Web site for the Arizona Daily Star is selling photos of the man believed to be responsible for shooting several people, including Congresswoman Gabriel Giffords and a federal judge, for $125 each.The newspaper isn’t trying to cash in on this morning’s tragedy — many newspapers sell photos taken in the community…
A classmate of the man accused of shooting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords this morning describes him as “left wing” and a “pot head” in a series of posts on Twitter this afternoon.Caitie Parker did not immediately respond to our request for an interview, but her “tweets” in the hours after the…
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Morning news flash: Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been shot, and is in critical condition. Five more are dead, including a child. The shooting occurred as the Congresswoman held a meet-and-greet with constituents in Tucson. So saith National Public Radio. Now Giffords is dead, according to CNN and FOX News, having…
Authorities confirm to New Times that the man suspected of shooting U.S. Congresswoman Gabriell Giffords and several others this morning in Tucson is 22-year-old Jared Loughner.A motive for the shooting is unknown at the moment, and little is known about Loughner.However, a YouTube video believed to be made by Loughner was…
*UPDATED* Click here for update.Democratic U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was one of at least 12 people shot this morning at an event at a grocery store in Tucson, NPR is reporting.Giffords was reportedly shot in the head as she attended a “Congress on your Corner” event at a Safeway in Northwest…
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Leave it to the Arizona Republic to take a fairly interesting story, take its coverage way too far, and, in turn, bore us to death.A story about a violent fugitive shooting it out with police at a crowded mall before taking hostages at a nearby restaurant is always interesting. A…
Get a rope. Not only is a company from the Midwest pretending to make salsa, but according to a federal lawsuit filed yesterday, it swiped the name for its swill from an Arizona salsa product: The fiery “Spontaneous Combustion.” The first shot in this Salsa War was fired in 2003, when the Ohio-based Crazy…
A pair of armed robbery suspects didn’t go quietly when they were arrested Tuesday afternoon — one of the men bit a cop while the other attempted to use the Taser of another officer to shock his way to freedom.According to court documents obtained by New Times, 56-year-old Mark Blocksom and…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a message for the federal government: build tent cities along the U.S./Mexico border to house captured illegal immigrants rather than deport them.Joe’s suggestion comes after sheriff’s deputies pulled the bodies of three illegal immigrants from an irrigation canal in the west Valley last month…
The mother of prison escapee John McCluskey’s been sentenced to seven months in prison for helping her son and two other inmates evade authorities after they escaped from prison last summer.Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner Steven Lynch could have sentenced Claudia Washburn to 2 1/2 years behind bars under a…
It seems someone was fed after midnight…There was a bloody scene at an Eloy bar over the weekend, thanks to a guy with the nickname “Gremlin,” who authorities say stabbed another bar patron during a New Year’s morning brawl.Cops got a call about 2:30 a.m. on Saturday about a large…
Anyone in the market for a morbid piece of history is in luck: the ambulance used to drive President John F. Kennedy following his assassination is for sale.The Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction, to be held later this month, has added the JFK ambulance to the inventory of cool cars to…
The prosecutor in the case against Susan Brock, the estranged wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock accused of molesting a teen-age boy, says a plea deal is in the works.The Pinal County prosecutor in charge of the case told a judge on Wednesday that he and Brock’s attorneys were…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has been a frequent flier to Dubai, one of the states that makes up the United Arab Emirates. It’s never been entirely clear what goes on during the visits.But the National, an English-language newspaper in the UAE, offers a glimpse in an article it published on…
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Anti-Russell Pearce activists are set to protest both a Friday, January 7 fundraiser for the state Senate President-elect, and the opening day of business for the Arizona Legislature on Monday, January 10, when Pearce will take his seat as the Dark Lord of Sand Land.The Friday demonstration, which is reportedly…
There aren’t too many public-safety slogans better known than “never shake a baby.” It’s about as common as “just say no” — but that didn’t stop a Peoria man from allegedly shaking his 6-month-old daughter to the point of unconsciousness on several occasions, as he admitted to both friends and…
Bristol Palin’s days of being used apparently didn’t end when her baby-daddy said sayonara — a Phoenix radio station has officially offered the publicity-hound daughter of John McCain’s 2008 running mate an on-air job alongside the station’s morning show host.But don’t worry, it’s (ahem) not a publicity stunt, says Ron Price,…
The Scottsdale man accused of shooting up the Great Alaskan Bush Company strip club last month faces a slew of felony charges, including two that could earn the 28-year-old a date with the executioner’s needle.The indictment against Gavin Macfarlane, first reported on by the Associated Press, charges him with two counts…
Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi’s contract with the Turkish women’s basketball team Fenerbahce was terminated this morning after she tested positive — again — for using a doping agent.Taurasi, who inked a new deal with the Mercury in August, plays with the Turkish team during the WNBA’s off-season.The substance for…
