If you could pick a guy who’d be most likely to bite a horse, then why not Oklahoma City Blazers hockey coach Doug Sauter? First, he’s a hockey coach. Second, he’s got a great mustache (goo goo ga joob!). But, beyond all this, he bit the horse in the service of humanity. […]
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Omniplex Planetarium show highlights Pawnee Indian heritage
Astronomy-minded kids can learn how the Pawnee Indians explained the creation of Earth through the stars with “Spirits from the Sky, Thunder on the Land,” playing now through Nov. 18 at the Planetarium at the Omniplex Science Museum, 2100 N.E. 52nd. The show will take visitors on a journey with the Pawnee Indians, who annually […]
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Without GM Plant, Oklahoma City still a strike site
OK, time to play that old-time favorite “Sesame Street” game: Which thing doesn’t belong? Mega-giant automobile maker General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers union finally struck a deal, which ended two days of strikes by GM employees nationwide. During the negotiations, UAW members picketed in front of GM plants all over the country […]
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Oklahoma baseball coach’s OSU daughter poses in ‘Girls of the Big 12’
CFN’s intern, Bucky, is a child of the Internet. Well, that’s only 75 percent accurate, but let’s just say he’s part of the whippersnapper generation that gets most of his news by clicking around the World Wide Web. When Bucky mentioned a news item emanating from a print publication, our interest was piqued. It […]
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Oklahoma’s unemployment rate drops in August
Oklahoma’s unemployment rate dropped seven-tenths of a percent to 4.2 in August, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission Economic Research & Analysis Division reported today. OESC reported a 4.9 percent unemployment rate in July. Although the August 2006 unemployment rate was 4 percent, the August 2007 figures represent a departure from the increasing rate that […]
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Edmond dancer spoils ‘Indiana Jones’ plots for the Internet to see
Director Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones” film franchise has been stocked with great villains, like that creepy Belloq fellow with the burnt palm or that one guy who pulls the heart out of that other dude’s chest. Now add another name to that list. Because of Tyler Nelson’s talents in the highly coveted realm of […]
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Oklahoma City diner owner shares economic predictors with New York Times
Cancel your subscription to the Wall Street Journal, America. Forget watching stocks and bonds. When it comes to leading economic indicators, all you have to do is sidle up to a table in Sherri’s Diner, 704 S.W. 59th, in Oklahoma City. Annie Cox and her eatery made the front page of The […]
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Thomas the Tank Engine pulling into Oklahoma City
Put away the plastic toy trains and take the kids for a ride they’ll never forget. Children’s books and TV star Thomas the Tank Engine makes a stop at Oklahoma Railway Museum this weekend, bringing fun for the whole family. “Day Out with Thomas 2007: All Aboard Tour” will visit 45 cities in the Unites […]
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Oklahoma City Web site names 100 top embarrassments
In the spirit of the centennial year, Chicken-Fried News’ second favorite Oklahoma Web site has come up with a unique idea to celebrate the state’s 100th birthday. The folks at TheLostOgle.com decided a list of Oklahoma’s top 100 embarrassments was needed. We at CFN are glad we didn’t make the list. At the top […]
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Rural Oklahoma woman finds zebra in her yard
Nights in rural eastern Oklahoma have a lot of stars ” but it’s another thing to find stripes. Sharon McConough knew something was odd at her rural Ranger Creek home near Fort Gibson Lake, something making her shepherd, Bizzy, bark like mad, according to a story in the Muskogee Phoenix. Of course, the […]