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KRMG Morning News "Stack of Stuff" and Notes 3/03/2010

Joe Kelley, Host of the KRMG Morning News

@ March 3, 2010 6:15 AM Permalink

All 4 Tulsa School bond propositions pass - the $354M package is approved.
At Tuesday's council meeting, city engineer Paul Zachary presented the pros and cons of 24-hour work zones at the request of District 9 Councilor G.T. Bynum.
Tulsa City Councilor GT Bynum seeks inventory of Tulsa parks with cost-benefit analysis.
Skiatook school board votes to suspend Superintendent Gary Johnson following auditor report that showed significant overpayment for routine janitorial items. Johnson will continue to draw his nearly $150,000 compensation package.
TOO BIG TO FAIL? US Postal Service again renews call to reduce deliveries to just 5-days-a-week. Much like auto industry, union contracts have burdened the USPS.
OKC's Mick Cornett re-elected mayor
Reagan to replace Ulysses S. Grant on $50 bill? Previous attempts to put Reagan on dime and $20 bill have failed.
KRMG Text Poll: Should Reagan replace Grant on the 50-dollar bill? Text YES or NO to 95920.
President Obama slated to release his FINAL OFFER on health care today at 12:45pm. Stage is set for budget reconciliation, or the so-called Nuclear Option!
Hollywood slated to remake Gilligan's Island. Why not?
Dermot Mulroney is NBC's new Jim Rockford. In his first regular TV role, Mulroney is set to play the iconic private eye in the network's updated take on the hit 1970s drama that starred James Garner in the title role.
Movie production moving forward on big screen versions of the once-popular video games Space Invaders, Missile Command and Asteroids.
Jay Leno's return to The Tonight Show dominated Letterman and Late Show. Leno had a 5.4/14 (household rating/share) to Letterman's 3.0/8.
NYT: To meet the Obama administration's targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, some researchers say, Americans may have to experience a sobering reality: gas at $7 a gallon.
The next Time-Life book series - BEIJING -- A Chinese college student fed up with his roommate's snoring, has confessed to stabbing him to death in the middle of the night.
A body recovered Tuesday afternoon near San Diego appears to be that of Chelsea King, the 17-year-old honor student who disappeared Thursday as she jogged in a community park just east of Lake Hodges, authorities say.

KRMG Morning News "Stack of Stuff" and Notes 3/02/10

Joe Kelley, Host of the KRMG Morning News

@ March 2, 2010 5:36 AM Permalink

The largest school bond in state history to be decided today for voters living inside Tulsa Public Schools boundaries. The $354M bond will be separated into four ballot questions, each of which requires not just a simple majority vote, but a 60% supermajority to pass.
A "NO" vote will lead to ultimately lower taxes as previous bond expires.
A "YES" vote will keep your taxes at the current level.
Tulsa City Councilors John Eagleton and Rick Westcott (both attorneys) will both seek two open special judge seats. Both would have to surrender their council seats if chosen.
NOT JUST TULSA: Sapulpa police take 4 furlough days
Lots of comments at KRMG.com about the callous disregard for human life at the north Tulsa Chicken Shack following the shooting there overnight Sunday.
Tulsa World: Victims from Sunday's plane crash in Bristow identified as Tulsans Allen Couch, president of W. N. Couch, Inc. Contractors and computer manager Tim Toppins.
Following a decision by SCOTUS to not hear the case, officials in Stigler are now removing the Ten Commandments statue in front of their courthouse.
Eric Clapton to rock the BOK Center tonight!
Registered sex offender arrested in San Diego in search for missing 17YO high school senior. Chelsea King of Poway, CA, disappeared after going for a run in a county park. Rescuers continue search for her body.
Washington State man survives car crash, dies after urinating on downed power line from crash. When it's your time...
Kate Gosselin, Cincinnati Bengals' Chad Ochocinco and Shannen Doherty were among the stars announced as a part of the "DWTS" cast, which was revealed during Monday's "The Bachelor" finale.
THE NEXT FOOD VILLIAN: Working with the food industry to cut salt intake by nearly 10 percent could prevent hundreds of thousands of heart attacks and strokes over several decades and save the U.S. government $32 billion in healthcare costs, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Toyota Motor Corp will roll out an aggressive incentive program for U.S. consumers in March, including zero-percent financing for five years and two-year free maintenance, a source briefed on the matter said on Monday.
A virtually hairless animal caught near the Dry Gulch USA camp (NE of Pryor) has caused widespread speculation that it's the famed mythical El Chubracabra. In reality, it's a raccoon with mange.
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