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Posted: 4:34 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010

KRMG Morning News "Stack of Stuff" and Notes 2/23/2010 

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By Joe Kelley, Host of the KRMG Morning News

  • The 35 laid off Tulsa police officers who have been rehired now that some federal grant money has been shifted around, should be returning to work no later than the middle of March.
  • Today: 100 members of the Smoke Free Coalition will head to the state capitol to try and convince lawmakers to ban ALL smoking in bars and restaurants in Oklahoma.
  • KRMG TEXT POLL: Should OK have a complete ban on smoking in ALL bars and restaurants? Text YES or NO to 95920.
  • I-44 bridge near 161 East Avenue CLOSED in both directions overnight last night and again tonight in an attempt to expedite repairs of the crumbling bridge.
  • National Pancake Day today - All IHOP restaurants giving away free pancakes and directing any donations towards the Shriner's Hospital for Children.
  • City of Owasso joins Tulsa in banning employees from texting while driving.
  • Former vice president Richard B. Cheney was hospitalized Monday at George Washington University Hospital after suffering from chest pains, his office said. NBC News reported that Cheney, 69, underwent an angiogram -- a procedure allowing doctors to examine blood flow in an artery. Doctors described his condition to the network as stable.
  • Federal prosecutors have opened a potential CRIMINAL investigation into Toyota's safety problems. The 1st of several Congressional hearings on Toyota safety issues opens today. Meanwhile, Toyota adds more cars to the recall list - The additional vehicles: 2005-2010 model year Tacoma pickups, the 2009-10 Venza wagons and the 2008-10 Sequoia SUVs.
  • A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman sold Monday for $1 million, smashing the previous record price for a comic book. A 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1, widely considered the Holy Grail of comic books, was sold from a private seller to a private buyer, neither of whom released their names. The issue features Superman lifting a car on its cover and originally cost 10 cents.
  • The leading group of pediatricians in the United States is pushing for a redesign of common foods such as hot dogs and candies, along with new warning labels placed on food packaging, to help curb sometimes fatal incidents of child choking.
  • BLOOD SUPPLIES AT CRITICAL LEVEL
  • Join KRMG all week for the Rock 'n Roll-Up-Your-Sleeve blood drive with the American Red Cross! Donate blood at either Red Cross location this week (71st/Memorial or 11th/HWY169) and you'll be entered to win a Fender Stratocaster guitar from Firey Brothers Music and 2 tickets to see Eric Clapton at the BOK Center. Increase your chances of winning by texting FENDER to 95920. We'll announce a winner Monday morning at 8:10am.
  • AND, join the KRMG Morning News as we broadcast LIVE Friday morning at the Red Cross blood donation center at 71st and Memorial.
  • Comedienne Joan Rivers has taken aim at Victoria Beckham, branding her "vulgar" for spending so much money on her appearance. Wait. What?
  • Vancouver Winter Games - US leads medal count with 25 total; 7 gold. Germany, Norway, Russia and Canada round out top 5.
  • Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the Olympic Games ice dancing gold to help rescue national pride which was so badly bruised by the country's hockey team's shock defeat to America 24 hours earlier.
 
 

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