Americans dearly love their reality shows. We also enjoy waching fat people slaving away to shed girth.So a new weight-loss show is coming to the Valley this weekend to try to find the next flab-to-fitness story to feature in one of its episodes.The show has a working title called Obese and looks to…
The author of the book Muslim Mafia, which received a glowing endorsement from Arizona Congressman John Shadegg (pictured), is using the tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas, last week as a battle cry for a “backlash against the Muslim community and its leaders.”Hold on — that’s just the beginning…
The Ahwatukee Foothills News is asking its readers to spare what they can to help keep the tiny paper afloat in the Internet age.One problem — its parent company, Freedom Communications, just pulled the plug on one of its other Valley newspapers after declaring bankruptcy but still had the gaul…
The Goldwater Institute released its annual legislative report card today, and as a whole, our legislators earned a big fat “C” when it comes to “protecting freedom.”…
Lynne Stevens has always been one of the odder figures in the local anti-immigrant movement, mainly because she doesn’t fit the profile of angry old coot, as personified by her peer, convicted public urinator Buffalo Rick Galeener. A persistent protester of Salvador Reza’s Macehualli Day Labor Center, and of the ongoing…
The Phoenix Police Department has just confirmed to New Times that one of its officers accidentally shot himself at the department’s police academy this morning.As the old saying goes, a Phoenix cop “shot himself in the foot.”(Brief pause for laughter.)…
You’d think that close to eight months into the H1N1 epidemic, Arizonans would take a little time to educate themselves about the bug that could potentially kill them. We’re talking the basics here — like what the disease is, and how to avoid getting it. You’d be wrong. Researchers at…
During a healthcare debate in the U.S. House of Representatives last week, Arizona Congressman John Shadegg called in an expert to try and dissuade legislators from voting for the controversial healthcare bill that just narrowly passed in the house. When we say expert, we mean a 7-month-old baby named Maddie…
Kurt Warner’s Jekyll and Hyde season has been nothing short of maddening. Last week, after giving up five interceptions and a fumble in the Cards’ 34-21 loss to the Carolina Panthers, we were calling for Kurt’s head (not to mention Coach Ken’s play-calling responsibilities). Yesterday, in the Cards 41-21 beat down of Da Bears…
Almost every wag in sports punditry and the blogosphere was predicting such a slaughter, especially after Steve Nash and his boys experienced a major meltdown against Orlando last week. As it turns out, however, the Suns have done most of the damage during this road trip, including thumping the Celtics 110-103…
The Capitol Christmas tree is on its way to the nation’s capitol, after being cut down in a ceremony in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona. The tree is the first from Arizona to be honored in Washington, D.C. during the holiday season…Queen Creek is taking applications for a seat…
Some 150 anarchists and other counter-demonstrators showed their mettle yesterday afternoon against a troop of around 60 neo-Nazis, mostly from out-of-state, who marched from 12th Avenue and Adams down to the Arizona state Capitol, flipping sieg heils and crying, “White power” all the way. The anarchists, who made up the majority…
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: The Difference Between a Nativist Tea Party and a Neo-Nazi Rally? Swastikas J.T. Ready’s Star…
The Chandler pastor charged with having sex with a 14-year-old girl at the Christ Life Church in Tempe has been formally indicted on similar but separate charges in Parma, Ohio.Joshua O’Bannion, 25, was indicted on four counts of sexual battery and three counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.The…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been entirely unhelpful in allowing the media to properly report just about anything regarding the nun murdered in New Mexico over the weekend.Last week the bureau told us the murdered nun’s car was found somewhere in Arizona — two days later it told us…
For about four months, Yuma resident Anthony Avalos was your typical high school student. He went to class, chased some tail, and played basketball. So, when Yuma Union High School District officials found out that Avalos was actually a 22-year-old man, not a 17- or 18-year-old high school senior, it goes…
If you haven’t seen J.T. Ready on the boob tube lately, you haven’t been watching TV. Seems like the wannabe Ernst Roehm of the East Valley has been getting his moment in the media sun defending the views of the National Socialist Movement, even though he states in this interview…
Can you believe it? Terry Goddard actually made a pivotal decision — sort of. He’s exploring running for governor.The avoid-the-issue attorney general filed paperwork this morning to form an exploratory committee to see if he should officially seek the state’s top office — he’s “tweeting” about it, too.”Today I will file…
A 19-year-old Tucson man awaiting sentencing for a fatal crash got busted driving under the influence — again. After being convicted on October 30 of driving with an illegal drug in his system and leaving the scene after causing a fatal crash, Pima County Superior Court Judge Deborah Bernini let Miguel Rodriguez…
There’s no great irony in the fact that a week after the neo-Nazi anti-immigration rally at the Arizona state Capitol this Saturday, there will be another anti-immigration rally at the Capitol on November 14, this one put together as a Tea Party Against Amnesty and Illegal Immigration. It’s being spearheaded…
Sheriff Joe seems to have mistaken a campaign event for a candidate for sheriff in Orange County, California, for a taping of Def Comedy Jam — Def Comedy Jam with protestors. …
As Da Cards head to Chi-Town for a Soldier Field showdown with Jay Cutler and Da Bears on Sunday, many in Da PHX are still smarting from the Birds’ 34-21 mugging by the Carolina Panthers and the world’s worst quarterback, Jake Delhomme, last weekend in Glendale. The fragrant home loss…
