Yesterday, Jeb Bush came to town to offer advice to Arizona lawmakers about how to fix the ailing K-12 education system.As we reported yesterday, the most publicized recommendation that came out of the two-hour meeting was a push to change the way Arizona labels its schools from a method that…
A short series earlier this week in the Arizona Republic about the murder of a police informant contained an exquisitely horrifying detail mentioned prominently in all three stories: a brutal new use for adult diapers.As one of the accused killers, Edgar Javier Enriquez, explained in court records dug up by…
Woody Harrelson’s character Charlie Frost from the Roland Emmerich flick 2012 explains the basics of the Mayan prophecy One thing I learned recently by chatting with Dennis McClung, creator of the 2012 survivalist Web site 2012supplies.com and sponsor of the upcoming 2012 Survival Conference in Scottsdale on October 17: The apocalypse can be good…
Despite the fact that the sitting governor’s a Republican, the GOP list of Arizona gubernatorial candidates has gotten even longer.John Munger, a Tucson lawyer and former Chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, filed paperwork with the Secretary of State’s office this morning to run for the state’s highest office.After his GOP…
An Arizona man rolled through Le Mars, Iowa today on his journey from Minnesota to Texas. For a trip like that, someone would probably want a reliable car, right? Not this guy. Randy Boehman has opted to make the nearly 1,000-mile trek on a mule-drawn covered wagon. Why would someone…
Nearly two years after he was arrested on drug and weapons charges, rapper Lil Wayne is set to stand trial in Yuma County. Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, was busted at a checkpoint near Yuma in January, 2008, when police found a quarter-pound of marijuana, an ounce of…
After a high-paced, high-scoring, record-breaking game one, Valley sports fans turned out at US Airways Center last night for a big disappointment in game two of the WNBA finals. To say the Phoenix Mercury, 2007 WNBA Champions and home to star shooters like league MVP Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter,…
Larry Johnson, a former executive at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, has written a book titled Frozen. In the book, Johnson writes that employees at Alcor mishandled baseball legend Ted Williams’ head, with one employee taking baseball-like swings at Williams’ frozen head with a monkey wrench…The Turf Paradise…
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: Feathered Bastard: Outlaw Fleetwood, the “Tent City” Video by Dennis Gilman Up on the Sun: Kanye West…
What does famed movie director and convicted pedophile Roman Polanski have in common with scandalous former Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi?No, Renzi’s never been accused of having sex with a 13-year-old at Jack Nicholson’s house. What the two have in common is that when they’ve faced intense legal heat, they’ve turned to the same…
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush was in town today to speak with legislative leaders about how to improve Arizona’s troubled K-12 education system.Wanna know what they came up with? Get ready to laugh, or cry…
What’s going on with Tent City? Outlaw Fleetwood aims to tell ya… MC Outlaw Fleetwood may not be getting any awards for lipsyncing prowess in this particular video. Keep in mind, however, that all of this footage of Fleetwood mouthing the words to his anti-Arpaio song “Tent City” was shot in a few…
That was fast.We broke the news in this week’s New Times that Jeri Auther, Governor Jan Brewer’s liaison to regulatory boards and commissions, was pushing the Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners to repeal a law it had lobbied to pass. The law dealt with how complaints against court-appointed psychologists are…
Today is probably not the greatest day to be a public relations person for Banner Thunderbird Medical Center.This morning a complaint was filed about a nurse defecating in an operating room, and now there are reports that a newborn was found dead in one of the hospital’s bathrooms…
Since the “Desert Diva” prostitution ring is making headlines again, we thought we’d give you a glimpse at some of the merchandise Valley “Johns” paid up to $3,400 to spend an evening with.Our friends at CBS 5 (KPHO) put together a little slideshow of the booking photos of about 50 of…
The birth of a child is a special moment for any parent. Bringing a new screaming life into the world is so special to some people that they often videotape the chaos of the operating room as the child is being born. So what exactly is a parent, or surgical…
Three days after finding his name and address on the “Desert Diva’s” client list, Charles Jensen found travel receipts showing he was out of town when the hooker business claims he used its “services.” Jensen, founder of the conservative networking group Politics on the Rocks, released credit card receipts and…
One look at the majority of far-from-glamorous hookers nabbed in the Phoenix Police Department’s “Desert Diva” roundup and you’d think they did the dirty in the back of a beat-up car, or behind a dumpster at a dog track, not at one of the area’s premier resorts.You would be wrong, according to the whores and pimps who…
A Valley teen with no underlying medical conditions died from the H1N1 (swine) flu in early September, according to health officials. The teenager was from Maricopa County, but little else is known about him or her. Officials in Yavapai County reported their first death from swine flu earlier this week…William…
As a Mexican-American, I’ve lived in St. Louis for about 17 years and have seen a substantial influx of my brethren. Nevertheless, I’m for border security — against the no-good, godless Canadians. I hate Canadians! Funny accents and cold weather. Why is America not closing the Canadian border? Those hockey…
UNDER THE WEATHER Time to nail Ayers and Dohrn: I almost fainted when I read a story advocating the arrest of members of the former Weather Underground in New Times. Finally, you guys got something right! Please, give us more stories about how members of left-wing organizations should be brought…
If you are bitter about something that happened in your divorce, don’t take it out on the rest of us. If you hated your court-appointed psychologist, that doesn’t give you the right to screw with every court-appointed psychologist in the state of Arizona. And even if you work for the…
