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How Do I Make Frozen Yogurt At Home?

Yesterday, we encouraged you to get to know your fro-yo. Today, frozen yogurt recipe ideas to make at home. Frozen yogurt is quick and easy to make at home. The basic ingredients are simple and small in number. An ice cream maker yields the best results but is not essential...
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Best Use of Social Media to Promote Semi-Nudity

Second Annual No Pants Light Rail RideThe call went out on Twitter, on iPhones, and in e-mail blasts. Meet at the light rail and prepare to take your pants off. In conjunction with the national improv organization known as Improv Everywhere, local boys Improv AZ hosted their second no-pants light-rail ride on January 10. The results were liberating. Pantsless participants stormed […]
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Medical Marijuana Election Night Party at Alice Cooper’stown

When last call came to Alice Cooper'stown last night, Prop 203, Arizona's medical marijuana bill, was losing by less than one percent of the vote margin. But the advocates and proponents who gathered at the downtown "rock and jock" restaurant behind US Airways Center were prepared for passage of medical...
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The Necronauts

Every college has its super-seniors: those students whose post-secondary studies exceed the bounds of the classic four-year plan. For some, the designation comes from partying too hard. For others, it's a result of pursuing their varied interests, credits toward a major be damned. For The Necronauts, super-seniors of the Valley's...
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Morning Poll: Are You Buyin’ Scott Rasmussen’s Latest Poll on Gov’s Race?

Yesterday, conservative pollster Scott Rasmussen released a poll showing that despite Governor Jan Brewer's brain fart during the gubernatorial debate last week, her poll numbers have somehow gone up.You've probably already seen Jan's infamous moment of silence, but for good measure (and because we just can't get enough of it),...
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Nicole Dunlap’s Four Elements and Tribute

Show us your ink! Starting today, we kick off a new series, MARKED, where we ask locals of all ages, professions and backgrounds to roll up their sleeves, pant legs, and so much more to reveal their marks. Here are their stories: Name: Nicole Dunlap Age: currently 24, 21 when...
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Best Cucumber Margarita

Cruz Tequila's Cucumber MargaritaScottsdale-based Cruz Tequila has numerous cocktail recipes for its 100 percent blue agave tequilas, whether you prefer blanco, reposado, or anejo. There’s the Cruz Refresco with a splash of cola, the Paloma with grapefruit juice, and the self-proclaimed Perfect Margarita with agave nectar. For our discerning tastes, though, nothing comes close to the Cruz Cucumber […]
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Best Extreme Makeover

Modified ArtsAgree or disagree, it was time for Modified Arts to change. The building’s exterior needed some serious TLC, the stage was one amplified band short of collapse, and the sewage smell seeping from the bathroom needed to be kicked to the curb. So when longtime owner Kimber Lanning handed the keys to Adam Murray and […]
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Arizona Cardinals Quarterback Max Hall Named Rookie of the Week

Props to Arizona Cardinals rookie quarterback Max Hall.As we told you yesterday, Hall was one of five nominees in the running for the NFL's Rookie of the Week honors. Today, we found out Hall won.The award comes after Hall's mediocre-at-best performance against the Super Bowl-champion New Orleans Saints. It was...
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John Legend and the Roots: Wake Up!

So why not combine forces, dust off some older, more obscure R&B classics and introduce them to newer generations, as well as some older generations that weren't privy to the songs when they were first released? Such is the case for Wake Up!, twelve songs that combine Legend's remarkable vocals...
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Best Government Customer Service

Phoenix City Clerk DepartmentThe Phoenix City Clerk’s Office is not only accommodating in releasing public records (at least the ones at its fingertips), it also helps customers peruse the city’s searchable online database for city records, tracks city election results, and catalogs the volumes of public records that state law requires local governments to maintain — everything from […]
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Best Latin Club

Sky LoungeA nonstop war for supremacy is waged every weekend among the discotheques of downtown Phoenix. Believe us, it’s quite the fight. The club-on-club combat is particularly punchy among the boîtes of Washington Street, with venues like Sky Lounge and Bar Smith battling for bigger turnouts and sheer volume. From what we’ve seen (and heard), Sky […]
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Best Coffee House, North Phoenix

Fiddler's Dream CoffeehouseWe stumbled upon this one-of-a-kind coffee shop, on the grounds of the Phoenix Friends Meeting space at the southeast corner of 17th Street and Cactus Wren, on our way to a west-side concert. We were so taken with the cozy, SoCal-esque, post-hippie ambiance that we went back the following weekend to check it out more […]
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High Street

Rob Dyrdek spent 6 years trying to revolutionize skateboarding and he’s confident that the end result "will redefine the way skateboarding competitions are done forever." Said innovation is a real-time scoring system that he promises will keep tensions high as it forces the skaters to use more competition-savvy strategy. Dyrdek’s...