Leave it to facts and statistics to blow holes in stereotypes that have been widely accepted by racists everywhere.According to a recent report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Mexicans work more than anyone else on the face of the Earth. As a friend asked, “even the Japanese?”…
Ron Reinstein was one of the more respected Maricopa County Superior Court judges in his 22 years on the bench that ended with his 2007 retirement. …
facebook.com Undie Run 2010. If you’ve attended Arizona State University since 2008, then you know that the last day of spring classes is dedicated to taking a drunken jog around campus in your underwear — so why not make a world record out of it? The fourth-annual ASU “Undie Run”…
The second officer shot during the execution-style murder of a Buckeye police officer over the weekend is expected to recover, the Phoenix Police Department announced today. Additionally, a third suspect in the case was located, questioned, and released, Phoenix Sergeant Tommy Thompson tells New Times.A second suspect in the case…
We’re down here at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office headquarters, checking on the latest release of documents related to the Munnell Memo investigation. The docs we received last week, we found out today, weren’t part of the 1,022-page summary report that’s been sort of advertised by officials with the…
A Pinal County woman was arrested last week on charges that she assaulted her husband as the two were driving near Casa Grande — which wouldn’t be much of a news story if the woman arrested weren’t Pinal County Family Court Commissioner Theresa Ratliff.Ratliff and her husband were driving to…
Cronkite News Christian Lira: an undocumented student whose scholarship is running out. State Republicans can pat themselves on the back: fewer undocumented students are getting educated. Which is what constitutes success in the Arizona Legislature. In spring 2007, there were 1,524 undocumented students in Arizona’s public universities. That number dwindled…
Osama bin Laden was shot and killed at a mansion he had built in an affluent Pakistani suburb just feet from what’s been described as Pakistan’s version of the West Point Military Academy. Yet the Pakistani government claims it had no idea he was living within its borders. That would…
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:…
A black bear’s peaceful morning stroll through a West Valley community was ruined on Sunday when he was captured by Peoria cops/animal control and state Game and Fish authorities.They took down the bear spotted over the weekend near a Peoria library at 98th Avenue and Lake Pleasant Parkway, police report…
Next Media Animation, a Taiwanese a cartoon-video production company known for their famous takes on Tiger Woods’ late-night fender bender and Chris Brown’s Good Morning America freak-out, have released a video chronicling the death of Osama bin Laden all the way to his first moments in hell. It includes a…
Federal agents may bust anyone participating in a “large” pot-growing operation, despite Arizona’s voter-approved medical marijuana law, says Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke in a letter to the state. In a recent letter to Will Humble, the director of the state Department of Health Services, Burke reiterates that the feds will look the other…
As you may have heard, Osama bin Laden, the POS responsible for the deaths of thousands of people and who managed to evade capture — and death — for nearly 10 years, is dead. What you may have not heard (yet) is reports that he was given a “proper Muslim…
Two Buckeye police officers were shot early yesterday morning after stopping a truck that was being driven erratically in a west Phoenix parking lot. One of the officers was taken to a Valley hospital in critical condition and is expected to survive. The other officer wasn’t as fortunate — he…
Arizona’s liquor laws dictate that people within the state’s borders can’t purchase alcohol between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. But they can still steal it — or at least try to — which is apparently the route a San Tan Valley man took on his quest to get sent back to…
Greg Stanton today turned in petitions with more than 3,000 signatures nominating him as a candidate in the upcoming mayor’s race.While the signatures will go through a vetting process to make sure they are all valid and come from registered voters, Stanton essentially is the first horse officially in the race.Signatures will…
A wanna-be “Fight Club” member was bested and a guy’s girlfriend’s sister took revenge in two separate stabbing incidents over the weekend in Mesa. The knifings were just two of the noteworthy crime stories passed along this morning by our flyboy buddy over at Mesa PD, helicopter pilot…
The startling news last night of Osama bin Laden’s assassination evoked many responses from friends of ours, including one from an old bud named Corey after he saw this headline graphic on the Fox News affiliate in Sacramento (Fox40): “REPORTS: OBAMA BIN LADEN DEAD” Said Corey, “I know they probably…
For the past several weeks, the Tempe Police Department has been investigating a string of incidents where a man would expose himself and masturbate in front of young women at apartment complex pools, and over the weekend, they arrested a guy doing exactly that.Matthew Marvin Flentge, 43, was busted Saturday…
The Arizona Diamondbacks couldn’t keep the momentum going from their Thursday night demolition of the Chicago Cubs over the weekend, losing tight games 4-2 and 5-3 on Friday and Saturday before taking their revenge 4-3 Sunday, ensuring a series split. Armando Galarraga’s neck got quite the workout Friday from turning…
Good news: According to the president of the United States — in a speech that could give even Sean Hannity an O-boner — Osama bin Laden is dead.Better news: the U.S. government reportedly has the photos to prove it.Rather than take the government at its word, conspiracy theorists across the…
In the wake of President Barack Obama’s announcement that terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden has been killed by American forces during a firefight in Pakistan, I have a few predictions.The first is a given: traitorous right-wing nutjobs will not grant the Obama administration any credit for the kill. They also will…
