Local psychic Susanne Wilson sent out a press release this morning blasting Stephen Hawking for saying heaven isn’t real. “Psychic abilities prove the existence of the afterlife,” the press release declares, “refuting” Hawkings’ claim. Anyone can be a psychic with a little help from their friends, she says. To…
“Macho Man” Randy Savage died this morning, killed in a car accident after he suffered a heart attack on the road. Savage started his career as a mid-card wrestler brought in to spice up matches but eventually ascended to the top as WWF champion. He became fellow wrestler Hulk Hogan’s…
There was another pitching duel at Chase Field last night. Arizona Diamondbacks reliever-turned-starter Josh Collmenter traded blanks with Atlanta Braves starter Jair Jurrjens until the Diamondbacks took the game’s first and last lead in the bottom of the sixth. The final score read 2-1. Chris Young played the hero on…
Governor Jan Brewer signed legislation earlier this month to create a state border fence with Mexico. The bill she penned, sponsored by Maricopa Republican state Senator Steve Smith, does not designate Arizona tax dollars for the project. Instead, it’s up to Smith to raise private donations for construction. He met…
The Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres continued their battle of National League West cellar-dwellers at Chase Field yesterday in a ballgame the Diamondbacks won 6-1. Young starter Daniel Hudson was good, scattering eight hits over seven innings while allowing one run to lower his earned run average by…
Yahoo! Sports Saunders is 0-5 to start the season. Except for a few innings thrown by struggling Joe Saunders, the Arizona Diamondbacks had a perfect weekend of pitching en route to a series win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Diamondbacks lost Saunders’ start Friday, 4-3, then cranked out a…
United We Dream Obama’s solicitation A national coalition of DREAM Act student activists is furious over Barack Obama’s latest fundraising letter soliciting re-election funds based on his “support” of the DREAM Act. United We Dream is circulating a petition calling on Obama to stop using the DREAM Act for…
College valedictorians tend to have job offers and paid internships lined up long before graduation. But not Angelica Hernandez, the Distinguished Graduating Senior in Mechanical Engineering at Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Hernandez graduates from ASU today with much hope and little opportunity. She is undocumented…
Illinois Senator Richard Durbin will re-introduce the DREAM Act later this morning. Durbin’s move is the second step in the Democratic Party’s kabuki courtship of Latino voters ahead of the 2012 elections, which began with Barack Obama’s bogus immigration speech yesterday. The DREAM Act, if passed, would allow undocumented youth…
Some baseball games are just fun to watch, no matter what team you follow or how seriously you enjoy the sport. San Francisco Giants’ ace Tim Lincecum and Arizona Diamondbacks’ number one starter Ian Kennedy exchanged zeroes for eight innings in a remarkable pitching duel last night before the Diamondbacks’…
White House Obama was all hat, no cattle in Texas this afternoon. Barack Obama delivered a speech on immigration this afternoon in Texas, focusing on what comprehensive immigration reform must look like if it ever passes. Then, as if aiming to prove the entire address a charade, Obama called on…
CNN Preview Wednesday evening at the Cronkite School. CNN is profiling a Valley high school as part of its Education in America series Sunday at 5 p.m. The Cronkite School of Journalism is hosting a special screening tomorrow at 7 p.m. downtown. The program focuses on the experiences of three different…
Salon Memo to legislators: son niños. They’re children. The Department of Justice mailed out a gentle reminder to school districts across the country over the weekend advising that undocumented students are, in fact, entitled to attend primary and secondary schools in America without getting hassled. It comes in the…
A group of doctors in town for their annual meeting held a press conference in front of the Arizona statehouse today to declare their opposition to anti-immigration legislation, particularly proposed bills mandating doctors ask their patients for immigration papers. New York Doctor Christina Gonzalez emceed the event, declaring the group…
DeeDee Blase, Arizona’s Republican immigration activist, has a message for the Tea Party: “Move aside, the Tequila Party is here,” she said at an afternoon press conference. The Tequila Party is a non-partisan voter-registration outfit designed to increase Latino political participation across the country. Blase announced at today’s event that…
Cafe Press It’s never too early to become a patriot. We might not be getting pictures of Osama bin Laden’s corpse from Barack Obama — but there’s some interesting memorabilia for sale. The Toronto Star is reporting that T-shirts, greeting cards, and coffee mugs celebrating Bin Laden’s death are selling…
Yahoo! Sports Barry Enright can’t win ballgames on his own. Arizona Diamondbacks starter Barry Enright just couldn’t help himself enough to win last night. Enright pitched well to start the game, shutting down the Colorado Rockies for the first three innings of the ballgame. He even hit a solo…
Cronkite News Christian Lira: an undocumented student whose scholarship is running out. State Republicans can pat themselves on the back: fewer undocumented students are getting educated. Which is what constitutes success in the Arizona Legislature. In spring 2007, there were 1,524 undocumented students in Arizona’s public universities. That number dwindled…
The Arizona Diamondbacks couldn’t keep the momentum going from their Thursday night demolition of the Chicago Cubs over the weekend, losing tight games 4-2 and 5-3 on Friday and Saturday before taking their revenge 4-3 Sunday, ensuring a series split. Armando Galarraga’s neck got quite the workout Friday from turning…
Arizona Legislature Self-promotion is the law in Steve Yarbrough’s perfect world. Jan Brewer again rejected a bill increasing the amount of money Arizona taxpayers can write off on their tax bills and give to private-scholarship charities, denying state Senator Steve Yarbrough’s second attempt to raise the amount of money each taxpayer…
Joe Saunders is fast becoming a problem for the Arizona Diamondbacks after failing, once again, to give his team a chance to win in a baffling 8-4 loss against the Philadelphia Phillies last night. Facing the Phillies with a chance to sweep, Saunders struck out eight hitters, almost matching his…
The first person to stand up and address the board at yesterday evening’s Maricopa Community College Board meeting wanted to inform them about the Model UN team’s successes at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. The next 25 were there to condemn the board’s recent tuition hike for “out of state” students, a…
