In a media event that lasted less than 20 minutes, before a crowd of red-shirted Brewer-for-Governor supporters at the Marriott Desert Ridge in north Phoenix, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin stood with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer as part of a propaganda effort to counter the tsunami of criticism over Arizona's...
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While we at Chow Bella strive to provide you with the the best coverage of fine dining, interviews with the most sophisticated chefs in the greater Phoenix area, and recipes that will amuse even the most sophisticated bouche, we also realize that every once in a while you need a...
A bailiff in a beige uniform opens the door next to the courtroom's inmate-seating area, which is empty for the moment. It's Monday at the Maricopa County Superior Court, and the inmate galley begins to fill up for the morning's hearings. "It might be easier to get him through this...
If you're a pederass, who has kiddy-porn saved on your computer, taking your computer to a mall to be repaired may be one of the stupidest things you can do. That being said, a Scottsdale man did exactly that this week and as a result, was arrested.Scottsdale police say that...
Tara Logsdon must have a big heart.The artist has dedicated her talents to "rescuing" discarded and unloved teddy bears she finds at thrift stores. You can see the results of her teddy bear makeovers at the "Right to Bear Arms" show at The Artlink Heritage Square Gallery during Art Detour...
The director of Denver's contemporary art museum was in Scottsdale tonight to share his sometimes hilarious secrets to engaging community.Museums here in the Valley have increased attendance with events that bring together cocktails, DJ music and fashion shows. This guy mixes show tunes and aquatic plants or hot sauce and...
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Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with the help of numerous other law enforcement agencies, arrested 47 suspects and 17 non-criminal aliens while taking down a human smuggling ring that operated mostly in central and southern Arizona. ICE is touting "Operation In Plain Sight" as "the most comprehensive human smuggling investigation in...
About a dozen or so activists protested an American Bar Association conference at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio resort in north Phoenix, demanding that the participants walk out of the conference and join the nationwide boycott of Arizona over SB 1070.Organized in part by Linda Brown of the Arizona Advocacy Network,...
NASCAR's in town for a Sprint Cup Series race this weekend, and as part of the festivities, the folks at Sprint invited us, as well as some of the other who's-nots in local media, to participate in a charity race this morning.We were racing for Central Arizona Shelter Services --...
State House Minority Leader David Lujan was made to eat a plate of crow stew last night at a debate sponsored by ASU's Young Democrats among Democratic candidates for state Attorney General. His rival Vince Rabago, a former assistant Attorney General from Tucson, lit into Lujan from jump for missing the...
No. This is not the start of a really bad or tasteless joke. Recently, the Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano came out with a list of the ten best rock/pop albums. And the results may be surprising. In no particular order they are:Michael Jackson - Thriller Oasis - (What's the Story)...
A former employee of the Buckeye Union High School District claims in a federal lawsuit that she was fired in retaliation for ratting out an assistant principal in a suspected "sexting" case. The assistant principal, Matthew Conover, resigned last year after allegations that a 17-year-old student e-mailed nude photos of herself to his phone...
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"We can't be satisfied in just winning game 1...U know the Spurs will be ready but so will we," he tweeted. Although it took most of the first half for the Suns to get up to speed and fulfill Dudley's prediction, Phoenix managed to bounce back from an early deficit...
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@4ess138The PixiesIf you were a big fan of the album Doolittle by the Pixies, then last night's concert at Mesa Amphitheatre probably made you really happy. The alternative rock band played the album in its entirety to an all-ages crowd, and people couldn't stop Tweeting their appreciation (and disappointment) for...
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We asked Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley last week what he planned to do with the illegal immigrants arrested by Sheriff Joe Arpaio on suspicion of smuggling themselves into the country. Romley's spokesman, Bill FitzGerald, wrote back that a decision hadn't been made yet. Today, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Andrew...
Gene Lefebvre remembers the day in late August 2008 when 20 to 25 Border Patrol agents, half of them on horseback, raided the Arivaca, Arizona campsite of No More Deaths, a group dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance to migrants in the desert. "They said they had tracked 10 migrants into...
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After an incident between Phoenix City Councilman Michael Johnson and a Phoenix police officer ignited tensions between police and minority communities, minority leaders have come out against the Phoenix Police Department, claiming it has a problem with its use of excessive force.A report released yesterday by the PPD shows that...
In the border town of Nogales, Sonora, where buses drop off the newly deported every few hours on the American side, almost everyone seems to have been through Operation Streamline, a U.S. Border Patrol program that aims to hit all migrants entering the United States illegally with a criminal conviction...
There are quite a few restaurants serving foie gras in the Valley, but for some reason, Christopher's Restaurant and Crush Lounge have become a favorite target of protesters who consider the production of foie to be animal cruelty. Chef-owner Christopher Gross says he's had protesters show up at least six...