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Arizona Secretary of State Candidate Chris Deschene Asks for Public Records from Political Opponent and Current SOS Ken Bennett

Chris Deschene wants at least two things.First, the Democrat wants voters to elected him Secretary of State November 2. Second, he wants Ken Bennett, his political opponent and current Arizona Secretary of State, to turn over public records, including e-mails, to help determine Bennett's role in the Green Party candidate sham...
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N*E*R*D Discuss Touring, New Album, Commercialism and Daft Punk

It's hard to believe that given as in demand as music producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo are as the Neptunes that they can still find time to put out a new album for their N*E*R*D project. But somehow Pharell, Chad, and fellow band member Shae Haley have managed to...
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Morning Poll: Who Won Last Night’s Gubernatorial Debate?

Arizona has had more than its fair share of bad characters in the governor's chair for too many years. Ev Mecham: Impeached. Fife Symington: Convicted. Jane Hull: Alt Fuels. Napolitano: Credit Card's Maxed Out -- Time to Quit. Now we've got these bozos to choose from...
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Travel Deal

Thanks to Eat Pray Love, leaving it all to travel somewhere exotic is not exactly rooted in betterment-to-society purposes, especially when considering Jonathan Brandstein’s 2005 adventure. For the Los Angeles-based photographer, it all began that summer when he peeped a documentary about blues musicians in Mali. Recalls Brandstein, who has,...
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Tell a Joke with Sam Lowy

Photo by Anthony Lowy, courtesy of Sam Lowy​Sam Lowy wears many hats -- one for improv comedy, one for sketch comedy and one for stand up comedy. Lowy, an English Literature major at Arizona State University, has been sharpening his comedic skills since he started college three years ago. As...
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Rebuilding Hope Documentary DVD Available Online

Rebuilding Hope, a documentary that follows three men who fled civil war-torn Sudan and into the United States as children, then return to their homeland as adults, is available for purchase online following a local screening in Phoenix. Gabriel Bol Deng, Koor Garang and Garang Mayuol, the subjects of the...
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Parking Fees to be Enforced at Local Trails

Looks like the days of free hiking in Phoenix are soon to be over.At least, if you happen to frequent North Mountain Park, Phoenix Mountains Park and Recreation Area (yes, this includes Piestewa Peak), Dreamy Draw Recreation Area, Echo Canyon area of Camelback Mountain, or the Pima Canyon area of...
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Hooves

It wasn't supposed to happen like this. They practiced, they planned, they were ambitious and optimistic. Then, like so many rock musicians before them, excessive use of alcohol took it all away. Before they knew it, Hooves had embarrassed themselves at probably the biggest annual event in the Phoenix rock...
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Morning Poll: Why is Joe Arpaio Really Going to New Hampshire?

America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff," Joe Arpaio, is heading to New Hampshire this weekend, which has caused the national media to speculate that the aging (and aging) law dog plans to run for president.That theory, as we pointed out yesterday, is definitely probably bullshit. Check out what CNN senior political editor...
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Lebanon Takes You Inside an Israeli Tank and the Reality of War

Lebanon, written and directed by Samuel Maoz, is not just the year's most impressive first feature but also the strongest new movie of any kind I've seen in 2010. Actually, Lebanon — which won the Golden Lion at Venice, after being rejected by Berlin and Cannes — hardly seems like...
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Waiting For Superman: Davis Guggenheim Ignores Too Many Inconvenient Truths

Davis Guggenheim's call-to-arms documentary on the failures of the U.S. public-education system — thoroughly laudable in intention if maddening in its logic and omissions — originated with his own guilty conscience. An Academy Award winner for 2006's An Inconvenient Truth, the director, whose debut doc, 2001's The First Year, heralded...
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Stumpf House Wins Dwell Award

Back in April, Jackalope Ranch reported on [merz] project's nominations by Dwell. Well, the results have been counted and the Stumpf House won Dwell's "Houses We Love: People's Choice" online poll...