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She edited such films as The Hustler, Bonnie and Clyde, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Wonder Boys, which has just been re-released. Her Hollywood career began in the 1940s as an apprentice editor. Today shes arguably the highest paid and one of the top five film editors in the business. Allens been nominated twice for Academy awards.

A top U.S. envoy today held out the prospect of energy and other forms of assistance for North Korea if Pyongyang abandons nuclear weapons development. The Bush Administration says it will not reward North Korea's threatening behavior. But analysts say Washington could help Pyongyang in indirect ways to resolve the current stand-off. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Tuesday's top stories:Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin denies Gov. Kevin Stitt's request to exempt Oklahoma National Guard members from a COVID-19 vaccination mandate.Tulsa County has allocated nearly $41 million of its first $63 million from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Thursday's top stories:A report from a federal investigation into Oklahoma's public health lab goes public.A community coalition makes its pitch for how it would like to see the City of Tulsa administer American Rescue Plan funds.Protesters gather outside the governor's mansion ahead of Bigler Stouffer's execution.

Wednesday's top stories:First Lady Jill Biden will visit Oklahoma on Friday.Defense secretary says Guard who refuse vaccine can't train and won't get paid.The pardon and parole board denies clemency for a man set to die by the same method that concerned them two weeks earlier.

The top two Democrats in Congress, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, unveil what they called a "pre-buttal" in advance of President Bush's State of the Union address, which will be given Wednesday evening.

As Robert Iger prepares to take over the top position at Walt Disney Co., he must step out of the shadow cast by current chief Michael Eisner. Eisner is scheduled to step down in the fall after a period of transition.

Hurricane Ivan moves inland along the Gulf Coast, spawning tornadoes, causing flooding and tearing beach houses from their foundations. Its top winds have dropped to 80 mph, but the storm remains dangerous. Hear NPR's Jon Hamilton.

Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle becomes the first Senate leader in half a century to lose a bid for re-election. Republicans had made the Democrat's defeat one of their top priorities and threw powerful support behind the challenger, John Thune. Hear NPR's David Welna.

Teach for America is attracting a record number of applicants this year. The program recruits top college graduates to spend two years teaching in low-income public schools. At Dartmouth College alone, 11 percent of the entire senior class has applied.