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Fixed-gear fanaticism rolls into the PHXBy Benjamin LeathermanThursday, July 24It's nearly midnight on a Saturday in late May, and 50 strong are lined up behind the waist-high brick wall surrounding the Marquee Theatre's... More >> -
Suzi Dodt’s on a mission to return the nameless dead to their loved onesBy Paul RubinThursday, July 17Suzi Dodt, who sees dead people, is speed-talking about one of her "unidentifieds." "99-305 has a name, a family, a story, but we just don't... More >> -
Mesa Police Chief George Gascón stares down Sheriff Joe ArpaioBy Ray SternThursday, July 10The police chief had stolen the spotlight, and the sheriff was furious. It was a scorching hot day in late June, and dozens of demonstrators had... More >> -
Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman isn’t afraid to step on a few toes as he waltzes into his second termBy Sarah FenskeThursday, July 03Hugh Hallman and Sandra Day O'Connor are dancing. It is not exactly elegant — not yet. This is only their first rehearsal, and... More >> -
Sheriff Joe buffaloes readers with bogus yarns in his book Joe's LawBy Stephen LemonsThursday, June 26It was all love from the mostly alter kocker crowd of Sheriff Joe supporters at the Barnes & Noble near Pima and Shea in Scottsdale, with... More >>
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Broward - Palm Beach
Switch Hitter
Before swinging a bat in a lesbian softball league, pick a side. Gay or straight? Or something else?
By Amy Guthrie
We're slouching around a wooden picnic table, killing time before our final game of the season,... More >>
Dallas
Our 20th Music Awards
1988-2008: Two Decades of DOMA
By Robert Wilonsky
Twenty years ago we launched this annual tradition called the Dallas Observer Music... More >>
Houston
Homeland Security Won't Let a Former IRA Man Out of Prison
After living in the U.S. for 25 years, Pól Brennan is now stuck on the Texas-Mexico border
By John Nova Lomax
In six hours this past January, all the good that Pól Brennan had ever done came... More >>
Kansas City
Power & Light vs. Westport
Can KC support two entertainment districts? To find out, we drink our way through them.
By Crystal K. Wiebe
The plan was simple: Send two correspondents out on the same night to Westport and the Power &... More >>
Miami
Day Strippers
While you're at work, Miami's exotic dancers put on a naked lunch.
By Janine Zeitlin
The silver pole squeaks between her pale, toned thighs as she lifts her 110-pound frame high... More >>
Minneapolis
Tim Pawlenty: Governor No
Tim Pawlenty racked up more vetoes this year than any governor in Minnesota's history. Is this the man we want to be vice president?
By Jonathan Kaminsky
On a freezing day in mid-February, Gov. Tim Pawlenty took the podium at the St. Cloud Civic... More >>
San Francisco
Blood, Sweat, and Tutus
Tear your knee, wrench your back, pirouette, and bow: dancing at the San Francisco Ballet.
By Joe Eskenazi
In retrospect, the skirt was just too damn long.
"I was a little concerned. But they said,... More >>
St. Louis
League of Nations: Immigrant soccer players from across the globe go balls out at a tiny park in north St. Louis
By Keegan Hamilton
On a recent Sunday in north St. Louis' DeSoto Park, several hundred onlookers are gathered... More >>
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Valley Fever
Thomas' TV Propaganda Cites a Drug Statistic Even the DEA Says Is Wrong
Thu Jul 24, 5:20 PM
By Ray Stern Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is too high. Too high, that is, when it comes to the hysterical statistic quoted in his new public service announcement about drop houses. Like much of the government propaganda about... More >>
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Columns
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The Bird shelters Pima County Legal Defender Isabel Garcia from the flak she’s received for hoisting an Arpaio piñata head
Thursday, July 24PUNCHING PEARCE It's the most loaded query in PHX politics lately: "So, when did you stop beating your wife?" Truly, Valley news has been... More>>
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Accused wife-beater and State Representative Mark DeSimone resigned . . . or did he?
Thursday, July 24Four weeks ago, Phoenix police arrested State Representative Mark DeSimone for hitting his wife. Allegedly. Records show she made a 911 call,... More>>
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Judge Jose Padilla says he was racially profiled twice before traffic stops
Thursday, July 24When Jose Padilla hears about the latest local police "sweep" against Latinos who may be in this country illegally, he flashes back to his... More>>
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Feedback from the issue of Thursday, July 24, 2008
Thursday, July 24BY GEORGE Gascón for sheriff: Enjoyed your piece on George Gascón's dominance over Sheriff Joke ("Staredown," also titled "El... More>>
Letters
Letters from the issue of Thursday, July 3, 2008
Thursday, July 03
RAY OF HOPE
Who else can they victimize?: New Times' coverage of this latest public-records outrage by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and... More >>
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