Jan. 19 In Blogs: Cardinals, Super Bowl, Fight Club and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Valley Fever: Arizona Cardinals Photos For Sale — (Not Cheap) — in…

Tag You’re It: The First Pics of Phoenix Light Rail Graffiti

This tagger ain’t no Basquiat, but then again, it’s only a tag… As was recently mentioned in a report by my colleague Ray Stern, the Phoenix PD has released images of some of the first graffiti ever on the Phoenix Metro Light Rail. And for this historic occasion, wherein the PMLR gets…

Conjoined Twins Separated by Surgical Team at Phoenix Children’s Hospital

A team of surgeons and nurses at Phoenix Children’s Hospital early this morning finished a 17-hour operation to separate conjoined twins. The hospital staff released these photos this afternoon to tout the achievement and the national media attention it brought. NBC’s Today Show is scheduled to report live tomorrow morning…

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s Red-Light Violation Video

Window-cleaning news blogger Pete Kosednar recently had his records request fulfilled for the video of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon running a red light in August, which we pass along to you for the educational value. Until Gordon’s ticket, we had no idea that red-light cameras could catch you simply for failing…

Phoenix Light Rail Platform Graffiti Vandals Sought by Police

In the negative-growth, Blade-Runner-like depressed future that may befall Phoenix, the Valley’s light rail trains may one day look like the Rome subway car seen below. But for now — despite whatever budget woes are facing the city — authorities aren’t going to stand for so much as a smudge-mark…