Will Rogers World Airport’s Director of Airports said today shuttle service from the main lot to the terminal has been changing for the last 10 days. “Door-to-door” service has given way to a routine transportation from shelters to the shuttle to the terminal. “We started a soft rollout last week,” Mark Kranenburg said. Shuttles […]
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Live Sass from the press box
With less than 15 minutes before kickoff, the visiting Baylor crowd does not fill their parcel of seats “? there’s maybe 25 or 30 rows — and it appears the empty ones should be the rest of the band”¦ The football team and cheerleaders out number the fans who traveled from Waco”¦ After gaining a […]
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Mayor presents city keys to ‘Saving Grace’ creator, actress
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett presented “Saving Grace” star Holly Hunter and Oklahoma City native and series creator Nancy Miller with keys to the city today. The Turner Network Television series — based around Hunter’s Oklahoma City Police Detective Grace Hanadarko character “? debuted in July and became the summer’s highest rated debuting television […]
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Saving Grace’ ends first season outpacing other debuting cable television summer series
Turner Network Television’s “Saving Grace” television series, set in Oklahoma City, completed its first season Sept. 17 by outpacing other debuting primetime cable television series with nearly 5.3 million viewers. Its closest competition, Lifetime Television’s “Army Wives” averaged 4.53 million viewers during its 13-episode season. The new 15-episode second season will premiere in […]
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Unclear on the Concept
The Federal Communications Commission famously imposed heavy fines for “indecency” against CBS for the brief, inadvertent glimpse it offered of Janet Jackson’s right breast during the 2004 Super Bowl. The same “indecency”-concerned agency, however, issued a routine official notice in July listing call letters of TV stations it had recently approved, including, for a proposed […]
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Oklahoma roughs up Utah State
The Oklahoma Sooner football team beat Utah State 54-3 on Owen Field today. The Sooner offense racked up more than 600 yards (623 to be exact) while limiting the visiting Aggies to just 153. Freshman quarterback Sam Bradford began the game hitting 11 of 11 passes en route to a 19 of 26, 255-yard and […]
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Sass live from the press box!
Facing an oh-fer-the-season Utah State team, the Oklahoma Sooners may be able to name their score today. Sass will keep you posted on the compelling storylines from the game if there are any to be shared. Maybe the number of duplicate-number players who hit the field? Or maybe even which linemen line up at fullback? […]
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Colin Powell speaks at the University of Oklahoma
Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell spoke to a capacity crowd at the University of Oklahoma Wednesday and answered some submitted student questions. Powell spoke to students and others for about a half hour at Catlett Music Center’s Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall. Overflow attendees were able […]
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Live Sass!
The Sooners hold the Hurricanes to a three and out in their first offensive series. Marcus Walker did a great job of trying to sell that would-be interception, even convincing one official. Too bad the officials’ review system works better at Oklahoma than Oregon. Having Gino Torreta and Toby Keith announce the starting offensive and […]
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Norman police identify three shooting victims
Norman Police Capt. Leonard Judy confirmed the identities of three women shot and killed at a Norman residence Tuesday as: ” Tami Link, 52; ” Sheila Ellis, 56; and ” Letannah Bishop, 87. The three women were shot at an east Norman residence — 1517 Oklahoma Ave. — owned by Link and her husband, 54-year-old Brent Link. […]