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Anthony Jessup Sr.

​The ashes of Karen Dory's husband were found Saturday after a two-month search by Tempe police.

During a plea for the public's help Thursday, 76-year-old Dory remained confident in her hopes that the ashes of her husband, Grant Dory, would be returned. The next day, the ashes were found.

Tuscon native Anthony Jessup Sr. was arrested about 7:20 p.m. Friday after a Tempe police officer recognized his face during a traffic stop. The officer knew him as one of the two men who were caught by security cameras using Dory's stolen credit cards throughout Tempe and Mesa, according to Tempe police.

Police say the June 2 burglary was random and that the two men who used Dory's credit cards about 30 times were their main suspects.

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​The kennels of Maricopa County Animal Care and Control are now only slightly overcrowded -- rather than bursting at the seams -- thanks to a tremendous community turnout to this month's MCACC's $17 adoption sale.

Since July 12, shelters have seen about 1,200 adoptions --more than double the adoption rate from the same period last year. But MCACC's shelters continue to take in more dogs than they adopt out, despite the outpouring of community support.

"Oh my gosh, it's going incredibly well," MCACC shelter division manager Linda Soto tells New Times. "Last year, we had an adoption rate of 578. Now this year, from those exact dates we have 1,195 adopted. Unfortunately we didn't see any impact in our intake numbers. We're still at 150 a day of new dogs coming in."

Despite concerns about people only adopting pets because of the $17 price tag, Soto says the shelter's return rates haven't changed and that the constantly high intake numbers are the result of the hot Phoenix summer.

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Karen Dory

Karen Dory and her Husband (right) stand with their family in an old photo

​"Cowards."

That's how Karen Dory described the people who snuck into her Tempe home and stole her husband's ashes last month.

On June 2, Dory's East Fairmont Drive home was burglarized. The unknown suspects stole what she referred to as "memories' -- family heirlooms and jewelry. But what mattered most to her was also taken: a wooden urn, with gold trim, holding the ashes of her husband of 25 years.

This morning, the elderly woman, wearing round-rimmed glasses and a pink floral shirt, sat shaking inside the Tempe Police Department asking for help from the public.

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Apache Junction Police

Suspect Nikki Combs Small

​Police have identified the two men who were found dead in an Apache Junction trailer park over the weekend, and now have three people in custody for the drug-related double murder.

Edward L. Reagan Jr, 40, of Apache Junction and 22-year-old Jamie G. Mountain of Mesa were found Sunday night in a run-down mobile home with multiple gun shot wounds.

The suspects, 30-year-old Nikki Small and 30-year-old Timothy D. Bunting Jr., each of Payson, and 25-year-old Kylan L. Rubio, of Strawberry, were found at their homes and arrested late last night and early this morning.

The murders appear to be the result of a drug deal gone bad, police say. Reagan and Mountain weren't paying residents of the trailer park and the motor home in which they were found only showed up a few months ago.

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Aww look that that face. Thanks to the MCACC adoption sales, you can adopt a cutie like this for under twenty bucks.

​The shelters of Maricopa County Animal Care and Control are overflowing with dogs and cats. The MCACC's solution: Give away the animals practically for free.

This is the second time in less than a month the shelters have had overflow problems.

MCACC shelters have a total of 700 kennels, but this summer, shelters across the county are being stretched beyond their means -- currently, MCACC shelters are home to 989 dogs and 156 cats.

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​In preparation for the MLB All-Star game set to take over the Valley early next week, baseball and city officials are giving the public a heads up to the dangers of counterfeit merchandise.
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James King

"B-Nasty"

​Maricopa County has a problem: It's animal shelters are "overflowing" with chihuahuas.

An earlier chihuahua infestation hit the Valley in December 2009. More on that here.

According to Maricopa County Animal Care and Control, there are about 200 chihuahuas currently bedding down in the county's shelters, and they all need a home.

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A Florida man made United Airlines Flight 340 out of Spokane a little too friendly.

​If you flew on a United Airlines flight out of Phoenix this afternoon, you may want to wash your hands -- or your everything.

A United plane, in which a guy masturbated and ejaculated on his seat on May 19, has been criss-crossing the country since. According to a website that tracks flights of particular airplanes, the tainted aircraft took off from Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport just after noon today.

We can only assume United tried to clean the semen-stained seat -- attempts to contact the airline's media-relations office this morning were unsuccessful -- but if you're like us, you know that the semen of another human being is never really cleaned up.

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​Spring has sprung, which means one thing for high school seniors and tuxedo-rental stores: prom season.

No prom is complete without the risk of a potential unplanned pregnancy coming nine months after the big night, and nothing helps an able-bodied teen get laid quite like booze.

However, the fun-police at Students Against Drunk Driving want your kids' prom to be booze free, and they have a few suggestions to make sure that happens.

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Just steer clear of American Samoa.

​Hatin' on fatsos isn't just for Westerners anymore -- a study conducted by researchers at Arizona State University shows that negative attitudes toward the overweight is going global.

According to a cross-cultural study of attitudes toward obesity -- to be published in the April issue of Current Anthropology -- the overall attitude toward the obese is becoming increasingly negative, even in places where at one time being bulky was considered attractive.

The study surveyed people in Mexico, Argentina, Paraguay, the United States, and Great Britain. It also took a look at people in American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and Tanzania -- cultures that have traditionally been pro-fatso.

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