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UA Library: Not the Ideal Place to Pull a Knife on Random People
October 25, 2012 in Valley Fever
Photo courtesy of HL NilesThis guy, with the knife, in the library.For some reason, the guy being carried by police officers in the photo above was walking around the University...
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Jerry Weiers Moving a Planter: Controversy or Non-Controversy?
October 25, 2012 in Valley Fever
michaelhyatt.comRepublican state Representative Jerry Weiers's moving of a planter might not be the biggest scandal that's gone down at the state capitol, but some folks are highly opinionated on the...
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Joe Arpaio Still Too Chicken to Debate Paul Penzone? Looks Like It
October 24, 2012 in Valley Fever
Photo by Matthew HendleyThe new decor outside of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office.Based on the new decor outside of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office, it would appear that the Sheriff is still...
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MCSO Inmate Says Smell of Cellmate's Feces Was "Torture," Sues for $20,000
October 24, 2012 in Valley Fever
funnyjunk.comA Maricopa County Sheriff's Office inmate has filed a federal lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, as the inmate claims he was deprived of water for about 13 hours one day.Terell...
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State Representative Jerry Weiers in Trouble With Dems for Moving a Planter at the Capitol
October 24, 2012 in Valley Fever
Manny Cruz's FacebookManny Cruz (left) and Terry Goddard are not messing around about planters at the capitol.The campaign for Glendale mayor is getting really heated, folks -- candidate Manny Cruz...
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Helen Purcell: Accusation About Spanish Errors a "Malicious Lie," Says Office Will Publicize Election Date of Martes, 6 de Noviembre
October 24, 2012 in Valley Fever
Photo by Matthew HendleyActivists brought a calendar to the county recorder's office yesterday to make an issue of Spanish-language errors.As our colleague Stephen Lemons reported last night, Maricopa County Recorder...
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Woman Busted at Border With 310 Vials of "Date Rape" Drug
October 24, 2012 in Valley Fever
CBPKetamine -- lots of it.Bad news, rapists (good news, society): Customs and Border Protection says officers caught a woman attempting to enter the United States with 310 vials of a...
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Are the Maricopa County Elections Department's Spanish Errors Getting Suspicious?
October 24, 2012 in Valley Fever
For the second time, materials from the Maricopa County Elections Department have been discovered with the wrong election date in Spanish, but the correct one in English.After the second instance...
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Maricopa County Elections Office Had More Materials With Wrong Election Date in Spanish, So It Got a Calendar
October 23, 2012 in Valley Fever
Photo by Matthew HendleyRandy Parraz and Citizens for a Better Arizona members explain the difference between November 6 and November 8.The Maricopa County Elections Department documents showing the incorrect date...
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Bill Montgomery Entertains "Birther" Over Joe Arpaio's Probe of Obama's Birth Certificate
October 23, 2012 in Valley Fever
Maricopa County Attorney Bill MontgomeryAs evidenced by Secretary of State Ken Bennett's dabbling in the "birther" theories, elected officials around the state have probably received a decent amount of phone...
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Manuel Gonzalez Says His Nephew Drowned; Police Say Lack of Place to Drown and Injuries Like Rectal Tearing Say Otherwise
October 23, 2012 in Valley Fever
MCSOManuel Antonio GonzalezManuel Antonio Gonzalez called 9-1-1 in Phoenix on Friday to report that his 22-month-old nephew had apparently drowned and was unresponsive.That boy was pronounced dead shortly after that,...
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Conspiracy Theory Alert: People Think KPHO's Involved in Grand Obama Reelection Scheme
October 23, 2012 in Valley Fever
Folks, take your early voting ballots and throw them straight in the garbage -- KPHO, Channel 5, has already "called" the election for President Obama."The 2012 presidential election is still...
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Doug Ducey Complains That Prop 204 Is Way Too Long at 15 Pages -- Single-Spaced
October 23, 2012 in Valley Fever
Don't like readin'? Then say hell no to Proposition 204, because that monster is 15 pages long. It practically makes War and Peace look like a pamphlet, and we might...
