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Read The Times most recent Arizona Press Club award-winning stories, the most revered awards in Arizona journalism.
Surgical Roulette
Peñasco Fiasco
Operative Fate
Walking Tall
Guilty
Frozen Assets
The Vanity Tax
Addicted Youth
Silicone Valley
Fatal Lapse

Twelve years after being misdiagnosed with cerebral palsy, the Beery twins are leading normal, active lives. A mother’s tenacious research and what she considers a miracle have set them free. .

Retta Beery shuffles through some early photos of Alexis and Noah, her fraternal twins – physically challenged since birth, and eventually diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 20 months of age.

In almost every photo, all in the family – Retta, husband Joe, oldest son Zach and the twins – are smiling. But it’s the shared, brave smile of a family coping with demanding disabilities. A Christmas card snapshot taken on the putting green in the backyard of their Ahwatukee home finds the twins propping themselves up on golf clubs; a Disneyland photo shows their heads leaning back on a costumed Mickey and Minnie for support
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Cheap Thrills

More than four years after the headless, limbless torso of Jay Orbin was discovered in the desert outside of Phoenix, his ex-wife Marjorie Orbin stands trial for his murder. But in a bizarre twist, Marjorie’s defense is accusing her ex-lover of the crime.

A bizarre twist took place in the final phase of the capital-murder trial of Marjorie Orbin, the 47-year-old former Las Vegas showgirl accused of dismembering her ex-husband’s body and dumping his torso in the desert outside of Phoenix.

For the first time, the defense pointed the finger at Marjorie’s former lover, Larry Weisberg, claiming he is the one who really committed the gruesome murder.. Read Full Story...

 
Featured Articles From Past Issues
 

Unreasonable Doubt - June 2009
Laid Off, Inc. - June 2009
Lived To Tell - May 2009
Chuting The Bull - May 2009
Investigation Justice Delayed April 2009
Distressed Counsel - April 2009
Our Story - March 2009
Cheap Thrills - March 2009
Highway Robbery - February 2009

Recession Recess - February 2009
Wanted - Dead Or Alive - January 2009
Top 10 of 2008 - January 2009
Cheapskate - December 2008
Baby Boom - December 2008
Peñasco Fiasco - November 2008
One Wheel, Many Uses - November 2008
Cyber-Bully - October 2008
Lottery's Lucky Losers - September 2008
Are Air-Guitar Events the Next Karaoke Kraze? - September 2008
Eating Arizona - August 2008
Death Toll - August 2008
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




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