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2008 Supersonics Summer Forecast
Sonics will look to continue building for the future this summer by adding to the core of Kevin Durant and Jeff Green.
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Roman Treasures from the Louvre in Oklahoma City
No passport? No funds for overseas plane tickets? Travelers in the United States find rare cultural treat at Oklahoma City Museum of Art's Roman Art from the Louvre.
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Poverty Rates in Oklahoma
In Choctaw County and the city of Stillwater, poverty rates have been found to be higher than areas in the rest of the state of Oklahoma.
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Seattle Loses NBA Team To Oklahoma City
The name and colors of the Seattle SuperSonics will remain in Seattle, but the NBA team will move to Oklahoma City to begin the 2008-09 season.
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Oklahoma City Narrows Down Nicknames
The team formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics is looking for a new nickname to go with its new city.
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Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation Casinos
Oklahoma has the most Native America tribes in the nation, and the Cherokee Nation offers seven casinos to please any visiting gambler to the Sooner State.
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Sonics Likely Moving to Oklahoma
Seattle Supersonics minority owner Audrey McClendon revealed to an Oklahoma City reporter that it was never ownerships' intention to keep the franchise in Seattle.
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A Visit to the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman, Oklahoma is a small museum, but well worth a visit.
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Indian Territory - Oklahoma
Franklin Pierce West and his cousin, Sam Starr, meet on opposite sides of the law.
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Oklahoma is OK!
Resources and desicriptions of financial aid to students in Oklahoma
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Oklahoma Joy
Learning sign language from a Chinese waitress. What a vacation!
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Oklahoma...moving in a new direction
Oklahoma sets the tone for the future development of the musical theatre genre.
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Review of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
An overview of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum, located on the campus of the University of Oklahoma.
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The Oklahoma Museum Goes TV Western!
The National Cowboy Museum is going TV Cowboy! Check out the following changes!
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Beavers Bend Resort Park
Beavers Bend Resort Park in Oklahoma will satisfy artists and their families, as well.
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"Not Giving Up Is Part of Our Heritage"
Relying on their dreams, they built out of the barren prairie their own towns. Come learn about a unique and often overlooked aspect of frontier settlement.
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All the way through O . . .
Continued trolling for web treasure---looking at the web sites of the states
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Black Wall Street- the book
Black Wall Street, a factual account of the worse riot in history by Hannibal B. Johnson.
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Bringing in New Greyhounds
A day in the life of a Greyhound Pets of American/Oklahoma volunteer.
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Cherokee by Blood, Part 2
A continuing look into the resources available when tracing Cherokee ancestry.
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Frankoma Pottery
Frankoma pottery is considered by many to be America's foremost earthenware and has become very collectible. Learn about its origin and the reasons for its popularity.
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Henry Starr
Henry Starr bragged that he robbed more banks than any man in America. His outlaw career was mostly confined to Oklahoma and Kansas, but he was wanted all over the plains.
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It’s a Long, Long Road to Slots at Texas Tracks
The Lone Star State’s horse racing industry is falling behind neighboring states because video slots are increasing their revenue and attracting Texas horsemen and residents.
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Montana Outlaw Henry Thompson
The remoteness of central and eastern Montana was a perfect place for rustlers and thieves to hide out and practice their illegal deeds. Henry Thompson, on the run from rustling and bank robbing in Oklahoma, settled in Montana to rejuvenate his outlaw career.
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Rivalries Key To College Football
It's a simple fact that rivalries are what makes college football. Oklahoma and Nebraska seem to understand that. The Western Athletic Conference does not. Read on to find out why.
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Sequoyah, Inventor of the Cherokee Alphabet
From the Cherokee Nation would come a young man whose extraordinary abilities would greatly serve and protect his people. His name was Sequoyah.
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SWALLOW-TAILED FLYCATCHER-
The state bird of Oklahoma is the SWALLOW-TAILED FLYCATCHER. Another names of this magnificent bird is the Scissor Tailed Flycatcher.
