Rasmussen puts Democrat Terry Goddard at a disadvantage against his potential Republican opponents in this year's gubernatorial race:

Now Brewer, who became governor when Janet Napolitano moved to Washington to be secretary of Homeland Security and has been plagued with severe budget problems ever since, earns 44% to Goddard’s 40%. A month ago, Goddard posted a 45% to 36% lead over the governor. were virtually tied in January.

State Treasurer Dean Martin is still the biggest votegetter, with 47% support to Goddard’s 34%.

Goddard earns 37% of the vote against businessman Buz Mills and former Arizona Republican Party Chairman John Munger. Mills and Munger, in turn, pick up 46% and 44% support, respectively.

Last month, only Martin and Mills managed to draw greater support than Goddard from likely Arizona voters.

Read Rasmussen's summary of the results here.

UA School of Journalism student Sean O'Neill-Ryan gives us a look at The Shanty's Bill Nugent, owner and bartender.

octopus steals my video camera and swims off with it (while it's Recording) from Victor Huang on Vimeo.

Who isn't dazzled by the undersea footage we see these days? Here's a clip of octopus snatching a vidcam away from a diver and continuing to film during a chase to get it back.

Throughout the week, we'll be posting slideshows of some of the sights at this year's Pima County Fair, which is running through April 25. See all our photos at Flickr.com/TucsonWeekly. First up: the rides.

More info on the fair here.

For those of you who didn't see every single band at last weekend's Spring Club Crawl (i.e. all of you), here's a sampling the videos we shot for TucsonWeeklyTV.com:

Who's excited for the Local Natives show at Solar Culture tonight? If your answer wasn't "I AM!" then you probably haven't heard them yet. Click here to download two of their songs for free, and get all the show details here and here.

"Happy Jack," by Matthew Yates, is on display in Tucson Saguaro Photography Invitational, continuing through May 3 at Temple Gallery in the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave.

A new cupcake store called Sweet Things Cupcake Shoppe will open soon at the Foothills Mall. The menu is posted at the shop's website, which is already up and running. The store's Facebook page says the opening will happen this summer.

It wasn't long ago that Tucson didn't have a single store solely dedicated to cupcakes, at least that we know of. When Sweet Things Cupcake Shoppe opens, we'll have four or so—and all of those opened in the last year.

Sen. John McCain has endorsed SB 1070, the illegal-immigration omnibus legislation that the Arizona Senate is scheduled to vote on this afternoon.

Politico reports:

Sen. John McCain has endorsed a tough Arizona anti-immigration bill that will let police arrest people who aren’t carrying identification, the latest move in McCain’s rightward shift in advance of a tough Republican Senate primary this summer.

“I think it’s a very important step forward,” McCain said Monday. “I can fully understand why the legislature would want to act.”

It’s a dramatic switch for a senator who supported comprehensive immigration reform with Democratic lion Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) just four years ago. McCain is facing a primary challenge from the right in former Rep. J.D. Hayworth.

Under the Arizona law, which passed the state House last week and is expected to be signed by Gov. Jan Brewer (R), police can arrest anyone

The Cheba Hut, Tucson's pot-themed sandwich shop, is celebrating tomorrow’s pro-marijuana holiday with eating contests, live music and more giveaways than you can shake a pack of rolling papers at.

Pot people everywhere celebrate “420” tomorrow, an informal holiday observed annually on April 20. The origins of the holiday tend to vary depending on the age of the person asked and the potency of what they've been smoking, but tomorrow is unofficial marijuana day, and a lot of people will be getting really high around 4:20 p.m.

The Cheba Hut opens at 10 a.m. tomorrow, but owner Steve Bigelow says the live music (six bands!) and other festivities won’t get hopping until 2 p.m. The Tucson chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws has also chosen the restaurant as the end point for its marijuana march, which starts at 3 p.m. on the corner of Broadway Boulevard and Plumer Avenue.

A sandwich-eating contest is scheduled to take place at about 4:20 p.m., said Bigelow. A contest to see who can eat the most “goo-ball,” a mixture of Rice Krispies, peanut butter, honey and chocolate, will also be held. Bigelow said there’ll also be tons of free food, commemorative Frisbees, plastic pot-leaf necklaces, giveaways and a dunk tank where he and employees will make appearances.

Admission is free. Call 624-2880 for more information.