Republican Congressman Paul Gosar has asked Remington Arms to move out of New York, and start making guns in Arizona.Why? Because people in the Colt Single Action Army Revolver state “cherish our Constitution, including the Second Amendment,” Gosar wrote in a letter to Remington’s CEO…
Imagine that — people at Go Daddy are happy the company’s Super Bowl commercial caused controversy, as watching and listening to some fatso make out with a supermodel made people feel like they wanted to vomit.In fact, the Scottsdale-based company that has relied on cleavage for many of its previous…
Question: is it appropriate to call someone a “monkey”?If that person eats bananas and swings from trees, then maybe. If you’re Senator John McCain, and you’re talking about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, then maybe not…
For some reason, there’s a photograph of Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald on an airplane with Governor Jan Brewer…
Despite the high attendance, perhaps one of the least-known facts about the Waste Management Phoenix Open is that Phil Mickelson won the thing.See, the final round on Sundays always encroaches on the pre-Super Bowl activities, and we were wondering the day before if it was possible to get drunk just…
Like millions of other free Americans, you may have watched the Super Bowl yesterday.And, if you watched the commercials during this game as well, that means you were also exposed to the above advertisement from Go Daddy, a Scottsdale-based company…
A Phoenix man who let his 5-year-old niece starve to death in his apartment — then did nothing as her body was decomposing in the apartment — will be going to prison.Leonard Orta Jr., 49, was sentenced to 18 years in prison, as part of a plea agreement, in which…
While the National Rifle Association has proposed putting an armed guard inside every American school, the lobbying organization’s “news” arm ran a gushing endorsement of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s school-patrol posse, which puts an armed guard in zero schools.The public-relations piece for Arpaio aired on the TV show “NRA News Cam…
Just about every week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, our alleged criminals are breaking all the rules…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before — a deal to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes didn’t work out.Prospective owner Greg Jamison had a deadline of yesterday to buy the team and finalize an arena lease agreement with the City of Glendale, and it didn’t happen…
Attorney Mark Hummels was taken off life support last night, and he became the second person to be killed as a result of Wednesday’s office-building shooting in Phoenix.The attorney for the Osborn Maledon law firm and businessman Steve Singer were shot by 70-year-old Arthur Harmon, after they were all involved…
The second public-opinion poll released in recent weeks on Arizona’s medical-marijuana law also shows that voters support the act more than in 2010, when it was approved by voters.The newest poll, from Chad Willems’ Summit Consulting Group, says 55 percent of “likely voters” support the law, while just 39 percent…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has issued what’s undoubtedly the world’s whiniest response to the recently announced recall effort against him.There’s a statement from his campaign manager Chad Willems, as well as an Arpaio fundraising e-mail, in which the Sheriff asks, “Why do they hate me so much?”See also:-Joe Arpaio…
A Scottsdale man who once had a role in a $64 million Ponzi scheme will spend his weekends in jail for the next eight months for stealing cacti.The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona says 46-year-old Kenneth Cobb stole eight saguaro cacti from federal land, which is one of the biggest…
Mark Hummels, an attorney who was shot yesterday in the Phoenix office-building shooting, “will not survive,” according to his law firm.”Our friend and partner, Mark Hummels, was severely injured in yesterday’s senseless shooting,” a statement from the Osborn Maledon law firm says. “We have been informed that Mark will not…
Former Arizona Diamondbacks first-baseman and color-commentator Mark Grace was sentenced this morning to four months in jail.According to a Maricopa County Superior Court spokesman, Grace was granted work release, and will also serve two years on probation.See also:-Mark Grace and Daron Sutton Being Replaced by Bob Brenly and ESPN’s Steve…
Arthur Harmon, the man police say shot three people yesterday at a Phoenix office building, was found dead in the parking lot of the Bass Pro Shops store in Mesa.Police believe he committed suicide by shooting himself.See also:- Attorney Mark Hummels “Will Not Survive” Shooting, According to Law Firm-Phoenix Shooting:…
A political committee that’s apparently going to try to recall Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio filed its registration paperwork with the county elections department yesterday.Now, all the recall effort needs is more than 300,000 signatures to trigger a recall election, and enough votes for a candidate to defeat Arpaio in…
Mark Kelly, while testifying in a U.S. Senate committee hearing on gun violence, informed the rest of the room that another Arizona shooting had just taken place during the meeting.After talking about the Tucson shooting of his wife, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Kelly fielded a question about background checks, and…
UPDATE: One of the victims is an attorney involved in a legal dispute related to Harmon. Read more after the jump.Three people have been shot at an office complex in Phoenix, near 16th Street and Glendale Avenue.No suspect has been arrested, police vehicles have been parked outside a house near…
UPDATE: Joe Arpaio Target of Recall — It’s Official — by Same Community Leaders Who Successfully Ousted Senator Russell PearceThe political committee that’s apparently going to try to recall Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio filed its registration paperwork with the county elections department this morning.It’s still not clear exactly who’s…
Actor Jason London best known — and perhaps only known — for his role as Randall ‘Pink’ Floyd in the movie Dazed and Confused, took a shit in a Scottsdale police car Sunday night.According to a Scottsdale Police Department report, this was only after London sneezed in a man’s face…
