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Indian Times
11:46 am
Fri June 14, 2013

Kiowas Looking To Keep Their Sacred Mountain From Being Made Into A Molehill

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View from Longhorn Mountain
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Longhorn Mountain is an important place to Kiowas, not just because they’ve been going there to pray since being in Oklahoma, it’s in the way that they pray using the sacrament they believe is unique to that mountain, cedar.  And now, its habitat is in danger.

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World Views
10:24 am
Fri June 14, 2013

Islands of Stability: KGOU Contributors’ Impressions from Jordan and Israel

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Two Syrian boys pose for peace at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.
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Two refugees arrive at the Zaatari camp.
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The Treasury in Petra, Jordan.
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Rebecca Cruise and Suzette Grillot arrive via camel to the Treasury.
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Over the past 11 months, the Zaatari refugee camp in Northern Jordan has hosted hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing that country’s civil war.

World Views host Suzette Grillot and regular contributor Rebecca Cruise visited the camp in early June, and witnessed some of the camp's newest arrivals.

“They had their life's belongings in a wheelbarrow,” Cruise says. “They were coming in with some hope, and unfortunately, I don't know hopeful the situation really is going to be for them. So that was very sad to see."

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The Two-Way
6:19 am
Fri June 14, 2013

U.S. Says Syria Crossed 'Red Line'; Now What?

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A Syrian female rebel monitors the movement of Syrian government forces in the Sheikh Maqsud district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo in April.
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Originally published on Fri June 14, 2013 12:34 pm

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(This post was last updated at 1:31 p.m. ET.)

On Thursday, the United States revealed that it now has "high confidence" that the Syrian regime had used chemical weapons against rebel forces.

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Breaking
1:23 pm
Thu June 13, 2013

Unanimous: Supreme Court Supports Oklahoma in Cross Border Water Fight

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Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana signed the Red River Compact in 1978. The agreement regulates water rights in a large swathe of the four states.
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The Supreme Court has unanimously rejected Texas' claim that it has a right under a 30-year-old agreement to cross the border with Oklahoma for water to serve the fast-growing Fort Worth area.

The justices on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that said Oklahoma laws intended to block Texas' water claims are valid.

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The Two-Way
1:12 pm
Thu June 13, 2013

Explosion, Fire Reported At Chemical Plant Near Baton Rouge

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The plant on fire after it reportedly exploded Thursday in the town of Geismar, La.
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Originally published on Thu June 13, 2013 7:40 pm

(This post last updated at 8:30 p.m. ET)

An explosion touched off a fire at a Louisiana petrochemical plant, killing at least one person and injuring more than 70 others, officials say.

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Severe Storms
9:30 am
Thu June 13, 2013

Oklahoma’s Building Codes Don’t Factor For Tornadoes

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Tim Marshall, a meteorologist and civil engineer, stands near a water tank in a tornado-ravaged Moore neighborhood. The tank fell from the sky after being carried a half-mile, Marshall says.
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The “Oklahoma Standard” is a phrase that describes how this state responds in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, like the tornado that ripped through Moore on May 20.

But that resiliency isn’t reflected in Oklahoma’s construction standards, which don’t factor for tornadoes.

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The Two-Way
8:08 am
Thu June 13, 2013

At Least 93,000 Syrians Have Died During Conflict, U.N. Says

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Mourners carry the body of a man killed last fall in the northern Syrian town of Azaz.
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Originally published on Thu June 13, 2013 9:53 am

"The constant flow of killings continues at shockingly high levels," the U.N. high commissioner for human rights said Thursday as her office reported there have been at least 92,901 conflict-related deaths in Syria since March 2011.

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Theater
7:52 am
Thu June 13, 2013

Nothing Fishy About City Rep's "Tuna"

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Donald Jordan as Aunt Pearl Burris in CityRep's "Greater Tuna."
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Jonathan Beck Reed and Donald Jordan as radio hosts in "Greater Tuna."
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Jonathan Beck Reed and Donald Jordan don the pantyhose for a new production of the first in the Tuna series, "Greater Tuna."
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This is the last weekend to see Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre’s production of Greater Tuna. But staging a comedy, even one as iconic in the southwest U.S. as “Tuna,” following a tragic community event like the tornadoes that ripped through central Oklahoma can be tough.

Actors Donald Jordan and Jonathon Beck Reed say taking time to laugh can provide relief for people dealing with the trauma of the destruction.

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OneSix8
7:26 am
Thu June 13, 2013

Entertaining The Hours Of Your Week: Father’s Day (Weekend) Adventures

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Metro Tech / Springlake
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Father’s Day is Sunday. You knew that, right? What you may not have determined is what to do for dear ol' Dad… Pops.... Papa or better yet, what to do with that first, special man in a child’s life.

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The Two-Way
7:07 am
Thu June 13, 2013

Colorado Fires: New Evacuations, More Homes Burned

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The Black Forest wildfire is burning near Colorado Springs, Colo. As Thursday dawned it was "zero percent contained," authorities said.
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Originally published on Thu June 13, 2013 6:31 pm

Update at 7:15 p.m. ET. Two Deaths Reported:

The El Paso County Sheriff says that two bodies were recovered Thursday in the burn area of the Black Forest fire near Colorado Springs. A "coroner investigation is ongoing," the department says.

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