The final rules for medical marijuana are too tough on patients and may encourage a lawsuit, says one Valley doctor. Edgard Suter, an East Valley nuclear medicine physician who has been an outspoken advocate for medical marijuana, decried an addition to the draft rules that requires doctors to state the underlying condition causing “chronic…
If you ever smoke or use marijuana, it’s time to see the doctor. The Arizona Medical Marijuana Act is the law of the land, and now the state Department of Health Services has provided a map to legal immunity for anyone interested in possessing pot. The final rules from…
Just when you thought kiddy porn was about as sick as it gets, a Valley man raised the bar — he’s into “infant” porn.Aside from his alleged attraction to children who aren’t even old enough to speak, 41-year-old Thomas Christopher Adolf loves kids so much that he married one whom…
Our former colleague Sarah Fenske (now toiling as the managing editor at our sister paper in St. Louis, the Riverfront Times, wrote a cool story last April about a shady and shaky attorney named Grant Goodman. Bernie Madoff, the crook who’s got to be near and dear to attorney Grant Goodman’s…
Wrestlemania 27 will be held in Atlanta this weekend, coinciding with the release of our cover story on former WWF champion Superstar Billy Graham. We’ve got a preview of the big event after the jump, featuring Snooki Polizzi, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson — whose father and grandfather helped teach Billy…
If you think the restroom at a Phoenix dollar store is an inappropriate place to strip down for an impromptu naked picnic featuring items you stole from the store, you’re right. However, if you just got out of jail and have been doing meth for four days, it might not seem…
Glendale Elementary School District officials have changed their minds and decided to discuss the content of essays by the eighth-grade students dissed by substitute teacher Tony Hill. The upshot? Well, it sounds like Hill’s nothing but a student-hating liar. As mentioned in a previous blog post, we’re intrigued by the existence of hard…
As convicted murderer Daniel Wayne Cook’s date with death inches closer, a state clemency board has denied his request for mercy.Cook’s lawyers claim he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and brain damage that wasn’t diagnosed at the time of his sentencing. His attorneys claim that because of his mental condition,…
Arizona Congressman Ben Quayle spoke at the Congressional Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington D.C. last night, and heard only the soft chirping of crickets after many of his jabs at the media and other elected officials. Then, he took aim at Politico, his arch-nemesis in the fourth estate.Quayle’s attempt at stand-up comedy…
If the misery of your daily life has you wanting to eat a bullet rather than face the reality of another day, you may want to consider moving — Phoenix has been ranked the most miserable city in the entire country.According to a Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal “misery index,” Phoenix’s changes in…
When Hells Angel Paul Merle Eischeid fled the country following the 2001 kidnapping and murder of Cynthia Garcia, he didn’t do it alone, authorities say — he had help from a Mesa man.Tuesday morning, U.S. Marshals arrested 43-year-old Robert Tutokey at his home near Power and Brown roads in Mesa,…
Rachel Brock, daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was in court this morning where she pleaded not guilty to charges that she had sex with a then-13-year-old boy when she was 18.The boy is the same child whom her mother, Susan Brock, was convicted of sexually abusing for three years…
The Oklahoma City Thunder struck the Phoenix Suns down 116-98 at the US Airways Center yesterday, burying the Suns’ playoff hopes deeper. Last night’s defeat leaves Planet Orange two games below .500. Vince Carter put up a monster effort to lead the Suns, scoring 28 points for Planet Orange while…
Yesterday, Arizona Democratic Party Chairman Andrei Cherny issued a statement bashing Republicans for turning “the Fiesta Bowl into a front for funneling illegal campaign contributions to Republican politicians.”Cherny failed to mention in his statement that several of those who benefited from the alleged illegal campaign contributions, which now-former-Fiesta Bowl CEO John…
Rather than me punk ustedes with a prank, I give you the cruelest joke of all — ex-congressman and eternal Know-Nothing Tom Tancredo! In return for his graciously allowing us to debate in Denver last year, I’ve allowed him to answer two questions of my picking, with no editorial interference…
MORNING ZOO? Pay ’em now, lose ’em later: Great article on absolutely the most innovative radio station in the Phoenix metro area (“Radio Heads,” Martin Cizmar, March 17). I love that this is a labor of love for the morning crew. Only hope the station starts paying them or, one…
Jury selection is set to start April 5 in a “right to die” manslaughter case involving two “exit guides” who helped a deeply disturbed Phoenix woman commit suicide. The trial of Final Exit Network medical director Dr. Larry Egbert and Scottsdale resident Frank Langsner, both in their 80s, will touch on…
Phoenix taxpayers have lost out on millions of dollars from Veolia Transportation, fees the corporate giant would have paid had city officials not given its executives a four-month pass on poor-performance fines. In October alone, the company that operates Phoenix city buses racked up nearly $560,000 in fines, mostly for…
Billy Graham is sitting in the lower lobby of the airport Hilton in Los Angeles, near a harem of female wrestlers selling glossies and ring-worn outfits and a merchandise stand set up by a wrestling memorabilia website. The Insane Clown Posse, ex-Playboy model Torrie Wilson, and the last remnants of…
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:…
There are cat people and there are dog people — then there are cat collectors, like a Yavapai County woman who apparently has been hoarding felines at her Cottonwood home. Nearly 100 cats have been removed from the home of the elderly animal hoarder, and all of them, authorities say,…
Not long after we’d posted today’s story about the love letters between Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Larry Black and his subordinate, Captain Joel Fox, someone we know asked us by e-mail whether the story was a hoax. Someone else contacted another New Times employee, asking the same…
