Hot Links: Janet Napolitano Steps Down and Jan Brewer Steps Up; Peanut Butter Snacks Linked to Salmonella; Super Bowl Promos Could Bring Lawsuits

No mo' JaNo -- Janet Napolitano literally stands behind Barack Obama now, and Jan Brewer is our new governor. Conservatism, here we come. More warnings on peanut butter snacks. The NFL might come after you for using unauthorized Super Bowl-related promotional material -- does that include putting Cardinals signs on someone's...

By Ray Stern

January 21, 2009

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No mo' JaNo -- Janet Napolitano literally stands behind Barack Obama now, and Jan Brewer is our new governor. Conservatism, here we come. More warnings on peanut butter snacks. The NFL might come after you for using unauthorized Super Bowl-related promotional material -- does that include putting Cardinals signs on someone's lawn? John McCain's picture now hangs in the unofficial gallery of presidential losers. The light rail is proving popular with airport workers -- but you still have to get off and take a bus before you get to your plane. The Border Patrol has a new people-detecting radar that can detect illegal border crossers up to seven miles away.

Napolitano steps down; Jan Brewer becomes governor

Salmonella cases spur officials to issue more warnings on peanut-butter snacks

Unauthorized Super Bowl promotional material could bring lawsuits

McCain joins presidential losers gallery

Hundreds of airport workers and visitors use light rail and bus shuttle combo

New radar used at border to detect illegal immigrants

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Ray Stern is the former news editor of Phoenix New Times. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Arizona for more than two decades. He's won numerous awards for his reporting, including the Arizona Press Club's Don Bolles Award for Investigative Journalism.