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KRMG Morning News "Stack of Stuff" and Notes 3/11/2010

Joe Kelley, Host of the KRMG Morning News

@ March 11, 2010 5:31 AM Permalink | Comments (0)

OK House bans texting & driving. Measure now moves to Senate. "A person shall not operate a motor vehicle on a street or highway while using a hand-held mobile telephone to write, send, or read a text message while the motor vehicle is in motion."
So, it's OK to surf the web? Check my calendar appointments? Play Words with Friends? Check out my Facebook page? Tweet? Play Tetris? Read Drudge? Scan through Pandora? Adjust my handheld GPS? (YES) Play Four Square? Pay bills? Watch YouTube?
Tulsa World: Offer made for ex-City Hall - The Mayo Hotel's developers say they'll pay $1 million for the building, where they plan a hotel.
CONF USA Basketball Tournament at BOK Center - TU wins first round game against Rice; advances to tonight's 6:30pm game against Marshall.
We lose an hour of sleep this weekend as Daylight Saving Time begins.
NY Salt Ban? Some NYC chefs, restaurant owners taking aim at a bill that would ban the use of salt in NY restaurant cooking.
FEDERAL CHARGES ARE FILED AGAINST A CALIFORNIA sushi chef and a RESTAURANT owner FOR allegedly SELLING WHALE MEAT
Tulsa's annual singing political satire - the 2010 Tulsa Gridiron - Friday and Saturday night ONLY at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Tickets at 596-7111 or tulsapac.com.
The last time Marion Jones played competitive basketball was in 1997. Now, 13 years, five stripped Olympic medals and one prison term later, the former track star will make a return to the sport. Jones signed a one-year contract with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock Tuesday, paid the rookie's minimum, $35,000.
Public's 'right to fish' shifting under Obama? Obama proposes using UN principles to expand zoning of coastal and inland waters, raising concerns that fishing could become outlawed.
Obama on HCR opponents: "I DON'T GET WORN DOWN. I WEAR THEM DOWN."
Chuck Norris Turns 70 -- And He Could Still Break You - Chuck Norris is currently suing the band Earth, Wind and Fire, claiming that he is all three combined.
Harry Smith undergoes colonoscopy live during The Early Show as Katie Couric supervises.
Not just Tulsa - Facing potential bankruptcy, KC School Board to shut down half its schools.
For the 3rd time in 3 years, the world has new richest man. Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu beats Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on earth and nab the top spot on the 2010 Forbes list of the World's Billionaires.
Nationalized Educational Standards - The United States of Education? A coalition of Governors, state school superintendents proposing nationwide academic standards.
EXTENDED! With unemployment near 10%, Senate votes overwhelmingly Wed to extend unemployment, health insurance benefits for millions out of work, thru end of the year.
Alzheimer's Association reporting an increasing number of cases in OK.. About 74,000 Oklahomans have Alzheimer's, and more than 96,000 expected to have Alzheimer's by 2025, largely because of the aging of the baby boomer population.
The ED of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologizes to friends, family, fans of Farrah Fawcett, who was omitted from Sunday night's Oscar-event tribute to Hollywood personalities who had died over the past year.
Join KRMG and TYPros for St. Patty's Day Party on March 17th at Dirty's Tavern in downtown Tulsa. Text BEER to 95920 and the first round of beer is on us!