Rodney Glassman, Tucson’s vice-mayor and lone Democrat mulling a run for John McCain’s Senate seat, says he’s holding off on making his candidacy official until a budget is in place for Tucson.That’s a nice change of pace from the several state legislators who abandoned ship to seek the congressional seat being…
Looks like Ted Williams’ severed head isn’t the only cranium causing controversy. The family of a dead Colorado woman is fighting with Scottsdale-based Alcor Life Extensions over the rights to the woman’s body-less head.Mary Robbins, a 71-year-old Colorado Springs woman, kicked the bucket a few weeks ago but not before…
The parents of the 14-year-old girl, who escaped from a bathroom where she had been held captive for nearly two months, pleaded not guilty this morning to child abuse and kidnapping charges in Maricopa County Superior Court.Scott and Andrea Bass, according to prosecutors, held their daughter captive in the bathroom as punishment…
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced today that a criminal complaint has been filed against the uncle of a 5-year-old girl whose body was found decomposing in a Phoenix apartment last week.The complaint has been filed against 47-year-old Leonard Orta Jr, alleging first degree murder, child abuse, and abandonment or…
Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth picked up an endorsement today that wasn’t Joe Arpaio or Minutemen co-founder Chris Simcox.The Phoenix Law Enforcement Association announced today that it would support Hayworth in his bid to try to unseat Senator John McCain in the Republican Senate primary.Hayworth cites similar stances between himself and police…
A Canadian man was arrested at Sky Harbor International Airport after going into what seemed to be a drunken rage that left a Phoenix police officer with a broken ankle and Youtube viewers howling as the man — while wearing a Castrol motor oil T-shirt (classy) — tried to fight…
It’s official: Giant George, a great dane living in Tucson, is the tallest dog in the world.The Guinness Book of World Records announced today that George is, in fact, the tallest pooch on the planet, an honor his owner had been seeking since August.We wrote about George earlier this month,…
During Tiger Woods’ robotic apology Friday, he claimed he was heading back to rehab to try to kick his poon addiction. If “sources close to the situation” — who spill their guts to a gossip Web site — are correct, Tiger may be doing so in Scottsdale.According to the celebrity…
A Phoenix woman was found beaten to death Friday morning in the apartment where she was living in Panama City, Panama.Denise Hiller, a wife and mother, was a computer-software expert working in Panama for a Colorado company that was working on a project expanding the Panama Canal.While working on the project…
A Valley man is in rough shape today after he was hit by a train Saturday night in Tempe.If you lived near train tracks when you were 12 years old, you probably know how cool it is to put a coin on the tracks and watch a train flatten it…
A Phoenix man seems to have confused the iconic message of McGruff the Crime Dog. Rather than taking a bite outta crime, the man took a bite out of a cop last night after assaulting a woman, trying to steal a car, and getting shot by an officer.Last night around 10,…
On the same day that Tiger Woods announced how sorry he was for bonin’ cocktail waitresses and porn stars, the satirical newspaper The Onion made an announcement of its own: Tiger Woods will be making his triumphant return to the world of sex — obviously satirizing his probable announcement on…
The FBI’s bandit-naming department is at it again, and the latest bandit name is even dumber than yesterday’s “no tricks bandit,” who was shot last night by the Dirty Harry of the Scottsdale Police Department, as pointed out in another Valley Fever post. Check it out here.The FBI is now…
The race is on to see whom the GOP will choose as its candidate to defend the Congressional seat getting vacated by Congressman John Shadegg, and there’s a new kid in town hoping to get the nod.Phoenix attorney Paulina Morris announced her candidacy yesterday on the lawn of the Arizona House…
Two former Arizona governors jumped on board the McCain train, endorsing “The Maverick” in his bid to fend off former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, the senator’s campaign announced today.Former governors Fife Symington and Jane Dee Hull will both back McCain in this year’s Republican primary.Hull, who became governor when Symington resigned…
For anyone who missed it, Tiger Woods made his apology to the world this morning. He’s sorry he hurt his family, let down his fans, blah, blah, blah. More important to Valley golf fans, it doesn’t appear that Tiger will be making the trashiest golf tourney on the PGA tour: the Waste…
Spiritual Warrior James Arthur Ray, the snake-oil salesman who organized a self-help retreat in Sedona that left three people dead and dozens injured, is claiming he’s broke.That’s funny… Part of his whole gimmick is bragging about his money and success, which he does quite often in media interviews and on…
Arizona has some of the weakest gun laws in the country, and one gun-violence-prevention group claims they flat out “lack common sense.”We could have told you that — in Arizona, you can bring a gun to the bar with you for fuck’s sake.The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (named…
As New Times predicted back in January, when we first learned of David Hasselhoff’s new reality show, the former Baywatch star was spotted at the University of Arizona Wednesday, where he gave a speech to his daughter’s psychology class.”The Hoff” is in the process of filming a new, currently untitled…
We figured it was only a matter of time before the FBI came up with a new, lame moniker for the man responsible for robbing four Valley banks in the last week and attempting to rob another on Tuesday. We figured right.The FBI’s bandit-naming department didn’t disappoint, either. The federal…
The Goldwater Institute released a new study today that argues property tax exemptions for large, metropolitan development projects are forcing cities to raise taxes on citizens to compensate for lost revenue.According to the report, the city of Phoenix has about $2 billion worth of property that’s going virtually untaxed and…
Police in Maricopa are looking for a man who has been trying to lure children into his van by telling them there’s candy inside.Seriously? The old, stereotypical “candy-in-the-van” trick was the best idea this creep could come up with?Police say the man has been cruising around the Villages at Rancho…
