The numbers are in, and the torrential weather seems to have had little effect on the posh Barrett-Jackson luxury car auction in Scottsdale last week — the cars drew some serious coin.The company announced today that, in total, the auction brought in about $68 million in one week, an 11…
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner is keeping true to his word: he’s not gonna pull a Brett Favre and let his retirement decision obnoxiously linger until training camp starts. Warner has scheduled a press conference Friday at the Cardinals practice facility, where he plans to announce his decision.As much as we’d…
How far right is J.D. Hayworth? If you ask him, about one click left of “birther.”The former Arizona congressman turned Rush Limbaugh clone appeared on Hardball with Chris Mathews last night, and when Mathews asked him if he was as far right as a “birther” — sporting his most sinister…
Florida Governor Charlie Crist can’t seem to take a hint. Last week, it became clear that Mesa was the Chicago Cubs top choice for their new spring-training facilities. On Monday, the Mesa City Council approved an $84 million plan to build the Cubbies a facility. All that’s left is for…
As the search for 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson continues — now one month after he disappeared with his mother, Elizabeth Johnson — the text messages she sent to the baby’s father while on the run have been revealed. It was widely publicized that Johnson told Gabriel’s father that she had killed…
For anyone who thought Pat Robertson’s diatribe about Haiti’s “pact with the devil” was offensive, wait ’til you get a load of what former Phoenix Suns reserve forward Paul Shirley blabbed.On his blog, Shirley claims he has not given a dime to the relief effort and has no plans to give a…
There is a conference going on right now in London, where some of the world’s leading scientists are discussing one thing: aliens. Of the space variety, not the ones Joe Arpaio herds into his jails like cattle.Speaking at the London Royal Society conference is Arizona State University Professor Paul Davies,…
The Internal Revenue Service has some bad news for Arizona Cardinals safety Antrel Rolle: He owes the federal government $2.2 million.According to the IRS, Rolle understated his income by about 50 percent on filings from 2005 and 2006, his first two seasons in the NFL.In 2005, Rolle reported $669,000 in taxable…
Now that revenue from photo radar has officially failed to meet the lofty, $90-million expectations of former Governor Janet Napolitano, the Arizona Supreme Court will decide on whether to give the go-ahead to proposed changes in the rules on how the tickets are served.The way it works now is, people…
A Glendale man who shot and wounded a Glendale police officer was sentenced to 24 years in prison by a Maricopa County Superior Court judge. Prosecutors charged 29-year-old Jeremy Kent with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, and misconduct involving weapons following the 2006 shooting of Glendale police Officer Jeremy Esh. Kent, according to…
The Mesa City Council unanimously have agreed on a plan that would keep the Chicago Cubs spring-training facilities in Mesa. The deal calls for the city to build the Cubbies an $84 million stadium if the team agrees to remain in the desert for another 25 years. That oughta be plenty…
Treasurer Dean Martin got some welcome amore (Rat Pack pun intended) from the latest Rasmussen poll, which shows him as the front-runner for this year’s gubernatorial election. The news may be a kick in the head (Rat Pack pun intended — again) for the former front-runner, Democratic Attorney General Terry Goddard, who led…
Our (ahem) good friends at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have a new ad campaign, and it’s actually kinda funny: They are using a porn star to promote having pets spayed and neutered. It’s a nice change of pace after listening to crusty, old Bob Barker tell us to…
Elizabeth Johnson, the mother of the missing eight-month old baby, Gabriel Johnson, appeared before a Maricopa County Superior Court judge this morning, via-video feed from the Maricopa County Jail and pleaded not guilty to charges relating to the child’s disappearance. Johnson pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping, child abuse and…
If George Clooney and Bono didn’t woo you into donating money to the Haiti relief effort on Friday night, Uncle Sam might. The Internal Revenue Service is offering immediate tax relief for any cash donation made to the Haiti relief effort. This year, the federal government is offering the Haiti relief provision…
The Oprah-approved snake-oil salesman who organized the “spiritual warrior” sweat-tent debacle in Sedona that left three people dead and dozens injured, is finally speaking out publicly about the ordeal. James Arthur Ray sat down with Michael Joseph Gross of New York magazine last week for a little Q and A. However, a lot…
ormer Arizona congressman turned AM radio conservative squawk box, has quit his radio gig at KFYI-AM to begin a campaign to un-seat Senator John McCain as the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. No shocker here, Hayworth has been hinting at a coup attempt for months. Hayworth confirmed the move on Friday but…
With the capture of the “First-Aid Bandit,” later dubbed the “Band-Aid Bandit,” last week, there appeared to be an opening for a poorly named bandit to start robbing Phoenix banks. Not to worry — the “Déjà vu Bandit” has filled that void. Agents in the FBI’s Phoenix office are looking…
The Chicago Cubs organization seems to be playing government officials in Florida and Mesa like a playa trying not to upset his two girlfriends.Yesterday, team officials suggested that a deal to bring the Cubbies’ spring training back to Mesa was a few dotted i’s short of official.However, what Cubs brass may not…
A U.S. customs officer who pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to allow immigrants into the country illegally, is heading to the joint, compliments of a federal judge.Jose Carmelo Magana, 46, of Yuma, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to serve 37 months in federal prison followed…
As the Mexican government’s war on drugs continues to produce lackluster results, Mexico’s ruling party is taking aim at a different enemy: musicians.Members of Mexico’s National Action Party have proposed legislation that would make “drug ballads,” or “narcocorridos,” illegal.Violators of the law could face up to three years in prison…
this week’s winter storms, hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes because of the weather, and the moving company U-Haul hopes to ease the burden placed on displaced families. U-Haul is offering displaced families from flooding 30 days of free storage in its containers. If you don’t have a box, guess…
