News of the day – pumpkins of death


Posted October 26, 2010 by Carrie Coppernoll Comment on this article Leave a comment

Business. Sony ends production of the Walkman. Somewhere, Bryan Adams and Cyndi Lauper are crying.

Holidays. Turns out, carving pumpkins is the greatest source of injuries to kiddos on Halloween. Apparently knives and children don’t mix. Who knew?

Crime. Matthew Blake Dixon, 25, was arrested for allegedly stealing a “sexy referee” costume by shoving it down the front of his pants. Hopefully his girlfriend wasn’t hiding down there, waiting for the costume.

Crime. A former employee of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission is charged with bribery in a scheme officials say took $10 a piece from non-English-speaking customers. Ten dollars? How about 10 years, buddy.

The photo of the day is of this brave little dachshund who ran in the Ghost Runners 5K Dog Run this weekend:





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Carrie Coppernoll is a columnist and reporter. She was named the top personal columnist in Oklahoma in 2009 and 2010 by the Associated Press and...


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