Pending a signature from Governor Jan Brewer, the Arizona Legislature has made it official — show us the birth certificate. Or your circumcision certificate, early baptismal certificate, hospital birth record, postpartum medical record, or an early census record. That’s right, the state House passedthe “Birther Bill” to the governor, just…
Faleh Almaleki, the infamous dad who killed his daughter, Noor, and seriously injured her older friend in 2009 will be sentenced today to a very long prison term. Rather than rehash all the gory details, let us refer you to our original story on this terribly tragic 2009 case, which…
Some things in life require intense courage and willpower — like the guy who went to the Surprise Police Department to tell the cops he was raped by his meth dealer. According to documents obtained by New Times, the man told police he was at the Surprise house of 41-year-old…
Senator Jon Kyl’s press secretary is taking the blame for the senator’s reporting “statistics” last week about Planned Parenthood that he found in the land of make-believe — and later saying his “was not intended to be a factual statement.” In case you missed it, Kyl completely BSd the amount of…
Senator Jon Kyl issued a statement yesterday apologizing for his attempt to redefine lying by following a lie with the disclaimer that his statement was not “intended to be a factual statement.”The senator has been the butt of countless jokes by late-night talk show hosts, such as Jon Stewart and…
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries:…
One man is dead and another wounded after they were shot in Pinal County while smuggling marijuana from Mexico, according to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office. PCSO spokesman Tim Gaffney tells New Times that six individuals believed to be in the “rip crew” — a gang that rips off drug smugglers…
Deadspin Is that Captain Jack Sparrow or a washed up 80s rocker? San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson is coming to town this weekend for a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. But maybe he’ll take time between games to visit The Venue in Scottsdale. Judging by recently released Spring…
If there was any doubt that Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock knew about the sexual relationship his somewhat-estranged wife, Susan Brock, was having with a teenage boy, a report released today by the Chandler Police Department clears that up.As New Times has noted, Supervisor Brock, his wife, the parents of the teenage…
Figured you might get a chuckle out of this video of “the Machine” taking a stroll among baseball fans last month at Scottsdale Municipal Stadium. Or, at least, it’s someone who dresses like the Machine, a bizarro-scary character from the movie 8mm. We’ve no idea if the masked man behind…
The manslaughter trial of snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray has been postponed until next week, as the judge overseeing the case is allowing Ray’s attorneys more time to conduct interviews about the construction of the sweat lodge that left three people dead and dozens injured.Ray’s attorneys filed the request for a…
Would you be surprised if we told you former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is trying to hide something from the public? As Thomas faces possible disbarment — stemming from 32 alleged ethical violations ranging from prosecutorial misconduct, perjury, and conspiracy to violate people’s civil rights — he doesn’t want to…
demotivationalpics.com After a four-year hiatus from the top five of Playboy’s annual party school ranking, Arizona State University is back in its old form for 2011. ASU placed third in the magazine’s annual list of party schools for 2011, improving in rank from number 6 in 2010 and 15th in…
The Arizona Senate yesterday approved a bill already given the green light by the House of Representatives that makes it as difficult as possible for gay people to adopt a child in the Grand Canyon State.The bill doesn’t necessarily say homosexuals can’t adopt children — but that the Legislature would…
VotoLatino is sponsoring a talk with Javier Gonzalez of Sound Strike on Twitter today at 4 p.m. Pacific TimeThere continues to be a lot of kvetching from the local music “scene” here in Sand Land about Sound Strike, the ongoing boycott of Arizona by numerous acts over Senate Bill 1070.But…
They say that politics make for strange bedfellows.Well, apparently some folks in Phoenix can’t decide whether they want to be bedfellows with Councilwoman Peggy Neely or Councilman Claude Mattox. There are at least 13 people on Neely’s fundraising committee — helping her raise money as she explores whether she wants…
The “senior exit guide” who helped a Phoenix woman commit suicide testified that it took the woman about eight minutes to become unconscious after pulling a plastic hood over her own head and inhaling helium. Wye Hale-Rowe, a retired family therapist in her early 80s, testified for the prosecution at…
Maricopa Community Colleges Debra Pearson: politician, Minutewoman, educator. Undocumented youth across the Valley are organizing demonstrations against the Maricopa Community College Governing Board after the MCCGB quietly passed a massive tuition hike its president warned is “targeted” at undocumented students last month. The measure was supported by a minutewoman board…
They say that the cover-up can often be worse than the crime, and this appears true in the case of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and the SCA scandal. In yet another sign that someone working for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, or maybe the big guy himself, wants to erase fingerprints…
While the Great Depression had “Hoovervilles,” modern-day Arizona has its own homeless shanty towns (we’ll call them Brewerburghs), one of which was uncovered under an Avondale bridge.Starting in February, Avondale police Officer Michael Unger noticed that a lot of stolen property — wire, copper, and stuff from businesses in the area of…
Gilman’s latest: Beyond 1070: The Tea Party’s War on ChildrenI’m sure glad I’m on local, lefty videographer Dennis Gilman’s good side. Otherwise, he might skewer me in a video like the one above, where Attorney General Tom Horne, state Senator Lori Klein, state Senate President Russell Pearce, Governor Jan Brewer and…
The Phoenix Coyotes kicked off their second consecutive stab at Lord Stanley’s Cup last night, and if they could’ve figured out how to score on a power play, they wouldn’t have dropped game one 4-2 to the Detroit Red Wings, the same team who thwarted the Howlers quest for the cup…
