Email AuthorMatthew Hendley
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Circumcision Causes "Dramatic Changes" in Penis Bacteria, Says Phoenix-Based TGen
April 17, 2013 in Valley Fever
After spending a year studying 156 penises in Uganda, researchers say male circumcision reduces bacteria on the penis, and perhaps is the reason why circumcision can protect men from contracting...
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John McCain Bucks the NRA, Supports Expanding Background Checks for Gun Sales
April 17, 2013 in Valley Fever
The NRA's plea to supporters today.Republican Senator John McCain announced today his support for an amendment that calls for an expansion of the federal background-check system for gun sales, an...
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Carlos Rodriguez Admits to Shooting Up Phoenix Birthday Party, Killing Two
April 17, 2013 in Valley Fever
MCSOCarlos RodriguezPolice say the man who shot at a group of people attending a birthday party in Phoenix this weekend, killing two people, admitted to doing just that.One of the...
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Alysa Gibson Becomes Third Family Member Arrested in Murder of Peoria Man Steve Gibson
April 17, 2013 in Valley Fever
MCSOAlysa GibsonA 17-year-old Peoria girl has joined her mother and brother as a murder defendant.Alysa Gibson is now the third family member arrested in the murder of her father, Steve...
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Jamison Eaton Chased Day Laborers With a Bat Outside a Phoenix Home Depot, Cops Say
April 17, 2013 in Valley Fever
Jamison EatonGilbert resident Jamison Eaton shouted racial slurs at Hispanic day laborers outside a Phoenix Home Depot store as he chased them with a baseball bat, according to police.Eaton, 30,...
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Will the Feds Ever Shut Down Arizona's Medical-Marijuana Dispensary Industry?
April 17, 2013 in Valley Fever
The outside of Arizona Organix in Glendale.As our colleague Ray Stern pointed out yesterday, it was not even a year ago that Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk declared the feds...
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Joe Arpaio's Shameless Self-Promotion After Boston Marathon Explosions (Video)
April 16, 2013 in Valley Fever
Above is the video clip we referenced Monday, the one in which Sheriff Joe Arpaio successfully used the explosions at the Boston Marathon for some attention on Fox News."They're even...
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"Gang of Eight" Immigration Deal Outline Released
April 16, 2013 in Valley Fever
Senator John McCain, one in the gang of ocho.An outline of the immigration bill formed by the "Gang of Eight" -- which includes Arizona's Republican Senators, John McCain and Jeff...
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Steven Shiflet Gets Probation for Starting Sunflower Fire With "Incendiary Shotgun Shell"
April 16, 2013 in Valley Fever
thesmokinggun.com♫ Steve Shiflet started the fire ♫Steven Craig Shiflet, the Mesa resident who admitted to starting the near-18,000-acre Sunflower Fire in the Tonto National Forest last year with an "incendiary...
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Luis Cardenas Drove Onto a Scottsdale Cop Car, Police Say, but (Narrowly) Avoided Being Shot
April 16, 2013 in Valley Fever
Scottsdale PDLuis CardenasMost of the time, things don't work out like they do in action movies, which apparently came as a surprise to 18-year-old Luis Cardenas this morning.Cardenas, who allegedly...
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Phoenix Mercury Draft Brittney Griner, Who Probably Should Have Been Drafted by the Suns
April 16, 2013 in Valley Fever
thegrio.comBrittney GrinerFor what it's worth, the biggest name in women's basketball was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury Monday.Baylor's Brittney Griner was taken with the first overall pick in the WNBA...
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Could Fox News Have Picked Anyone Worse Than Joe Arpaio for an Interview on the Boston Marathon Explosions?
April 16, 2013 in Valley Fever
The worst decision made on TV yesterday.While TV news programs around the country played footage of the explosions at the Boston Marathon, and interviewed witnesses and people with knowledge of...
