Then, you can assuage your own guilt about the fact that your fat face is buried in fast food and takeout seven nights a week by claiming that the big J-Man upstairs wasn’t talking about public assistance, just private charity. Regarding the Aug. 31 letter “Welfare recipients denied work ‘blessing,’” K.A. Straughn must not be […]
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Chance encounter with the tube
Edmond pop moppet Greyson Chance — one year ago, just another kid on the playground — is making a move from the music world into the acting one. He’ll guest star on the season premiere of Fox’s Emmy-nommed sitcom “Raising Hope.” One guess as to what he’ll be doing on the show. Will it be: […]
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Chicken fight
The FWS might list the lesser prairie chicken as an endangered species and is currently in the process of studying potential threats. The plains bird, which dwells in western Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, has been a candidate for listing for about a dozen years. The International Union for Conservation of Nature listed […]
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Fire good!
Mighty Big Fire hasn’t been playing shows all that long, but the group is already bringing down the house. Literally. “We were playing a show at this pizza place and, well, the ceiling fell,” lead singer J.T. Darling said. Added guitarist Chris Feng, “It had been raining all day, and I was just standing in […]
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It’s a Chance Chance Chance Chance ‘World’
“I really can’t believe I’m on the cover of ‘The World Almanac for Kids’! Just two years ago, I was an everyday kid from Oklahoma, and it’s an honor to be here now — especially in the company of such amazing other young people!” said Chance in a statement that CFN bets dollars to doughnuts […]
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It’s a Chance Chance Chance Chance ‘World’
“I really can’t believe I’m on the cover of ‘The World Almanac for Kids’! Just two years ago, I was an everyday kid from Oklahoma, and it’s an honor to be here now — especially in the company of such amazing other young people!” said Chance in a statement that CFN bets dollars to doughnuts […]
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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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What do the new Oklahoma County districts look like?
The Oklahoma County Commissioners unanimously approved new district boundaries Monday that moved several municipalities across more evened-out district lines, as no cities now are divided among two districts. At Monday morning’s meeting, District 1 Commissioner Willa Johnson and District 2 Commissioner Brian Maughan traded respective cities Choctaw and Nicoma Park (from District 1 to 2) […]
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Emergency functions
At a special Oklahoma City Council meeting July 12, Fire Chief Keith Bryant presented the city’s “window of opportunity” to opt out of the Emergency Medical Services Authority trust and either hand over ambulance services to the fire department or have the city or fire department manage emergency medical services and contract with a private […]