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Hollywood Heartthrob: How a Lucky Break and a Lot of Cash Made the BandBy Niki D'AndreaThursday, January 08One Thursday last spring, Ted Myers was stuck in a cubicle, trying to figure out his future. He'd graduated from ASU with a degree in... More >> -
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 >>
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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 >>
Dallas
Blown Over: Galveston and Texas Gulf Coast Struggle After Hurricane Ike
Forgotten and overlooked, Galveston residents try to put the pieces back together
By John Nova Lomax
Sean Penn did not patrol Galveston's streets in an airboat. Kanye West didn't offer unscripted... More >>
Denver
In life and death, tattoo artist Kauri Tiyme made her mark
By Alan Prendergast
For more photos of Kauri Tiyme, go to westword.com/slideshow.
The maid found her. It was close... More >>
Houston
Hurricane Ike's Wake
Forgotten and overlooked, Galveston and the Texas Gulf Coast struggle on in the storm's aftermath
By John Nova Lomax
Sean Penn did not patrol Galveston's streets in an airboat. Kanye West didn't offer unscripted... 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 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 the... 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
Baggage
The city's politicos made the enviros happy by banning plastic bags, but left us with more pollution and cost
By Joe Eskenazi
San Francisco is a city that enjoys being scratched behind the ears by an adoring world. And... 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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Valley Fever
Jan. 7 In Blogs: Jack Rose, Back Ted N-Ted, Bourbon Steak, Joe Arpaio and More
Wed Jan 7, 8:33 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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Jon Hinz Gets the Boot From the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities
Thursday, January 08In the world of Arizonans dealing with developmental disabilities, Jon Hinz is a rock star. Sounds funny, I know, but he's been one of the... More>>
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Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, January 8, 2009
Thursday, January 08STREET FIGHTING MAN All-or-nothing Omar: That was an interesting read about Omar Call ("Performance Athiest," Niki D'Andrea, December 25). It's... More>>
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On Curse Words, Salsa Dancing, and the Importance of Compadres
Thursday, January 08I'm a Spanish teacher, and I've been hearing my students say a phrase that I am unsure what it means (if it truly means anything, which they... More>>
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Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, January 8, 2009
Thursday, January 08
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All-or-nothing Omar: That was an interesting read about Omar Call ("Performance Athiest," Niki D'Andrea, December 25). It's... More >>
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