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Friday Jan 29 | Associated Content

Writing About Not Writing

Be forewarned, I have nothing new to say here. No brilliance or artistic excellence will be coming forth from me.

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Wed Jan 27, 2010

Associated Content

Picher, Oklahoma: Superfund Site

Picher, Oklahoma, is located in Ottawa County in the northeast corner of the state near the Kansas-Missouri border.

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Mon Jan 18, 2010

TulsaWorld.com - State

Kansas roads could get waste from mines

More than $35 million in taxpayers' stimulus money will go to the Tar Creek area where mining decimated part of northeast Oklahoma and parts of Missouri and Kansas.

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Sat Jan 16, 2010

TulsaWorld.com - Entertainment

Looking for love

If you can provide a good home for either of the following pets, please call Tulsa Humane Society at 495-3647, or visit the adoption center at 6232 E. 60th St.

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Wed Jan 13, 2010

Tulsa World

Local, State

Police are trying to narrow potential motives in the slaying of a Tulsa man who was found dead in an apartment Sunday night.

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Mon Jan 11, 2010

Joplin Globe

Filmmakers find stories in Picher

If the trend continues, the abandoned mining town of Picher might have a future in film.

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Sun Jan 10, 2010

Joplin Globe

Oklahoma Supreme Court accepts Picher appeal

PICHER, Okla. - The Oklahoma Supreme Court has agreed to review an Ottawa County court decision that shot down a lawsuit filed by more than 100 Picher-Cardin residents alleging problems with the recent buyout.

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Thu Dec 24, 2009

Tulsa World

Picher bequeaths $578,000 to NEO

The largest monetary gift ever received by Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College came from the most unlikely source: the dying town of Picher.

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Wed Dec 23, 2009

Joplin Globe

Picher endows $578,000 to Neo a&M

The residents of Picher have known for some time that their town was coming to an end, but for some it did not seem real until Monday.

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Tue Dec 22, 2009

News9 Oklahoma City

Dying Town Donates to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M

The dying town of Picher is donating $578,000 to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. In exchange the college will preserve Picher's records for public research.

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Mon Dec 21, 2009

KOAMtv

Defunct mining town gives over $500,000 to Oklahoma college

A Four State college gets a big legacy from a town that has now ceased to exist.

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Mon Dec 14, 2009

Comox Valley Echo

Beefs & Bouquets

A HUGE Christmas Blessing and the best for 2010 to our case manager Leanne Jaerschky and the home support team that helped look after my husband Rick Rennie this past year.

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Sat Dec 12, 2009

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Oklahoman's Death Attributed To H1N1

State health officials are confirming one new death related to swine flu in Oklahoma.

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Fri Dec 11, 2009

News9 Oklahoma City

Picher Housing Authority Plans to Spend Stimulus Money Elsewhere

The town of Picher is almost completely deserted after a government buyout program and a deadly tornado.

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Mon Nov 30, 2009

TulsaWorld.com - Opinion

Questionable

When it comes to federal spending, $135,000 isn't all that much money. But that doesn't mean it should be wasted on something that's not needed.

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Sat Nov 28, 2009

Joplin Globe

Lawyers apparently plan appeal in lawsuit in Tar Creek buyout w/ judgea s decision

PICHER, Okla. - A lawsuit filed by more than 100 residents of the Picher-Cardin area against the panel that was in charge of the Tar Creek buyout apparently is headed for appeal after a recent rejection in Ottawa County District Court.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

Joplin Globe

Houses used as set in making of horror film burn to ground

The vacant houses used recently in the making of a hard-core horror film in Picher burned to the ground Sunday night, authorities said Monday.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

NewsOn6 Tulsa

No Plans Yet To Use Federal Stimulus Money Meant For Picher

Some officials with the housing authority in the dying town of Picher are looking for ways to use more than $135,000 in federal stimulus money.

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NewsOn6 Tulsa

Picher Homes Featured In Horror Film Burn

Three vacant homes in Picher were destroyed or heavily damaged by fire late Sunday night and authorities say the fires were probably intentionally set.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

KRMG-AM Tulsa

Dying Town Receives Stimulus Money

The town of Picher is dying but its housing authority is sitting on $135,000 in federal stimulus money.

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