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1. Feature

   Like the housing industry, real estate “guru” Mark Bosworth is in crash mode

   By Ray Stern

   Published: May 15, 2008

   The widow and the man who cheated her out of hundreds of thousands of dollars come from large Mormon families and lived in the same west Phoenix neighborhood back in the...

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   ...And Harps For All

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: May 15, 2008

   Unlike corn or that long-overdue Scott Baio retrospective on The Biography Channel, the world is not running low on Metallica cover bands. After performing a quick Internet...

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   The Joy of Six

   By Benjamin Leatherman

   Published: May 15, 2008

   Your sixth birthday fiesta might have been the shiznit way back in the day – especially with pony rides, clowns, and a moon jump – but we guaran-damn-tee it...

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   Mill Street Blues

   How gentrification killed mom and pop

   By Sarah Ventre

   Published: May 15, 2008

   While there’s been much talk about the changing Phoenix area, Tempe is the part of town perhaps the most under siege. Long-timers remember the days when Mill Avenue was a...

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   The Good Humor Man

   Success is not always the best gauge of success

   By Clay McNear

   Published: May 15, 2008

   Charlie Hill’s career hasn’t been Earth-shattering. Oh, the standup comic’s had his moments: stray gigs on Letterman and Leno, one-offs on The Richard Pryor...

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   Saturated Phat

   By Clay McNear

   Published: May 15, 2008

   Many contend that retired athletes ride the sports-memorabilia gravy train for the payola. We say they’re bored. Let’s take former NFL star William “The...

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   Urbane Legend

   Dinosaurs in District 4 – your tax dollars at work

   By Clay McNear

   Published: May 15, 2008

   As you know – because you’re a New Times reader and we’re New Times – we’re not the sort to glad-hand politicians. If we were clinging to the lip of a...

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   Portals of the Imagination

   five15 alum opens his self-storage doors to artists

   By Leslie Barton

   Published: May 15, 2008

   When one door slams shut, another usually opens. Take Tempe's Aztec Self Storage; its 120 doors closed and then reopened as the more artistic-sounding 1700Curry. The business...

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   Secondhand SMoCA

   Out with the old really cool stuff, in with the new

   By Lilia Menconi

   Published: May 15, 2008

   Take a look at your little apartment and see how much junk you own. You’ve still got every single paperback book from your high school reading list, that drawer of...

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    There Will Be Blood

    But only a little, you weenie

    By Robin Baggot

    Published: May 15, 2008

    There are three types of people in this world: those with tattoos, those without, and those who need a little persuading. If you’re on the fence, check out the Super Bowl...

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    Eclectic Shock

    Valley hip-hopper lays out a diverse palette

    By Jose Gonzalez

    Published: May 15, 2008

    Ah, the mystique of the Ladmo Bag. Not only did it contain a dizzying mix of candy and knickknacks, it was also bestowed upon kiddies from the sainted hands of the Wallace &...

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    Castaway Couture

    By Clay McNear

    Published: May 15, 2008

    Gilligan’s Island made Sherwood Schwartz’s other major contribution to society, The Brady Bunch, look like Shakespeare. It was foul. Worse, it was nonsensical. What...

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    Crazy Little Thing Called Love

    Scorpius show is the opposite of institutional thinking

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: May 15, 2008

    It’s an age-old story: Boy is committed to insane asylum; boy meets schizophrenic girl in insane asylum; boy and girl perform interpretive dance moves and fall in love....

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    Mary Tillman

    Published: May 15, 2008

    The mother of the late ASU Sun Devil, Arizona Cardinal, and Army Ranger Pat Tillman introduces her memoir, Boots on the Ground by Dusk, in which she outlines her search for...

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    Ladies First

    Who won Phoenix’s inaugural b-ball title? Hint: It wasn’t the Suns.

    By Chris Bowman

    Published: May 15, 2008

    It’s no big shocker that fans in these parts have more passion for basketball than any other pro sport. Okay, then, so explain why a pro-basketball squad that’s...

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    Taylor Made

    Grab yourself a textile tentacle before Camilla hits the road

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: May 15, 2008

    You know that old adage “you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone”? Well, in the case of Phoenix and its creative types who run off for other...

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    The Name Game

    By Serene Dominic

    Published: May 15, 2008

    It's no small source of stupid pride for me that there are a million cool anagrams for my name, everything from Mr. Iodine Scene to I Sneer Demonic to No Dicier Semen. Any one...

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    Photo Synthesis

    Local duo aren’t your garden-variety artists

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: May 15, 2008

    “Conversations in the Garden,” an exhibit featuring the stellar work of creative duo Carol Panaro-Smith and James Hajicek, has been on our radar since we viewed the...

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    Headbangers Ball

    Cello-style

    By Niamh Wallace

    Published: May 15, 2008

    We must confess that we're not the biggest metalhead around. But, oh, how we wish we’d known of the Finnish all-cello band Apocalyptica when we were young (the classically...

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    The Heartbreak Kid

    Painter’s works lend a healing salve to childhood’s sting

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: May 15, 2008

    As hard as we try to forget our childhood, the human memory, once triggered, can overpower our best efforts. For example, some jerk in your office decides to watch the...