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Oklahoma’s own Sen. James Inhofe got a crowd cheering quickly at a recent Conservative Political Action Conference, a Washington Post columnist reported. Here at CFN we’re still scratching our heads about his method.   “I have been called ” my kids are all aware of this ” dumb, crazy man, science abuser, Holocaust denier, villain […]

Republicans and Democrats have been fighting over a lot of things lately down at the state Capitol. Bills on abortion certainly have rallied passionate feelings on both sides of the political aisle. An immigration-reform measure had sharp words flowing and daggers drawn before it easily passed the House of Representatives. And, of course, the old […]

Guess what? If you stick a keg with beer dregs in it into a fire with the lid clamped on, you getcherself a gol-dang explosion! No sheet, by golly.   At least, that’s what a couple of Adair folks discovered when they did just that, a recent story reported.   According to The Associated Press, […]

The state’s own laws have given its anti-alcohol police a bitter beer face, according to a recent story.   According to the piece, an opinion by Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson states that officers with Oklahoma’s Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission ain’t able to arrest anyone selling 3.2 beer to minors (who become intoxicated) for […]

Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, said he was extremely happy with a vote that would withhold state health, welfare and educational services to those who could not prove their legal citizenship status.   “I’m ecstatic,” he told reporters as they walked past him in the halls of the Oklahoma House of Representatives following the vote, ignoring […]

New York Times best-selling novelist William Bernhardt found himself in a stranger-than-fiction scenario on his home turf of Tulsa recently. According to a Tulsa World report, the novelist of several legal thrillers was pulled over the morning of Feb. 23 by police after his vehicle hit the curb twice, and then twice more before finally […]

Only a few days remain to submit nominations for the 2007 Oklahoma Hall of Fame, sponsored by the Oklahoma Heritage Foundation.   Last year, Oklahoma Gazette pointed out some omissions from the hall of fame including Woody Guthrie. The Okemah native was inducted back in November.   There are still a few names yet to […]

Editorial note: If you take off your clothes at a bar named “Crappy’s,” don’t expect to keep your job with the Enid Fire Department.   That’s what a female rookie firefighter discovered when she was terminated for doing so, according to several stories.   According to the accounts, the 22-year-old firefighter was whooping it up […]

Just in case you haven’t gotten enough of a dose of skin with our Enid coverage, CFN is more than happy to bring you more, this time direct from T-town.   A few Tulsa women took matters into their own hands recently when a man they spotted wearing what seemed to be revealing underpants appeared […]

A 30-year-old Newcastle woman was arrested in Norman after a tampon machine (!) was reported burglarized on the University of Oklahoma campus, according to The Norman Transcript.   The woman, Alisa Mae Snow, was arrested on complaints of second-degree burglary, concealing stolen property and possession of burglary tools.   Snow was arrested with more that […]