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(11/30/10 10:51pm)
What if I told you that you could build a brand new house for $20,000? It’s a completely legitimate offer; Blueprints, lumber, supplies and everything else to put a roof over your head for less than the cost of many car loans. It’s not from a pop-up ad or spam folder and doesn’t involve the enhancement of any anatomical features, but there is definitely a catch; your new home would just barely be 100-square feet.
(11/18/10 1:42am)
It was a close one, Arizona, but thanks to the passage of Proposition 203, people with certain serious illnesses and chronic pain can qualify for legal medicinal use of marijuana.
(11/15/10 11:04pm)
On the off chance that you pick up a newspaper today and flip through its entirety, I bet you wouldn’t realize you just read something completely made up. In fact most upstanding publications in this country have at least one fabricated piece on any given day. This paper does. It’s the horoscope.
(11/03/10 2:40am)
A couple months ago, an elderly man swallowed his dentures. Well, not entirely swallowed, because they got stuck in his throat first, but he spent six days in intensive care following the surgery. The man was OK with one exception: his $106,911.93 medical bill.
(10/29/10 12:10am)
Last weekend was the ninth anniversary of the first generation iPod. But we all know the iPod was successful, instead let us celebrate a different passing; last weekend Sony announced it was going to stop production of its Walkman, the cassette version, that is.
(10/21/10 12:32am)
For bright college students feeling disillusioned by college classes and the less-than-staggering array of career opportunities a higher education can provide, one rich entrepreneur is providing a way out with his 20 Under 20 program.
(10/14/10 2:22am)
There is something very American about the automobile.
(10/06/10 1:51am)
Arizona is a state unlike any other. You can drive two hours in one direction and not leave the Phoenix metro area. We feel that huge, man-made bodies of water are best dammed by inflatable balloons. You can buy dozens of semi-automatic weapons without ID or paperwork. We are best known for a picturesque hole in the ground. Our specialty is aged politicians, like the governor who quickly recalls inaccurate facts about decapitated bodies, but needs 13 seconds of live airtime to remember the good she’s done since her promotion. And there is a big mountain in the middle of Phoenix that looks like a camel.
(09/29/10 11:29pm)
The murder of a photography intern at a prominent Mexican newspaper earlier this month has finally prompted Mexican media to stand up to the drug cartels.
(09/22/10 9:40pm)
For those who have tried Skype before, you know it’s a free way to video or audio chat and instant message with other users.
(09/16/10 12:29am)
The latest in campus-wide ASU spam mail was sent Friday evening with the vague subject “Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) Student Disclosure.”
(09/08/10 10:15pm)
Last week’s 7.1 magnitude earthquake in New Zealand is the latest in a growing list of major natural disasters to strike this year. Just in case they’ve all begun to blend together for you as well, here’s a recap: There was the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti last January, an 8.8 magnitude quake hit Chile in February, in April a volcanic eruption in Iceland stopped international and European flights for nearly a week, July brought heavy rains and flooding to Pakistan, wildfires burned in Russia throughout August, taking pollution to five times the healthy level, and China is currently experiencing the worst flooding it has seen in two decades.
(09/01/10 10:22pm)
It has been almost a month since Elena Kagan was confirmed as the fourth female Supreme Court Justice, bringing a new male-female ratio to the nation’s highest judicial body. While no judicial decisions have been issued yet, researchers predict that having three women will significantly affect Supreme Court rulings.
(08/26/10 3:46am)
Aimless. Unfocused. Co-dependent. Stuck in a temp job. Do any of these ring true for anyone you know? Well, this is how The New York Times described America’s current 20-something Generation Y’ers. Harsh? If you think so, you wouldn’t be alone.