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Today on the other side of Pagel news, too 6 p.m.: How eating cookies can actually cut your cholesterol. 10 p.m.: Why some women are turning to hypnosis to get pregnant. Tomorrow in The Oklahoman: One Oklahoma City church doesn't offer traditional Sunday services instead they feed the homeless. Friday, February 23, 2007 From the newsroom 2U: Highlights from The Oklahoman's blog Eye catchers: unusual news UKLAT1 OMAN NewsOKjcom Wrong day for a fire The editors have me working night cops once a week for the next three weeks, and one of the first things I hear on the scanner? A fire at my apartment complex. The little blaze was gone a few minutes later.

Know what the sad thing is? I was pulling for absolute fiery destruction. I could've written a great first-person story about it. We journalists have odd values. Instead, back to the madness of the nighttime police scanner. John Estus, Staff Writer The Oklahoman (USPS 144-700) is published each morning Monday through Sunday by The Oklahoma Publishing 9000 Broadway, Oklahoma City, OK 73114-3311.

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Rowling's series listened to Gili Bar-Hillel discuss the process of translating the six Harry Potter books, hoping for a hint about the upcoming seventh and last book. "It's ridiculous; this is something that never happens to translators," Bar-Hillel said. "It's Harry, not me." Ja'Rena Lunsford Idol Chatter OK, dog, it's time to get serious about "American Idol." We've entered the final 24 on America's favorite singing show, and now you can get the full breakdown on NewsOK.com. Check the Web each week for our new podcast "Idol Chatter" with Ja'Rena Lunsford and Mike Koehler, who give you the dish about who should stay and who should be voted off. Can anyone carry on for Carrie Underwood? Is there another Taylor Hicks in the mix? Listen in all season long, and we'll let you know who did their thing and who was positively dreadful.

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Now, the newsroom goes with us in the form of a laptop computer and wireless Internet access. All it takes to complete the mobile newsroom is some place that offers WiFi, preferably free. For instance, this week a technology conference took me to downtown Tulsa. It was a daylong event that ended in midafternoon, and I was assigned a daily story from the event. After leaving the conference, I drove over to the Panera Bread restaurant on 15th Street near Utica Square, which offers free wireless access.

In about an hour and a half, the story was filed. I refilled my coffee cup and hit the road. We published a list of wireless hotspots in the metro area about a year or so ago, but I'm interested in hearing from readers on your wireless location of choice. E-mail me at Jim Stafford, Business Writer Editor: Ed Kelley 475-4090, ekelley oklahoman.com Managing Editor, News and Sports: Mike Shannon 475-3467, mshannoni oklahoman.com Assistant Managing Editor, News: Executive Editor: Sue Hale 475-3127, shale oklahoman.com Managing Editor, Research, Development, Features: Joe Hight 475-3913, jhight oklahoman.com Deputy Managing Editor: Yvette Walker 475-3234, ywalker oklahoman.com during me iy4us ana was reported missing from its berth by owner Carl Barker. "It sounds bizarre," said Detective Kevin Coyne of the Santa Cruz County sheriffs office.

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Or, you can go online to www.NewsOK.com to fill out a "feedback" form, which is at the bottom of every item. Fabric Ralph Lauren, Waverly, Laura Ashley, Fabricut, Robert Allen Chenilles, Velvets, Silks, Drapery Upholstery Fabric Hardware Antique Drapery Rod Co. Wood and Iron Hardware you need to kind of extend a hand and say, 'You know, let's sit down for a while and I see this centennial lecture as an opportunity to do that," she said. Tribal influences Non-Indians do not realize the extent to which tribal history and culture influence the current lives of Indians, Mankiller said. "A lot of Americans think that because we dress like people around us, we drive similar cars, we live in similar houses, we think the same way.

I would contend we not only think about different things, but we think about them in a different way," she said. Reciprocity and interdependence are important to indigenous women, in particular, Mankiller said. "When your life plays itself out in a set of reciprocal relationships, that gives you a different perspective," she said. "Fundamentally, we're tribal people, and we still have that sense of the world." Mankiller has received numerous awards, but she said the Oklahoma Humanities Award is special because it comes from her home state. She spent her first 11 years living in a home on an unpaved road in Adair County with no indoor plumbing or electricity.

"What a long and wonderful road it's been to accept this award about three hours from where I was born," she said. NewsOK poll Results for the question: Do you have an updated last will and testament? nity to educate Oklahomans about what was here before 1907, the former Cherokee Nation chief said Thursday. "There's not enough attention being paid to the history before Oklahoma became a state," she said. Humanities award The Oklahoma Humanities Council awarded Mankiller, 61, the inaugural Oklahoma Humanities Award at a dinner Thursday night at the Oklahoma History Center. Her lecture, "The Role of Culture and History in Contemporary Native American Life," was to follow.

Mankiller said it was significant the honor went to an American Indian, although she said it could have gone to any number of prominent Indians. "I'm not being coy when I say many others are more deserving of this award," she said. Mankiller previously has said Oklahoma's Centennial represents a tragic time for many tribes. In an interview Thursday morning, she said she has turned down some centennial invitations for that reason but chose to accept this one to open a dialogue between Indians and non-Indians. "People don't like to be preached to.

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