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  Why Is This Ex-Restaurant Owner Still on the Lam After Latest Rape Allegations?

  Sean Holstege | August 14 at 7 a.m.

  Woman says she was raped by the former co-owner of The Monocle in downtown Phoenix, a restaurant that never opened.

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  How Video Games Saved Rapper Mega Ran's Life and Made Him a Hip-Hop Hero

  Benjamin Leatherman | August 9 at 7 a.m.

  Nintendo and Pac-Man helped keep Raheem Jarbo, a.k.a. Megan Ran, off the streets of Philadelphia as a child.

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  Psychic Channel: How Phoenix Became a Hub for Alternative Spirituality

  Lynn Trimble | August 2 at 7 a.m.

  The Valley's diverse cultures, desert heat, red rocks, and libertarian leanings attract practitioners of alternative spirituality.

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  Battle of the Ladmo Bag Boys: Are the Keepers of a Kids’ Show a Couple of Sad Sacks?

  Robrt L. Pela | July 12 at 7 a.m.

  "Sometimes people fixate on the thing that represents a happy time in their lives, and they’re unwilling to transfer that energy to new things or experiences."

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  The Essentials: Taste Phoenix Through These 50 Local Favorites

  Chris Malloy | July 5 at 8 a.m.

  You can't call yourself a real Phoenician if you haven't tried most of these.

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  Yarnell Hill Fire, Five Years Later: Lessons Not Learned and Five Potential Hot Spots

  Sean Holstege | July 1 at 6:04 a.m.

  Weather and fuel conditions are so helpful in predicting fire behavior that state officials now rank the dangers of Arizona communities online.