There’s no love lost between Homeland Security Secretary and former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano and Senator John McCain. The two went after each other during a heated back-and-forth at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing this morning.The issue: border security.Check out some video after the jump…
The Arizona Diamondbacks have had an atrocious season, and in an effort to turn things around, the team announced today that Kevin Towers, the former general manager of the San Diego Padres, will replace Jerry Dipoto as the D-Backs’ GM.Dipoto was filling in for Josh Byrnes, who was given the…
According to records on file with the Maricopa County Superior Court, the investigators of the Phoenix Police Department’s elite Career Criminal Squad, with the assistance of the local Anti-Defamation League, have crushed the Arizona contingent of the Vinlanders Social Club, one of the most violent and feared racist skinhead organizations in America…
www.2space.net Jules Loh We met Jules Loh in the early 1980s, at our previous gig as the do-it-all dudes for the Sierra Vista Herald down at the Mexico border. He was there with his buddy from the Associated Press, Jack Cappon (author of a Bible for writers called The Word)…
If you know either of these guys call the cops. Looks like a local thief needs a quick refresher course in Armed Robbery 101: when committing armed robbery, you’re not limited in what you can steal. You’re already committing a crime that will probably land you in prison, so you…
Bryan Masche is best known for his starring role in the family reality TV show Raising Sextuplets. Now he’s also known for his starring role in a 9-1-1 call made to Camp Verde police released to the public today.Masche was arrested earlier this month after his father-in-law called the cops…
Burglary’s not easy. It can be a real pain in the ass — especially if that’s where the guy whose house you’re trying burglarize shoots you after you bust down his door.Yesterday, it seems shotgun justice prevailed after a 19-year-old suspect and one of his buddies tried to break into…
Senator John McCain led the charge in the United States Senate to put an end to the debate to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.Democrats fell just four votes short of moving the bill along in the Senate following a filibuster led by McCain.President Obama vowed in his…
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Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, the Democratic candidate for governor, is beaming today after the results of a new poll were released showing he’s narrowed the gap in the polls separating him and his GOP opponent, Governor Jan Brewer.According to the latest poll, Brewer now only leads Goddard by seven…
The United States military will continue to follow the policy that it’s OK to risk your life serving in the armed forces on the condition that you keep it to yourself if you’re attracted to someone of the same sex.Gay soldiers will remain closeted by the federal government following a vote in…
Is Jason Rose still a political heavyweight?Jason Rose has never been one to mince words or hold back on a stunt if he thinks it would win him political points. And points for his clients, of course. Rose has worked hard to earn a reputation as a straight-talking, political-bomb-lobbing public-relations…
At first glance it would appear there is a Republican and a Democrat running for Congress in Arizona’s Third District. However, every time the Democrat in the race, Jon Hulburd, opens his mouth he sounds more like a Democrat trying to get elected in a predominantly Republican district Republican.Hulburd’s economic…
If you’re an Arizona Cardinals fan, watching quarterback Derek Anderson try to throw a football on Sunday was hard enough. Watching the man he replaced — and who many fans wish was still leading the team — do the hustle on national television is just salt in the wound.The Cards’…
With all the problems the Arizona Cardinals currently face — an injured running back, lack of leadership, a quarterback who’s better at getting hit than at throwing a football — trouble in Twitter Town is probably the least of the team’s concerns.The National Football League takes it a little more seriously…
The manslaughter trial of James Arthur Ray, the Oprah-approved “self-help” guru charged with killing three people in a deadly sweat-lodge retreat near Sedona last year, will remain in Yavapai County, a judge ruled yesterday.Ray’s lawyers had pushed to have the trial moved to the Phoenix area because publicity the case has…
Yesterday, we spoke with Michael Kielsky, the Libertarian candidate for Maricopa County Attorney.Kielsky has an interesting approach to law enforcement: using the County Attorney’s Office to go after crimes that have “real victims.”As Kielsky told us, prostitution and smoking weed don’t fall under his criteria of crimes with “real victims.”Kielsky…
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:…
Chris Deschene wants at least two things.First, the Democrat wants voters to elected him Secretary of State November 2. Second, he wants Ken Bennett, his political opponent and current Arizona Secretary of State, to turn over public records, including e-mails, to help determine Bennett’s role in the Green Party candidate sham…
A suspected human smuggler is behind bars after allegedly holding a 9-year-old Ecuadorian boy hostage for more than four months and demanding $4,000 from his family for his release.Ecuadorian nationals, the family was unable to pay the ransom, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were able to broker a different deal:…
Human error and “lax” inmate-monitoring procedures are to blame for three men escaping from an Arizona prison in July, according to an internal report released today by the Arizona Department of Corrections.Those “lax” monitoring procedures and human errors didn’t just cause the need for an international manhunt for three violent…
The star of a family reality show on the We Network — sponsored by SC Johnson “A family company” — was arrested earlier this month for screaming at his family so irately that a family member had to call the cops.We have a feeling we won’t be seeing that segment on…
