Arizona is near the bottom when it comes to per-capita income, education spending, and its chances of an economic recovery. But being last isn’t always a bad thing: A new report shows that Arizona has the lowest rates of cancer in the country. According to a news release put out today…
The state finally has put convicted murderer Eric John King to death after sitting on death row for nearly 20 years for the 1989 murders of two men during a convenience store robbery that netted about $72.The Arizona Republic gives the following report: When the curtain opened into the death chamber at…
If you’re reading this after 10 a.m., there’s a pretty good chance that convicted murderer Eric John King will be dead.The United States Supreme Court this morning denied a stay of execution filed by King’s attorneys that would have delayed his execution until the state switches to a one-drug execution…
Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons shot an elephant on a trip to Zimbabwe earlier this month, and, as expected, animal-rights activists are furious.Parsons posted a video on his blog last week with the title “Hunting Problem Elephant, My 2011 Vacation,” which shows him blasting away at an elephant that he…
There’s something about a person smiling ear-to-ear in their mugshot that really irks us here at New Times — take the creepy mugshot of Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner, for example. Regardless of whether the accused is guilty, an overly chipper mugshot suggests they’re not taking the charges against them…
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Proposition 203 has sparked dismissal of pot-possession charges in Mohave County against at least 10 people who had out-of-state medical-weed cards. Though the charges shouldn’t have been brought against such marijuana card-holders in the first place, what’s been happening in northwestern Arizona is a definite sign that “the times they are a changin’.” More…
Hatin’ on fatsos isn’t just for Westerners anymore — a study conducted by researchers at Arizona State University shows that negative attitudes toward the overweight is going global.According to a cross-cultural study of attitudes toward obesity — to be published in the April issue of Current Anthropology — the overall…
For the second time in as many mugshots, Rachel Brock, daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, showed up for her booking photo after getting arrested last week smiling like an idiot someone who isn’t potentially looking at a lot of prison time for allegedly having sex with an underage…
There are two executions scheduled to take place in Arizona in the next week, and Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference aren’t happy about it.The group issued a statement on the matter this morning, which you can read in its entirety below. …
The United States Supreme Court is listening to arguments today to determine whether Arizona’s “Clean Elections” system violates the U.S. Constitution.The system was a hot topic during last year’s election cycle because several candidates — including Governor Jan Brewer and former Treasurer Dean Martin — were running as publicly funded, or…
The Afghan war veteran fatally shot by a Glendale police officer early Saturday morning suffered from post-traumatic-stress disorder and alcoholism, his parents told police after the shooting, and, as an Army man, he apparently wasn’t fond of the Marine Corps.According to the police report, first obtained by KPHO, 24-year-old Jeremiah…
We know that Anthony Hill, an occastional substitute teacher in the Glendale Elementary School District, got all verklempt by alleged anti-American sentiments made by his eighth-grade Latino students during a March 8 class. State Senate prez Russ”Yap” Pearce An exit report composed by the irate Mr. Hill (here it is, as…
The state Department of Health Services has published its “final” rules intended to guide and maintain the medical-marijuana system approved by voters last year. Whether the rules will be challenged in court remains to be seen.We glanced through the new rules this morning, but realize that many of you — having…
Among those disappointed by Republican Arizona Congressman Jeff Flake’s recent about face on immigration is Julie Erfle, the widow of slain Phoenix Police Officer Nick Erfle.You’ll recall that Officer Erfle was murdered in 2007 by an ex-con with an outstanding warrant who was in the country illegally. Erfle and his…
Jeremiah Pulaski, 24, returned to his home in Glendale from Afghanistan — where he served in the United States Army — in February, and it appears he’s had some trouble readjusting to society.According to his latest Facebook status update, he was thinking about doing some traveling.”I think Im gonna Just…
Most of Arizona and Wildcats fans around the globe held their collective breath early Saturday evening as, remarkably, their team had a chance in the last seconds to win the NCAA West Regionals and head to the Final Four. Down by two points to UConn after mounting a pair of…
Straight from the seemingly endless saga that is the Brock family sex scandal: Rachel Brock, daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was re-arrested last week and charged with the same sex-with-a-kid-related charges she faced when she was originally arrested last December. The child Brock is accused of getting busy…
Last week, the much-anticipated SCA investigative report was released to the public (New Times staffers had a blast thumbing through some of the findings, which may or may not involve seducing a “live sheep.” Check it out here and here).The case involves the lies, corruption, and potential crimes committed by…
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If you read only part of the four large PDFs from the SCA investigative report we posted last night, make sure it’s the 65-page transcript of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s July 27, 2009 staff meeting. We mentioned a couple of the amusing parts of the transcript in posts this…
Arizona’s just about overflowing with wacky politicos: Governor Jan Brewer, Senate President Russell Pearce, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, maybe Sarah Palin, and many, many others. But it apparently ain’t a party until Tea Party overlord Michele Bachmann shows up. The Arizona Republican Party made the announcement that the Minnesota…
