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This week started off with a bang Monday when Edward Snowden, the man behind the leak of the National Security Agency’s surveillance program, hosted a live Q&A on The Guardian’s website. Reporter Glenn Greenwald helped oversee the live chat, allowing readers to ask Snowden questions about his personal life and the leak.

On Tuesday, we had a popular story on our site. It was something one of our web editors found on another news site — cnn.com – and wanted to share with our readers. We call that an ‘Around the Web’ story.

1. KTAR By: Becky Lynn   What blog is about – News, sports, entertainment, shows, and videos. Featured post –What Dad really wants for Fathers Day – “Father’s Day is Sunday, June 16 in case you forgot to write it down or circle that on the calendar.

We were all kids at one time, and as kids we did kid things. Like playing outside until mom called you in for dinner. Like building club houses for no good reason. Like playing with Super Soakers, and cap guns and little smoke bombs you bought from the ice cream truck.

5 targets of those who are offended by their own meaninglessness 5. Meaningless litanies of drivel seemingly categorized by ordinal numbers 4. Dogs named ‘Field Goal’ 3. Cats named ‘Bulls Eye’ 2. Libruls 1. Your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free; the wretched refuse of your teeming shore 5 reasons my back hurts 5.

It’s true that I’m biased when it comes to Oklahoma. I have a right to be. This has been my home state all my life. Born here, educated here, married here, employed here, plan on retiring here. And unless there’s something I’m not aware of, I’ll finish my life here.

Reporter Adam Kemp looked into the types of specialty license plates available and found a long list of options. Here are his top five picks to replace the Sacred Rain Arrow man on the state's standard license plate.

Shortly after the tornado touched down in Newcastle last week, it became pretty clear that another May date would become instantly historic. On NewsOK, we have ongoing coverage pages for a lot of the May dates of great significance. May 3.

Last week’s news was dominated by a leak that the National Security Agency and the Obama administration has been collecting Americans’ phone records. On Sunday, The Guardian revealed its source behind the leak. His name is Edward Snowden, and he was the talk of Twitter Sunday.

1. Wunderground By: Christopher C. Burt – The author of ‘Extreme Weather; A Guide and Record Book.’ He studied meteorology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. What blog is about – Weather Featured post – What is the most rain to ever fall in one minute or one hour?

Don’t you just love those news items that maybe don’t make the big headlines but cause you to take a second look when you see them? From the recent “In the News” files come  these items that might have caught your attention recently.

A lot has happened since the last Social Hour column, but here’s what you need to know from last week and Monday: In a recent interview with The New York Times, MSNBC president Phil Griffin told viewers that they should go somewhere else to get breaking news.

1. Fuzzy Feelings By: I cannot find the name of a person who posts on the site, so the credit goes to Fuzzy Feelings. What blog is about – Videos and pictures of cute, cuddly creatures. Featured post – Oklahoma Tornado Survivor Finds Her Lost Dog During Live News Interview This was awesome; I cried, smiled, felt happy and was sad all in one.

We just expect it. Things can get pretty stormy, and downright dangerous, here in Oklahoma. Even with the most sophisticated, advanced technology available, we still have death and destruction from weather events. Growing up in Ponca City, I remember numerous severe thunderstorms, but few tornadoes in our immediate area.

1. BLOOPER BOX By: This site is kept up by a “small team of cool dudes”, the site says, but this one was posted by Phil. What blog is about – Funny bloopers and things. Featured post – 10 Funny Baby Videos You’ve Probably Seen – “Something about those cute bald craniums that bring out the smiles in all of us.

“Are we there yet?” “How much farther?” “I need to go to the bathroom.” “I’m hungry.” If you are or have been a parent with small children, those are examples of the kind of things you hear when you take the family on vacation.

Seeking a journalist We’re looking to hire a web journalist. NewsOK.com is filling a position as a web editor. The role is covering the night shift and being responsible for NewsOK, NewsOK Mobile and other digital initiatives for OPUBCO Communications Group.

1. Science World Report By: This site seems to be updated by many contributors, so the credit goes to “Staff” today. What blog is about – “Science World Report reports, explores and interprets the results of human endeavor from the eyes of the researcher and the interested public.” Featured post – 105-Year-Old Texas Woman Reveals Bacon as her Secret behind Long Life – “Strangely, her key to longevity is bacon.” Finally!

Oklahoma is known for many things, from inventions to historical footnotes. But how many of them are legit, and how many are complete falsehoods? Here are seven widely accepted “facts” about Oklahoma that range from “OK, this has some truth to it, kind of” to complete lies. “Facts” like…   7. The twist tie was [...]

I’m a strong believer in recognizing those who have made significant contributions to their city or town, their state, their country, their world, or to others. You can toss in about anything else they have a major influence on. Each day, the names and efforts of those who qualify for that praise appear online or [...]