—Norman mayoral candidate David Kempf at a March 27 candidate forum, as quoted in The Norman Transcript
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How appealing
Credit: Brad Gregg “We have an obligation to protect our citizens and to make sure a life-altering abortion is held to the highest medical standards,” Pruitt said in a written statement. The lead plaintiff in challenging the ultrasound law, Nova Health Systems, was represented by the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights. “This last-ditch effort […]
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Quake questions
Credit: Brad Gregg Earthquakes measurable on the Richter Scale are now commonplace in Central Oklahoma. The “why” part has puzzled experts, but last week University of Oklahoma seismologist Katie Keranen and two other researchers weighed in with a report attributing a series of November 2011 earthquakes near Prague — including one of a 5.7 magnitude […]
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That’s some green bean!
Credit: Brad Gregg The shtick caught Paseo Grill coowner Joe Jungmann by surprise. “My initial reaction was shock that we sent out an advertisement that was not proofread,” he said, “but then I realized that Paseo Grill made The Tonight Show.” And any press is good press, so say the people who make up sayings […]
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Nothing to smile about
Credit: Brad Gregg So if you’re one of those people who avoid the dentist as if it’s crawling with HIV, here’s an unsettling fact for you: It might be. On March 28, the state Department of Health, the Tulsa Health Department and the state Board of Dentistry issued warnings of possible infection from blood-borne viruses […]
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We voted … not
Credit: Brad Gregg The state fell to the near-bottom of voter turnout in a recent study from Nonprofit Vote, a nonpartisan organization that encourages voter participation. Our über-conservative state ranked 49th in the nation. According to the study, 49.6 percent of Oklahomans did their civic duty in the presidential election, beating only West Virginia and […]
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High-stakes pigeons
Credit: Brad Gregg Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater has charged Karen Mae Clifton, executive director of the American Racing Pigeon Union (AU); internationally known pigeon racer Richard Wayne Mardis; and James Orr Steele, president of Pigeon Racers of Oklahoma (PRO), with felony commercial-gambling charges. PETA investigators in 2010 allegedly witnessed illegal betting totaling nearly […]
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Dog-gone fun
Credit: Brad Gregg To commemorate the event, Scholastic Books recently held a sweepstakes to award Clifford birthday parties to five lucky winners nationwide, each of whom could invite 50 friends and family members. As it turns out, a Oklahoma City boy was one of those select victors! Well, a 70-year-old Oklahoma City boy. John McKeel, […]
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Kraft, cheesed
Credit: Brad Gregg Welker, who was a high school star at Oklahoma City’s Heritage Hall, signed a two-year contract with the Denver Broncos for $6 million a year after last season. Kraft tried to blame Welker’s agent, David Dunn, saying that Dunn had misjudged Welker’s value and the Patriots offered the receiver a better deal […]
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Mama’s getting punchy
But wait, don’t award her an MTV Moonman just yet, folks; the character Lambert was playing might not have been much of a stretch, after all. According to a police report filed by Melanie Peden — a Tishomingo antique shop owner and neighbor to Lambert’s Pink Pistol boutique — the country-pop tart went postal after accusing […]