The man who captured an endangered jaguar, whose controversial death sparked outrage from animal-rights groups, pleaded guilty in federal court today to prohibited “take” of an animal.Emil McCain, a biologist working for the Borderlands Jaguar Detection Project, admitted that in February of 2009 he had illegally placed a jaguar scat…
SB 1070 is all the rage in the news biz these days, and now its effects have made the jump into the fashion world, as well.An advertising agency, in the wake of 1070, is offering a new form of “protection for Latinos” in a mask that can transform even the brownest…
If you haven’t laughed your ass off at seen Senator John McCain’s latest campaign ad focusing on building “the danged fence” yet, you’re missing out on comedic gold.The ad features McCain and Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu walking along the border fence discussing McCain’s new plan to secure the border.At…
The Social Security Administration has announced Arizona’s most popular baby names for 2009 and — confirming the findings of a similar study conducted in December — it seems that the early-90s Baywatch trend is hot with new Arizona parents: The name Logan has emerged as one of the state’s more…
After an eight-year cold case investigation, police in California think they’ve got the man responsible for murdering a woman nearly 30 years ago and putting her dismembered head in the Colorado River.Jimmy Joe Cox, now 71, was arrested yesterday for the 1982 murder of 24-year-old Carole Spearman.Spearman went missing a…
There’s a brand-new sweat lodge fiasco playing out in northern Arizona, but “spiritual warrior” James Arthur Ray has nothing to do with it and, thankfully, nobody is dead as a result. According to court documents, Adam Yellowbird De Armon, a spiritual leader and executive director of the Institute of Cultural…
On Wednesday, New Times ran a story about the lack of time former County Attorney Andrew Thomas spent in his office in the six months leading up to his announcing his candidacy for attorney general.It turns out, it wasn’t a whole lot — about three hours a day, according to parking garage…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a new deal for illegal immigrants serving time in his jails: Wash dishes and do laundry, and you’ll get the boot back to Mexico in half the time.Assuming eating some of Joe’s loaf isn’t a stipulation of the deal, it sounds like a hell…
Tempe police on Tuesday arrested seven members of a local “party crew” after a seven-month investigation into a check-cashing scam that cost Tempe banks more than $55,000.First, you may be asking yourself “what the hell is a ‘party crew?'” Tempe Police Sergeant Steve Carbajal tells New Times that a “party…
Border Patrol agents made another substantial weed bust yesterday, and as well as becoming the new owners of hundreds of pounds of weed, agents got some sweet, new toys out of the deal, too.Agents on patrol near Three Points noticed some ATV tracks in a remote section of the desert.The…
Attention Senator John McCain and Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth: The word “dang” sucks — stop using it.That being said, Hayworth, in response to McCain’s “Build the Danged Fence” television ad has created a new “danged” Web site called The Complete Danged Truth to point out how he claims “The Maverick”…
As we reported last week, Eric Byrnes, the Arizona Diamondbacks one-time golden boy, was released from the Seattle Mariners and is now getting paid $11 million — by the D-backs — to play beer league softball.After being released from the Mariners, Byrnes joined a softball team sponsored by The Dutch…
There’s a new feather for Arizona to stick in its cap: The Daily Beast has ranked Arizona Number 20 on its list of the United States’ most corrupt states.If you ask us, this is good news — we thought we’d at least get some top-10 love.The rankings don’t exclusively focus…
In the words of the late, great Mitch Hedberg, “I love the Fed-Ex guy because he’s a drug dealer and he don’t even know it.” Unfortunately for a Nebraska woman, the person who delivered a package containing 13 pounds of weed to her home figured out what was being delivered and…
President Barack Obama has announced his nominee to fill John Paul Stevens’ spot on the Supreme Court. She’s Elena Kagan, and she’s already getting dubbed a lesbian because of the way she looks, and because of a photo of her playing softball that was published on the front page of the Wall Street Journal yesterday…
A Washington man apparently tried to kill himself this morning when he crashed his car — packed with all sorts of explosives — off a cliff near Oatman.Seemingly to his dismay, not only did the man live, but he was arrested for the failed suicide attempt. …
The death of former University of Arizona golf phenom — and LPGA Tour member — Erica Blasberg shocked the golf world and now, three days after her body was discovered in her apartment near Las Vegas on Sunday, there are few answers.Blasberg, 25, was found dead in her apartment on…
A judge today dismissed an order of protection for the unborn baby of an Arizona couple who police believe are trying to sell the child somewhere in Utah.Utah’s Third District Juvenile Judge James Michie ruled that because the baby — as far as he knows — has not been born…
At last, an iPhone application that does something a little more useful than finding the closest Applebee’s.Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale are conducting clinical trials on a new iPhone app that would allow doctors to view brain scans with their iPhones.The new app was designed by Ross Mitchell,…
The basketball gods seem to like Phoenix.It’s reported that Phoenix Suns big-man Robin Lopez will play — in some capacity — in game one of the NBA Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers, beginning Monday at 6 p.m. (The Lakers have home-court advantage so the first two games will be…
The Glendale City Council signed off on a deal with the National Hockey League last night that should guarantee that the team stays in Glendale for at least one more season. The NHL had requested that the City of Glendale pick up the tab on any financial losses the team may suffer…
On Monday night, Governor Jan Brewer signed into law a bill that legalizes the sale and use of certain types of fireworks in Arizona.The bill doesn’t permit cool fireworks like bottle rockets or M-80s, but it allows Arizona residents to buy, sell, and use things like sparklers and those stupid ground…
