Zinburger May Be the Best Thing Biltmore Fashion Park Has Going for It [Phx New Times]

Where Has All the Gulf Oil Gone? [Yahoo]

ABC Exec Resigns Amid Alleged Sexual Harassment Probe [Hollywood Reporter]

Eesh! Just when you think you’ve heard it all on the AZ Anti-immigration controversy comes this sad tale from the NY Times. (Aren’t you glad you finally got around to opening that first Phoenix bureau, NYT?) In short, it seems that the threat of getting deported is not stopping immigrants from attempting to walk into AZ, with thousands dying in the process.

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Hello, Chow Down followers! Hope you’re hungry because we’ve got full-fledged feast ahead. Here’s a redux of this week’s happenings on our favorite food blogs.

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Looking for a birthday more exciting and adventure-filled than your 21^st birthday’s “Power Hour?” Well, we’ve got your plans pretty much set in stone.

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Undercover Cop, 2 Suspects Killed in S. Phoenix Shootout, 2 Other Officers Wounded [AZ Family]

Runaway Cow Continues to Elude Captors in Ahwatukee [AZ Central]

Abandoned Artic Ship Found 150 Years Later [Huffington Post]

Looking to cross something off your bucket list? Check out this Valley-based resource for all of your book publishing dreams.

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Reactions to Ruling on AZ Immigration Law [AZ Central]

New Beer Show Seeks Host [Draft Mag]

This Week In Tabloids: Angelina’s Topless, Heroin-Fueled Photo Shoot [Gawker]

Birdkage, an apron cover-up line designed by FIT graduate and former Glamour editor Courtney Kivela, makes cooking in silk, chiffon and taffeta entirely possible for all the Real Housewives of Paradise Valley. (And also, incredibly tempting for all the hip pastry chefs of the Valley)! Pine over the vintage-inspired prints after the jump.

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If you’ve signed up for Scoop Factory, you’re in the know. If not, here’s a bunch (get it?) of fresh greenery to brighten up your Wednesday afternoon… and seduce you into signing up for Scoop.

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Opening this fall, the Soleri Bridge is a massive, pedestrian-only walkway that will connect the trendy Scottsdale Waterfront neighborhood with the city’s Art Gallery district located just south across Arizona Canal. Designed by the 91-year-old futurist architect/bell maker, Paolo Soleri, now that the span is in place (see vid), work can begin on two 64-foot-high pylons that will mark seasonal solar events, such as the equinox and solstice, by generating a light beam across the bridge’s surface.

Federal Judge Puts Halt to Key Parts of Arizona’s Immigration Law [AZ Central]

Brittany Murphy’s Husband May Have Spent Most of Her Money [Pop Eater]

Justin Timberlake Directs Hilariously Bad Commercial [Gawker]

What do you get when you combine luscious, prepubescent sideswept bangs, screaming eleven-year-old girls and one tiny Segway? Justin Bieber’s recent near-death experience on his visit to Glendale, AZ. Beib deets after the jump.

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While the endless triple digit heat has smoldered our fashion sense to little more than shorts, tanks and flips flops, those looking to go back in time, say 45 years, for a little style rehab need look no further.

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‘Love Me Nots’ Cancel Shows For Rest of 2010 After Singer Diagnosed with Breast Cancer [Phx New Times]

More Than 1,300 Space Shuttle Workers Get Layoff Notices [Space]

PHOTOS: An Inside Look At ‘The Bachelorette’s’ Tropical Paradise [Radar]

While we could have designated this fine example of taxidermic beauty as ‘Today’s Object of Desire,’ we weren’t too sure how many of you would be clamoring to own a squirrel-ensconced beer bottle. But for those of you who must have the best drinkable rodent art money can buy, then check out The End of History Beer, a 55% alcohol beverage that you’ll most likely regret imbibing as soon as you realize you maxed out your black American Express and ended up on somebody else’s couch, naked. »READ MORE

Sake Rewards the Adventurous Drinker [NY Times]

Federal Decision Moves Forward $500M Casino Plan West of Phoenix [Phx Biz Journal]

AZ Man Lodges Airline Complaint on YouTube While Sweating on the Tarmac [FOX 10]

In this age of Facebook and Twitter, no one is safe from a good old fashioned public shaming. Even Pei Wei, everyone’s favorite salted, greasy mess casual Asian eatery, which felt the wrath of semi-anonymous mob justice when it’s birthday promo deal went down in flames yesterday. See the soy sauce hit the fan after the jump.

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Or should we say throat tickler? Enjoy this gleeful ode to killing yourself in dapper Don Draper style. Anyone else need a smoke break?

Dead Body Found Inside Defunct Tempe Restaurant [AZ Central]

Pie Gone Awry: Baseball Player Tears Up Knee While Pranking Teammate [Yahoo]

Jamba Juice Fires Back at McDonald’s With Cheeseburger Chill Smoothie Commercial [Eater]

It’s official, Downtown Phoenix is all grown up! Yes, for the first time in more than 30 years, the nation’s fifth-largest city has a downtown drugstore. Of course this is huge news for all the residents of those abandoned condo projects government employees, people on jury duty and students at ASU Downtown.

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Though we love summer’s neon-bright, Titanic-sized accessories, we’re also fans of the less is more approach to accessorizing. (Sometimes one, long silver chain can make a bolder statement than four strands of large, colorful beads). Our favorite trend, you ask? A gem-free, fresh coat of nail polish. More specifically, O.P.I. lacquer.

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If you’re not subscribing to our free sister publication, Scoop Factory you’re missing out on the Valley’s best source for timely tips and insider info, such as this recent post about the Valley’s trendiest new ‘POOL.’ And did we mention it’s free?

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In a progressive tragic world under the spell of Kindle, one man believes he can preserve the “lost” art of reading. And, believe it or not, book-lovers across the world are buying into it!

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Protests Planned in Phoenix as SB 1070 Set to Become Law [Phx Biz Journal]

BP’s CEO Replaced, Gets Large Payout [Yahoo]

Ahoy, Rihanna! Pop Star Joins the ‘Battleship’ Crew [EW]

Though it is still 100+ degrees, designers, stylists and fashionistas alike are thinking fall fashion. With a little help from The Huffington Post, we know what colors will be burning up the runways as the air begins to cool.

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