Credit: Brad Gregg Apparently, that was just a warm-up act. Now, the news agency is examining SandRidge Energy and its CEO, Tom Ward. In a recent story, Reuters showed how some practices at SandRidge didn’t differ much from those at Chesapeake, which Ward had co-founded with McClendon. Reuters reported that Ward received $75 million in […]
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Coffee’s mate
Credit: Brad Gregg The mystery of where Secretary of State Glenn Coffee will go once his resignation takes effect Jan. 31 has finally been solved. The former state senator revealed last week that he will buy the OKC law firm of attorney Lee Slater. Slater, a former head of the state Election Board, was appointed […]
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Diamond dolls
Credit: Brad Gregg AAA’s Four Diamond rating is a recognition associated with a level of regality that the thread-count of sheets can’t relegate. The standards for North America are rigorous, but not any match for Oklahoma City’s Waterford Marriott, now a proud four-diamond recipient for 17 consecutive years. Downtown’s Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel, […]
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Hurri-can’t
Credit: Brad Gregg Or not. Oklahoma freshmen congressmen Jim Bridenstine, R-Tulsa, and Markwayne Mullin, R-Westville, voted last week against a bill to provide $10 billion in emergency relief for flood victims of Hurricane Sandy, which caused an estimated $70 billion in damage in New York and New Jersey. Fortunately for the victims of Sandy, the […]
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R.I.P. Pokey
Credit: Brad Gregg Ed Birchall, the man behind the Ho-Ho character, passed away in 1988. More sad news came last week with the death of Bill Howard, the gentle wit, and hands, behind Pokey, Ho-Ho’s irrepressible puppet sidekick. Howard was 77. Farewell, Bill. You brightened many a childhood, and you’ll be missed.
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School pride
Credit: Brad Gregg In many cases, a main factor behind selection is affordability. While the national economy inches toward recovery, families are still tasked with finding the all-around best college for their pride and joy, as well as for their pocketbooks. According to kiplinger.com, Oklahomans need not look far, with three schools in the […]
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Avenging the kitty
Credit: Brad Gregg And then there is that volatile hybrid of “cat and gun people.” Witness the case of Fred Meyer, who recently was arrested for threatening to shoot an Oklahoma City veterinarian at an animal hospital after his cat died while in their care. Apparently, the cat escaped, ran willy-nilly around the clinic, and […]
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Stark words
Credit: Brad Gregg In that article, a 2000 interview was quoted in which leading lady Beverly Garland bagged the picture as “the most awful film” she’d ever made — and mind you, she starred in a good number of stinkers that went on to be skewered on TV’s Mystery Science Theater 3000. But, wait — […]
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Hot or not
The Wall Street Journal reported recently that McClendon will likely remain in place as CEO after an internal investigation of his financial dealings is completed later this month. McClendon, you might remember, survived a shareholder revolt after revelations that he used his stake in oil and gas wells as collateral for more than $800 million […]
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Sweet charity
Munn, ranked 18th, has been working with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the USDA to help animals and kicked off DoSomething’s “Green Your School” campaign with a rant about light switch and faucet offenders and “those people who drive those really big Hummers.” Underwood, coming in at No. 17, lent her support […]