Aside from having a law degree, U.S. Senate candidate Rodney Glassman has a Ph.D. in arid-land-resource sciences.The subject of arid-land-resource science may bore you to tears, but his dissertation on the subject is somewhat entertaining. That’s because it seems some of it was written by someone else and not properly…
Our holy-shit-ometer kicked in around 8:30 last night when we got an e-mail from the Reverend Jarrett Maupin, an African-American civil-rights leader here in Phoenix (he’s basically a young version of Al Sharpton — check the hair and our cover story from 2005). Maupin leads the Inner-City Democracy Empowerment Agency and…
Yesterday, we wrote about two of the dumber alleged criminals in recent memory.One guy, Albert Graham, was arrested after police say he broke into the same house twice in two days.He faces charges of burglary, possession of stolen property, theft, assault, and criminal damage.Check it out here.Another guy, Jay Searles,…
Granted, it’s a slower-than-usual news day. But we didn’t realize just how slow it actually was until we looked at the home page of azcentral.com this afternoon and saw that the Arizona Republic is asking readers to “share your memories” to celebrate Sky Harbor International Airport’s 75th anniversary.Our initial thought…
A Pinal County man (who happens to look a lot like Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu) apparently wasn’t satisfied with the stuff he stole from a woman’s house during one burglary, so he burglarized the same exact house the very next day.According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, on September…
It was a record-setting year in terms of kids getting cooked in cars, which is bad news for two reasons: A) kids are getting cooked in cars and B) it’s only September and it’s still hot as hell outside.The death of a 2-month-old Kingman girl puts the total number of…
If you want to accuse someone of lying, it helps to tell the truth yourself.That said, Congressional candidate Jon Hulburd may want to reconsider some wording used in his latest radio ad.In an ad Hulburd released today called “Maturity,” he claims his opponent in the District 3 Congressional race, Ben Quayle,…
In case you missed it, ABC World News — like several other national news outlets — picked up on New Times’ cover story this week, “Pinalcchio.”We watched as a camera crew interviewed the story’s author, Paul Rubin, for about a half-hour outside of our downtown Phoenix offices.Excited to see our…
A Peoria man, wrongly accused of stealing a hat at a local water park, handled the false accusation by attempting to moon his accusers in the middle of the park. But he failed, and by the time it was over, the only people exposed to the man’s ass were five…
Wanna know what really happened to Pinal County Sheriff’s Deputy Louie Puroll? So do we. Unfortunately, the truth may never come out — even after the Department of Public Safety analyzes the teeshirt he says he was wearing when he was shot.There’s no shortage of theories as to what actually…
TV news is often good for one thing: a laugh.Tacky catch phrases, lame dialogue, and guys who look like real-life Ron Burgundys (yeah, Mark Curtis, we mean you) tend to define local TV news.For the most part, TV news is harmless. However, sometimes it’s not — as was the case on Monday…
If you were under the impression that things couldn’t get much worse for the Arizona Cardinals, guess again.It’s reported this afternoon that wide receiver Steve Breaston will be out the next few weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus.The news was first reported by Mike Jurecki of XTRA Sports…
Most people convicted of a hit-and-run DUI in Arizona have a tough time getting a job at McDonald’s. One man, however, has overcome the limitations of a DUI conviction and landed himself a pretty sweet gig: driving around Carl Paladino, the Republican candidate for governor of New York.Rus Thompson is…
When Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu agreed to go on Fox 10 News last night to answer questions about the shooting of Deputy Louie Puroll — raised in the current issue of New Times — he probably thought something similar to what we thought: TV news will throw a few softballs that’ll be…
The 29-year-old mayor of Nogales, and his 59-year-old father, were arrested this morning on multiple charges including bribery, theft, fraud and money laundering.Mayor Octavio Garcia Von Borstel was taken into custody at his office at the Nogales City Hall this morning.According to the Attorney General’s Office, the FBI began investigating…
A Mesa man shouldn’t be expecting that stereotypical $5 birthday check from his grandmother this year. That’s because he allegedly beat her up and stole her wallet last week. According to the Mesa Police Department, 19-year-old Robert Grazioso was arrested Friday after he punched and kicked his live-in girlfriend.Shortly after…
A billboard displaying a Hispanic family with an out-of-context quote from Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has been removed.Within days of the billboard going up, Babeu started campaigning to have it removed, even calling the consulate for the president of El Salvador — the country of origin of the family…
The Arizona Cardinals are coming off their third awful game of the season, which is bad news considering there have only been three games.Quarterback Derek Anderson’s received the brunt of the blame because, frankly, he’s played terribly.Anderson misses receivers, holds on to the ball too long in the pocket, and…
An Ohio man convicted of beating his landlord to death in Phoenix in 1978 is back in Arizona today after leaving the state in violation of his probation more than 30 years ago.John Whitting, living in central Ohio since leaving Arizona, was arrested 14 times while on the run, but nobody…
Anyone living in the city of angels got a little taste of Phoenix today, as temperatures hovered around 110 degrees for most of the day.Most people living in Los Angeles are novices when it comes to hellacious, oppressive, unfair heat. So, as you might expect, everyone freaked out.The top headline…
Gubernatorial candidate Terry Goddard’s pulling out all the stops in trying to get Governor Jan Brewer back on stage for a debate, and Jan’s not havin’ it. Goddard’s accepted invitations to 10 debates or candidate forums and Brewer, apparently, won’t be at any of them. “Why is Jan Brewer hiding?”…
It appears that reality TV’s claimed yet another marriage. Two more family-oriented reality TV stars are going the route of John and Kate: Bryan and Jenne Masche, stars of the reality TV show Raising Sextuplets, reportedly are heading for splitsville.Last week, we told you about the Masches. As the title of…
