Following the January 8 Tucson shooting rampage, during which Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot through the brain, her husband, astronaut Mark Kelley, told reporters that the “low point” of the whole ordeal was, naturally, hearing a false report that his wife was dead. Now, one of the reporters responsible for the false report is…
Following our earlier post about a video making its rounds on the Interwebs this week, in which two Arizona State University wrestlers are seen attacking another student during the school’s annual “Undie Run,” the ASU police department got back to us and says it was just made aware of the…
Arizona Congressman Ben Quayle introduced a bill this morning that would give U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents unrestricted access to federal lands in the southwestern borderlands region.The bill has been co-sponsored by Congressman Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Arizona’s House Republican delegation, including congressmen…
Arizona State University’s annual “Undie Run” is all fun and games — until a guy gets knocked out by a couple of college wrestlers and somebody has the bright idea to post video of the assault on Yotube.The video has been making the rounds on the Internet the past few…
Meghan McCain, daughter of Senator John McCain, is taking the high road after Fox News’ biggest blabbermouth, Glenn Beck, went on his radio show earlier this week and pretended to puke into a bucket when he saw McCain in a new skin-cancer PSA, in which she appears naked from the…
A Phoenix mom who put a newborn baby in the trash was convicted of abuse yesterday. However, she faces retrial on a charge that her actions constitute murder.In January 2010, Williams delivered a baby in her family’s Phoenix home. According to authorities, none of her family members knew she was pregnant. Rather…
The man police say raped three young girls as they walked to school in south Phoenix was arrested earlier this week, and despite some pretty damning evidence, his family and pregnant fiancee are telling anyone who will listen that he’s being set up.Dejuan Donaldson, 18, has been hit with a…
The identities of the two Border Patrol agents killed this morning when their SUV collided with a train have been released. In addition to the release of the agents’ identities, it turns out Attorney General Tom Horne was right — members of the “group” the two agents were following were later…
A Peoria man was sentenced today for his role in an international kiddie porn racket, and when the judge read his sentence, he cried like a baby.David Dean, a 43-year-old trucker from Peoria, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised probation after pleading guilty…
David Clark Nelson, a former Jehovah’s Witness elder, pleaded guilty to charges that he played strip poker and had oral sex with a teenage boy in 1980. He was sentenced this morning to six months in county jail and three years’ probation. If that seems like a light sentence, that’s…
Glenn Beck took a break from hysterically sobbing whenever he hears the word Democracy to crack some jokes about a new public-service announcement in which Meghan McCain, daughter of Senator John McCain, appears half-naked.The ad is to raise awareness for skin cancer and reminds people to wear sunscreen.”My mother would…
A former Jehovah’s Witness preacher who pleaded guilty to charges that he repeatedly played strip poker and felated a 14-year-old member of his congregation more than 30 years ago got a tap on the wrist this morning when he was sentenced by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Karen O’Connor –…
Two Border Patrol agents were killed this morning when their unmarked SUV was hit by a train near Gila Bend, and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne already is implicating illegal drug traffickers in their death.Either Horne knows something Border Patrol authorities don’t, or he just assumes every illegal immigrant walking through the…
A great way to draw attention to a house in which you just anally raped a child is to set it on fire –, which is exactly what Phoenix police say Dejuan Donaldson, the alleged south Phoenix rapist, did last month.The 18-year-old Donaldson’s been hit with a laundry list of crimes for…
eft-leaning Public Policy Polling released results yesterday of a poll showing that — assuming Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords doesn’t run for the Senate seat getting vacated by Senator Jon Kyl — former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is the overwhelming favorite amongst Arizona Democrats.Seriously? Terry Goddard is the best candidate Arizona Democrats can…
As first reported by New Times, there are rumors that the Tea Party’s number-one ding-bat, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, is considering a run for the Senate seat getting vacated by Senator Jon Kyl — and according to a recently released poll, if she does run, there’s a pretty good…
Assuming Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords doesn’t miraculously run for the Senate seat getting vacated by Senator Jon Kyl, former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is the most popular among any other potential Democratic candidates, according to a recent poll conducted by left-leaning Public Policy Polling.What does this tell us? Arizona’s got weak-ass…
Meghan McCain, the well-endowed, outspoken daughter of Senator John McCain, dropped her top for a new PSA regarding an issue that hits close to home for the 26-year-old Daily Beast columnist: skin cancer.McCain joins several pseudo-celebs in the ad, including singer Brandy, former “Boy Meets World” actress Danielle Fishel, and…
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced this morning that a man has been arrested in connection to three sexual assaults dating back to November.Dajuan Donaldson, 18, was nabbed this morning in connection with the attacks on three young girls as they walked to school.The first attack happened on November 22,…
If you caught Arizona Republic columnist Robert Robb’s column about rule of law run amok at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, you might think you were reading something in New Times. It’s pretty scathing — and spot on.The piece is titled “Arpaio’s Audacious Not-My-Fault Card” and in no uncertain terms,…
By now, you’ve probably heard that Governor Jan Brewer is having someone write writing her memoirs to be released by Harper Collins this fall. What you probably haven’t heard is that she’s having someone who did “important work” on former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s book help out.The book is titled…
-year-old Matthew Keller became — by all accounts — the first person to be arrested in Arizona for possession of “Spice,” a synthetic form of marijuana outlawed in the Grand Canyon State in February. He was charged with a felony.After getting pulled over by a Yavapai County sheriff’s deputy last…