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Obama Versus Romney, Round Three: Pick the Winner of the Final Debate
October 23, 2012 in Valley Fever
The boys.President Obama and Mitt Romney squared off in the final presidential debate last night, a foreign-policy debate in Boca Raton Florida.An extremely colorful recap can be found with our...
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Hells Angels Sue Toys 'R' Us, and It's All About Yo-Yos
October 22, 2012 in Valley Fever
Fritz ClappThe yo-yo in question, as included in the lawsuit.The Hells Angels seem like the kind of guys who would be absolutely allergic to anyone wearing a suit -- unless...
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Joseluis Marquez Found Guilty of Murder in 2010 Death of ASU Student Kyleigh Sousa
October 22, 2012 in Valley Fever
Tempe PDJoseluis MarquezA jury found Joseluis Marquez guilty of first-degree murder and robbery in the 2010 death of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Kyleigh Sousa.Sousa was dragged by a car...
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Maricopa County Elections Office Error a "Dark Political Art," Declares Rachel Maddow
October 22, 2012 in Valley Fever
YouTubeRachel Maddow claims a "dark poltiical art" is causing voter suppression here.It's elections season, which means it's time for claims of "voter suppression" across the country -- claims that will...
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Phoenix Police Investigating Light-Rail Ninja Incident
October 22, 2012 in Valley Fever
YouTubeThe Light Rail ninja.Despite the initial report, Phoenix police say the incident involving a guy with a Samurai sword on the Metro Light Rail was reported, and it's under investigation.Phoenix...
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How Many Richard Carmona and Jeff Flake Ads Did You Encounter This Weekend?
October 22, 2012 in Valley Fever
abcnews.comJeff Flake (left) and Richard Carmona.If you spent this weekend within civilization, there's probably a good chance you were exposed to an advertisement for U.S. Senate candidates Richard Carmona and...
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Light-Rail Fight Broken Up by Ninja-Wannabe With a Sword (Video)
October 19, 2012 in Valley Fever
YoutubeThe light-rail ninja.From what we can tell from a YouTube video, some men, or boys, engaged in a bout of fisticuffs on the Metro Light Rail earlier this month.That fight...
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Maricopa County Mugshots of the Week: Express Yourself
October 19, 2012 in Valley Fever
MCSOFollowing in the footsteps of our sister papers of South Florida, Miami New Times and Broward-Palm Beach New Times, we bring you the weekly roundup of visitors to the desert's...
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Joe Arpaio's Boys Go After Another Small Business in "Employer Sanctions Operation" 68
October 19, 2012 in Valley Fever
zazzle.comSonoran Concrete lost one-quarter of its workforce yesterday.Sheriff Joe Arpaio's latest "employer sanctions operation"/illegal-immigrant roundup resulted in the arrest of about one-quarter of a Glendale small business' employees yesterday.Sonoran Concrete...
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Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Chief Mike Zullo Strikes Back at Orly Taitz, Says He Doesn't Want "Circus Show" Involved
October 19, 2012 in Valley Fever
Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his "birther" chief Mike Zullo are balking at their chance to talk about their super official "investigation" of President Obama's birth certificate in court, and Zullo...
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Mark Grace and Daron Sutton Being Replaced by Bob Brenly and ESPN's Steve Berthiaume
October 19, 2012 in Valley Fever
Bob Brenly (left) and Steve BerthiaumeFor fans of erstwhile D-backs broadcasting tandem Mark Grace and Daron Sutton, there was probably a low likelihood of being impressed with their replacements.Touch, Arizona...
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Did Anyone Find the Humor in the Daily Wildcat Comic About Shooting a Gay Kid?
October 19, 2012 in Valley Fever
Everyone at the University of Arizona's student newspaper, the Daily Wildcat, is in apology mode after a comic about shooting a gay kid if he ever came out to his...
