With the cries of demonstrators on both sides of the SB 1070 debate reverberating inside the steamy glass cage of Phoenix's Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse, a special prceedings room filled to overflow with lawyers, reporters and average citizens became the scene of the first major hearing in a challenge to Arizona's new breathing-while-brown...
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Arizona Republic columnist Dan Bickley planted the seed yesterday with an article suggesting that former Phoenix Suns star Charles Barkley was open to the idea of being the team's next general manager. The Suns have made no indication that they would even want "Sir Charles" to replace Steve Kerr in...
U.S. Senate candidate and former New Times columnist John Dougherty (pictured) discussed his plan for the infamous "War on Drugs" this morning at a debate near Yuma. Bottom line: End it. The "squares" have gotta love that."The War on Drugs has been an abject failure. We need to move it...
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The Vaselines: Sex with an X
In the past month, two female teachers from Tucson-area high schools were arrested for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with students at their respective schools. Considering that such hanky-panky with a teacher is often the dominating fantasy of many high-school-age dudes -- and that Valley Fever readers opted to turn the...
Legally challenged hip-hopster Lil Wayne, currently serving a year-long jail sentence in New York, is apparently a pretty funny dude now that he's not in a "purple-drank"-and-weed-induced haze."Purple drank," for those not hip to the rap scene, is a mixture of prescription-strength cough syrup, 7-Up, and broken-up pieces of Jolly...
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A Yavapai County woman went on a bit of a rampage on Tuesday afternoon that resulted in a broken cell phone, a wasted beer, and a bruised-up boyfriend.According to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, 54-year-old Janet Beekman and her 53-year-old boyfriend got into a bit of a spat over "relationship...
Lisa Randall stepped into the bright sunlight Thursday morning, July 22, surrounded by family, friends, and her attorney. Randall took a deep breath and held onto the youngest of her five adult children, daughter Brenna. She pulled one of her pant legs up a few inches to expose the ankle...
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Photo of the Day: For Sale (x2)
We just returned from a downtown Phoenix courtroom where a judge dismissed first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse charges in the case of Peoria day-care operator Lisa Randall (pictured feeding a grandchild). "The dismissal is in the interests of justice," Deputy County Attorney Belle Whitney told Judge Michael Kemp, during a...
Want undeniable proof that Millennials and their insufferable parents are ruining America?Check out two news stories that broke yesterday involving irresponsibly indulgent parents and the musician children they love.First, we have some band kids at Mesa's Dobson High School who got suspended after being busted for drinking beer on a...
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The latest round of photographs from neo-Nazi J.T. Ready's patrols in the Arizona desert shows the Mesa storm trooper getting chummy with the U.S. Border Patrol, even leaning on a Border Patrol vehicle at one point.There's a photo of Ready with a Border Patrol Agent on a motorcycle, and there's a pic...
It brings me great joy to report that Up On The Sun was named the Best Features Blog in the state by the Arizona Press Club in a ceremony Saturday night in downtown Phoenix. Niki D'Andrea, Jonathan McNamara, Stephen Chilton and I made up the winning team. (Full results here.)The...
J.D. Hayworth's campaign is in trouble. Yesterday, Hayworth was forced to admit that his starring in an infomercial for a now-bankrupt company promising to teach customers how to get their hands on "free government money" was "a mistake."...
If you happen to be cheating on your significant other, you better be prepared to hide, wash, or burn your undies after the deed is done, thanks to a Phoenix laboratory that's offering its DNA testing services to people who suspect they're being cheated on.For about $100, Phoenix-based Chromosomal Laboratories...
It certainly wasn't a weekend to remember for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Not only did the Snakes lose the services of ace pitcher Dan Haren in a nothing trade with the Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim, the sucktastic squad was also the victim of a series sweep by the San Francisco Giants...
Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth, "the consistent conservative," isn't the "original hype-man," but as we learned yesterday, he's no slouch when it comes to pimping a product. When he was ousted from Congress, Hayworth acted as a pitchman for a now-bankrupt company that offered seminars that basically showed people how to milk...
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Already whipped through your summer reading materials? No worries. All week, Jackalope Ranch contributors will review candidates for your nightstand. Have a suggestion for us? Leave it in the comment section. Today: "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan. Hooray for gay young adult fiction!I'm a big...
There's a brand-new sweat lodge fiasco playing out in northern Arizona, but "spiritual warrior" James Arthur Ray has nothing to do with it and, thankfully, nobody is dead as a result. According to court documents, Adam Yellowbird De Armon, a spiritual leader and executive director of the Institute of Cultural...
Neon TreesDecember 14, 2010Ovations Live! Showroom at Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino I never thought one of the best shows I saw all year would be in an Arizona casino.Even the bands playing last night at Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino in Chandler, Paper Tongues and Neon Trees,...
Monsters of Folk was coming to the Orpheum Theatre last fall, but Charlie Levy didn't have the cash to buy a billboard. So the Tucson-based music promoter hired a friend to paint a mural. They made it a happening. On the First Friday in October, an artist named Joe Pagac...