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Hot Links: Surprise Suicide, Yuma’s Race, and “A” Mountain

A traffic stop in Surprise ended in suicide Tuesday when the driver slit his throat. According to police, George Lajeunesse, 43, was stopped because he was wanted for questioning in a domestic-violence call. Lajeunesse reportedly wielded a large knife at the traffic stop, and slit his throat after being Tasered...
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Poll Says More Than 60 Percent of County Residents Approve of Arpaio

A new Cronkite/Eight poll finds that county residents mostly approve of Joe Arpaio's performance as sheriff. The poll, conducted between October 22-25, asked 389 registered voters in Maricopa County if they approved or disapproved of the job the sheriff iis doing. It found that 61 percent of county residents either "approve"...
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Chester Bennington Among Crowd at Muse Concert

Common folk weren't the only peeps to check out Muse and Silversun Pickups last night at US Airways Center. Apparently a famous face, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, was also in the audience checking out the show. To offset the fact the band doesn't alter their set list, they tried...
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Yen Sushi and Sake Bar Rocks Their Rolls

Living in Central Phoenix, I'm not about to state any allegiance between East Valley and West Valley restaurants. I'll go wherever there's good food to be had. But I can't deny the overwhelming surplus of self-consciously hip sushi spots in the East Valley, where the trend is toward sleek and...
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Ozzy Osbourne Book Tour: Oz Talks to New Times

He's the Prince of Darkness. He's a pioneer of both heavy metal and reality television. And now, finally, he's a best-selling author.Ozzy Osbourne's book I Am Ozzy, was recently released in the U.S. and has been extremely well received. He's making appearances across the country in support of the new...
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Darrell Ankarlo Back On Airwaves After Five-Month Absence

The ultra-"moral" morning man for 92.3 FM (KTAR), and often-deserved punching bag of this paper, Darrell Ankarlo, returned to the airwaves with a vengeance today, after a five-month absence resulting from a car accident that nearly ended his career...
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Arty Girl: Hector Ruiz and DOSE at Bentley

Now, Arty Girl doesn't usually like to double dip on covering art events. This time around, however, we've got two artists, two gallery locations and two receptions. So it seems only appropriate that there would be two blips of coverage on the Phoenix New Times radar.Yep, the exhibition, "colLABORation" certainly...
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Gospel Claws on Hiatus

Arizona music fans have certainly noticed a void in the scene of late. Tempe's bluesy pop crew Gospel Claws have gone on a hiatus that will extend through the end of 2009.Previously, the band was anticipating the departure of drummer, Scott Hall, who felt that he did not have the...
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King of the Mountain

Every child dreams big; our dream was to capture the world record for the longest fingernails. The only reason we aren’t currently in The Guinness Book of World Records is that we repeatedly lost sight of our goal whenever our Mom threatened to revoke our dessert privileges. At the end...
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Arizona Cardinals Soar Over Seahawks in 27-3 Beat-Down

The Seattle Seahawks' folically challenged quarterback Matt Hasselbeck didn't stand a chance yesterday. His offense mustered a measly 128 total yards, he completed only 10 of 29 passes, and he was sacked five times throughout the 27-3 Cardinals victory. The big news coming out of Seattle Sunday wasn't Hasselbeck's seemingly reserved seat on the...
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FBI Reports Hate Crimes Up in Arizona, Phoenix, and Maricopa County

The FBI today released its hate crime report for 2008, showing the number of documented hate crimes by participating agencies to be up nationally by about 2.1 percent. Locally, hate crimes were up in Arizona by nearly 15 percent, in Phoenix by 11.25 percent (see note below), and in Maricopa County...
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No-bake Spiderweb Cheesecake

Halloween is nigh and we are busy getting ready. For this week's Monday Night Martha we decided to spin a web of artery clogging goodness and make Martha Stewart's No-bake Spiderweb Cheesecake. This recipe is not for the faint of heart as it calls for 32 oz. of cream cheese...
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Time Bomb: A ’70s Cop Killing Investigation Leads to a Chicago Law Professor Who Helped Launch Barack Obama’s Political Career

On the night of February 16, 1970, Brian McDonnell was sorting through bulletins on the Teletype machine at Park Police Station in the Upper Haight neighborhood of San Francisco. The respected 44-year-old sergeant was checking results from the recent union elections, in which he was running for station representative. Steady...