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Dad Tried to Smear School Official With Porn Profile

John Johnson — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:02:35 CDT

A dad who was angry at the assistant principal of his son's school tried to exact a modern form of revenge: He created a fake profile under the official's name at a porn site, then posted lewd photos and videos supposedly from the man, reports the Arizona Republic . He also...

Hawaii Verifies Obama Birth Records Yet Again

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 23 May 2012 09:00:22 CDT

We somehow doubt that this will finally put the birther brouhaha to bed, but: After what the AP describes as "a nearly three-month back and forth," Hawaii has verified President Obama's birth records to Arizona. Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett had threatened to remove Obama from the November ballot...

Arizona Official Threatens to Take Obama Off Ballot

Mark Russell — Sat, 19 May 2012 06:36:52 CDT

Arizona's secretary of state insists he's not a birther—"I believe that the president was born in Hawaii," says Ken Bennett, "or at least I hope he was." Nevertheless, Bennett says that if he does not get confirmation from Hawaii that Barack Obama was born there, the president could be...

Man Buys 6 Powerball Tickets, Wins $1M on Each

Fri, 11 May 2012 18:13:05 CDT

A suburban Phoenix man made a lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky guess in a recent multistate lottery game. The anonymous Glendale man claimed six $1 million prizes after purchasing six Powerball tickets with the same winning numbers late last month. The tickets were good for six second-place prizes. (He...

Catholic School Boycotts Title Game Over Girl Player

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 11 May 2012 04:21:55 CDT

An Arizona Catholic high school has ditched a shot at a state baseball title to shun a rival team with a female second-baseman. Our Lady of Sorrows, a fundamentalist Catholic school in Phoenix, refused to participate in the Arizona Charter Athletic Association state championship game against Mesa Prep because Paige...

Feds: We're Taking Sheriff Joe to Court

Kevin Spak — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:40:30 CDT

The Justice Department is through negotiating with the self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in America. Authorities announced yesterday that they will sue Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio for alleged civil rights violations, the AP reports. The department had been trying to work out an agreement with Arpaio in which he'd train his officers...

Arizona Bans Funding to Planned Parenthood

Sat, 05 May 2012 05:26:37 CDT

Gov. Jan Brewer yesterday signed into law a bill to cut off Planned Parenthood's access to taxpayer money funneled through the state for non-abortion services. Arizona already bars use of public money for abortions except to save the life of the mother. But anti-abortion legislators and other supporters of the...

Neo-Nazi Militia Leader Kills 4 in Phoenix

Rob Quinn — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:44:55 CDT

The white supremacist founder of an Arizona border militia is believed to shot and killed three adults and a toddler before committing suicide. The body of JT Ready, head of the US Border Guard group, was found at a home in suburban Phoenix along with those of his girlfriend, her...

Court Seems Fine With Arizona Immigration Law

Kevin Spak — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:17:18 CDT

Today the Supreme Court heard the final arguments in the case over Arizona's controversial immigration law, and it's not looking good for the Obama administration. Justices seemed decidedly skeptical about the Justice Department's central argument that the law impinged on the federal government's power to control immigration, the Washington Post...