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5 Worst Chalkboard Trends on Pinterest

When you're looking to jump on a trend bandwagon, there's no better source than Pinterest. It's a great starting point for inspiration, but it also houses horrifying (and hilarious) DIY results. Case in point: chalkboard paint. This trend is a few years old, so every good idea is already out...
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Injustice for All: The Florence PD Compromised Public Safety

SPECIAL REPORT: FLORENCE EXPOSED | Part one of three Richard McAnally was annoyed. His face, framed by a shock of gray hair and a pair of dark-rimmed glasses, puckered with disdain. Florence had hired McAnally, paying him more than $7,000, to preside as a hearing officer in cases involving two...
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Conspiracy-Theory Poll Shows Future Tinfoil Shortages Are Likely

Jim Morrison was really onto something with that whole "People Are Strange" theory.If you've ever wondered why so many conspiracy-theory-based bills are actually discussed at Arizona Legislature, it appears there's an explanation for that: Many people actually believe in these things (and also use tinfoil hats to deflect the government's...
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ZZ Ward: Having Fans Was an Amazing New Experience for Me

ZZ Ward has been turning heads nonstop with her soulful performances for the last year and a half. After crisscrossing North America on multiple tours and playing at SXSW the past two years, the buzz has been building for this singer-songwriter whose sound is a potent mash-up of rock, soul,...
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Red Fang: “There’s Definitely Going to Be Beer and Lots of Zombies”

A new source of intensity adds to the fiery, riff-heavy attack on Red Fang's third album. With a relentless touring schedule leaving little time for songwriting or recording, the band felt the deadline pressure seeping into their music. Sandwiched between the Australian Soundwave Festival in February and a European festival...
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KFC Adds Deep-Fried Soup to Japanese Menu

Americans are known for their deep-fried food fetish, and bizarre new concepts crop up at state fairs every year, like fried Cadbury crème eggs, mac 'n' cheese, and Coca-Cola. But the United States isn't the only country that enjoys covering everything in batter and sticking it in the deep fryer...
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Green Flash Green Bullet: Give It A Shot

Beer: Green Bullet Brewery: Green Flash Brewing Co. Style: Imperial IPA ABV: 10.1 percent Science tells us that, biologically speaking, the best time to taste a beer is in the morning, when your senses are sharpest. So when evaluating a beer for a review, I'll often wake up early and...
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Canadian Food Will Be Huge in 2014. You Heard It Here First.

Ramen may be all the rage in the Los Angeles and New York food scenes, but I'm quite certain that I know the next Big Thing. It isn't Cambodian food, or Bolivian or even Australian (Outback has that covered, right?). It's Canadian. That's right. Canadian food will be huge in...
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American Horror Story: The 10 Best Sex Scenes (NSFW)

American Horror Story is meant to be scary and often succeeds in being so, but like any good horror movie, it shows a fair amount of sex between the scares. Recurring cast members Dylan McDermott, Lily Rabe, and Evan Peters all get in on the action time and time again,...
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In All Is Lost, Robert Redford Won’t Go Down Easily

The title All Is Lost promises despair, especially with Robert Redford looking so stolid and weathered and still-got-it golden on the poster. Could this near-silent, you-are-there survival story be another of Redford's yawps of boomer gloom? Another complaint, like The Company You Keep, about the realization that the world we...
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How to Legally Grow Marijuana in Arizona

Chitral Hays -- not his real name -- is Jackalope Ranch's resident expert on medical marijuana in Arizona. In Perfectly Blunt, Hays delivers news, reviews, and must-know info. Now that you're a card-carrying medical marijuana patient, you'd probably like to try your hand at growing your own weed, like our...
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Guy Fieri’s Grown Ups 2-Themed Chili. Really.

Because apparently there's no justice in this world, the powers that be have brought together the cast of Grown Ups 2 (a perfect example of why sequels are almost always a horrible idea) and the world's most famous blond goatee, Guy Fieri. That scary combination resulted in a Grown Ups...
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Animal Collective’s Geologist on How Arizona Shaped the Band

Animal Collective, the once-Baltimore based electronic-psychedelic act consisting of Avey Tare, Deakin, Geologist, and Panda Bear, seems to be in a constant state of flux when the band's entire catalog is taken into perspective. From the combinations of the most disparate electronic and acoustic musical elements on 2000's Spirit They've...
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The Yama Tower at Mud Dauber Coffee: A Better Cold Brew?

We're all about spreading our love for the bean among the several independent coffee shops that have made it a mission to deliver a bold, and aesthetically delightful, cup. Bringing some coffee cool to Central Phoenix's Coronado 'hood is Mud Dauber Coffee -- part of an insectual group of businesses...
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5 Best Gin Cocktails in Metro Phoenix

It's tough to be a gin girl in a Wild West whiskey world. Although whiskey still dominates the conversation in most imbibing circles, gin does have a strong presence in the craft cocktail world, due to its unique botanical flavor. How each mixologist chooses to expand on that herbal base...