According to voters for a TIME magazine poll, Shakira and Lady Gaga are more influential than Governor Jan Brewer.Brewer, or more likely, her flak, even took to social media today asking people to vote for her as one of the world’s most influential people, saying “liberal websites, media and bloggers…
Cab driver Joseph Goldmeer was sentenced to five years in prison today for a June incident in which Goldmeer ended an argument at a Phoenix gas station by running a guy over with his cab.Goldmeer was convicted by a jury in February of three counts of aggravated assault, and received…
Representatives of the “meth lab of democracy” are apparently comedy gold for The Daily Show, as U.S. Senator John McCain was featured in one of the show’s segments earlier this week.McCain’s appearance was actually in the same episode as Michael Hicks, a Tucson Unified School District governing board member, who…
El Mirage police were informed yesterday that Albert Arias stabbed his father, possibly to death, after Arias allegedly came into the police station and told them about it.Pete Arias, 76, was pronounced dead at a hospital, and his son is in jail for his murder.According to court documents obtained by…
Stories about pedophile Catholic priests have become de rigueur in recent years, in Phoenix and around the rest of the world. But some of us “oldsters” remember some of the very first detailed accounts of the disgusting diddlers and how those in charge–Bishop Thomas O’Brien here in the Phoenix area–were going…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is still trying to battle the feds, but in his free time over the weekend, the sheriff rounded up the “birther” brigade for another explanation of why he believes President Obama is from Africa.This weekend’s expedition took the sheriff’s “Cold Case Posse” to a church…
It’s officially baseball season for the Arizona Diamondbacks starting at 4 p.m. today, as the Snakes start a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field.The D’Backs won the National League West division title last year, but lost in five games against the Milwaukee Brewers in the National…
According to a recent item in the Washington Post’s Election 2012 Blog, recalled state Senate President Russell Pearce has endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential primary, more than a month after Romney won Sand Land’s GOP contest. As a result, Romney immediately called a press conference and conceded the general election…
Know what the best part of this new poll released by Arizona Working Families is? The lowest ranked legislator of those mentioned in the survey was none other than crackpot Republican state Senator Sylvia Allen.Allen, who currently represents Legislative District 5, scored a measly 22 percent favorable rating in the…
In Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s first Congressional campaign video — a 30-second spot posted on YouTube — he tells viewers that he is “still the conservative fighter who stood up to Obama over border security. And I’m still the pro-life candidate who will fight for new jobs and against…
Julian Titcomb, a former volunteer basketball coach at a Valley elementary school, was sentenced today to six months in jail for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.Titcomb, 22, was booked into jail on eight counts of sexual conduct with a minor in March 2011, but pleaded guilty in February to three…
Police say 21-year-old Martin Garcia crashed into one officer’s motorcycle, another officer’s car, got shot at by police, then managed to crash his car into a guardrail, leaving it hanging over the edge about 15 feet above a highway and running away.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Garcia…
Sometimes it’s hard for people to realize the potential effects of all the anti-abortion bills that are always being tossed around at the Capitol until after they’re passed into law.That’s why a Nebraska woman has written a letter to Governor Jan Brewer, imploring her to veto House Bill 2036 if…
“Chasing girls” is supposed to be a colloquialism, not an actual game plan to pull off at a Tempe park.Curtis Earl Mann apparently missed that memo, as Tempe police say the 19-year-old was literally chasing a pair of 13-year-old girls through Harelson Park on Monday.According to police, Mann approached the…
Don’t want to jinx it, but the Phoenix Suns have turned themselves into a pretty good little team. Last night’s thrilling 107-105 win over the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City proved that this squad is hellbent on making the NBA playoffs, a thought seemingly absurd not so long ago…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery stepped up for Sheriff Joe Arpaio yesterday, saying the Justice Department was “reckless” to assert county residents are being negatively affected by the sheriff’s office unless Montgomery gets the evidence.Montgomery sent a second request to the Justice Department for more information, and said it was…
Jeffrey Martinson, who not long ago was facing a possible cell on death row, has won a new lease on his legal life with a momentous court ruling ordering a new trial. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sally Duncan’s seven-page ruling overturned last November’s guilty jury verdicts of first-degree murder…
Talk about a lazy Mexican — nearly four years after promising ustedes that I was going to write a book about the history of Mexican food in the United States, my Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America is getting released this week! April 10! 300-plus pages of astounding history…
NO LOVE FOR BABEU Babeu deserves everything bad: The gay Green Lantern (“Hypocrite Tripper,” Stephen Lemons, March 22) . . . Now that’s classic! I hope Babeu has a power ring like Green Lantern’s, ’cause he’s going to need it to get out of the mess he’s gotten himself into…
Hey, Phoenix, it’s time for some crowning achievements. We are among royalty this week, as New Times profiles the 15 finalists for the 2012 Big Brain Awards. Big Brain Awards 2012 Finalists: The Work This is the third year we’ve asked readers to suggest emerging creatives in our community who…
The makers of a new documentary have teamed up with Cannabis Science, Inc., a Colorado firm, to promote the idea that marijuana can cure many types of cancer. “Chronic Future – Killing Cancer,” a 76-minute film by local guys Henry Miller and Corey Pritchard, is scheduled to premiere tomorrow (Thursday)…
Joe Sauceda Gallegos, who beat two young Phoenix boys to death with a baseball bat a few days before Christmas in 2008, is finally going to prison.Gallegos was found incompetent to stand trial in 2010, and was sent to a mental health facility.After some meds and time in the nuthouse,…
