AltWeeklies Wire
A Different Kind of Bloggernew
"Vlogging" or video blogging is the latest advancement in weblogging, and Christian Brower of vlogmania.com is one of the first to hop on the bandwagon.
Phoenix New Times |
Jimmy Magahern |
04-02-2005 |
Science
Arizona Lawmaker Goes After Campus Pressnew
Russell Pearce, a member of the Salt Lake City-based Mormon Church, put language in this year's state budget bill to eliminate funding for campus publications in Arizona because they have run stories and photographs he considers offensive.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
03-22-2005 |
Media
DDT and the Contaminated Splendor of Painted Rock Reservoirnew
The emergence of Arizona's second largest lake is no cause to celebrate. Its water will disappear under the scorching summer sun, leaving behind a poisonous legacy.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
03-16-2005 |
Environment
Divorce Mediator Was Not the Lawyer He Claimed to Benew
Gary Karpin operates what he says is a booming one-man mediation business called "Divorce With Dignity." Two clients say he preyed on vulnerable divorcees, both romantically and financially.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
02-01-2005 |
Children & Families
How Two Tempe Women Found Scott Peterson's Missing Cementnew
A photo Genna McCallie took of a bag of cement in Scott Peterson's driveway drew her and her friend Kathy Monkman into a murder case they'd only intended to comment on online.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
01-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Drought Spurs More Mexicans to Cross Bordernew
The smuggling organizations that last year helped more than half a million Mexicans cross the border near Phoenix are now larger, more sophisticated and more violent than ever before, U.S. immigration enforcement officials say.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Nelson |
12-28-2004 |
Immigration
Arizona Water Issue Doesn't Restrain Urban Sprawlnew
Central Arizona has enough renewable surface water to build and sustain a metropolis of at least 10 million people. But planners should discourage sprawl by restoring the dried-up Salt River.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
12-14-2004 |
Environment
Hope I Die Before I Get Oldnew
Arizona has the power to make nursing homes provide good care. Too bad it doesn't use it.
Phoenix New Times |
Bruce Rushton |
12-06-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Polygamous Prophet Plays Role in School District Fiasconew
In October, payroll checks started bouncing at the Colorado City Unified School District. New Times has uncovered evidence that Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had a hand in the district?s financial ruin.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
11-30-2004 |
Education
Tags: Education
Up the Down Staircasenew
When they had their third child with Down Syndrome, a Mormon family decided Santa Claus would be coming to their home forever.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
11-30-2004 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
University Prez Curbs Free Speech to Please Donornew
Be it to keep the Commission on Presidential Debates at bay, cower to a donor who also happens to be a George W. Bush elector in the Electoral College, or coddle members of the Mormon church, Arizona State University's president is trying to scare a campus of 55,000 into submission.
Phoenix New Times |
Joe Watson |
11-24-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Con Artist Gets Free Pass from Justice Systemnew
Grifter Bob Owens has seemingly rendered himself untouchable from prosecution for his well-documented and financially lucrative crimes. He has done so, in part, by compromising factions inside the criminal-justice system, including the cops and the defense bar.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
11-15-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Arizona's Fossil Creek to Be Revivednew
Nearly 90 percent of Arizona's native riparian stream systems have been lost, and more than half of its native fish species are endangered. But business leaders and environmentalists are working together to restore Fossil Creek.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
11-09-2004 |
Environment
No Easy Solution to Illegal Immigrationnew
On Nov. 2, Arizonans passed Proposition 200, designed to further limit public benefits to non-citizens. The consequences on both illegal immigration and the economy are hotly debated but still unknown.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Nelson |
11-09-2004 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal immigrants, Immigration, crime, border, D.C., construction, nanny, coyotes, cheap labor, day laborers, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California-San Diego, emergency room, federal immigration laws, nannies, Pro-Prop 200 leader Russell Pearce, Prop 200 opposition leader Alfredo Gutierrez, Sonoran Desert, Steve Camarota, U.S. Border Patrol, Wayne Cornelius
Blood on Their Handsnew
Shortly after a doctor at Maricopa Medical Center released Rodney Aviles from the psychiatric ward, he bludgeoned his mother and 7-year-old niece to death. Five years later, his criminal case remains unresolved.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
10-19-2004 |
Crime & Justice
