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Iron Mike Tyson will be on Oprah Monday, where he discusses the tragic death of his daughter in his Phoenix home earlier this year, saying he doesn’t want to know any details to avoid a potential “problem.”For the sake of every ear in the Valley, let’s respect his wishes.The death…

The free tickets for tonight’s WNBA Championship game at US Airways Center are gone, and only a limited number of seats remain for sale.The Phoenix Mercury will be shooting for their second WNBA Championship in three years. They’re facing the Indiana Fever, who are seeking their first-ever title, with Larry…

Arizona residents can kiss any hopes of a second honeymoon with former Governor Fife Symington goodbye.(Single tear.)The exonerated thief bowed out of the race for governor Thursday, the Arizona Guardian reports, and threw his support behind former Arizona GOP Chairman and longtime friend John Munger, who announced his candidacy last…

A Vermont woman, who was thrown off an airplane for refusing to put a blanket over herself while she breast-fed her 1-year-old daughter, is suing Mesa Air Group. The incident happened about three years ago and sparked national protests, or “nurse-ins” at 19 airports across the country. The lawsuit claims that on…

President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today, and his former presidential rival and Arizona Senator John McCain seems to have some sour grapes. McCain told CNN’s John King that he thinks the president was given the honor, not based on any of his accomplishments but because of what prize…

Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies say they are investigating after someone painted “Kill Obama” in purple spray paint across a pair of political signs in Cave Creek. Sheriff Joe Arpaio says the Secret Service has been contacted, and asks anyone with information to contact his office…Arizona State University baseball coach Pat…

​​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: Up on the Sun: 2008 Music Sales Less Than Encouraging For Artists Shake! Says Goodbye With Halloween…

Between dropping names like Barry Goldwater and Fred Thompson, two high-priced Washington, D.C. special prosecutors hired by Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas to investigate Don Stapely didn’t offer much more today than saying that they won’t say much more.The notable exception to the otherwise hollow press conference came as Joseph DiGenova and Victoria…

The 2010 Census is set to bring thousands of much-needed jobs to the Valley. Vangent Inc., the company in charge of processing about 40 percent of the 2010 Census data, will be setting up shop in here and bringing about 3,000 jobs along with it…

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has a new ally in its fight to end certain types of experiments performed on animals in classes at Arizona State University: the students themselves.Well, not all the students, just the ones with the same general furcoat-hating, meatless mentality as PETA…

A dozen or so light-rail operators protested at the Central Station in downtown Phoenix this morning, holding hand-made signs that excoriated both Metro Light Rail and the Boston-based company that manages the line, ACI.Carrying the colorful poster boards with slogans including “Metro Rail, Thanks for the Unemployment” and “ACI-Metro Rail…

You’re in luck, ladies! One of America’s hottest bachelors is living right here among us. No, shockingly, it’s not Mayor Phil…

China is about as far from the United States as you can get and still be on this planet. You’d think that would be a slight disincentive for poor Chinese people without visas attempting to make the trip. You’d be wrong. The number of illegal Chinese immigrants caught in the…

The Arizona Department of Health Services will increase its fees for close to 2,000 child state care facilities. The current licensing fee for child-care providers is $150 for three years. With the increase, licenses will cost between $581 and $13,442, depending on the number of children…It’s been a year since…

Niki Varlotta loves her son Alex so much, she called the cops on him. On a Wednesday evening not long ago, Niki sits in a booth in the back of a chain restaurant at a big mall in north Phoenix, telling her family’s story from the beginning. A plate of…

Because the Mexican’s sister is getting married to a good man from Zacatecas this weekend, I must ignore my research archives to slaughter a pig and hire a banda sinaloense. So indulge yourselves in some piratería questions I ripped off from my book, and await my return next semana! Isn’t…

REST OF THE BEST Editor’s note: Below is an array of feedback from our “Best of Phoenix 2009” edition, also known as “Wonderland” (September 24). Readers loved and hated us, thought we were right-on and full of shit. Some of you thought our picks were inspired; others called us bad…

Twenty years ago this December, a case involving a missing 4-year-old boy named Christopher Milke captivated and horrified Valley residents. Christopher’s 25-year-old mother, Debbie Milke, first told Phoenix police that the boy had gone “to see Santa” at the Metrocenter mall with a friend and roommate of hers named Jim…

“You’ve got to be kidding.” That’s what Don Stapley said as sheriff’s deputies arrested him September 21 in the county parking garage. The county supervisor was so stunned, he said nearly the same thing, again, just a moment later: “You have got to be joking.” Someone at the Maricopa County…