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The Virgin Gets Down & Dirty with Rachael Ray’s Loaded Potato Soup

Wintertime in Phoenix is normally shorts and flip-flops weather, but not this year. Thanks to whatever crappy weather phenemenon is currently blanketing Texas in snow and dumping ice on Hotlanta, it's a little bit chilly for us thin-blooded Arizonans. The good news is that it's prime time for hot soup, something we'll all be...
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Lemmon vs. Machine

Technological nightmares conjured up by sci-fi and tin-foil-hat-wearers haven’t quite lived up to their billings. Despite fussy printers, computer crashes, and email disasters, computers have yet to summon up their artificial intelligence to defeat us. There’s a delicate and still emerging relationship between humankind and technology, something that Dayvid LeMmon...
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The Top 10 Christmas Beers

​Christmas is everyone's favorite holiday, but true beer fans know that the most wonderful time of the year is made even more wonderful with a pint in your hand. Winter warmers and other dark, comforting brews take over around the holidays to help carolers and Christmas tree shoppers thaw out...
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Brewed For Battle: Oktoberfest

At what point does one elevate from merely drinking beer to being a full-on beer snob? Answer: when you feel compelled to tell other people what to drink. And the inevitable result of this peculiar ailment is the beer argument. In the spirit of all great beer-related discussions, we present...
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Top 10 Weed Raps Of All Time (With Video)

In a few months,  medical marijuana will be legally available in the state of Arizona.Come spring, Proposition 203 will go into effect and a new era will begin -- one where many, many sick people will receive the remedy that their ailment necessitates. That new era will also create a...
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Russell Pearce’s “Psycho Talk” on AHCCCS

Schultz rips Pearce for his crazy talk on Brahm Resnik's Sunday Square-OffJust another reminder of what the local Republinuts -- led by neo-Nazi-huggin' state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce -- have in mind for you one million-plus folks down on your luck, or those about to be in this economy: No...
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2010 Redux: Best Food Battles

As we bid farewell to the year and look ahead to 2011, for the next two weeks Chow Bella contributors will bring you some greatest hits from 2010. We've already highlighted Carol Blonder's most memorable food-related books. Today, we're looking at Wynter Holden's top Battle of the Dishes moments. A...
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The Worst of Monday Night Martha

Here at Monday Night Martha, we have been preparing a Martha Stewart recipe each week and writing about the results for almost a year. This week we take a look back at some of the worst things we made. Dishes we will not make again, and one that may have...
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Louie Puroll Firing Put in Second Place by Chandler Mall Standoff

The best thing that happened to Louie Puroll and the Pinal County Sheriff's Office yesterday was the standoff out at the Chandler Mall, a made-for-TV incident that put the deputy's firing deep into second place, news-wise. Still, by now everyone who follows local news knows Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu...
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Actors Theatre’s A Christmas Carol Ends Its 19-Year Run

I long to take the month of December off from writing, so that I can focus on tree-trimming and card-making and other seasonal events. December deadlines are usually a nightmare, largely because printers keep such odd holiday schedules, and writing January copy the week before Christmas usually means I'm missing...
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Phoenix P.D.’s Alleged Time Thieves Plead Not Guilty

Three Phoenix police officers, and one former officer, were in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning, where they all pleaded not guilty to theft-related charges.Sergeant Benjamin Swarungsymun and officers Steven Peck and Aaron Lentz face theft charges, while former Officer George Contreras faces charges including theft, operating an illegal enterprise,...
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Epic Fail? National Farmers Market Search

Okay, I thought this would be a cool new thing to write about, but I think it might actually be a cool new thing to make fun of.With good intentions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced an improved version of its searchable National Farmers Market Directory. It's got a...
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Sidebar: Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?

Unauthorized immigrants make up just more than 3 percent of the U.S. population, But they're accused of sucking up public benefits and dodging taxes. Illegal aliens are tax dodgers. That's one of the most shocking findings of FAIR's most recent report on the "cost of illegal immigration. "Most illegal aliens...