Seriously, who steals cows?Aside from the obvious physical challenges such a task presents, the legal ramifications don’t decrease based on difficulty of theft.In other words, you’re better off stealing a diamond — or just about anything that doesn’t weigh as much as a small car and that doesn’t require you…
The vicious GOP primary battle between John McCain and J.D. Hayworth goes on. The latest skirmish is over a McCain campaign ad featuring his number-one cheerleader in Arizona law enforcement, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu.Babeu recently called in to a Tennessee-based, white-supremacist radio show to talk about, what else, immigration…
Since our earlier post about Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth’s advice to Senator John McCain that he pull a campaign ad featuring Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, the McCain campaign got back to us and says it won’t be pulling the ad.”We know that Congressman Hayworth is desperate, but we never…
Ben Quayle, a candidate for the District 3 Congressional seat soon-to-be vacated by Congressman John Shadegg, has jumped head-first into the immigration debate, calling out Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for alleged disillusionment when it comes to the security of the U.S./Mexico border.”Secretary Janet Napolitano recently proclaimed Arizona’s border ‘is as secure…
If we were running for political office and our chief opponent was airing a TV ad featuring someone who’d appeared on a neo-Nazi radio show, we’d say “go for it, pal!”The logic being: It will only hurt the oppoient’s chances.But Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth, with the wording of his statement to the…
U.S. Senate candidate and former New Times columnist John Dougherty (pictured) discussed his plan for the infamous “War on Drugs” this morning at a debate near Yuma. Bottom line: End it. The “squares” have gotta love that.”The War on Drugs has been an abject failure. We need to move it…
Hope you’re ready for your daily dose of T & A because we’ve got it.Last night, the Phoenix Suns unveiled the lovely, young ladies who will hopefully cheer the team to an NBA Championship this season — and, as expected, they’re super-hot the most qualified for the job.Check these chicks…
In most political campaigns, the children of candidates are off-limits — at least they should be.Someone may want to explain that to supporters of Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth, who GOP Senate candidate Jim Deakin claims “accosted” his teenage daughters in parking lots, telling them Deakin better get out of the…
[jump] The new section can hold an additional 100 inmates, but Arpaio says he expects that number to grow.”Citizens here sincerely hope that SB 1070 will result in large numbers of illegal aliens being captured and arrested by local law enforcement officers,” Arpaio says. “I’m not so certain that will…
One of four dams at the west end of Tempe Town Lake burst last night, allowing about 750 million gallons of water to pour into the empty Salt River bed, and causing Tempe residents, the media, and government officials to freak out.Check out some photos of the lake draining here.Within…
There are a lot of reasons not to go to Arizona Diamondbacks games this season, and now there’s one more: fugly flashers uglyin’ up the stands.At last night’s trouncing of the New York Mets, a woman was compelled to bare almost all to fellow fans seated behind her.Bad news for…
If you’re gay, black, Hispanic, Jewish, Asian, a woman, or you’re just able to hear, you may be pissed off at Mel Gibson these days.And for good reason — the dude’s nuts.Aside from the public outcry following Gibson’s screeching at his now-ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, that “if [she] gets raped by…
Another day, another murder here in the Valley, and the latest victim seems to have died under circumstances similar to that of a Tempe man who was found shot to death in a canal last month.Fire crews pulled the body of an unidentified man out of a Phoenix canal near…
If two pounds of weed were to just show up at your door, what would you do? Smoke it? Sell it? Dump it out on your bed and roll around in it?An elderly Michigan woman went a different route — she took what many would consider a gift from god…
The Phoenix man (known as “Paydirt”), who shot and killed the operator of a speed-camera van in April of last year, seems to have gotten his wish: photo-radar is now done-zo on Arizona highways.Not that it’s likely to affect him — he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder this morning and probably…
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.A 17-year-old Mexican kid seems to be heeding that advice — he was caught trying to smuggle weed into the United States twice in just five days.On Sunday night, border agents spotted the kid riding his bike by the Colorado River near…
There’s a debate waging among New Times staffers over whether there should be a fee to hike Camelback Mountain — or at the very least, a fee to park near the mountain.The debate is fueled by — among other things — the eight people who needed to be rescued from…
Congressional candidate Ben Quayle got a little love today from Arizona House Speaker Kirk Adams who announced he’ll be endorsing Quayle in the District 3 Congressional race.The political tip-of-the-cap from a high-ranking Republican is good news for Quayle who is currently engaged in one of the most crowded primary races…
The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club sent us an e-mail over the weekend saying that “if [we] have the balls,” we should give them a call to discuss — among other things — a former member arrested for murder last week. We were feelin’ a little ballsy, so we did, and…
Police in Prescott Valley arrested 27-year-old Mathew James Noble yesterday after some naked pictures of him found their way onto the cell phone of a 13-year-old-girl.Police got a call from the girl’s mother about 1 a.m. Sunday; she said she found nude photos of a grown man on her daughter’s…
If the cross-dressing gear, kiddy-porn, and sex toys scattered throughout the home office of a Peoria man last week weren’t enough to creep you out, photos of the secret, underground room he built behind his house might be.Luckily, we got our hands on them, and you can check them out…
[jump] “McCain gives fake-sounding closing mourning 4 someone who died due to illegal immigration crime. Insincere due to his amnesty bill,” Alexander “tweeted” following the debate.That “someone” who Alexander says died because of “illegal immigration crime” was 20-year-old Christopher Moon, a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. He was killed…
