A survivor of the “Spiritual Warrior” sweat lodge retreat has filed a lawsuit against the organizer of the event, self-help guru James Arthur Ray.The suit, which was filed on October 30, came a day after the family of one of the three people who died filed a similar suit in…
So you’re a 13-year old junior high school kid, and another student tells a teacher you might have once had some illicit ibuprofen. We’re not talking cocaine here–we’re talking pain meds. How would you expect them to react? In Savana Redding’s case, the school strip searched her. Most kids probably…
After they beat the Giants last week in New York, we told you the Cardinals seemed to be pulling it together and playing like a team that nearly won the Super Bowl last year. We also told you the birds had a fairly easy schedule for the remainder of the…
Frye was fantastic in both games. He grabbed 22 points during Friday night’s home opener (including sinking six of seven three-point shots from downtown and landing eight rebounds) as Phoenix easily steamrolled the Warriors in a 123-101 victory. The 26-year-old also got plenty of help from teammate Steve Nash, who…
Today, 30,000 doses of the swine flu vaccine will be available at 30 elementary schools around the Valley. The shots will be administered by Mollen Immunization Clinics, which will be set up at the schools. Mollen CEO John Roehm said most insurance plans cover the flu shot…The owner of two…
AlterNet scribe Isabel Macdonald’s scored again. You’ll recall her as the Brooklyn-based journalist who along with cameraman Mark Read captured Arpaio losing it a few months back. This, during an interview with our corrupt top cop in his offices. I posted some of Macdonald’s hilarious footage to my blog of…
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: Feathered Bastard: Ex-U.S. Attorney David Iglesias on Joe Arpaio: “I Would Seek an Indictment” (w/Video) MCSO Deputies…
The first lawsuit stemming from the sweat lodge fiasco that left three people dead and dozens injured was filed today in Coconino County Superior Court. A lawyer on behalf of the family of 48-year-old Liz Neuman, one of the three people who died in the incident, filed the suit this…
A Phoenix man had himself a Plaxico Burress moment and then some today when the gun he was playing with accidentally went off and he shot his 14-year-old brother in the face.Responding to reports of a gunshot, police went to the area of 4700 E. Pollack, near 48th Street and Baseline Road…
If you’re interested in getting yourself a little black pussy this weekend, you may want to head to the corner of 40th Street and Washington in Phoenix.From Friday until Sunday, in recognition of Halloween, the Arizona Animal Welfare League and the SPCA will be hosting a black-cat-adoption marathon (what did you…
Take a good hard look at the above advertisement. Are you aghast? Offended? Does it put you in the mood — to buy furniture?The ad campaign is for a Phoenix furniture distributor called Furniture Affair — a sort of edgy boutique where people can get pretty good discounts on designer…
Like we needed more evidence of the insidious culture of corruption that pervades the entire Maricopa County Sheriff’ Office: Check out this video from Channel 12 News, as reported on by Joe Dana. According to Dana, the video is of a court hearing last week for jail inmate Antonio Lozano,…
Don’t buy flu products online without your doctor’s advice, or you’ll probably get scammed. That’s the message today from Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard. Flu cases are at epic levels in Arizona. Last week alone there were 1,588 new cases of swine flu — totaling 5,226 since April, according to…
CBS 5’s nearly 10-minute segment on Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s abuse of power last night did not disappoint. Essentially, reporter Morgan Loew and producer Gilbert Zermeno laid out all of the major cases of retaliation by the MCSO against the sheriff’s political opponents: Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley, Phoenix Mayor Phil…
A judge in Missouri has agreed with a ruling handed down by an Arizona judge back in February: There is no such thing as a “helper monkey” — at least in the eyes of the law. A woman in Missouri sued several defendants, including Wal-Mart, for not allowing her to…
Remember when John Lennon told a British journalist that he thought the Beatles were bigger than Jesus? True or not, it was probably a stupid thing to say — and he only pissed off Christians. It seems as though an Arizona congressman may have caught his own case of foot-in-mouth-disease in an…
Remember when the Arizona Cardinals used to ruin the careers of their own players? Well, it’s nice, for once, to see them do it to an opponent. Rewind to January 10, when the Cards went to Charlotte for an NFC Divisional Playoff game. QB Jake Delhomme (pictured above) had successfully overcome reconstructive…
Expect the Phoenix Suns’ fast start to the 2009-10 season to continue this weekend, when they open their home season at US Airways Center against two teams that are seriously in flux. First off is Friday’s tussle against the Golden State Warriors. If you recall, last season was a disaster…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is proposing a temporary sales-tax increase to prevent services and programs from being cut further. At a City Council meeting this week, Gordon said the city is facing an “economic emergency.” The council has already cut $270 million from the general fund…Playwright James Garcia has written…
Is Sheriff Joe “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” or “America’s Biggest Wimp”? That’s what I can’t help wondering as I read this latest press release from his PR staff. It lamely attempts to link the folks who protest Joe almost daily outside downtown Phoenix’s Wells Fargo Building — where Arpaio keeps two…
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: Feathered Bastard: ABC 15 Flubs Joe Arpaio Poll Results, Arpaio’s Numbers Countywide, Not Statewide Up on the…
A U of A student died last week as he and several other students traveled to the base of Mt. Everest.Morgan Boisson, a 20-year-old U of A senior and member of the cheerleading team, was spending the semester studying in China, when he and about 13 other students decided to…
