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Scott Cooper
For some Oklahoma fisherman, one of the tastier fillets is crappie. Considered one of the easier species to catch, crappie is best caught in spring. Through March and April, crappie swim into shallow...

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Lisa Spinelli
A few gourmet stores provide Okies with authentic imported goods, cooking classes from professional chefs, kitchenware and even freshly cooked meals. "I think it's great for our city; it's giving us...

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Jim Chastain
High school competition helps keep poetry alive Established in 2005 by the National Endowment for the Arts, the "Poetry Out Loud" competition encourages high school students to memorize and recite so...

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Rod Lott
Tulsa-based author and three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee Michael Wallis has written what may be the definitive biography of a famed American outlaw in "Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride." "God...

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Scott Cooper
Recent data show the number of tornadoes in Oklahoma for the past five years is significantly down from the average, as are the number of violent tornadoes " something Oklahoma is more known for...

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Greg Horton
Rhonda Byrne's "The Secret" has become one of the fastest-selling books of all time with 3.75 million copies in print, saying thinking good thoughts brings about good and thinking bad thoughts b...

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Gazette staff
The Press Club of Dallas and the Press Club of Dallas Foundation filed a civil fraud lawsuit on Monday against former Press Club President Elizabeth Albanese over the judging of the 2005 and 200...

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Rod Lott
The sixth annual Free Comic Book Day will be held nationwide Saturday.   Visitors to participating area stores can choose from 43 titles specially published for FCBD, featuring such characters as: " S...

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Scott Cooper
This week in 1935, the Oklahoma City Council approved the installation of the world's first parking meter.   Invented by lawyer and newspaper editor Carl C. Magee, the parking meter was met with as mu...

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Rod Lott
For his new novel, "Skin," Christian author Ted Dekker has dropped the evangelical angle on which he has built his entire writing career.   Yet Dekker insists he hasn't turned his back on God or his f...