Barack Obama may be the Ben Quayle-certified “worst president in history,” but if you ask the freshman congressman’s old man, the president spending time on the golf course as the entire world slips into chaos is A-OK.Obama caught a little heat from the press this week for playing golf in…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office busted two guys — one of whom was an elementary school music teacher — last month who allegedly used Craigslist to try and have sex with a dog, and the sheriff seems to think it’s becoming a trend — despite it only happening once.Sheriff Joe…
Despite what your journalistic ethics professor may tell you in J-school, plagiarizing won’t get you fired from a newspaper — as long as you work at the Washington Post, anyway.Yesterday, the WP published a formal apology to the Arizona Republic admitting that portions of two articles it published about the…
Arizona’s economy is in the tank, the state has a pesky $1.15 billion budget shortfall to deal with, but fear not, Arizonans, Governor Jan Brewer’s got a plan: prayer.In January, the governor proclaimed a “Day of Prayer for Arizona’s Economy and State Budget,” which happens to be Jan’s best idea…
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries:…
Since our earlier post about Tiberias Foster, the 25-year-old alleged public masturbator/flasher extraordinaire who managed to get away from Tempe police officers three times yesterday before he was found hiding in a bush at an apartment complex by a police K-9, the Tempe Police Department provided New Times with his…
The Washington Post has a little egg on its face today — this morning, the newspaper admitted to the most serious offense in the news biz: plagiarism. The victim: the Arizona Republic.The WP published a formal apology to the Phoenix-based newspaper today, admitting that portions of two articles it published…
Tiberias Foster, a 22-year-old Tempe man, is a slippery character — he managed to get away from Tempe police officers three times yesterday before he was found hiding in a bush at an apartment complex by a police K-9.What did Foster allegedly do to warrant so much attention from police?…
A nurse at a Valley hospital who’s alleged to have tried to have sex with a child he believed to be a 15-year-old girl has pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to lure a minor for sexual exploitation — despite having already admitted to police that’s what he…
A Pima County girl is missing and authorities believe she was taken to Utah by a 19-year-old man she met online.Ashley Kingsbury, 13, was reported missing Monday, and is believed to have been taken to Utah by 19-year-old Jordan Anthony, with whom she’s reportedly been chatting on social networking websites…
The Arizona Republic yesterday got the scoop that several Maricopa County employees are getting fussy over having to submit to saliva swabs for nicotine analysis to prove that they don’t use tobacco products in order to be eligible for lower insurance premiums than non-tobbacco using employees.According the Republic, the difference…
The man pictured is 71-year-old Thomas Harrell, and he doesn’t like wearing clothes, which proved to be a problem when two young girls walked by the garage of his Surprise home Saturday night.According to police, the girls, ages 12 and 13, walked by about 8 p.m., and there he was…
Thursday is St. Patrick’s Day, which means one thing: people are gonna get wasted. Stupid people are gonna get wasted and then try to drive home. Aside from potentially killing someone, cops are going to be everywhere looking for idiots driving drunk, so don’t do it — call AAA Arizona.Not…
As New Times noted last week, it was only a matter of time before Senate Majority leader Scott Bundgaard got the boot from his leadership position, and today it happened.Senate sources confirm to New Times that Republicans voted to remove Bundgaard from his leadership spot over last month’s scuffle with the…
The Tombstone man arrested last week after revealing to police that he knew his mother’s dead body had been sitting in her house for more than a year won’t be charged with a crime, authorities in Cochise County announced yesterday.Timothy Fattig was arrested last week on suspicion of negligent homicide after…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio won’t admit any wrongdoing in his campaign mailer attacks on former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley during last year’s special election for county attorney, but he will pay $76,000 to make the problem go away.The $76,000 is a nice chunk of change — even for…
Congressman Jeff Flake’s bid to become Senator Jeff Flake is picking up steam — and GOP senators are beginning to take notice, including Utah Senator Mike Lee, who endorsed Flake’s candidacy today. “Jeff Flake’s record on fiscal conservatism speaks for itself,” Lee says in a statement. “He was offering legislation…
A family fight in Phoenix turned deadly last night when an 18-year-old man visiting the Valley from Detroit fatally shot a woman and wounded two others, including his stepfather.About 10 p.m. yesterday, the unidentified suspect and his 63-year-old stepfather got into an argument in their apartment near 12th Street and…
State Senate Republicans are expected to revisit the Scott Bundgaard fiasco this morning, and New Times’ sources say there’s no chance of the majority leader escapes the meeting with the title of “majority leader.”However, that was before Bundgaard apparently passed a lie- detector test that his lawyer claims verifies his…
The Peoria Police Department needs the public’s help in tracking down a man they say stole a few Heinekens from a Circle K convenience store last night.According to police, the thief stole two 12-packs of Heineken from a Circle K near 87th Avenue and Bell Road. During the heist, a…
Two things you may want to consider if you know Qui Tu Truong, the man living in Phoenix who allegedly attacked two people with a meat cleaver over the weekend: don’t talk about him at work, and don’t get him fired.Truong was arrested on Saturday after breaking into the home…
A settlement’s been reached in a lawsuit filed by the Goldwater Institute on behalf of a Coconino County woman who was told in 2010 by election officials that her Tea Party T-shirts were not allowed in polling places. Thanks to the settlement, as long as the Tea Party isn’t an…
