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Confessions of an ambulance chaser--"We're all evil!--Eyeball to eyeball with the Night Stalker

9:56 PM Fri, Oct 05, 2007 |
Mike Watkiss

It's probably the worst interview of my career, my face-to-face jail house chit-chat with notorious serial killer Richard Ramirez.
Ramirez is perhaps best known as "the Night Stalker", a West Texas drifter who descend on Southern California in the early '80s like a deadly disease. Ramirez was former Catholic alter-boy who as a teen turned into a glue-sniffing Satan worshiper. After making his way to California, Ramir...



Fall Forecast

4:14 PM Wed, Oct 03, 2007 |
April Warnecke

Not exactly a surprising forecast: Arizona's fall looks to be warm and dry. The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center just issued it's look ahead for October, November and December. Almost all of Arizona is forecast to have warmer than average temperatures and below-average precipitation. But don't blame The Forecasters...blame La Nina.

Yep, she's back. The climate phenomenon means that a periodic cooling of sea s...



confessions of an ambulance chaser--Hatred, Religion and a High-Powered Rifle

11:54 PM Mon, Oct 01, 2007 |
Mike Watkiss

The first serial killer I ever met was a guy named Joseph Paul Franklin. He was a Southern white drifter who came floating through Salt lake City about thirty years ago.
On his way through town, Franklin happens to see two black teenage boys and two white teenage girls walking together on the edge of one of the city's downtown parks.
So what does Joseph Paul Franklin do? He parks his car. He quietly slips ...



Who Do I Cheer For? (Or Do I Just Take the Series Off)

6:40 PM Mon, Oct 01, 2007 |
Royal Norman

I haven't had any trouble before. I grew up in Chicago, have lived and died with the Cubs, and try to make at least one trip a year to the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field. I couldn't stop being a Cubs fan if I wanted to. It's in my DNA. I can't tell you how many times, beginning in 1969, that my World Series hopes have been dashed with the Cubs.

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