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It took forever for that currently filming fourth “Indiana Jones” movie to get off the ground, so one can understand why producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg were peeved at Edmond native Tyler Nelson.   At one point an extra in the film (CFN thinks that’s since gone the way of Greedo shooting second), […]

Should it be a prerequisite for Oklahoma’s legislators to be able to at least Google someone they choose to be a speaker? We wonder.   Take the recent guest lauded by state Rep. Randy Terrill as a high-powered analyst who can point the way to prosperity in Oklahoma, a think-tanker out of Washington named Phil […]

Edmond residents expecting to enjoy a third Falcone’s Pizzeria and Deli store can fuggedaboutit, according to a report in The Edmond Sun.   Italian food connoisseurs know the popular restaurant as the place to “put some bada bing on that thing.” Falcone’s, which serves up Old World specialties in an atmosphere that includes “Godfather” movie […]

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 […]

If you want to propose affection to your sweetie in Oklahoma City, just don’t say it with a fish. The slippery subject of fish tattooing hit the metro recently, when police officers visited wholesale supplier Quality Pets, 1501 S. Agnew, after someone complained a fish the place sold to a local shop had “I love […]

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 […]

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.   […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]