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It seems state Sen. Jonathan Nichols is not a fan of Crystal Gayle. The famous country singer is best known for her hit song “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.” But Nichols might be trying to make sure that never happens. In the weeks leading up to the Legislative session, silly season takes place […]

Anyone remember Garbage Pail Kids? The gross trading cards featuring Cabbage Patch-style dolls with disgusting names were all the rage for about three quick seconds? Apparently not everyone remembers in Norman. According to The Associated Press, Andrew Lawarren Johnson attempted to escape the Cleveland County Jail by hiding out in a trash can. Nothing like […]

Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne shared a culinary creation with Spin magazine last month, detailing special seasonings he sometimes used to spice up fare at a local Long John Silver’s. The LJS “experiments,” as Coyne called them, were carried out during the performer’s near 12-year tenure as a fry cook at a northwest Oklahoma […]

Is it getting hot in here, or is it just us? According to a recent report by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, mercury levels have risen is freshwater fish in the state. In fact, said the report, some of the highest levels in the nation are found in the fish that call southeastern Oklahoma […]

The U.S. Senate ain’t the kind of place to raise your singing voice, as Oklahoma’s Sen. Tom Coburn, a CFN favorite this week, recently discovered. Like a lot of us, Coburn apparently thought this time the OU Sooners might break their bowl curse and win the BCS Championship Game. Ol’ Tom was so heady with […]

OK, here’s a logic quiz. We hope you’re ready. Say you want to warm your car up in the morning. You start the car ” obviously, the keys are in the ignition ” and you run back inside. Fine. But, if you don’t lock those car doors, you could find a $126 ticket greeting you […]

When we’re not responding to e-mails about cable descrambler kits and choice telecommuting opportunities, Chicken-Fried News gets an occasional electronic correspondence from our readers. (We’ve found they’re usually smarter than us.) The latest came from University of Oklahoma student Vinay Joseph regarding a Jan. 14 CFN about a certain spiritual and political leader from India. […]

It probably takes a lot to provoke two-thirds of the senators in the United States, but it appears that our own Tom Coburn managed to do it. Shocked, are you, dear reader? Well, the news comes from a spate of 1,200 or so stories written about the subject (according to Google), appearing apparently everywhere but […]

In a tragic story coming out of Edmond, police report the theft of $10,000 worth of property from a residence, according to a recent story in The Edmond Sun. What was stolen? Precious family heirlooms, an original Renoir, perhaps a giant diamond (this is Edmond we’re talking about, after all)? No. Think along the gilled […]

It will take some time to decide if President-elect Barack Obama will know how to run the country, but the prez-in-waiting knows football. Before Oklahoma and Florida universities stepped on the field, Obama was asked by New York Times political reporter John Harwood who would win the national championship between the Sooners and the Gators. […]