David Taintor May 25, 2012, 8:07 AM David Carr, media columnist and culture reporter for The New York Times, talked recently to TPM about the future of news, the “glorious” view of the Port Authority Bus Terminal from his desk and what would happen if Twitter went dark tomorrow. What is your writing/reporting day like? Today, I spent far too much time on email and Twitter, and far too little time reporting a story I’m working on. I stayed up until 2 o’clock last night. I did sort of a personal elegiac post about Netflix, comparing it to my experience with AOL. I like to write at night. I’m kind of a vampire, and I have trouble writing in the newsroom. When I was first ... Continue reading →

Tucson police conducted an intensive search — both in the number of people questioned and areas checked — in the hours and days following the disappearance of Isabel Celis, newly released reports show. Tucson police on Thursday made public more than 500 pages of reports filed by officers who were involved in the search for 6-year-old Isabel, who was reported missing from her midtown home April 21. The investigation has cost Tucson police more than $1 million and involved hundreds of officers. Most of the police reports were similar in detail, briefly spelling out each officer’s involvement in the case. Most of the reports were from officers who conducted searches, canvassed neighborhoods or followed up on tips reported by the community. Some details from the ... Continue reading →

A baby girl made her debut at in an unlikely place Thursday morning — the parking lot of a northwest-side Circle K.Her delivery room was her parents’ Toyota Rav-4.A Northwest fire crew helped deliver the baby after receiving a 911 call from the couple who were on their way to a hospital from their Dove Mountain home, said Capt. Adam Goldberg, a Northwest fire spokesman. Firefighters met the couple at a Circle K near Ina Road and Interstate 10 just after 6:30 a.m. and within four minutes the baby was born, Goldberg said.Mom and baby were taken to Northwest Hospital and are both healthy and doing well, Goldberg said.Northwest fire receives several calls from women feeling contractions and calls to help take patients in labor ... Continue reading →

Is Ben Arredondo bait, with bigger fish to come? Looks like there may be more to come in the public corruption probe that led to the indictment last week of state Rep. Ben “Show Me the Tickets” Arredondo. The Department of Justice is asking a judge to seal the evidence against the Democratic lawmaker, who to my astonishment hasn’t resigned his office. (He is, after all, oh so close to that lucrative pension we offer elected officials.) The DOJ, in a motion filed this week in federal court, says it must release to Arredondo’s lawyers “a large amount of material, much of which contains confidential and sensitive information related to other investigations,” both closed and ongoing. “If this information were to be publicly disclosed, such ... Continue reading →

Project Red, White & Blue Preview: Jennifer Waddell interviews CD8 contender Jesse Kelly The interview was marred by an outburst from Kelly's spokesman CREATED 12:39 PM Notes by: Forrest Carr, KGUN9 News Director As part of 9 On Your Side's Project Red, White and Blue political coverage commitment, KGUN9 News has been interviewing candidates for the upcoming Congressional District 8 race. This is the contest to replace Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who resigned due to injuries sustained in the January 8 mass shooting. On Tuesday KGUN9 News presented an extended interview with Democratic challenger Ron Barber. On Thursday KGUN9 viewers will hear from Green Party candidate Charlie Manolakis. Jesse Kelly's turn is today. On this afternoon's KGUN9 News at 5, anchor Jennifer Waddell will present highlights ... Continue reading →

Republicans are touting a grainy video of Democrat Ron Barber passionately campaigning for passage of the health-care overhaul bill in September 2009 as evidence he has been dishonest with voters about his role in getting the Democrat-backed law approved.The GOP and Republican congressional candidate Jesse Kelly have repeatedly linked Barber to "Obamacare" in TV ads and mailers.In response, Barber has said he wasn't in office to vote on the law, and that his job as former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' district director did not include drafting bills. He has also said the law was "far from perfect," and proposed keeping good aspects while revising bad aspects.When asked during last week's KUAT debate if he would have voted for the bill if he were in Congress ... Continue reading →

El dólar libre inicio la jornada con una cotización a la venta de 14.09 pesos, esto es 17 centavos más que el cierre de la jornada previa. MÉXICO, D.F. (Agencias)Bancos de la capital mexicana venden esta mańana el dólar libre hasta en 14.09 pesos, 17 centavos más respecto al cierre de ayer, en tanto que el precio más bajo a la compra es de 13.52 pesos. A su vez, el euro registra una cotización máxima a la venta de 17.91 pesos, tres centavos más en comparación con el término de la sesión cambiaria de la víspera, mientras que el yen se ofrece hasta en 0.179 pesos. Grupo Financiero Ve por Más comenta que antes de su apertura, el peso cotizaba en 13.9677 pesos, que representa ... Continue reading →

A federal court judge on Tuesday imposed a 40-year sentence on a White supremacist who was behind a 2004 bombing that seriously injured Scottsdale's diversity director. A jury found Dennis Mahon, 61, guilty in February of conspiracy to damage buildings and property by means of explosives; malicious damage of a building by means of explosives; and distribution of information related to explosives. Dennis' twin brother, Daniel, was found not guilty of a single count: conspiracy to damage buildings and property. Dennis Mahon maintained his innocence in court moments before he was sentenced. "I didn't do this crime. I can't apologize for something I didn't do,'' he said. A pipe bomb was addressed to then-Diversity Director Don Logan, who is Black, and was delivered to his ... Continue reading →