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Free hepatitis, HIV screenings in Oklahoma City March 29, 2013 | Leave a comment The Oklahoma City-County Health Department just sent out this info: The Tulsa Health Department and the Oklahoma State Department of Health announced yesterday they are notifying approximately 7,000 patients of a Tulsa dental practice about potential exposure to blood borne viruses following a joint investigation... Read More

Overheard: Oklahoma Department of Education March 22, 2013 Last week I had the opportunity to interview Derrel Fincher, director of learning technologies at the state Education Department, about the future of education. One of the things we talked about was the switch from learning specific content to learning how to solve real-world problems. An example he gave was using... Read More

Daniel Orton, Blake Griffin photo from high school March 18, 2013 Look at these pups! Adorable! And then they both got technical fouls for mouthing off.   I found this photo while digging around in The Oklahoman‘s archives. Read More

Video Sunday: Kids reaction to the Harlem Shake March 17, 2013 Can we agree that Lucas is the most hilarious kid? Read More

The best leprechaun video ever March 17, 2013 Read More

University of Arkansas track team Harlem Shake March 12, 2013 Oh, my alma mater. I love you. Read More

Oklahoma City Zoo baby gorilla named March 08, 2013 In a move of incredible sweetness, the staff at the Oklahoma City Zoo have come up with a name for the baby gorilla born last month. He’ll be called Leom, a tribute to his parents. Here’s information from the Oklahoma City Zoo: The infant, male gorilla born on Valentine’s Day at the Oklahoma City Zoo has... Read More

AP updates mental illness entry March 07, 2013 The Associated Press has added a chapter to its ubiquitous style book. I thought I’d share it for folks who are interested in the inner workings of a newsroom. Here is the updated entry: mental illness Do not describe an individual as mentally ill unless it is clearly pertinent to a story and the diagnosis is... Read More

Missing child alert system could curb sex trafficking March 07, 2013 This came out of the state House of Representatives on Wednesday afternoon: Legislation approved unanimously today by the Oklahoma House of Representatives would aid in the recovery of missing children and could help with law enforcement efforts to curb sex trafficking, according to the bill’s author. House... Read More

Aerial hog hunting bill advances March 06, 2013 Thank goodness we are getting THIS issue taken care of. Whew! Now we can get to all the other nonsense that has to be dealt with, like the budget, educational and health care. Here’s a news release out of the state House of Representatives: Legislation that would allow aerial hunting of feral hogs has... Read More

Video Sunday: the Evolution of Mom Dancing March 03, 2013 Read More

Fun facts: Irish-American Heritage Month March 02, 2013 Turns out, March is Irish-American Heritage Month, which makes sense because St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner. Let’s celebrate with fun facts from the U.S. Census! And beer. 34.5 million: Number of U.S. residents who claimed Irish ancestry in 2011. This number was more than seven times the... Read More

Fun Facts: Women’s History Month March 01, 2013 It’s Women’s History Month! Let’s celebrate with some fun facts from the U.S. Census: 158.3 million: The number of females in the United States in 2011. The number of males was 153.3 million. At 65 and older, there were 13.3 percent more women than men in 2011. 57.7: Percentage of females 16 and older who... Read More