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:…
If you’re running for office in Arizona and haven’t issued a detailed statement outlining your position on Judge Susan Bolton’s decision to grant an injunction for certain parts of SB 1070, it’s time to get to work. Today was a political opportunist’s Christmas in July.No matter which side of the…
In case you hadn’t noticed, tensions over immigration enforcement are a little high in Arizona these days. Judge Susan Bolton’s decision this morning to grant an injunction for certain aspects of the controversial, new law has dominated the news cycle and all the arguing has gotten us kinda bummed out.A…
When we hear about large amounts of cocaine and Cuban guys we’re instantly compelled to make some lame reference to saying hello to “my little friend.” The story of two Cuban nationals who tried to buy 22 pounds of cocaine near Tucson last year isn’t nearly as sexy as the…
Not a day or two goes by without someone contacting us to ask about the legal status of Faleh Al-Maleki, the Glendale man whose fatal October 2009 attack-by-car on his 20-year-old daughter Noor appalled (much of) the world. The comments usually go along the lines of this: “When is that…
Fear not, Cardinals fans. Your time is almost here. With the D-Backs not turning any heads and the Suns and Coyotes not generating much news, it’s time to focus on football. Even if it’s just the announcement that single-game tickets for the 2010 season go on sale this Saturday. More…
The “stars” of last Saturday’s episode of MSNBC’s inmate reality show, Lockup, were a couple of guys who should be familiar to regular readers of New Times:One is former New Times writer Joe Watson, a.k.a. the “Salon Bandit.The other: Former karate instructor Jonathan Antonucci, the key figure from a fatal arson…
A memorial service for 89-year-old Mabel Bink was held in Chicago on Saturday, despite a few setbacks. For starters, it rained, which reportedly hurt attendance. Also, the U.S. Postal Service lost Bink’s cremated body during shipment from Phoenix to Chicago.Bink, a Phoenix resident, died on June 18, from congestive heart…
Don Mattingly is finally getting his chance to manage a baseball team, although the major leagues are still a step away. The Dodgers’ bench coach will manage the Phoenix Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League, a hopeful step in the right direction for Mattingly. Mattingly long has been rumored to replace…
Although district court Judge Susan R. Bolton did not enjoin Arizona Senate Bill 1070 in its entirety this morning, she cut the heart out of the state’s discriminatory “papers, please” legislation, leaving its zombie-like corpse bloodied but still standing. In her order filed in response to the U.S. Department of…
The photo to the left is the original booking photo for 24-year-old Andrew Cushman. Cushman’s been charged with raping a 16-year-old girl during a weed-deal-gone-wrong last weekend.A few readers commented on yesterday’s story saying they were unimpressed with the face Cushman made during his mugshot. Specifically, one reader commented “What…
If you’re going to all the trouble of committing armed robbery — even if you’re really only looking for prescription pills — you might as well take some cash, too.You see, pill-poppers, once you polish off the pharmies you rob, you can often use money to buy more — kind…
Today’s the day. SB 1070 is set to take effect manana and still no word from U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on whether she plans to grant an injunction.Bolton’s suggested that she may allow certain sections of the new law to take effect but grant the injunction on others.Meanwhile, both supporters…
If ever there was a time for people to raise freakin’ hell in this city, July 29 is the day. As we all know, that’s when SB 1070, Arizona’s new “breathing-while-brown law” is slated to start harassing Latinos, assuming federal Judge Susan R. Bolton doesn’t put the kibosh on it.And…
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 kid who witnessed the dam at Tempe Town Lake burst last week says his initial thought after hearing a loud “boom” was that his sister farted.Anyone with a sister knows any public discussion of her flatulence is a terrific revenge mechanism — or a great way to get yourself…
The disappearance of Town Lake is only one of the problems Tempe’s facing these days. The other: armed robberies — lots of them — happening in roughly the same area, each with a similar M.O.Since April 11, nine people have been robbed at gunpoint in the northwest section of the city.Tempe Police…
A Mesa man taught a 17-year-old drug dealer a “lesson” over the weekend, apparently by raping the dealer’s 16-year-old girlfriend and stealing his drugs, cell phone, and laptop.The suspect, Andrew Cushman, 24, claims the sex was consensual — because the girl agreed to the sex out of fear for her life.Newsflash: if your…
Above is what is known in the journalism biz as a “standing headline,” as in we could file it away for a year and then pull it back up with nary a change. What is it about Arizona and children? Doesn’t seem to matter who’s in charge — Republicans (personified by…
The latest poll numbers in Arizona’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate show the race is still up for grabs — and that’s despite former Tucson Vice Mayor Rodney Glassman’s war chest of more than a million dollars.According to the latest Rasmussen poll, released today, nearly half of Arizona’s likely Democratic…
A recent article produced by ESPN has opened some eyes, and may leave some people hunched over a trash can. The article focuses on stadium food and health inspections in all 107 stadiums sanctioned by the governing bodies of the four major professional sports (the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the…
A few hours ago, the Utah Supreme Court announced that it has reversed the 2007 criminal convictions against Warren S. Jeffs, the super-creepy messianic leader of an Arizona-based polygamous sect. We have written often in these pages about Jeffs (pictured smooching one of his young “brides”) and his sect, the Fundamentalist Church of…
