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We’re not sure what former Beatle Paul McCartney meant when he sang “Oklahoma was never like this” in his 1986 hit single “Press,” but perhaps he’d like to revise it following his most recent trip here. Oh, you mean you weren’t invited to dine with Sir Paul when he was in town last week? Yeah, […]

Yep, it’s Sally Kern again, this time carrying the banner of divine revelation. According to The Norman Transcript, Sally said the “cultural warrior” title she has proclaimed herself came to her after a lot of praying. “”¦I’m not the typical legislator,” Kern told the ‘Script. “The Lord showed me right off the bat that I’m […]

A sad day is possibly upon us, friends. A day when Oklahomans young and old will no longer have an excuse to blow through stop signs, run pedestrians off the road and change lanes without looking. Apparently, Oklahoma state lawmakers are hoping to ban talking on cell phones while driving and it will undoubtedly ” […]

No less than The New York Times weighed in on the name game surrounding Oklahoma City’s first NBA team. In a July 29 blog post, “Freakonomics” author Stephen J. Dubner suggested that because of the metro’s relatively low housing prices and conservative banking industry, Prudents might make a better name than Thunder, Energy, Wind or […]

Now here’s a gem of an idea: make certain groups of people who hang out together against the law so that way, people who break the law can’t hang out together. Wow. Well, that’s the plan of State Rep. Paul Wesselhoft, R-Moore, according to a press release. Wesselhoft, a state rep who represents half of […]

Now that the smoke has cleared from the settlement to relocate Seattle’s NBA franchise to Oklahoma City, “Smoke Signals” screenwriter Sherman Alexie is sounding off on “Sixty-One Things I Learned During the Sonics Trial.” The National Book Award winner, American Indian poet and rabid SuperSonics fan was writing for The Stranger, Seattle’s alt-weekly. While pondering […]

So, you’re out at the city park, enjoying the day, when you see a guy wearing a mask and a trench coat (in July) dart out of the woods, look at you, and dart back in again. Isn’t that a scream? That depends on how you look at it. The incident happened at Edmond’s Hafer […]

Fox News prides itself with being “fair and balanced.” They report, you decide. This differs from Chicken-Fried News, which has the motto “they report, we regurgitate.” Take that into consideration with the latest Fox News report listing the top 10 “Unconventional Religious Artifacts.” An Oklahoma item made it at the lucky seven slot, beating out […]

For those who dismissed the remarks by Rep. Sally Kern when she said that homosexuals are more of a threat to our country than terrorists earlier this year, know this ” Sally packs heat. The unabashed Christian girl loves her gun so much, she just can’t part from it. Not just once, but twice, Kern’s […]

This just in: coffee does not cure multiple sclerosis symptoms. Come again? We at CFN didn’t even know coffee was a contender. Apparently, though, the good folks at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation seemed to think there was something special about caffeine. A venti vanilla soy caramel latte with whipped cream and cinnamon does sound […]