Your reigning “Best community leader” and “Best person or business to follow on social media,” Kevin Durant, is reportedly pursuing a contract with a foreign basketball club. The Durantula’s agent told ESPN.com last week that he’d met with officials from the Turkish Besiktas, which has already succeeded in signing New Jersey point guard Deron Williams. […]
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Horsin’ around
City staff told the council that there were complaints by some of the companies offering horse-drawn carriage rides in Bricktown that other companies offering similar rides were not shoeing their horses properly, complete with a letter from a vet stating horses walking on pavement should be shod correctly. While it is partially a safety issue, […]
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CFN Quotes of the Week
“A hillbilly from Oklahoma teaches city folk how to score fish without the help of a pole or hook. Or, for that matter, the lox counter at Zabar’s.” —Entertainment Weekly on the new Animal Planet series “Hillbilly Handfishin’,” in the Aug. 5 issue “Chance reveals a surprisingly mature voice … though the Facebook-spurred melodrama of […]
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About that lockout …
“Unfortunately, due to the current labor situation, I am not able to contact the guys at this time,” Brian Facchini, the Thunder’s director of basketball communications, told Chicken-Fried News. “I would be more than happy to help once I am able.” Lockout be damned! Through the magic of the innerwebs, CFN has obtained relatively fresh […]
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CFN Quote of the Week
“People who are usually angry get a lot angrier when it’s hot.” —Howard Kurtz, Oklahoma City University criminology professor
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His cups runneth over
The horny-cups are the most expensive find in the history of the show, according to the Washington Post, beating out an 18th century Qianlong Jade collection. The cups’ owner, who understandably wished to remain anonymous, said, “I guess I won’t have to rely on Social Security anymore,” the Post reported. Well, at least somebody now […]
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PR BS
—“Local Groups Mobilizing for New Palin Film’s Oklahoma City Premiere” —“Request From Libya” —“JASON MRAZ TO EMBARK ON GLOBAL CONCERT TOUR” —“Fleshgod Apocalypse reveals ‘Agony’ track list” —“Eskimo Joe’s, Oklahoma State University to unveil first-ever Joe/Pete t-shirt July 18” —“UNESCO launches ICT in Education Indicators for Arab States Project in Jordan” —“Ximena Sariñana Selected As […]
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Kern: Go back to the closet
The GOP lawmaker who keeps getting re-elected appeared on Alan Colmes’ Fox News Radio show July 8 to promote her book, “The Stoning of Sally Kern.” Colmes, a selfdescribed liberal host, asked some salty questions and started the interview by having Kern clarify her infamous comment on homosexuality being a bigger threat than terrorism. “All […]
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Do as I say
On July 10, the Tulsa World ran a story about elected state officials who have recently collected federal farm subsidies. The list of those receiving subsidies from the U.S. Department of Agriculture included both Republicans and Democrats, but also a few names were on the list of those who have railed against government spending, and […]