Credit: Brad Gregg Specifically, Inhofe smells collusion between the White House, federal agencies and Organizing for Action (OFA), an advocacy group — all to promote the Obama administration’s initiative on climate change. On Aug. 14, the senator fired off a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). He groused […]
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CFN Quote of the Week
“I know I have a face like a model. But I’m actually just a goofy drama nerd underneath.” —Actor and Oklahoma City native James Marsden, in the Aug. 13 issue of Out magazine.
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Wanna get lucky?
Credit: Brad Gregg Purportedly the digits for the lottery commission, the toll-free number turned out to be a sex line. The mix-up proved to be a real boner for state lottery officials, who quickly owned up to the mistake. The office discontinued the phone number in 2010 but inadvertently had left it on the website. […]
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The sporting life
Credit: Brad Gregg He retired in 1999, a few years after undergoing quintuple heart-bypass surgery. At the time of his departure, Park told The Oklahoman that surviving a heart attack had prompted a review of priorities. “After the heart attack, those things that were seemingly important to me were no longer important at all […]
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Dedicated follower of fashion
Credit: Brad Gregg The Thunder’s point guard is already renowned for his unique fashion sense, but he might have topped himself earlier this month when he rocked the brave choice of drop-crotch pants. At Nickelodeon’s Teen Choice Awards earlier this month, the NBA star paired his white capris with giant, gray-schemed Converse-style kicks and a […]
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Injunction junction
Credit: Brad Gregg Um, at least that’s the takeaway of state Sen. Anthony Sykes, R-Moore, a key supporter of an Oklahoma constitutional amendment to ban the use of Sharia law in state courts. On Aug. 15, a federal judge issued a permanent injunction against the amendment, which voters overwhelmingly approved in a 2010 statewide vote […]
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Head of the class
Credit: Brad Gregg With the recent release of the Princeton Review’s annual “Best of the West” list, Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma Baptist University and Oral Roberts University are designated as among the top colleges in the western United States, proving the schools offer more than Scripture-quoting professors and M.R.S degrees. Perhaps less surprising, The University […]
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Dog’s best friend
Credit: Brad Gregg According to news accounts, the Rottweiler pup was in a van with the windows rolled down. Still, Switzer felt sorry for the animal. He plucked the canine from the car, tracked down the owners and purchased the dog from them on the spot. Switzer took the pup, which he named Stella, to […]
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Movie morons
Credit: Brad Gregg The notoriously meticulous executive has a reputation for trimming the fat (or, in some instances, the meat and bones) of certain films to make them more palatable for your average moviegoer; so much so that he acquired the nickname “Harvey Scissorhand.” His latest casualty is Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller […]
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Miranda rights
Credit: Brad Gregg The country music star, who lives in Tishomingo with hubby and native Oklahoman Blake Shelton, stopped an Aug. 3 show in Hartford, Conn., when two female fans got into a tussle. “There’s somebody causing trouble right here,” Lambert said from the stage. “It’s making me angry. I don’t really wanna have to […]