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Boston Marathon Explosions: 259 Arizonans Entered the Race, 186 Finished
April 15, 2013 in Valley Fever
via Boston Globe videoThere are varying counts of people dead and injured from the explosions Monday afternoon at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, but the updated count from...
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Boston Marathon Explosions: Fox News Goes Straight to Clueless Joe Arpaio for Interview
April 15, 2013 in Valley Fever
via @schrodermodeThe news is still unfolding about the explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon today, but Sheriff Joe Arpaio already has managed to exploit the situation on...
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Arizona Ranked Second-to-Last in the Nation in "Bachelor Party Freedom"
April 15, 2013 in Valley Fever
zazzle.comArizonans have less freedom to engage in activities that may be related to bachelor parties than the residents of 48 other states.According to a study from George Washington University, Arizona...
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Steve Gibson of Peoria Killed by Teenage Hitman Hired by Wife and Son, Cops Say
April 15, 2013 in Valley Fever
A Peoria mother and her teenage son pleaded not guilty this morning to murder charges, about six weeks after police said the two hired a 16-year-old boy to kill a...
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Arizona Diamondbacks Win Series Against Los Angeles Dodgers With Paul Goldschmidt's Walk-Off Hit
April 15, 2013 in Valley Fever
Paul Goldschmidt's walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning yesterday secured a series victory for the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Los Angeles Dodgers.The Diamondbacks took two of three...
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Joe Arpaio's Biggest Danger: Mail Bombs or Sidewalks?
April 15, 2013 in Valley Fever
Sheriff Joe Arpaio, after encountering a sidewalk.Sheriff Joe Arpaio's name was on a package with what may have been an explosive device inside, triggering a five-alarm press conference headed up...
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After Samkeita Jurden and His Dog Both Bit Cops Inside Target Store, He Sues Target
April 12, 2013 in Valley Fever
MCSOSamkeita JurdenA man who was arrested in September after he and his dog both allegedly bit Mesa police officers inside a Target store has filed a federal lawsuit against that...
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Burglar Eats Concrete While Stealing Golf Clubs, but Still Gets Away (Video)
April 12, 2013 in Valley Fever
Today in Brief Acts of Criminal Stupidity, a burglary got a face full of concrete as he tripped over himself while stealing golf clubs from a Phoenix home.The only thing...
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Joe Arpaio Takes Full Advantage of Scary Box in Mail: "I'm a Victim"
April 12, 2013 in Valley Fever
Sheriff Joe ArpaioAuthorities in Flagstaff discovered a package with a rudimentary explosive device addressed to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and the Sheriff pulled out all the stops for this one.Trump up...
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Aaron Smith, Ex-Tempe Cop, Pleads Guilty to Stealing From Police Department
April 12, 2013 in Valley Fever
Tempe PDAaron SmithAaron Smith, a former Tempe patrol officer who decided to steal from a building full of cops -- the police department -- has pleaded guilty to a theft...
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Ame Deal Murder: Charges Dropped Against One of Six Family Members
April 12, 2013 in Valley Fever
MCSOAmmandea StoltzmannCharges have been dropped against ?Ammandea Stoltzmann, one of six family members accused of harming 10-year-old Ame Deal, who was murdered in Phoenix almost two years ago in one...
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Is Anyone Buying Rickesha Burns' Explanation of How Her Vibrator Ended Up in Her 2-Year-Old Son's Anus?
April 12, 2013 in Valley Fever
MCSORickesha BurnsThe Phoenix woman accused of shoving a vibrator into her 2-year-old son's anus has pleaded not guilty to charges in the case, and we're wondering if there's anyone out...
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Joe Arpaio Still Looking Fairly Pathetic, Six Weeks After Alleged Slip and Fall
April 11, 2013 in Valley Fever
TwitterSheriff Joe Arpaio, still showing off his medical issues.Here's a photo of elderly Sheriff Joe Arpaio, taken six weeks after supposedly slipping and falling on a sidewalk in downtown Phoenix.See...
