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ASU professor's lab pays students to get drunk

by Anne Ryman - Jul. 22, 2011 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

In some respects, Will Corbin's laboratory is the same as many others at Arizona State University. Lots of glass bottles on the shelves. A stainless-steel sink. Carefully calibrated lighting. The similarities stop there, however.

In Corbin's lab, a long bar stretches across the low-lit room. A Beefeater gin sign hangs on a wall. The bottles behind the bar have whiskey, vodka and tequila labels.

The lab's guinea pigs, mostly students, are urged to get drunk.

For two years at ASU and, before that, for seven years at Yale University, Corbin, a 41-year-old psychology professor, has operated a simulated bar where researchers serve alcohol to students and observe and test their results. Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2011/07/22/20110722asu-professor-study-drinking.html#comments#ixzz1T3ZwIrw4

Protect Yourself From Mortgage Scams

Updated: Monday, 18 Jul 2011, 12:04 PM MST
Published : Monday, 18 Jul 2011, 12:04 PM MST

The housing market is still struggling to recover here in the valley, and there are a lot of schemes out there preying on people who are desperate to keep their homes. The latest involves a mortgage broker in Glendale and her associate.

The FBI claims they schemed valley homeowners out of $17 million, and they now face conspiracy and fraud charges.So how can homeowners avoid being the next victims? http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/morning_show/protect-yourself-from-mortgage-scams-07182011

Feds Aim to Combat Family Violence on Reservations

One-third of American Indian women raped

Updated: Saturday, 23 Jul 2011, 3:51 PM MST
Published : Saturday, 23 Jul 2011, 3:49 PM MST

FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has unveiled a legislative proposal that would stiffen federal sentences for certain domestic violence crimes in Indian Country and expand tribes' authority to enforce protection orders against non-Indians living on reservations.

The proposal seeks to address crimes on tribal lands that officials say have reached epidemic rates. One-third of all American Indian women will be raped in their lifetime, and nearly three of five have been assaulted by their partner, the Justice Department says. In addition, murder rates are 10 times higher than the national average for Native women. http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/apx-USDomestic-ViolenceTribes_95865397-07232011

Bryan Jeffries, Phoenix Councilman Running to Keep His District 2 Seat, Gets Nod From Sonoran Citizens Improvement Association

By Monica Alonzo Wed., Jul. 20 2011 at 5:37 PM

Political endorsements are flying off the shelves in Phoenix, where voters will elect a new mayor and five City Council members on August 30.
Among the latest is the Sonoran Citizens Improvement Association's expected endorsement of Bryan Jeffries, the Mesa firefighter appointed to fill the City Council seat vacated by former Councilwoman Peggy Neely after she announced her bid for Phoenix mayor. http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/

Queen Creek Unified School District seeks board memberby Hayley Ringle - Jul. 22, 2011 10:28 AM
The Arizona Republic

Queen Creek Unified School District is seeking of a new governing board member after Monica Cavanaugh resigned in June.

Cavanaugh, a board member for three years, had to resign because she was hired as a math teacher and student council advisor at Queen Creek High School. School board members can't work for the district and sit on its school board.

"I love Queen Creek. This is where my heart is," said Cavanaugh, 37, who used to be a math teacher at Queen Creek Middle School and Queen Creek High. "It certainly is hard for me to leave the board but I didn't see myself anywhere else."

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2011/07/22/20110722queen-creek-unified-seeks-new-board-member.html#ixzz1T3XvkaoV

Pinal wants public input on adding supervisors

by Lindsey Collom - Jul. 19, 2011 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

More people means more government representation in Pinal County's future, but officials say they need more public input to determine what expanded representation will look like.

A survey linked to the county's website, www.pinalcountyaz.gov, at www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZPJ796W, asks residents to rate factors based on level of importance to help expand Pinal's board of supervisors from three to five members.

As they carve out new supervisor districts, planners want to know public sentiment on questions such as: Should cities stay within one district or be divided? Does it matter if districts are heavily partisan? Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2011/07/19/20110719pinal-supervisors-public-input.html#ixzz1T3Z2zfgo