Jax Kitchen at 7286 N. Oracle Road is collecting canned goods for the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, and if you donate four or more they'll give you a dessert of your choice.

Lots of restaurants collect canned goods this time of year, but offering up free eats - especially the amazing desserts available at Jax Kitchen - is especially generous. Nice job Jax Kitchen. Nice job indeed.

This week's Political Roundtable: Republican strategist Jonathan Paton and Democratic strategist Rodd McLeod join Arizona Public Media reporter Christopher Conover and host Jim Nintzel to talk about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear the challenge to SB1070, Sen. John McCain's criticism of the end of the Iraq war and Sheriff Joe's latest troubles with the federal government. Plus, we have an interview with Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne.

Such a waste. So much lost to this one man's hubris. When will people learn? WHEN??

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Four songs recommended by our music writers in this installment of our twice-weekly series, performed by Little Richard, the Buzzcocks, the Greedies, and the Maccabeats.

My favorite reality show cliched quote is still "I'm not here to make friends", but this tribute to another overused phrase makes me wonder if there's some school for non-famous TV personalities out there teaching this stuff. I'd at least like to see the textbook for "Drink Throwing 101".

Recent news from UA Press. To read our review of the book, click here.

Angela Hutchinson Hammer: Arizona’s Pioneer Newspaperwoman, published by the University of Arizona Press, has been named one of four finalists in the ONEBOOKAZ 2012 competition. This annual competition, sponsored by the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records, encourages communities across the State of Arizona to read the same book at the same time and participate in discussions and programs centered around that book.

Published in 2005, Angela Hutchinson Hammer tells the story of a true daughter of the West — a larger than life figure who crusaded against the commonly held belief that women belonged at home darning socks, not running a newspaper. Her decades-long involvement in Arizona’s newspaper industry took her from typesetting and proofreading in Phoenix to establishing a chain of newspapers in towns across the state, including the Wickenburg Miner and the Casa Grande Bulletin.

It looks like there won't be any shortage of medical marijuana patients to flock to the dozens of dispensaries that are waiting patiently (ok, not patiently) to open across the state.

As of Nov. 25, the Department of Health Services, likely to the dismay of Gov. Jan, had passed out 16,313 MMJ cards to qualified patients, according to the latest DHS MMJ report. Seventy-four percent of applicants are men (or boys - 13 patients are under 18), while 26 percent are women or girls.

The age distribution is pretty even across the four age groups from 18-60, though people in their 50s account for 24 percent of the patients, a tad more than the other age groups up to 60. Eleven percent of the patients are in their 60s, but just 284 people (1.8 percent) are over 70.

Interestingly, the last rejection for an MMJ card was in July. The number of rejections still stands at seven, not even enough make it a numeral under AP style.

Judging by the 83 percent of patients who asked to grow - 13,613 - I am guessing there might soon be more people growing MMJ than the stuff you get from a friend of a friend. And hopefully next year the dispensaries will open, and the friends of your friends can get jobs that won't get them arrested. There will be payroll taxes and medical coverage forms and meetings for training, and people will have bosses, real bosses, and all of the other things you get with jobs.

We could use some of those around here.

KOLD, owned by Raycom, has decided to go with in-house anchor talent for its produced newscasts for KMSB. Only Gina Trunzo, who handled weather for KMSB's Belo-produced 9 pm newscast, has a position in the new arrangement, according to a KOLD press release.

Trunzo will join Mark Stine and Erin Jordan on FOX 11 Daybreak, which will air from 7-9 am weekdays on KMSB. The scheduled launch date is Feb. 1. Stine also replaces Scott Kilbury on KOLD News 13 This Morning, which airs from 4:30 to 7 am. As a result Kilbury is transferring to the KMSB 9 pm news anchor desk. Aaron Pickering will handle weather responsibilities alongside Kilbury at 9.

KOLD continues to search for reporter, photographer and behind-the-scenes positions, according to news director Michelle Germano in the press release, but the on-air talent announcement does not bode well for long-time KMSB anchor Lou Raguse or sportscasters David Kelly and Kevin Lewis.

Raycom and Belo entered into a shared service arrangement last month. Under the deal, Belo, which owns KMSB and KTTU, will pay Raycom to produce news broadcasts from KOLD's studio facilities near Cortaro and I-10. The move is leading to the dissolution of more than 30 positions at KMSB.

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Not that I'm in the market, but looking at this guy's house, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want anything to do with his gene pool.

Still, this is America, right? The FDA wants to tell our kids they can't dream of opening their own not-for-profit one man sperm bank someday? I miss freedom.

Since Mr. Khloe Kardashian was traded to a different NBA team the other day, I think that means another city will be subjected to the Kardashians. This is terrible, terrible news, but fortunately it's only Dallas.