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Shorter wings may help highway-dwelling cliff swallows avoid cars
If you're a bird that likes to build mud nests in dangerous places, such as highway bridges and overpasses, how do you avoid fatal encounters with cars and trucks? You quickly get out of their way. And it helps if you have shorter wings, which allow for...
Tags: Science, Biology, Highway Transportation, Science and Technology
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Getty gets NEH grant to organize huge contemporary art archive
Culture MonsterThe Getty Research Institute has received a $230,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant to help it organize a huge archive on modern and contemporary art that it acquired last summer. The NEH announced $17 million in grants, including $1.4... -
Congrats x 3: Buettner family is up to their elbows in caps and gowns
Belleville News-DemocratThe Buettners of Belleville are up to their elbows in caps and gowns. The family of seven has three graduates this year. Daughter Renee, 21, graduated from Indiana State University in Terre Haute on May 4. Her graduation cards line the living room...Tags: Graduation, Colleges and Universities, Mother's Day, Travel, Teaching and Learning
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Tulsa World named Great Plains' Newspaper of the Year
Tulsa WorldThe Tulsa World was named Newspaper of the Year in the 2013 Great Plains Journalism Awards on Friday. One of the most prestigious journalism awards competitions in mid-America, the Great Plains drew almost 800 entries from an eight-state region. A...Tags: The Expendables 2 (movie), Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Arts, Oklahoma State University-Stillwater
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BRIEF: Fallin's energy conference coming to Tulsa
Tulsa WorldGov. Mary Fallin will bring her third annual Governor's Energy Conference to Tulsa in October, her office announced Thursday. The conference will be Oct. 9 at the Tulsa Convention Center. This year's event will focus on workforce development and...Tags: Government, Politics, Mary Fallin, Regional Authority, Energy
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How did the Emmaus grad fare on "Jeopardy?"
TV WatchersAn Emmaus High School graduate won more than $5,000 but didn’t move on to the semi-finals on "Jeopardy! College Champions." Laura Rigge, 20, a junior majoring in Russian at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Mass., competed against Forrest Farjadian of... -
Former Tulsa basketball player graduates after near-death experience
Tulsa WorldA blood-curdling scream triggered the intense life-or-death afternoon. Kodi Maduka, a University of Tulsa basketball player, had collapsed following a pickup game at the Reynolds Center. "Come quickly!" former TU player Eric McClellan screamed while...Tags: Constipation, Halliburton Company, Technology, Sports, Basketball
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Local artists share career advice
Tulsa WorldThe starving artist. It's an image that comes to mind when many, if not most, people think of trying to pursue an art career. Rosalind Cook, a Tulsa sculptor whose works can be found throughout town and across the country, wanted to major in art in...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, Arts, Students, Valero LP
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5 Oklahoma teachers to receive 2013 Medal for Excellence
Tulsa WorldExperience has taught local educators Jill Steeley and John Waldron that getting to know students is the first step to effective teaching. "You have to take into consideration more than academic performance," said Steeley, who teaches second grade at...Tags: Government, Politics, Students, Culture, Teaching and Learning
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Opportunities still best for engineering grads, but job market is solid for Oklahoma students
Tulsa WorldLong before University of Tulsa petroleum engineering student Oliver Wilson approached graduation this year, he had five offers to choose from for his first full-time professional job. The Houston native was something of a hot property as he even...Tags: Engineering, Petroleum Industry, Medical Specialization, Software Industry, Colleges and Universities
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FYI: Business
Tulsa WorldDollar General opens 31st store in Tulsa area Dollar General recently celebrated the opening of its new location at 1115 N. Sheridan Road, company officials announced last week. Traditional Dollar General stores employ approximately six to 10 people....Tags: Engineering, Dollar General Corporation, Technology, Marketing, Science and Technology
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Emmaus grad to be on "Jeopardy" Friday
TV WatchersAn Emmaus High School graduate who is one of 15 competitors on "Jeopardy! College Champions," will compete in the quarter finals of the show Friday at 7 p.m. on ABC. Laura Rigge, 20, will compete again 14 other college students......
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