Well, at least be on the lookout for a 2-foot version of the aforementioned creature. A break-in at New World Comics & Games, 6219 N. Meridian, early this morning resulted in burglars spiriting away with a Godzilla figure that had been atop a display case. “It had a windsock hanging off of it, and I […]
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Big bird has landed
Brad Gregg Resembling the cranes that are prevalent all over the city right now, the SkyDance Bridge was crafted to mimic the scissor-tailed flycatcher. It perches atop the pedestrian bridge, which leads to the Oklahoma River and eventually will connect the upper and lower sections of the downtown park. At night, mesmerizing, color-shifting LEDs illuminate […]
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Here comes Dick
Brad Gregg Former Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to visit Oklahoma City Saturday at the 2012 Oklahoma Heart Failure Symposium, at the Cox Convention Center. Cheney is scheduled to share how his life has been affected by his heart failure, from diagnosis to the implantation of his Heartmate II ventricular assist device in 2010 […]
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Dog-gone it!
Duke And he’s only 6 years old. Or is that 42? Duke, Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s bulldog mascot, is retiring. According to a SWOSU news release, the canine was feted on the Weatherford campus with a five-hour retirement party May 1, complete with cookies, punch and photos. Why is Duke giving up his public post? […]
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Please (press) release me
Brad Gregg In the 17 years since the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, political leaders of all stripes have reflected on the tragedy in written statements peppered with words and phrases like “resilience,” “resolve,” “the Oklahoma Standard” and the like. But it took the absence of one press release for all hell to […]
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A-choo!klahoma
Brad Gregg Now do you see how clever we were with that “nothing to sneeze at” line? Isn’t that just too much? Anyway, back to the allergies. Experiencing watery eyes, congestion, runny nose, headaches and itchy skin? Don’t blame the cellphone or flammable tap water. As a recent report by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation […]
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Gettin’ ugly
Brad Gregg Joe Gumm, morning anchor for KOKH-TV Channel 25, learned that the hard way when he recently reported on a story about a lawsuit that radio personality Howard Stern had filed against his employer, Sirius XM radio. Gumm made an impromptu remark that Stern is ugly, a crack that didn’t sit well with the […]
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CFN tweet of the week
Brad Gregg —actor Rob Lowe, following the Los Angeles Lakers’ Metta World Peace (the asshole formerly known as Ron Artest) on April 22 smashing an elbow to the head of Thunder player James Harden
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Biting the hand that feeds you
Brad Gregg The Dacoma Republican might have hypoglycemia-induced irritability, at least judging by his recent attempt to evict food-service tenants in the Capitol snack bars, which are among the state and county retail facilities reserved for blind operators. Hickman complained of sub-par service to The Oklahoman and decided to legislate a solution by opening the […]
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CFN tweet of the week
Brad Gregg —actor Rob Lowe, following the Los Angeles Lakers’ Metta World Peace (the asshole formerly known as Ron Artest) on April 22 smashing an elbow to the head of Thunder player James Harden