Credit: Brad Gregg If not, a quickie recap: The ostensible scandal occurred on Sept. 11, 2012, when terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Early public statements by White House officials incorrectly attributed the violence to a protest against an anti-Muslim video. A recent […]
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Credit: Brad Gregg “It was the greatest feeling,” said Glenn, a Norman resident, recalling when he had the former NBA great sign his right arm so that a tattoo artist could make the signature a permanent fixture. And while Rodman’s badboy persona might not seem like a good symbol of family values, Glenn said the […]
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Liquid energy
Credit: Brad Gregg That’s great news, if only the powers that be would stop trying to sabotage it. A recent issue of The Intelligence Report, published by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), features a story on Comanche County resident Paul Pantone and his invention, named the Global Environment Energy Technology, or GEET. Pantone said […]
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Snow job
Credit: Brad Gregg And so it was on Christmas Day that children and adults alike woke up and rushed to the window for a glimpse of that winter wonderland … only to find things exactly as they’d left them the night before. While parts of Oklahoma did receive significant snowfall that day, the flakes that […]
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Under-handed
Credit: Brad Gregg But guilty of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn.? Say it ain’t so! Unfortunately for Underwood (and for the principle of common decency), a leader of the Westboro Baptist Church named Margie Phelps did say it. Referencing Underwood’s recent vocal problems, Phelps took to Twitter to write (using both opposable thumbs, one assumes), […]
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Off-court courting
Credit: Brad Gregg But drama and rivalry appear to surround the minxy R&B songstress. In fact, hoopsvibe.com goes as far as to call her the Yoko Ono of the NBA, obliquely suggesting that James Harden’s departure from the Thunder prior to the season had something to do with a love triangle between him, Ibaka and […]
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Their lips were sealed
Credit: Brad Gregg Former OSU student Nathan Cochran was arrested Dec. 12 after being charged with three charges of sexual battery for allegedly groping and performing sex acts on other male students as they slept. One of the victims reported an incident to OSU officials Nov. 12. After a total of five victims came forward, […]
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Guns, guns, guns!
Credit: Brad Gregg Classes already have plenty of books and backpacks. What schools really need are more guns. McCullough’s resolution: Strap teachers and principals with firepower. After all, this is Oklahoma, where no politician has ever been hurt by making sweet, sweet love to the Second Amendment. Three days after the Dec. 14 tragedy, McCullough […]
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Le Freak
Credit: Brad Gregg Of course, he also tweeted “!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” on Dec. 19, so the concert video may be getting shorted on the exclamation points. No official release date has been announced, so we’ll just trust Coyne’s word that it will be sometime soon. A preview of Freak Night (catchphrase: “!!!Party!!!Death!!!Love!!!” — no, really) on […]
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The biebz knees
Credit: Brad Gregg Given that the 18-year-old pop star is single now — there, there, Selena Gomez, let us dry your tears — hopeful Mrs. Biebers in the 405 already may be enacting grand plans for ornate “MARRY ME” placards. (Attention, Hobby Lobby stores: Double, if not triple, your stock of glitter and pink paint […]