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Walking Tall
Guilty
Frozen Assets
The Vanity Tax
Addicted Youth
Silicone Valley
Fatal Lapse
Shooting Stars
Finding Love Again
Auction Action


David “Conan” Cohn steps up to the counter at the Blue Burrito Grille and asks the woman behind the register, “What’s the biggest burrito you’ve got?” Conveniently, in the grand tradition of restaurants challenging their hungriest customers, the Phoenix-based chain lists its biggest specialty first on the menu, aptly called the “Big Blue.”

“Perfect,” Cohn smiles. “And a glass of water.”

Soon, the 6-foot-two, 202-pound Cohn is hunkered down at a table with the $8.75 monstrosity sitting before him. Grasping the anaconda-like burrito stuffed with charbroiled chicken, black beans, guacamole and cheese, he nods to his companion who’s looking at a stopwatch. “Ready?” Read Full Story...

Death Toll
(Dead Wronged Part II)

High pressure sales tactics and consumer ignorance leave many grieving Arizonans vulnerable to funeral R.I.P. offs.

 

Last year, John and Laurie McKinley started planning their funerals – picking out caskets, comparing prices at mortuaries and finally purchasing side-by-side funeral plots. Both in their mid-50s, the McKinleys wanted to avoid passing the financial and emotional burden associated with funeral planning on to their children.

But while John McKinley says he was ready for the inevitable, he was not prepared for the business practices at some of the Valley’s mortuaries.

“It was like buying a used car,” he says. “They’re like a bunch of vultures.” Read Full Story...
 
Featured Articles From Past Issues
 

Dead Wronged - July 2008
The e-Pod Evolution - July 2008
Revolving Door - June 2008
The Valley's Web Celebs - June 2008
Lady Killer - May 2008
Operative Fate - May 2008
Virtual Addicts - April 2008
The Hunch Bunch - April 2008
Conditional Love - March 2008
Play Ball - March 2008
Obsessed - February 2008
Doomsday's Skeptic - February 2008
Surgical Roulette - January 2008
A Long Goodbye - January 2008
Treasure Found - December 2007
"Whoa! Whoa!" Saturday Morning Speedsters- December 2007
Fugitives' Paradise - November 2007
Lakeside Amoeba - November 2007
Vanished - October 2007
Rocky Point 911 - October 2007
Raging Love - September 2007
Rose Dribbles Into the Community - September 2007
Eye Spy - August 2007
A Rebate With Your Burger? - August 2007
The Green Extreme - July 2007



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