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Oklahoma fathers of dead service members rally against war funding

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Fathers of two military personnel killed in Iraq rallied Thursday against a $37 billion U.S. military funding bill.

Sen. Jim Inhofe opposes energy bill that could help Oklahoma City manufacturer

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Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe says the bad things in a new energy bill would outweigh the positives.

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DC Metro crash spurs federal oversight push 20 minutes ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of a bill that would give federal regulators power to force transit agencies to make safety improvements are rallying around a ruling that the lack of federal oversight contributed to the fatal Metro crash in Washington last year. Supporters believe the National Transportation... Read More
NH Sen. Gregg is fifth Republican to support Kagan 21 minutes ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Judd Gregg says he plans to vote to confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice. The retiring senator from New Hampshire says Kagan is qualified to serve on the high court, although she may have a different political philosophy than he does. Gregg's announcement in a... Read More
Arizona sheriff not relenting after court ruling 1 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment PHOENIX (AP) — Lost in the hoopla over Arizona's immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country. Nowhere in the U.S. is local enforcement more present than in metropolitan Phoenix, where... Read More
Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration 1 hours ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration, unable to push a broad immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to allow undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States, according to an agency memo. The internal draft written by officials at U.S. Citizenship... Read More
Congress OKs overhaul of airline pilot rules 2 hours ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Friday approved far-reaching aviation safety legislation developed in response to a deadly commuter airline crash in western New York last year. The safety measures apply to all airlines and are the first comprehensive attempt in decades to revise rules governing pilots. They... Read More
Mike Thompson endorses James Lankford in 5th Dist. race 2 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment State Rep. Mike Thompson has endorsed his Republican primary opponent James Lankford in the Aug. 24 runoff election for the 5th District U.S. House seat. Thompson made the endorsement Friday on his Facebook page, saying he believes "James Lankford is the transformative leader we need." Thompson finished third in... Read More
Andy Griffith's new role: pitching health care law 3 hours ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment WASHINGTON (AP) — Actor Andy Griffith has a new role: pitching President Barack Obama's health care law to seniors in a cable television ad paid for by Medicare. The TV star — whose role as sheriff of Mayberry made him an enduring symbol of small-town American values — tells seniors that... Read More
NY reps. spar in House over 9/11 responder bill 4 hours ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts. The bill... Read More
Obama signs bill aiding tribal police 8 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment After an introduction by a Sicangu Lakota woman who said her 1994 rape was never prosecuted, President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday a bill passed in response to what is being called a crisis in law enforcement in Indian country. Read More
GOP gets wish: Rangel case in campaign season 8 hours ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one. A House ethics panel of four Democrats and four Republicans, who will determine Rangel's guilt or innocence on 13 ethics charges,... Read More
National Education Association donates $3 million to campaign 8 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment National Education Association gave a $3 million contribution to supporters of a state question seeking to increase funding for education. Read More
Oklahoma City finds big success with EMSA funding program 9 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment Open enrollment begins Sept. 1 for the TotalCare program, in which Oklahoma City residents pay a monthly fee to cover costs of ambulance rides not paid for by insurance. Read More
Exposure helps Jari Askins secure Oklahoma votes 10 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment As Oklahoma lieutenant governor for the last four years, Jari Askins has been riding in parades, cutting ribbons and visiting festivals and fish fries from one corner of the state to the other. Experts say that exposure, combined with an energized ground game, a flurry of last-minute automated telephone calls and... Read More
Sen. Jim Inhofe opposes energy bill that could help Oklahoma City manufacturer 11 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe says the bad things in a new energy bill would outweigh the positives. Read More
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