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Occupy OKC memorial set for deceased man
Called “The Poet,” 18-year-old Louis Cameron Rodriguez was found dead Nov. 1 in his tent at the Occupy OKC protests, said Beth Isbell, a moderator for outreach workgroup for Occupy OKC. The cause of death has yet to be determined. Rodriguez was positively identified from a video posted online, Isbell said. The group is paying […]
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Earth to ‘Earth’
The awkwardly titled “Jerome Bixby’s The Man from Earth” include characters who are an anthropologist, an archeologist, a biologist and a “Christian literalist,” so you’d expect the play to be a roiling battle of cosmological and ontological wit. You’d be wrong. Bixby wrote short stories and screenplays, mostly science fiction, including episodes of “Star Trek” […]
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The Human Centipede II
Well, readers, welcome to the “much worse.” Turns out that when writer/ director Tom Six promoted his original film by saying the sequel would make it look like “My Little Pony“ by comparison, that wasn’t just a good sound bite. “The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)” makes its big brother look positively innocent. To Six’s […]
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Counterpoint: The private sector’s responsibility
It is a worthy project. However, neither merit nor nobility by themselves justify a public expenditure. As lawmakers, we must be judicious in our allocation of public monies. To be responsible with the public trust, we must be prudent in our spending and hold state agencies accountable. When AICCM, a state agency, approached the Legislature […]
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Breaking ground
Wellness Now co-chairmen, Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett and County Commission Chairman Ray Vaughn will be a few of the community leaders in attendance. The 54-acre facility will have clinical services from the OU Medical Center, community nutrition and cooking classes, immunizations, breast and cervical cancer screenings and parent preparation classes.“Having clinical services and putting […]
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This one’s Occupied
Occupy OKC sprang from the Occupy Wall Street movement, which has been active for nearly a month now. The Oklahoma City protest began Oct. 10. Watch a video of two protesters, who identified themselves as “Jay Fox” and “Britney Occupy”: Video by Matt Carney
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Occupy OKC
The Occupy movement, which started in New York City, has spread across the country, with similar protests popping up in cities from San Francisco to Chicago to Atlanta. Watch our interviews with protest organizer Jay Trenary and participant Tom Lucas: Video by Gazette online editor Matt Carney
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CFN Quote of the Week
“I’ve done so much patriotic stuff that I have people sending me and bringing me those kinds of ideas daily. And when I hear most of this stuff it’s like, ‘I’ve already done that.’” —Toby Keith
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Pedal power
Frans van der Merwe is about 6 feet 4 inches tall, and traveled across the country in a nearly 9-by-3 pod on wheels. This makeshift tricycle is called a velomobile, meaning bicycle car. “The attention is great. I don’t think a Ferrari or any kind of sports car could get me that,” van der Merwe […]