As we sit on the cusp of kissing the daunting 110 degree days goodbye for eight glorious months, we can be certain of one thing: They’re coming.That’s right; as the majority of the country prepares to freeze its ass off for the rest of the year, as Phoenicians we prepare…
Governor Jan Brewer signed one of seven budget bills Thursday that provides the funding for the Department of Public Safety.It’s about freakin’ time!DPS was on the verge of a financial freak-out as its cash flow was drying up, and it wasn’t sure if its 2,200 employees would even get paid…
John McCain’s presidential dreams just won’t die.Our fearless senator took the stage of The Tonight Show last night, and joked with host Conan O’Brien about demanding a recount of the 2008 presidential election.”I land in the airport today, LAX, and I’m walking through and everybody said, ‘I loved for you. I voted…
Construction workers just north of Tucson stumbled upon a rattlesnake on their job site about three weeks ago.Not too uncommon; this is Arizona.Well, the thing had two heads — not necessarily a sign of the apocalypse, but something veterinarians at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum say they haven’t seen in their…
The long arm of the law gave the drug company Pfizer Inc. a couple of pretty firm slaps Wednesday, one of which will bring close to $1 million to Arizona.As part of a settlement for a multi-state federal lawsuit, the company has agreed to pay $33 million to 41 different…
The state budget battle has prevented Arizona from complying with a federal mandate that requires states to enter information about sex offenders into a national database. The Adam Walsh Act of 2006 requires states to submit information about their most prolific perverts by July of this year, and Arizona has failed to do so…
Chandler police Wednesday released the audio of the 911 call in the death of a 3-year-old girl. The callers: the mother and boyfriend of the dead child, who have both been charged with first-degree murder for her death. “Yes, my [expletive] child isn’t breathing right now,” you can hear the boyfriend, 23-year-old…
The video of the man who tried to feed a six-week-old kitten to a python has surfaced, and this guy is a bigger dirt bag than originally anticipated.You can see the video here, but if you ever want to smile again, we suggest you just take our word for it;…
As ASU’s status as a “party school” has declined in recent years, we should have known that you can’t keep a good dog down.Tempe police say that on Thursday and Saturday of last week, they made more than 90 party-related arrests at The Vue, a swanky student apartment complex located…
Chandler Police arrested two people in connection with the beating death of a 3-year-old child Monday.Police say that the child’s mother, 26-year-old Susan Witbracht, and her boyfriend, 23-year-old Dauntorian Sanders, beat the toddler with a belt until she was covered in bruises and had stopped breathing.”Speaking to the investigators, they’ve…
The wife of Arizona Senator John McCain is “heading” up a cause near and dear to her heart — headaches.On September 10th, Cindy McCain will give the keynote speech at the Annual Meeting of the International Headache Society in Philadelphia to discuss the global headache epidemic.The International Headache Society is…
According to national statistics, you are likely to see more toothless meth-heads roaming the streets of Phoenix than almost anywhere in the country. As a result, Phoenicians have a new anti-meth ad campaign to look forward to, compliments of the federal government.If it’s even half as terrifying as the horrific…
According to police, a Mesa man tried feeding a kitten to a python, and in his infinite wisdom, videotaped it.But wait, it gets worse.Against the better judgment of mother nature, the python showed the kitten mercy. Unfortunately, the scumbag who allegedly tried to feed the kitten to the python didn’t.Police…
In what was a surprise move Tuesday, Governor Jan Brewer postponed a scheduled trip to Mexico to attend the Annual Border Governors Conference, and will be staying in Phoenix to work on the budget.Attention to the viscounts of vacations, Senators Gorman and Gray: Write that down.There was growing speculation that…
Police say that on Sunday night, a couple witnessed a man struggling to get into his car outside of a restaurant near Tucson.When the man finally staggered his way into the driver’s seat, and drove off erratically, police say the couple called police.Little did the couple know that if they…
If video killed the radio star, the Internet has absolutely demolished the newspaper “star,” and the publisher of the East Valley Tribune is the latest to feel the wrath of the Web.Freedom Communications, the publisher of the Tribune, and countless other newspapers including the Orange County Register, filed bankruptcy in…
Starting September 29th, Arizona citizens will be allowed to bring concealed weapons into bars and restaurants that serve alcohol (we still can’t believe it, either), but bar owners aren’t nearly as excited as Representative Jerry Weiers and the rest of the gun-toting legislators who allowed for this to happen.Since the…
If the election were held today, when given the option of Jan Brewer, or anyone else on the face of the earth as Arizona’s next Governor, voters opted for the latter, according to a poll released Monday.The local political consulting group that conducted the poll, The Summit Group, found that…
When Pamela Ekizian was a little tardy in walking her dog Max, the pooch took it upon himself to break out of the house, and take a stroll around their neighborhood near Fresno, California.He didn’t stop there.Four months later, Max, a one-year-old, long-haired Dachsund, was found in Phoenix, some 588…
The National Council of State Legislatures must offer some pretty serious vacation time if they managed to convince Senator Pam Gorman to jump on board.Gorman was named chairwoman of the National Conference of State Legislatures last week, leaving us scratching our heads and wondering, “This can’t be the same Pam…
As if our double chins and beer guts weren’t painful enough of a reminder as to how unhealthy we all are, now our iPhones can scold us into healthier eating habits, too. Two Scottsdale weight loss doctors have created a smart phone application that gauges and rates the nutritional value of…
The Goldwater Institute, the Phoenix based government watchdog named after conservative crusader, and former Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, was named this year’s leader in policy development by The Arizona Capitol Times Monday.”The Goldwater Institute works hard to conduct research and develop solutions to strengthen the economy, bring transparency to government,…
