If you need a sign of state Senate President Russell Pearce's desperation, look no further than above: one of the placards sprouting up around Mesa, smearing the recall effort, Citizens for a Better Arizona co-founder Randy Parraz, and Pearce challenger Jerry Lewis.The sign, the product of Citizens Who Oppose the...
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Police have identified the two men who were found dead in an Apache Junction trailer park over the weekend, and now have three people in custody for the drug-related double murder.Edward L. Reagan Jr, 40, of Apache Junction and 22-year-old Jamie G. Mountain of Mesa were found Sunday night in...
In the span of a heartbeat, the championship dreams of the Arizona Rattlers crumbled into dust. Their near-perfect season is over and their visions of glory obliterated. Mere moments away from winning ArenaBowl XXIV at US Airways Center earlier tonight (and thus, capturing their third title in 19 years) the...
BY DANIEL RAVEN Young Jeezy Celebrity Theatre Thursday, August 25, 2011 Young Jeezy may not know how to ride a beat or rap for more than ten seconds without losing his breath, but he was certainly able to keep it gangsta last night at Celebrity Theatre. Rapping to a half-empty...
Chuck Bauer loved his job as a lieutenant at the Lewis Prison Complex in Buckeye. He gradually had risen in rank over eight years (in two stints) with the Arizona Department of Corrections, winning Supervisor of the Year at Lewis twice. But the 56-year-old Peoria resident says he became increasingly...
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A Mesa woman was arrested Sunday after flashing some skin at passing motorists, all while aiming a gun at them -- and she wasn't even on meth.Rather, when police arrested 52-year-old Deborah Kay Jones, she was in possession of "Spice," a synthetic form of marijuana. According to court documents obtained...
State Senator -- and former Senate majority leader -- Scott Bundgaard has been charged with a pair of misdemeanors for his February freeway scuffle with his ex-gal-pal "Iron" Aubry Ballard.Bundgaard's been charged with one count each of reckless assault and endangerment for the freeway fracas that resulted in a night...
Political endorsements are flying off the shelves in Phoenix, where voters will elect a new mayor and five City Council members on August 30.Among the latest is the Sonoran Citizens Improvement Association's expected endorsement of Bryan Jeffries, the Mesa firefighter appointed to fill the City Council seat vacated by former...
When it comes to classic cocktail perfection, it's hard to beat the Gin and Tonic. Crisp, well-balanced and crystal clear, drop in a few ice cubes and a slice of lime, and you've got the ultimate summer cooler. That said, you really haven't tried a true "G & T," as...
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Art in the Pool
Finally, a solution for the the inevitable moment around 2:45 p.m. when your eyes glaze over and the computer screen gets a little bit blurry. You convince yourself no one will notice, and no one will -- especially if you're wearing a huge-ass pillow on your head. The ostrich --...
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Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we're back - with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you'd like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 6: Hakata...
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Larry Black, Joel Fox and David Hendershott filed a $22 million claim last week against Maricopa County employees, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu and a private investigator over the so-called Munnell Memo probe.The three current and former Maricopa County Sheriff's Office employees were the main targets of the widely publicized...
State Senate President Russell Pearce was a no-show today to the hearing that could, hypothetically, save his hide in the upcoming November 8 recall election in Legislative District 18. Ditto the official plaintiff in the legal challenge to the recall: Mesa resident Franklin Bruce Ross, who also had better sheep to...
Senate President Russell Pearce claims illegal immigration costs taxpayers beaucoup cash; in reality Hispanics, legal and illegal, are aiding the state's economy.A boom in Arizona's Latino population has resulted in a powerful purchasing bloc that could help save the state's struggling economy.This, according to a just-released report by the Arizona Hispanic...
It's official: As of yesterday, Arizona has become one of only two states in the country with an official state gun.Yee-ha.Following intense lobbying of state legislators by the Connecticut-based Colt gun company -- and a few flicks of Governor Jan Brewer's pen -- the Colt single-action Army revolver is now...
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They came out in droves in the triple-digit heat to help the man who would topple the most powerful politician in Arizona. Republican Jerry Lewis, the main challenger to state Senate President Russell Pearce in the upcoming November 8 recall election in Legislative District 18, stood beneath a tarp in...
If you pass by Modified Arts during July's Third Friday and see art purveyors and surveyors examining scenes of dinosaurs and sex acts lining the walls, there's no need to be confused (or to call the cops).Former Modified Arts Director Kim Larkin and current owner Kimber Lanning are hosting a variety of summer programming...
Would you drink a Pants on the Ground Porter? How about Boom Gueze the Dynamite? The internet influences everything these days, and memes are the vehicles by which it does so. No one knows why certain YouTube videos and other messages on the internet become so popular (we're still waiting...
The feds launched a new assault in their fight against medical marijuana today, threatening to seize the property of California medical marijuana dispensaries unless they close within 45 days.If there's no push-back from the states that have legalized weed for qualified patients, including Arizona, it looks like this could be...