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Posted: 4:18 a.m. Tuesday, May 25, 2010
KRMG Morning News "Stack of Stuff" and Notes 5/25/10
By Joe Kelley, Host of the KRMG Morning News
Bell's Amusement Park to be reborn in Coweta? Wagoner County Commissioners approve a resolution last night to relocate the park to the county IF voters there approve a sales tax increase in July for infrastructure needs.
- Tulsa City Councilor Jack Henderson to push 1-percent public safety sales tax in the City of Tulsa. If Council passes, it would go to a November vote of Tulsa citizens. It would increase Tulsa's sales tax rate from 3 to 4 cents on the dollar and make the total sales tax rate in the City of Tulsa 9.517%.
- 35YO kayaker drowns yesterday morning in the Arkansas River after getting caught in the undertow at the low-water dam near the pedestrian bridge.
- A 4-year-old boy drowned in a hotel pool Monday night. Both parents were nearby when the boy went in the water at the Econo Lodge near 31st and South Memorial Drive around 8:00 p.m. Monday. The boy was transported to St. Francis Hospital in critical condition. Doctors were unable to resuscitate the child, and he died late Monday night. Police have not released the names of the people involved pending the notification of family members.
- Rib Crib at 16th and Harvard to re-open today after Thursday's fatal robbery that left store employee Bud Stoddard dead. Starting Memorial Day, for a week, 20% of the restaurant's proceeds will go to Stoddard's family.
- Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato have split two months before they're scheduled to hit the road together. The 20-year-old Jonas Brothers singer and the teenage pop sensation will tour together this summer, beginning with a show in Dallas, Texas on July 27 - but they won't be together in real-life.
- From the WH: The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Oklahoma and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and straight-line winds during the period of May 10-13, 2010. The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in Carter, Cleveland, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, and Seminole Counties. Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.
- The military's new wingless plane is set to make its first hypersonic test flight Tuesday, after it is released from a B-52 bomber off the California coast. The X-51A WaveRider, which sort of resembles a shark, will fly for about five minutes, powered by a scramjet engine. It should reach about Mach 6 and transmit data to ground stations before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, according to the Air Force Research Laboratory. The longest previous hypersonic scramjet flight test, performed by a NASA X-43 in 2004, was faster, but lasted only about 10 seconds and used hydrogen fuel. The X-51 uses JP-7 jet fuel, the same juice that powered the SR-71 Blackbird.
- This year's American Fitness Index report, published by the American College of Sports Medicine takes the biggest 50 metropolitan areas and ranks them by fitness levels. The top city on the list, now for three years running, is Washington, D.C. The least fit is Oklahoma City, Okla. The index considers 30 factors. The most important ones are measures of the city population's disease rates, mortality, physical attributes and lifestyle--even how many people eat full servings of fruit and vegetables. The rest of the ranking is based on the number of dog parks, golf courses, swimming pools and the like.
- FACEBOOK CEO PROMISES TO DO BETTER PROTECTING PRIVACY - Buffeted by privacy snafus and the lingering fallout from a damning, years-old instant messaging thread, Facebook chief exec Mark Zuckerberg switched into full-on damage control Monday, confessing in an Op-Ed column in the Washington Post that the sprawling social network had "missed the mark" when it comes to its complex privacy controls -- and pledging to do better. He admitted hearing that privacy controls were too complicated, and promised a simpler method in coming weeks, adding "We just missed the mark."
- FIRST ABORTION SERVICES TELEVISION ADS AIR IN BRITAIN - For the first time ever, a commercial for unplanned pregnancy and abortion advisory services is airing on British television. The "Are You Late?" ad never uses the word "abortion" and the ground-breaking add will only air after 10pmET. While it's sure to stir controversy, MSI says that independent research shows three-quarters of adults in the UK surveyed agree they should be allowed to air within appropriate time frames.
- A Beverly Hills judge on Monday ordered actress Lindsay Lohan to wear an alcohol monitoring bracelet and submit to random drug testing after she failed to appear for a court date last week. Lohan, 23, landed in hot water last Thursday after she missed a court date to address allegations that she had violated the terms of her probation from a 2007 drink drive case by skipping alcohol education classes. Lohan finally arrived at the Beverly Hills Court House on Monday -- seven minutes late -- to face Judge Marsha Revel to fix bail conditions ahead of a probation violation hearing rescheduled for July 6. TMZ has contacted the producers of the only two motion picture projects Lindsay is currently attached to -- "Machete" and "Inferno" -- and they both made it very clear that LiLo has no business in Texas.
- Responding to the massive BP oil spill, Congress is getting ready to quadruple--to 32 cents a barrel--a tax on oil used to help finance cleanups. The increase would raise nearly $11 billion over the next decade. The tax is levied on oil produced in the U.S. or imported from foreign countries. The revenue goes to a fund managed by the Coast Guard to help pay to clean up spills in waterways, such as the Gulf of Mexico.
- Congress may vote as early as Thursday to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" law on gays after a compromise deal between the White House and Democratic lawmakers cleared the way for action before a Pentagon review is complete in December. The deal unplugs the bottleneck created a few weeks ago when Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Congress to go slow on repealing the 1993 Clinton administration policy, in order to give the military time to gauge attitudes within the ranks and to assess the best way to go about implementing any changes. Gay-rights groups complained that violated the intent laid out by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union speech when he said he would work "this year" to repeal the law.
- After leaving "American Idol" last year and being the center of ongoing rumors that she might join the cast of "So You Think You Can Dance," "Dancing With The Stars," or Simon Cowell's "The X Factor," the in-demand Paula Abdul has finally landed a new reality television gig. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paula has been recruited for a new all-ages talent competition called "Got To Dance," which is set to debut on CBS in 2011 and is based on a same-titled U.K show that was a big ratings hit for Britain's Sky 1 network. Paula will reportedly serve as lead judge, executive producer, creative partner, mentor, and coach on "Got To Dance."
- Air Force scientists say they have developed a laser that can act like a powerful stop sign by temporarily blinding drivers. Called "driver defeat," the green laser device gives off what scientists are calling a "universal message of warning" that could be used in places like Afghanistan to alert drivers to stop their cars when approaching U.S. troops.
- Comedian Jon Lovitz is being sued by the Los Angeles Dodgers over unpaid fees for his season tickets. Lovitz agreed to purchase three "Dugout Club Seats" for the 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons. The total cost for the seats amounted to $95,400.
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