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Omar Call Preaches Atheism on Tempe's Mill AvenueBy Niki D'AndreaThursday, December 25On a Saturday night in early December, it's business as usual on downtown Tempe's Mill Avenue. Dreadlocked buskers beat on bongos across from a... More >> -
Arizona Club Soccer Produces Scholarship-Backed Players, but At What Cost?By John DickersonThursday, December 18Kieran Clancy loved soccer. Like most club soccer players in Arizona, the 18-year-old had long hoped to land a college soccer... More >> -
The Medic Droid’s Electro Power-Pop and Ambisextrous Antics are Driving Kids Wild NationwideBy Benjamin LeathermanThursday, December 11Zach Daniell is wiped out. It's the night before Thanksgiving and the 18-year-old New Yorker has just flat-out sprinted through lower Manhattan... More >> -
Nation’s Oldest Death Row Inmate Will Never Be ExecutedBy Paul RubinThursday, December 04A few weeks ago, an elderly gentleman named Viva Leroy Nash wrote to New Times about the death penalty. "Now that our stubborn President Bush is... More >> -
Janet Napolitano’s Sorry Service in Arizona Makes Her a Terrible Choice for Homeland Security SecretaryBy Michael LaceyThursday, November 27Consorting with anti-immigrant enforcers, indulging rank opportunism, and adhering to failed policies seem an unlikely recipe for change we can... More >>
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The Agent From Iran
How a mother of two ended up in a plot to smuggle high-tech gear to the enemy
By Deirdra Funcheon
On November 29, 2004, Shahrzad Mir Gholikhan and her ex-husband, Mahmoud Seif, checked into Le... More >>
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Buzz Reviews the News of 2008: Yes. It Was All Bad.
Sex clubs in the 'burbs, teacher layoffs in the district, black holes in the commissioners court—Buzz makes perfect sense of 2008
By Patrick Williams
Buzz's mother had three essential life lessons she attempted to impart to her son: 1) Shut up;... More >>
Denver
Republicans weren't the only ones who took a beating in 2008
By Jonathan Shikes
Colorado made news in 2008, and we're not talking about Barack Obama accepting the Democratic... More >>
Houston
Cancer Doctor Stanislaw Burzynski Sees Himself as a Crusading Researcher, Not a Quack
He's treated thousands of people from all over the world, so why can't he get FDA approval?
By Craig Malisow
If you were writing the story of Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, he'd probably want you to start with... More >>
Kansas City
Six ways the city has wrecked a vital agency. Two projects that work anyway.
By Nadia Pflaum
Like most cities of its size, Kansas City gets millions of dollars in federal money to provide... More >>
Miami
The Best Movies of 2008
Gasp! A couple of Hollywood blockbusters made the cut.
By Robert Wilonsky
Is it a sign of the apocalypse? Something in the water? Or is it just the way the wind is... More >>
Minneapolis
An open letter to the man who raped my wife
A jolting tale of incest, rape, and the strength to heal
As told to Erin Carlyle
At about 10 a.m. on a weekday in mid-November, Bill sat down to write a letter. A steady rage... More >>
San Francisco
The LOL Year in Review
By Joe Eskenazi
Just check out any newsstand right now and you'll see that 'tis the season — for... More >>
St. Louis
Class Conscious: St. Louis educators are desperately seeking ways to get kids back in school
By Aimee Levitt
Lamont White was two months into his junior year at Normandy High School when he dropped... More >>
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Jan. 6 In Blogs: Arizona Cardinals Day, Reel Big Fish, Bean Burros, Conan O'Brien and More
Tue Jan 6, 8:16 PM
We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever:... More >>
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Before Don Stapley’s Indictment, There Was the Land Deal
Thursday, January 01Behind the year's most shocking indictment — 118 criminal counts filed last month against Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley — is... More>>
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Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, January 1, 2009
Thursday, January 01CORNER KICKS The Argentineans do it correctly: It's kind of a shame that youth soccer has to be so money-driven ("Soccer Bomb," John Dickerson,... More>>
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News: Staff Writer Wanted
Thursday, January 01New Times has an immediate opening for a full-time staff writer. We’re looking for a journalist with sharp investigative skills who... More>>
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Nicknames and Chinos with Tans
Thursday, January 01Dear Mexican: How do Mexicans get such ridiculous nicknames from seemingly normal names? For instance, José becomes Chepe, Eduardo is... More>>
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Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, January 1, 2009
Thursday, January 01
CORNER KICKS
The Argentineans do it correctly: It's kind of a shame that youth soccer has to be so money-driven ("Soccer Bomb," John Dickerson,... More >>
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