It's been two months since the feds tried to gut LifeLock with a $12 million penalty for deceptive advertising, and the company's Web site still boasts that it can protect people from identity theft. The Tempe-based company has spent millions of dollars since 2006 on ads that broadcast CEO Todd...
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The man suspected of animal cruelty for leaving his 23 dogs alone at his home for nearly two weeks with no food or water says Pima Animal Control Center's putting 19 of the dogs out of their misery is "messed up."Yesterday, we posted a story about 34-year-old Raymond Quintero and his...
What this critic says: "With his cowboy boots and 10-gallon hat in tow, Devonte Hynes has crafted a fantastic follow-up to 2008's Falling Off The Lavender Bridge. Where his first album established Hynes' incredible talent for writing a song, Life Is Sweet! shows just how talented a composer the British...
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Hearty Arty
We've heard of all sorts of fevers -- cat-scratch, valley, fevers where the only prescription is "more cow-bell" -- but we weren't familiar with the variety that a Phoenix man claims made him "violently ill," prompting a lawsuit against PetCo.George Heitzman claims he contracted something called rat-bite fever after he bought...
"El Mariachi" Sergio Vega is in a world of hurt. The young professional wrestler is getting a mule-size whupping outside the ring, courtesy of three masked men. After subjecting his 5-foot-8, 160-pound frame to the furious punches and kicks, it's time for the real fun to begin. The ringleader of...
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The fastest drivers caught by freeway speed cameras in Arizona will be punished less, thanks to a policy change that halts the mailing of criminal speeding tickets. The state Department of Public Safety, which operates the highway speed-camera program, says the change -- made without fanfare earlier this month -- won't likely...
According to several sources, a team of eight to nine U.S. Department of Justice investigators looking into civil rights violations by Sheriff Joe Arpaio was in Phoenix this week. On Sunday, February 21, they met with around 15 anti-Arpaio activists, some of whom gave them a tongue-lashing for dragging their...
More than 20 years after they first intended to do so, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors finally approved a resolution today that will compel county officials to disclose their financial dealings. Today's vote was a direct result of the criminal charges Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas filed against Supervisor...
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Black Francis: NonStopErotik
We thought it was possible the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors had a conflict of interest in picking a new county attorney, with two of the five having been indicted last year. But the board decided today that it doesn't have a conflict. Whew... what a relief. County attorney Andrew Thomas...
In ancient times, Mayans drank cacao concoctions to achieve an altered consciousness believed to bring them close to a god-like state. It was this promise of elevated awareness and an interest in Divine Metaphysics that initially attracted Sam Filicetti, an electrical engineer, to chocolate-making. The Mayans drank the chocolate, but...
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Last year we said goodbye to Tapino, Pink Pony and some of our other favorite haunts. But today we're not thinking about layoffs or gas prices or the restaurant tombstones that'll inevitably pile up in 2010. Today we're going all Pretty Mary Sunshine on the economy's ass, courtesy of Roaring Fork and Mary Coyle...
The Arizona State Parks Board voted to close 13 parks last month, but cost estimates show that closing the parks might be more expensive than keeping them open. Closing Fort Verde Historic State Park, for example, will cost taxpayers $141,000 -- about $46,000 more than it would cost to keep...
THE RECKONING Filled to overflowing with individuals of all races, Phoenix's First Institutional Baptist Church played host recently to a slew of religious and political leaders gathered to denounce state Senator Russell Pearce's pro-racial profiling bill, SB 1070, signed into law Friday by Governor Jan Brewer. Present as guest of...
If you believe that record sales equal musical relevance, then you may think that classical music -- which accounted for less than 3 percent of all record sales in 2009 -- needs to be locked up in some museum archive along with the dinosaur bones. However, if you listened to...
I'm a pan blanco and my wife is puertorriqueña. Our son basically looks white, while a casual observer might admit that there is some Latin going on there. I'm not sure how this pertains to my question — it may or may not be worth mentioning. Our son is a...
If you're like us, you may have been later than usual for work this morning due to a colossal wreck on the westbound I-10.At about 6:40 a.m. a tractor trailer, a motor home, and a passenger vehicle crossed paths near 32nd Street to create the perfect storm for Valley commuters.According...
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Walt Disney mulled an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland for decades before producing an animated feature in 1951, although by all accounts, he didn't much care for the prim little protagonist, let alone her supporting cast of "weird characters." One wonders what Uncle Walt would have made of his studio's...
"Current solo artist seeks drummer, bassist, perhaps keyboard player. Must be into early-period Guided by Voices, adore Strummer, Westerberg, Weller, Richman. Must be interested in rocking out un-ironically. Hipster douchebags and scene kids need not apply. If interested, contact Dfactor at his music blog, www.WavedRumor.com." Talking with David Murrow, the...
The secret to Bill Hutchison's Kissed With Fire Salsa starts in New Mexico, where the official state bird is the roadrunner and the official state question is "red or green"? The question refers to the New Mexico Chile, a pepper with a long and somewhat heated history in the...
You really don't need to spend more than, say, an hour in the Valley to notice that there are an inordinate amount of hot chicks 'round these parts. Who knows if it's the sunshine, the constant influx of new residents, or if cacti and oleander emit some sort of magical,...