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Traveling the Mother Road
Route 66 -- it’s also known as The Mother Road and America’s Main Street. The remains of this meandering piece of Americana span three time zones and eight states from Illinois to California. It was the country’s first east-west highway and a romantic symbol of freedom that spurred our car culture, a TV show, a hit song, books and folklore. It was also the road to freedom and survival for Depression era migrant workers escaping the Oklahoma Dust Bowl and seeking the Promised Land of California
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Western Kingbird
The adult Western Kingbird stands about seven inches tall as an adult and has the largest population of North American yellow-bellied kingbirds. This bird has a big pale gray head and a large bill. Their tail is not forked and the outside tail feathers are ivory.
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Wewoka/Yaeger Tornado
Wewoka/Yaeger Tornado as pursued by storm spotter/chasers George R. Hoelzeman and Scott Blair. This was an impressive pair of F1-F2 tornadoes which occured in Oklahoma during an outbreak on the evening of June 8, 1998
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GERONIMO (1829 - 1909)
In June 1829, a baby was born in an Indian village in No-doyohn Canyon, Arizona. Never did his parents dream that this child would someday become one of the greatest Apache chiefs of all time.
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Literary Landmarks Delight Will Rogers Fans
Literary landmarks that honor Will Rogers
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The Year No One Wanted the Championship
Oklahoma and Ohio State may be the only two teams in the country with a shot to win it all, and neither looks like they particularly care.
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Washington Irving's Sunnyside
A fall tour of Washington Irving's Sunnyside will get literary tourists into the storytelling mood.
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A Beautiful Mornin'
There may be flaws in the show itself, but the Stratford Festival production of Oklahoma! does a good job with what they have to work with.
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Assimilation of Native Americans
The model for the Carlisle Indian School was Ft. Marion in St. Augustine, Florida. Here Richard Pratt took the opportunity to try his assimilation experiment.
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Attack on Pearl Harbor Begins
In the first few moments of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor several American ships are destroyed and numerous lives are lost.
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Dawes Act and Indian Territory
The Dawes Act and its subsequent revisions robbed Native Americans of their newfound homes in Indian Territory. It encouraged white settlement and a land rush followed.
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Franklin House Discusses His Book
Here is an interview with Dr. Franklin House, MD, in which he discusses diabetes mellitus, the Lifestyle Center of America, and his experiences with writing a book
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Franklin House Discusses Writing
Here is an interview with Dr. Franklin House, MD, in which he talks about diabetes mellitus and provides advice for health writers.
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Indian Territory
After relocation, the Five Civilized Tribes settled into unfamiliar territory in Oklahoma. Gradually, however, they found their new home partitioned by the Americans.
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MG Cars Are Back on the Road
A look at this sports car's history, owners and plans for the future.
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Mountaineers Win 2008 Fiesta Bowl
Surprising victory confirms that Michigan made a wise choice in selecting West Virginia's former head coach and that the Mountaineers have a bright future
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Partitioning Indian Territory
The Civil War resulted in internal strife among the Five Civilized Tribes and as they sought to rebuild, they were once more challenged by the post-war United States.
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Quanah Parker
Exploration of the life of a man who was both warrior and priest...a man who organized his people to make one last stand against white encroachment.
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Saving Grace on TNT Cable TV
"Saving Grace" is a new original series airing on TNT Cable TV. The pilot program included sex, hard drinking, fast driving and hard, tough female detective..
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The Neustadt Prize for Literature
The world's second most distinguished literary prize after the Nobel Prize in Literature is given by the University of Oklahoma.
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The USS Arizona
In Pearl Harbor, Battleship Row is destroyed. The USS Arizona is hit, sending some 1,000 to their deaths.
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Tornado Facts and Records
Understanding climatology data from past tornadoes helps meteorologists at the SPC determine when to issue tornado watches and alerts, in order to save lives.
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USS Nevada Faces Severe Fate
The Nevada is forced to run aground to avoid being sunk in the channel. Arizona spews burning oil and Pennsylvania hit again.
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