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Crackdown

After years of neglect, a Maryvale neighborhood and the Phoenix police evict the West Side City Crips

By Chris Farnsworth
Jun 24, 1999

Officer Scott Masino began CPR even though he knew his friend was dead. Masino tried in vain to push breath into the chest of fellow cop Marc Atkinson, to get his heart to beat after it had been stopped by the gunshots. Atkinson was killed in an ambush on March...
Relapse in Judgment

Reorganizing the BOMEX

By Chris Farnsworth
Jun 3, 1999

The troubled Arizona Board of Medical Examiners has again shut the public out of information about the state's MDs, this time blaming a change in the law meant to provide more disclosure. BOMEX staff has stopped telling the public about the allegations faced by a doctor under investigation. The board...
Recordings

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me / The Clash Tribute: Burning London / Jon Dee Graham

By Salvatore Caputo, Chris Farnsworth and Gilbert Garcia
May 27, 1999

Various artists Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Maverick Records) The world inhabited by Austin Powers is more an evocation of the way the '60s were documented than of the time period itself. Its absurd devotion to swinging at all costs echoes films like Casino Royale and the Matt...
Doctoring the Bills?

FBI investigates possible Medicare fraud in county health-care system

By Chris Farnsworth
May 13, 1999

A federal grand jury is investigating possible billing fraud at Maricopa Medical Center, the county hospital. It's unclear how much money may be involved, but a former resident physician and a doctor with MedPro, a private contractor that provides patient care for the hospital, say they have been cooperating with...
Twisted System

A Phoenix family stumbles through the tangled bureaucracy of modern medical care

By Chris Farnsworth
May 6, 1999

Sitting on the couch, Shawndra Lee stretches, bored, as her mom talks about their HMO coverage. Her back cracks with a sound like a rifle shot. The loud snap is one of the only indications that her spine is bent 65 degrees out of shape. To get some idea of...

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