If you think the mustache went out with the cheesy bass riffs in ’70s porn, you may be wrong. Clay Zavada, the stache-clad relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks, has made it to the finals. No, we don’t mean the baseball postseason (he’s on the Diamondbacks, remember); Zavada has been named a…

Thousands of people were forced to leave the Phoenix Convention Center this afternoon after a mysterious bag and a bonehead comment sparked a police investigation and an all-out evacuation.Phoenix police say shortly after 1 p.m., a man brought a bag to a Convention Center security guard and said “hope it…

The city of Glendale, in an attempt to rally support for the possibly fleeing Phoenix Coyotes, is kicking off “White Out Week” on Wednesday.City officials are planning to “whitewash” the city leading up to the Coyotes home opener Saturday against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Jobing.com Arena.Good timing in terms of…

A new poll released today claims that Arizona is tied for sixth on the list of states where the U.S. population would like to live.And, to think, we thought we were mostly popular with Mexicans…

Last week, an 18-year-old Gilbert man was found hogtied naked and beaten in the closet of a home in Farrell, Ohio.Why was an 18-year-old Gilbert man in Farrell, Ohio? Lets just say he wasn’t doing missionary work…

The pair of business owners, who locked themselves in their Phoenix marble store rather than relocate as they were ordered to do by the city, lost their fight with city hall last week. Seamus King and Alexandra Seals, owners of King’s World of Marble, were ordered to give up their property,  near…

Matt Betzold, the 25-year-old cage fighter who lost one of his legs when he was just a kid, won his first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight Saturday night. Betzold, who’s from Payson but now lives in the Valley, lost his leg after a family friend put poison mushroom spores in his…

Yesterday, Jeb Bush came to town to offer advice to Arizona lawmakers about how to fix the ailing K-12 education system.As we reported yesterday, the most publicized recommendation that came out of the two-hour meeting was a push to change the way Arizona labels its schools from a method that…

Despite the fact that the sitting governor’s a Republican, the GOP list of Arizona gubernatorial candidates has gotten even longer.John Munger, a Tucson lawyer and former Chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, filed paperwork with the Secretary of State’s office this morning to run for the state’s highest office.After his GOP…

An Arizona man rolled through Le Mars, Iowa today on his journey from Minnesota to Texas. For a trip like that, someone would probably want a reliable car, right? Not this guy. Randy Boehman has opted to make the nearly 1,000-mile trek on a mule-drawn covered wagon. Why would someone…

Nearly two years after he was arrested on drug and weapons charges, rapper Lil Wayne is set to stand trial in Yuma County. Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, was busted at a checkpoint near Yuma in January, 2008, when police found a quarter-pound of marijuana, an ounce of…

What does famed movie director and convicted pedophile Roman Polanski have in common with scandalous former Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi?No, Renzi’s never been accused of having sex with a 13-year-old at Jack Nicholson’s house. What the two have in common is that when they’ve faced intense legal heat, they’ve turned to the same…

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush was in town today to speak with legislative leaders about how to improve Arizona’s troubled K-12 education system.Wanna know what they came up with? Get ready to laugh, or cry…

Today is probably not the greatest day to be a public relations person for Banner Thunderbird Medical Center.This morning a complaint was filed about a nurse defecating in an operating room, and now there are reports that a newborn was found dead in one of the hospital’s bathrooms…

Since the “Desert Diva” prostitution ring is making headlines again, we thought we’d give you a glimpse at some of the merchandise Valley “Johns” paid up to $3,400 to spend an evening with.Our friends at CBS 5 (KPHO) put together a little slideshow of the booking photos of about 50 of…

The birth of a child is a special moment for any parent. Bringing a new screaming life into the world is so special to some people that they often videotape the chaos of the operating room as the child is being born. So what exactly is a parent, or surgical…

Three days after finding his name and address on the “Desert Diva’s” client list, Charles Jensen found travel receipts showing he was out of town when the hooker business claims he used its “services.” Jensen, founder of the conservative networking group Politics on the Rocks, released credit card receipts and…

One look at the majority of far-from-glamorous hookers nabbed in the Phoenix Police Department’s “Desert Diva” roundup and you’d think they did the dirty in the back of a beat-up car, or behind a dumpster at a dog track, not at one of the area’s premier resorts.You would be wrong, according to the whores and pimps who…

With all the abortion and gun talk, local media has overlooked some of the other laws going on the books today, one of which extends domestic abuse rights to unmarried people.Before today, domestic-abuse laws only applied to married couples, people that have a child together, and people related by blood.It…

Is there anything in the world more captivating than watching the evening news and seeing some idiot weaving in and out of traffic with a fleet of police cruisers speeding after him?The answer, in out humble opinion, is no. It’s impossible not to watch. It’s dangerous and stupid to run from police,…