Ladies Valley-wide will have an opportunity to show off their naked ambition next week when representatives from Playboy will be in Phoenix in search of, um, talent.You know what that means, ladies: gym, tan, laundry.Reps for the tamest skin-mag around will be in Phoenix next week as they try and cast spots…
At last he speaks! Or plans to, anyway.Tiger Woods, golf’s most notorious horn-dog, has scheduled a limited press conference for Friday, which also happens to be the second day of the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson.The timing of the much-awaited press conference wouldn’t be much of an issue if…
If you’re a professional athlete looking to get a DUI, Scottsdale’s your place. In the past few years, celebrity athletes such as Mike Tyson, Charles Barkley, and Seattle Seahawks tight-end Jerramy Stevens have found themselves on the wrong end of a breathalyzer in Scottsdale, and now we can add another name…
In the midst of the state’s looming budget catastrophe, the Arizona Legislature got down to the, um, important business of determining a state horse.The House Government Committee approved a bill that would make the Spanish Colonial the state horse of Arizona.HB 2634, dreamed up by Representative Pat Flemming, would revise the…
A Gilbert man faces felony weapons charges after he tried to pop a cap in his dog Sunday afternoon, after the animal bit his daughter in the face.Whatever happened to a firm smack with a rolled up newspaper?About 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, the man’s 11-year-old daughter was in the backyard…
In the wake of Friday’s shootings at the University of Alabama-Huntsville — where a professor shot six people, killing three — the sponsor of a bill that would allow Arizona profs to pack heat in the classroom is using the incident to promote his bill.State Senator Jack Harper sponsored the guns-on-campus bill and…
An organization called Dogs 24/7 will be hosting a “speed-dating” event this weekend that hopes to match humans with the Valley’s most eligible dogs.Get your minds out of the gutter — although the group describes the eligible dogs as “bachelors” and “bachelorettes,” this isn’t a bestiality convention, it’s an event…
Just when we thought the whole Chicago Cubs spring-training situation was sorted out, the Goldwater Institute has reared its head to rain on the city of Mesa’s parade.While the agreement between Mesa and the Cubbies to keep the lovable losers’ spring-training facilities in Mesa is almost a done deal, Goldwater…
When you’re too drunk to drive, it’s a great idea to call a cab. However, if your plan is to steal the cab, crash it into some parked cars, and then try and run from police, you may want to consider another ride home.Try telling that to 24-year-old Genevieve Pflug…
Sources inside the search for Gabriel Johnson, the Tempe baby who went missing just before Christmas, say police combing through the trash at a San Antonio landfill are focusing on finding a missing diaper bag.Of course, they’re also focused on finding the baby, but they feel the diaper bag may lead…
Police in Gooding County, Idaho, arrested two men suspected of murdering a man and assaulting another in Aguila, an unincorporated section of Maricopa County last week.It wasn’t all that difficult tracking the men down, either, police say. They turned themselves in.Corey Ainsile, 25, and Quinn Messersmith, 22, are believed responsible for…
A man suspected of murdering two people in Oregon who was last seen in Mesa will be featured on America’s Most Wanted this weekend if authorities can’t track him down before the show airs on Saturday night.Police in Bandon, Oregon, have been looking for 34-year-old Gabriel Morris since February 8,…
A day after former Congressman J.D. Hayworth officially kicked off his campaign to unseat Senator John McCain as the GOP’s candidate for U.S. senator, “The Maverick” has received an outpouring of support from 31 Arizona mayors.Hayworth, on the other hand, has the endorsement of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.McCain picked up the endorsements…
Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle and the latest addition to the jam-packed list of candidates for the District 3 congressional seat, hasn’t voted in a municipal election since registering to vote in Arizona in 1997, a new report claims.According to voting records dug up by the Arizona…
A Phoenix man was arrested this afternoon after robbing three stores in 20 minutes, getting his car stuck in the mud, and leading police on a foot chase that ended in a nearby lake.According to Phoenix police Detective James Holmes, 20-year-old John Michael Krol robbed a Kentucky Fried Chicken, a…
The father and step-mother of the 14-year-old girl who was forced to live in a tiny bathroom for nearly two months have been indicted, authorities announced today.A grand jury decided that Scott Bass, 33, and Andrea Bass, 31, will be charged with three counts of child abuse and one count of…
So far this session, the Arizona Legislature has considered or partially approved legislation that would allow people to build their own guns and ammo, allow university faculty to bring guns into the classroom, and allow anyone with a gun to conceal his or her weapon without a background check or self-defense…
Just because Tiger Woods is (ahem) no longer a sex addict, it doesn’t mean the rumors of his now-famous philandering will be coming to an end anytime soon. That being said, the latest tale of Tiger’s legendary libido includes two Phoenix women, a possible sex tape, and an alleged payout by…
Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth made it official today that he will run against Senator John McCain in a Republican primary for the U.S. Senate.Flanked by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Minutemen co-founder Chris Simcox, Hayworth made his announcement from his Phoenix campaign headquarters.Hayworth kicked off his campaign with the announcement and will…
Joe the Plumber, a.k.a. Samuel Wurzelbacher, the “everyman” campaign tool from John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, says the notoriety he’s received as a result of McCain has ruined his life.”I don’t owe him shit. He really screwed my life up, is how I look at it,” Joe the Plumber tells…
The oldest death-row inmate in the United States escaped his court-determined date with death, when he died Friday of natural causes at the Arizona state prison in Florence.Viva Leroy Nash was 94 and had been on death row for more than 20 years.In 2008, Nash was the subject of a New…
The Arizona Game and Fish Department reports a record number of wildlife violations in 2009, including 416 big-game poaching violations. In other words, people were illegally shooting or trapping animals.In total, there were 768 total violations reported to AGFD’s Operation Game Thief program, an increase of 317 from 2008.AGFD officials…
