Jay J. Armes, the ironically armless private investigator who offered his “world-renowned” services to Logan McQueary, the father of missing baby Gabriel Johnson, seems to be getting shoved off the investigation by McQueary’s lawyer — if he was ever an actual part of the investigation to begin with.Last night, New…
Around two hundred protesters and speakers from groups such as Border Action Network, Puente, Maricopa Citizens for Safety and Accountability, Somos America, the ACLU of Arizona, and others rallied at Capitol’s Executive Tower today to demand that Governor Jan Brewer veto state Senator Russell Pearce’s bill SB 1070/HB 2632. The…
A Utah man apparently has seen too many “extreme” Mountain Dew commercials.Bill Heaner, a 49-year-old “professional extreme athlete,” plans on attempting a world-record-breaking stunt that defies all laws of gravity and common sense: he plans to jump out of a hot-air balloon, paragliding for a little while and landing back in the…
Kudos to this week’s Phoenix Business Journal, which finally provides the information we’ve all been waiting for, namely, just what exactly is going to happen to those faux chateaux on Central Avenue?We’ve long been obsessed with the 21-townhouse project at Central and Palm, as we acknowledged in a column last…
The East Valley Tribune laid off about two dozen workers today, one day after a bankruptcy judge approved a plan to sell the struggling daily newspaper. As we reported yesterday, the Colorado-based Thirteenth Street Media plans to buy the paper and other Arizona holdings of the Trib’s parent company, Freedom Communications, for $2.05…
As the endorsement war wages between GOP Senate primary candidates John McCain and J.D. Hayworth, “The Maverick” picked up a big one today from the brother of an old, political foe.Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida and brother of “Dubya,” whom McCain feverishly battled in the 2000 presidential primary,…
A substitute teacher in Surprise has some explaining to do after police found her in possession of a computer that belonged to the school where she worked.Jeanette Guyer, 42, was a substitute teacher at the Desert Moon Elementary School in Surprise but left the school just before Christmas.Surprise police Sergeant…
With the retirement of the Arizona Cardinals veteran quarterback Kurt Warner, the team’s quarterback situation has become more of a quarterback problem.The heir-apparent to Warner, Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, is inconsistent at best and members of the Cardinals offense have expressed a lack of confidence in the now not-so-young…
“People ask me what I do in the winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do: I stare out the window and wait for spring.” — Rogers HornsbySpring has sprung, so here is your guide to today’s spring training games:…
Police discovered and shut down an auto chop shop operating in a west Phoenix home. A spokesman for the Department of Public Safety says officers served a search warrant on a home near Sweetwater Road and 33rd Avenue, and found vehicle parts for resale. One man was arrested and charged…
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: Feathered Bastard: Russell Pearce’s Bigoted Bill, the ACLU Analysis; Republicans Claim Bill Won’t Come Up This Week…
Even Jared will have to take a little break from “eatin’ fresh” if he goes to the Subway sandwich shop at 1950 W. Indian School Road, thanks to a deal the store made with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office over a violation of the state’s employer-sanctions law.Danny’s Subway has agreed to…
As we expected, Suns backup center Channing Frye will spend Friday night riding the pine, as the NBA suspended him for one game after his scrap with Indiana’s Earl Watson and Danny Granger during Phoenix’s win over the Pacers on Saturday. Frye won’t be the only one cooling his jets on…
LifeLock Inc. and its co-founders, Robert J. Maynard Jr. and Todd Davis, have been slammed with a $12 million penalty and ordered to change its deceptive advertising practices in a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.The fact that LifeLock lies won’t come as a surprise to New Times readers. We were…
It didn’t take long after the trade of wide receiver Anquan Boldin for him to start whining about his contract negotiations with the Arizona Cardinals.Boldin was traded to the Baltimore Ravens five days ago, which leaves the Cardinals short one great receiver, but it also puts an end to the team’s Anquan…
Freedom Communications, the parent company of the East Valley Tribune, is one step closer to turning over its Arizona media holdings to buyer Thirteenth Street Media, after the company’s reorganization plan was approved by a federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware this morning.Freedom filed for bankruptcy last September, which, at the…
Governor Jan Brewer’s plan to temporarily raise the sales tax by 2 percent may be headed to the polls, but both of Arizona’s U.S. senators have already made their decision: They hate it. Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl issued a joint statement this morning saying they don’t support the…
Elizabeth Johnson, the Tempe mother of missing 8-month old baby Gabriel Johnson, refused to go to her court hearing this morning, Maricopa County Superior Court officials tell New Times. Johnson, charged with abuse and kidnapping in the December disappearance of the baby, apparently refused to attend a hearing for motions, including the designation…
While out pimping his new book, Courage and Consequence, Karl Rove, the controversial former adviser to President George W. Bush, says he and Dubya weren’t responsible for rumors that swirled through South Carolina during the 2000 GOP presidential primary claiming Senator John McCain had fathered a black child.In the heat…
The ACLU of Arizona has issued a blunt analysis of state Senator Russell Pearce’s SB 1070/HB 2632, which gives the brass tacks on why and how the bill is unconstitutional and the impact of the legislation. For those unfamiliar with Pearce’s new anti-immigrant bill, it offers a good overview, and for…
Border agents in Nogales scored more than two tons of weed during a routine search of a truck at a border checkpoint. On Friday, a tractor-trailer rolled up to the checkpoint near Interstate-19 in Nogales. After an initial inspection of the truck, agents decided to do an additional inspection. During the secondary…
Rapper Lil Wayne, who has avoided his date with the hoosegow twice in as many months, is now in jail serving a sentence for gun charges in New York City. Wayne, who pleaded guilty to the gun charges in October in exchange for a reduced, one-year jail sentence, has finally…
