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Mabel’s on Main: Happy Hour Report Card

The Spot: Mabel's on Main, 7018 East Main Street, Scottsdale. 480-889-5580. mabelsonmain.com The Hours: 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday The Details: The Mabel's happy hour keeps it simple: One menu flips from regular prices straight into "Matinee" prices, which are around 50% off. These discounts include both drinks and...
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Marijuana Is Real Medicine for a Long List of Ills

Marijuana keeps Craig Rodgers alive. With his muscular physique and energetic, fast-talking personality, the 36-year-old Las Vegas resident seems the epitome of health — except for the banana-size scar on the left side of his head. Rodgers was on a good career track as a trade-show organizer until 2006, when...
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Joe Arpaio and the “Birther” Gang Gather at the Capitol, Where Carl Seel Likened His “Birther” Bill to Women’s Suffrage

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the "birther" gang -- now including legislators -- held a press conference at the capitol today to push state Representative Carl Seel's "birther" bill.Seel's bill, as you may recall, is the watered-down, penis-free version of last year's bill, which  forces presidential candidates to sign...
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Pigeon Racing Apparently Is Happening in Arizona; Of Course, PETA’s Pissed

People apparently are gambling on pigeon races in Arizona, and there's actually a group that cares about it. Of course, that group's called PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).PETA says it's just completed a "15-month undercover investigation" over five states, including Arizona, into pigeon-racing operations.See, pigeons -- which...
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Arpaio Awaits Justice as Election Looms

Editor's note: Michael Lacey is the former co-owner of Village Voice Media. He and his partner sold VVM to senior management registered as Voice Media Group. This is his first freelance article for New Times. At long last, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the celebrated mask of Mexican misery, was in a...
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New Belgium Tart Lychee

Beer: Tart Lychee Brewery: New Belgium Brewing Co. Style: American Wild Ale ABV: 7.5 percent To get to know many of New Belgium's sour ales, you must first acquaint yourself with Oscar and Felix. An odd couple of beers (see what I did there?), these two act as the base...
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Throwback Thursday: Green Day’s Dookie

We've been having fun examining various one-hit wonders and FM curiosities of the '90s each week with our Throwback Thursday columns, but now it's time to get serious and examine one of the biggest records on the '90s: Dookie by Green Day. Dookie was a game-changer, both for young millennials...
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We’re Doomed: Mobile Devices to Outnumber Humans by 2016

Cisco released results of its mobile device study, which predicts that between 2011 and 2016 mobile device usage will increase 78 percent, and that by 2016 there will be more than 10 billion mobile devices. The United Nations predicted the human population to be around 7.3 billion that same year. Friends, we're...
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La Barquita: Home of the Jefe of the Molcajete

The molcajete, the Mexican version of the mortar and pestle, isn't particularly rare. For thousands of years, the three-legged round bowl, made from a single piece of rough, gray volcanic rock, has been used for making guacamole and salsas and for grinding spices. But at La Barquita, a Mexican restaurant...