DOJ grants immunity on Clinton email server

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

The Washington Post is reporting today that the Justice Department has granted immunity to a former State Department staffer, who worked on Hillary Clinton’s private email server, as part of a criminal investigation into the possible mishandling of classified information, according to a senior law enforcement official.

The official said the FBI had secured the cooperation of Bryan Pagliano, who worked on Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign before setting up the server in her New York home in 2009.

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Refund donation for indigent veterans approved

VeteranSmokingOKLAHOMA CITY – There are currently estimated to be over 300 homeless veterans in Oklahoma.  The Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association says that statewide they bury approximately 25 indigent veterans each year and absorb the costs of the funerals.

On Wednesday, the Senate unanimously approved Senate 1134, by Sen. Frank Simpson, which would provide a funding mechanism for the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs’ (ODVA) Indigent Veteran Burial Program.

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Inhofe: Cleanup of Orphan Mines Act

EPAGoldKingMineSpill3U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered the following opening statement today at the legislative hearing entitled, Economic Opportunities from Land Cleanup Programs and a Legislative Hearing on S. 1479, Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2015, S. 2446, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016 and Discussion Draft of Good Samaritan Cleanup of Orphan Mines Act of 2016.

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Iron Maiden takes Tulsa by storm

Iron Maiden frontman and Ed Force One pilot Bruce Dickinson opens their show Friday night at the BOK Center in Tulsa, OK

Iron Maiden frontman and Ed Force One pilot Bruce Dickinson opens the show Friday at the BOK Center.

For the first time in approximately 30 years, Iron Maiden returned to Tulsa much to the delight of legions of their loyal fans.  Although their show was at the BOK Center on Friday night, make no mistake, Iron Maiden owned the last weekend in February in Tulsa, beginning Thursday when the band’s plane, Ed Force One touched down at Tulsa International Airport, greeted by  hundreds of fans just wanting to see the landing.

Their arrival was covered by local media – beyond entertainment media.  Many fans were also at the airport Saturday afternoon to see the plane take off, heading to Las Vegas for the next stop on the band’s “Book of Souls” world tour.

Yes, Tulsans really follow Iron Maden.

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