By one measure, Tempe and Scottsdale are among the top 100 places to live in the United States.According to Livability.com, Tempe is 43rd, and Scottsdale’s 89th…

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a 16-year-old Canadian kid for sending some mean e-mails to self-proclaimed tough guy Sheriff Joe Arpaio.The e-mails contained “death threats,” according to the MCSO. The 16-year-old was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, because this imminent threat was sitting at…

There have been at least 12 people “accidentally” shot and killed in Arizona this year.Just this week, a Pinal County man tried to “scare” his girlfriend by pointing a gun at her and pulling the trigger. There was a bullet in that gun, and the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office says…

It turns out that the Arizona Cardinals get nothing in return for trading former top-10 pick Levi Brown to the Pittsburgh Steelers.Well, the Cardinals did get a team without Levi Brown, which can be seen as a good trade…

If you made a list of places you’d like to not have a leak, the largest nuclear power plant in the United States is probably at the top of the list.Well, that plant, the Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station west of Phoenix, kind of has a leak…

With Halloween just a couple weeks away, we have more Arizona-themed costume ideas for you.We told you our first 10 choices for Arizona Halloween costumes last week, so here’s part two, including our next 10 favorites:…

The State of Arizona will be footing the bill for the Grand Canyon to stay open through October 27.The state’s paying $93,000 a day to the National Park Service to keep the park open, and the governor’s office says the state will get a refund if the federal government shutdown…

A Pinal County man tried to “scare” his girlfriend by pointing a gun at her and pulling the trigger.There was a bullet in that gun, and the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office says 20-year-old Ramiro Delcid accidentally shot his girlfriend right in the chest, killing her…

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is defending the taxpayer cost of his pricey security detail.Actually, Arpaio released a memo written by members of the security detail, who defended their overtime payments, which have reached as much as $24,000 for one person in a year…

Sheriff Joe Arpaio released an internal MCSO memo in an attempt to defend his pricey security detail.According to the guys “protecting” Arpaio from a series of not-so-credible death threats, everything they do is completely necessary for the sheriff’s safety. Then again, most people would say whatever the hell they have…

People associated with Anonymous, the collective of Internet activists, have their eyes on Phoenix.A press release from Anonymous introduces “Operation Justice4Savannah,” which points out that murder and child-abuse charges were dropped against the two people accused of being responsible for the brutal death of 2-year-old Savannah Cross…

Surprise, surprise: Sheriff Joe Arpaio hosted a publicity stunt at his “concentration camp,” Tent City.Arpaio held a concert at the jail, and it wasn’t exactly Johnny Cash at Folsom State Prison…

The Grand Canyon is now open — for a few more days, at least.The state and the National Park Service came to an agreement for the state to fund operations of the park for seven days, at a cost of $93,000 per day…

It turns out hoax news reports can do more than make people look really stupid.A Phoenix media hoaxer “reported” a couple of weeks ago that President Obama was funding a Muslim museum out of his own pocket during the government shutdown, which a Fox News host repeated as fact on-air…

The Grand Canyon was reopened this weekend, after it was closed for nearly two weeks due to the federal government shutdown.The state and the National Park Service came to an agreement for the state to fund operations of the park — for seven days…