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Bartlesville’s school board approves $19.4 million in bond issues for an Aug. 23 ballot, with more than $6 million going to classroom instruction.Voters…

The city council in White Settlement voted to boot Browser. The cat has lived in the library for 6 years. It was evicted out of fairness after a city employee wasn't allowed to bring a puppy to work.

The largest Emperor penguins today stand less than 4 feet. Fossils show a prehistoric penguin weighed about 220 pounds and was a bit shorter than 6 feet in height.

This past October, pianist Solungga Liu appeared as the guest artist for the third concert of the Musical Arts Series at Southeastern Oklahoma State…

Former Baylor quarterback Zach Smith has transferred to Tulsa and will be eligible to play in 2019.Tulsa made the announcement in a news release on…

NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg presents the second installment in her series on Great Cities. Today, a look at Chicago, rated by Money magazine to be America's most livable city in the Midwest. Susan finds out why one native, 14-year-old Eve Ewing, likes her city so much. For more on the city, check out the Money magazine Web site. And be sure to check out the Utne Reader's Web site for the article -- 'The 10 Most Underrated Towns in America.' (6:56 -

Host Bob Edwards talks to Edward Goldberg, Director of the Medici Archive Project, about his work with the Medici family archive in Florence, Italy. The archive is a collection of virtually every letter sent or received by the Medici court during its rule from the mid-1500s to the mid-1700s. The correspondence reveals a great deal about Italian art and early modern European history. Goldberg and his colleagues are documenting and digitizing each letter, and hope to have the project complete by 2012. (6:28) For more on the project, check out our Medici Archive Web page.

He's the man behind the family adventure films Spy Kids and Spy Kids 2. His list of credits include writer, director, producer, director of photography, production designer, editor, visual effects supervisor, sound designer, re-recording mixer and composer. His first feature film was El Mariachi, which he made in 1993 for $7,000. It won the Audience Award for best dramatic film at the Sundance Film Festival. He also wrote a book about making El Mariachi called Rebel Without a Crew. Spy Kids 2 is now out on video. This interview first aired August 6, 2002.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with winner Nancy Tolisano and puzzlemaster Will Shortz

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