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Determination?

When Dexter Blanch's dog nearly died from complications during spay surgery, he decided to use the event as inspiration and recently brought to market a chastity belt to give pet owners more control o...  
Mar 03, 2010 | 0 Comments

The Continuing Crisis

The Importance of the Dictionary: When Donald Williams was publicly sworn in as a judge in Ulster County, N.Y., on Jan. 2, offices were closed, and no one could find a Bible. Since holy books ar...  
Mar 03, 2010 | 0 Comments

Bright Ideas

An official in Shijiazhuang, China, told Agence France-Presse in December that the city's new “women only” parking lot was designed to meet females' “strong sense of color and different sense of dista...  
Mar 03, 2010 | 0 Comments

The Fragrance of Love

First, farmer Dick Kleis of Zwingle in eastern Iowa, composing a birthday note to his wife, arranged more than 60 tons of manure in a pasture to spell out “Happy Birthday, Love You” in shorthand. Then...  
Mar 03, 2010 | 0 Comments

Oops!

Helmut Kichmeier, 27, a hypnotist “trainee” who appears as Hannibal Helmurto in Britain's Circus of Horrors, accidentally hypnotized himself in January as he was practicing in front of a mirror. (Bein...  
Mar 03, 2010 | 0 Comments

Fine Points of the Law

A death-row inmate has a right to question the fairness of the sentencing jurors if they appear to be so friendly with the judge that they give him (and the bailiff) post-trial gag chocolates shaped l...  
Mar 03, 2010 | 0 Comments

Least Competent Criminals

Didn't Think Ahead: Two men tied up employees at a recycling company in Chicago in December, intending to take away the ATM on the premises, which is normally used to pay people who bring in scrap met...  
Mar 03, 2010 | 0 Comments

Sometimes, Men Just Have to Prove Theirs Is Bigger

A 31-year-old man was stabbed in St. Cloud, Minn., in January. He told police that he and another man were approaching each other on a sidewalk, and when neither man gave way, the other man stabbed hi...  
Mar 03, 2010 | 0 Comments

Recurring Themes

The Whole Truth and Nothing But: Last August, an applicant for the police force in Montgomery, Ala., following directions to be truthful during the job interview, admitted that he owned child pornogra...  
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Gay attorney gives up right to practice law in Oklahoma over deep-seated discrimination

Slaton Anthony has given up several things since deciding Oklahoma was not the place to be for a gay man. He gave up his home, marriage and military service. But Anthony also decided that practicing ...  
Mar 03, 2010 | 3 Comments

Oklahoma Gazette earned an array of awards at three different contests in February

Oklahoma Gazette received 18 honors at the 2009 Oklahoma Pro Chapter’s Society of Professional Journalists awards, including five firsts, six seconds, five thirds and two honorable mentions in Divisi...  
Mar 03, 2010 | 1 Comment

As Oklahoma City revitalizes, questions arise about long-term state of homeless

Ruben Martinez tells his story from inside The Salvation Army Central Oklahoma Area Command’s Family Shelter. It’s a heart-wrenching tale of how his family became displaced last year. He said he lost...  
Mar 03, 2010 | 0 Comments

Liberal blogs by the numbers

When last we visited, I discussed conservative Oklahoma blogs, how small and narrow their readership was, and how much blog conflict takes place in a largely empty echo chamber. I also observed that t...  
Mar 03, 2010 | 3 Comments

Former talent show TV star becomes Queen’s lead singer, recreating the stage theatrics of legend

One Night of Queen 8 p.m. Friday Riverwind Casino 1544 W. State Highway 9, Norman www.riverwind.com 322-6000 $20-$30 Twenty-five years before Lady Gaga, listeners heard “Radio Ga Ga” emanating from ...  
Mar 03, 2010 | 1 Comment


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