Ryan Maciorski, 19, was recently featured on ABC News for being a “Campus Man” on the latest “fan-building,” self-affirmation Web site, campusmen.com.Campusmen.com is similar to Facebook…
“Need a tough, experienced attorney to protect your future and your freedom?” If so, and Jeffrey Phillips of Phillips and Associates TV-ad fame is your attorney of choice, you might have to wait about half a year.The Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court handed down a recommendation to suspend Phillips and his…
Some new information has been released about the people busted as part of the Department of Public Safety’s “Operation Triple Threat” last week, including the names of some of the members of the “Fluffy Bunny” party crew.The DPS has released the names of 12 of the 22 people arrested in…
An employee made a stunning discovery when she was processing a heating pad brought into A Second Look Consignment Superstore in North Phoenix last week — $9,080 in cash.After finding the loot, rather than doing what many would have done — keep every last penny — Rose Wingo told her boss, and the…
If the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety hasn’t made itself abundantly clear that it won’t be tolerating drunk drivers this holiday season, the shear number of drunk drivers it has nailed as part of the Holiday DUI Task Force should probably clear up any misunderstandings. Since the task force began…
For anyone who watched the Arizona Cardinals beat down Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings last week and then saw the Redbirds get crushed by the San Francisco 49ers last night, you may have the same reaction we did: What the fuck happened? The Cardinals made history last night in…
