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Choreographer Recreates 'Oklahoma!' at Age 91
Gemze de Lappe, who starred in 'Oklahoma!' 70 years ago, is choreographing the musical at the Lyric Opera of Chicago - at age 91. (May 2)
Correction: In Cold Blood-Records story
In a story April 23 about a legal dispute over investigation materials from the 1959 murder case in Kansas that inspired the book "In Cold Blood, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of a Seattle forensic psychiatrist in one of three references to him. The correct spelling is Adler, ...
Woody Guthrie Center opens Saturday in Tulsa
Supporters of folk singer Woody Guthrie say the opening of a center chronicling his storied life and career is long overdue in his native state of Oklahoma. The 12,000-square-foot Woody Guthrie Center opens Saturday afternoon in Tulsa. It features Oklahoma's only permanent exhibit on the Dust Bowl and also includes ...
McVeigh Lawyer: Tsarnaev Has Good Defense Team
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged with using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction. Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was also charged with use of a weapon of mass destruction. McVeigh's lawyer spoke with the AP. (April 23)
From Rockies to Rust Belt, storm brings extremes
A powerful spring storm system stretching from southern Texas to northern Michigan unleashed a wave of weather extremes on the Midwest on Thursday and threatened to bring its mix of hard rains, high winds and severe thunderstorms to the East by the weekend. The massive system was wreaking havoc from ...
Actor Wes Studi to be in Western 'Hall of Greats'
Actor Wes Studi is set to become the second Native American inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Hall of Great Western Performers in Oklahoma City. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/10212I0 ) that the "Dances with Wolves" and "The Last of the Mohicans" star will be ...
Stolen U-Haul prompts evacuation in Oklahoma City
Police say a stolen U-Haul truck that prompted the evacuation of City Hall in downtown Oklahoma City is empty. Bomb technicians examined the vehicle that was found unattended near City Hall on Wednesday morning but found nothing inside when the truck's rear door was opened. Workers were allowed to return ...
Ballet legend Maria Tallchief dies at 88
Maria Tallchief, one of America's first great prima ballerinas who gave life to such works as "The Nutcracker," ''Firebird," and other masterpieces from legendary choreographer George Balanchine, has died. She was 88. Tallchief died Thursday in Chicago, her daughter, Elise Paschen, said Friday. Tallchief danced with the Ballet Russe de ...
Rare Russian vases sell for $2.7M in private sale
Randy Buttram never gave much thought to the two 4½-foot tall ornate vases that graced the elegant main entrance of his grandparents' Oklahoma City mansion and later were displayed around a fireplace facade at his parents' home. The vases, which had been packed away for around a decade, turned out ...
Severe storms sock Midwest, push east; 1 dead
At least one death has been blamed on a strong spring storm system that's brought everything from tornadoes to ice and snow to much of the Midwest and parts of the southeast United States. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn said Thursday one person died and several people were ...
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