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The best things to do in Oklahoma this weekend

<strong>THE 75 BEST FREE THINGS TO DO IN OKLAHOMA THIS SUMMER</strong>. Because there's no reason why you should spend the entire summer cuddling your air conditioner. <a href="http://thislandpress.com/05/30/2013/75-free-things-to-do-in-oklahoma-this-summer/" target="_blank">Get busy</a>.

<strong>HEY BABY</strong>: Upon recent announcements from across the pond, a fog of baby fever has settled over many a realm, this land included. This week we listened again to the story of Ruth Cobb, an Oklahoma midwife who has delivered more than 1,700 babies:

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WEIRD LAWS: In addition to income tax, workers' compensation, and horse slaughter, the Oklahoma legislature passed laws this session dealing with canoe taxation, space flight liability, and spring-type knives. <a href="http://thislandpress.com/roundups/eight-laws-you-didnt-know-the-oklahoma-legislature-passed-this-session/" target="_blank">Eight laws you didn't know the Oklahoma legislature passed this session</a>. 

<strong>YOUNGWOLFE ACCUSED</strong>: Hunter Howe Cates delivers <a href="http://thislandpress.com/07/18/2013/youngwolfe-accused/" target="_blank">the true tale of a man wrongfully accused and his crusading attorney, a Tulsa antecedent to Harper Lee’s classic</a>, which debuted seven years later.

<strong>BIG DREAMS</strong>: Before it launched a bid for the Summer Olympics, <a href="http://thislandpress.com/08/04/2010/tasm-bids-for-shuttle-display/" target="_blank">Tulsa tried to get a retired space shuttle to land in the city</a>.

<strong>LETTER FROM CHINA</strong>: Sheilah Bright discovers that picking a peck of pickled vipers is <a href="http://thislandpress.com/07/22/2013/letter-from-china/" target="_blank">like pulling teeth</a>.

<strong>HELL ON WHEELS</strong>: Stephen Lassiter is not a hipster. He is an Integrity Analyst for Magellan Midstream Partners in Tulsa and <a href="http://bit.ly/Kx3UvI" target="_blank">he rides his bicycle to work every day</a>.

<strong>TULSA MOB</strong>: Steve Gerkin profiles members of <a href="http://thislandpress.com/07/06/2011/creepy-karpis-and-the-tulsa-central-park-gang/" target="_blank">the Central Park Gang</a>, who wielded terror in Tulsa in the 1930s.

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What have you been reading/watching/listening to this week?