The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office says it won’t prosecute a Peoria couple for taking nude photos of their young daughters in a bathtub because there is “no reasonable likelihood of conviction.” In a case that’s drawn national attention, Lisa and Anthony Demaree lost custody of their children for a month…
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy MSNBC footage of NSMers in St. Louis: A preview of November 7? National Socialist Movement Commander Jeff Schoep wants to put 200 to 300 neo-Nazis on the lawn of the Arizona state Capitol for an NSM-sponsored, anti-immigration “America…
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: Billionaires for Wealthcare: Richard Mellon Scapegoat on Americans for Prosperity Up on the Sun: Lily…
An investigation was launched today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture into possible animal abuse in classrooms at Arizona State University that results from a complaint filed this morning by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.Normally, we tend to take anything from PETA with several grains of salt, but it may…
A 3-year-old Phoenix girl died yesterday after she was crushed by a television at her parent’s home.In a press release, Phoenix police say the girl pulled a 27-inch television off of its stand in her home near 64th Avenue and Flower Street. …
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is at the center of a legal debate over the death of a jaguar back in March.A lawsuit, filed by the Center for Biological Diversity in federal court in Tucson this morning, alleges that the department doesn’t have the authority to trap jaguars.In February, Game…
The Phoenix Coyotes’ now former-coach, who also happens to be the greatest hockey player in the history of the sport, is attributing his somewhat expected resignation to the “future plans” of potential owners. Wayne Gretzky resigned as the coach of the Phoenix Coyotes this morning, in the midst of an…
It looks like Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a Mormon problem. Arpaio’s prosecution and recent arrest of Don Stapley, one of five county supervisors, has reportedly upset local supporters of presidential candidate of Mitt Romney. Heather Sandstrom, a Mesa resident who’s helped organize benefits for Romney in the past, says…
Youthful activist and former mayoral candidate Jarrett Maupin II told a whopper of a lie about Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon to FBI agents, but a judge wants Gordon to have the last laugh. Maupin, 22, seems to have desired revenge after his failed effort to swipe the mayor’s seat from the…
Randall Holmes in character as “Richard Mellon Scapegoat”Arizona Democratic Party activist Randall Holmes has a wit drier than a Durant’s martini. Of all the Billionaires for Wealthcare out there lampooning the hate-Obama wackjob Tea Baggers, his Richard Mellon Scapegoat character is my favorite. Mainly for quips like this: “We’re not for Social…
At a meeting with state Republicans in Tucson last night, Governor Jan Brewer is caught on tape saying “It’s a great relief, to say the least, to get out of that hellhole in Phoenix.” While we appreciate the material, rather than crush this softball out of the park, we’re going…
Arizona Cardinals’ wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is laughing off his brother’s controversial Twitter remarks and has offered the younger Fitzgerald to QB Kurt Warner Sunday as penance for the statements.”He’s going to be taking out the garbage, whatever Kurt wants,” Fitzgerald tells the Associated Press…
The San Francisco Giants kept their slim playoff hopes alive for at least one more day after beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 on Wednesday night at Chase Field. The poor D-Backs have lost four of their past five and, ugh, 14 of their last 19. Yeah, the season pretty much…
Governor Jan Brewer was caught on camera referring to the State Capitol as a “hell hole.” Brewer made the remark at the Tucson Country Club, while addressing a group of Republicans. Brewer’s office says the remark was not referencing the city of Phoenix, but the budget battle at the Capitol…Federal…
In Garfield strips in the funny pages that appeared earlier this year, Garfield is wearing a sombrero and taking siestas. While cute and all, isn’t the sort of thing that we have been striving to stop? What was Jim Davis thinking? Maybe he needs a refresher course in not making…
AUTISM BARRIER Help them at all costs: It was a heartbreaking story about the Latino kids with autism. I can guess what the reaction to this story from redneck Arizonans will be, though: These kids are sub-human and don’t deserve any help from us. They will say that if there…
There’s a joke making the rounds in Scottsdale. “What do Colorado City and Scottsdale have in common?” The politically incorrect answer: “Incest.” It’s not nice to joke about victims of polygamy, but I laughed out loud when I heard that one. Because if you think Phoenix is a small town…
Lisa Davis made it to her late-afternoon appointment with forensic psychiatrist Joseph Franzetti with time to spare. It was April 2007, and Davis was with her 10-year-old son, Troy. The fourth-grader was facing charges of criminal damage and burglary in Maricopa County Juvenile Court. He and a pal had gotten…
The 12 months Daniel Horne spent in Tent City were the worst of his life. In his book Accidental Felons, Horne describes his awful year in jail after a 2005 DUI-related accident he caused. The 58-year-old professional dodged spiders, ate food that resembled garbage, and, he says, suffered “permanent lung…
SHERIFF’S NUT I have to give Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s regime props for creative abuse of the federal court system. Who else but a legal lapdog such as Timothy Casey, the guy making bank from county coffers for defending our septuagenarian lawman, would subpoena an organization that has absolutely nothing to…
Charles Ryan may have pulled the plug on Macia Powell too soon. He may have overseen an ADC staff that denied her water for hours in a shadeless wire cage, a staff that allowed the severely mentally ill Powell to defecate on herself in captivity, that allowed her to perish…
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: Up on the Sun: Pearl Jam Finally Defeats The Music Industry (You’re Still Screwed) Creed Tickets Now…
