Nebraska News
Feds release more details on Verdel, Neb. plane crash
VERDEL, Neb. (AP) -- Government investigators say one of the engines on a plane that crashed in northeast Nebraska last summer shook violently shortly after takeoff.
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Neb. lawmakers reject young farmer investment bill
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Senators rejected a program that would put some state funds into loans for young Nebraska farmers rather than in more traditional investments.
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Livestock ID plan caught up in identity crisis
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska's director of agriculture is watching closely as plans for a national identification system for cattle, hogs and other livestock are pulled off the federal agenda.
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Neb. Med Center researcher lands $720,000 grant
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A researcher at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Omaha has received a 4-year, $720,000 grant from the American Cancer Society.
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Buffett, Paulson to talk about economy today in Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Billionaire Warren Buffett and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson are expecting an audience of more than 2,000 when they discuss the economy.
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Bill would put wind in Neb. teachers' sails
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A Nebraska lawmaker wants to put wind in the sails of high-performing teachers.
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Neb. felons may have to pay to give DNA
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Felons in Nebraska may not only have to submit DNA samples to the state - they may have to pay for them, too.
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Neb. panel raising some speed limits on some roads
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The Nebraska Highway Commission and Roads Department are proceeding with all deliberate speed in reviewing posted limits on state highways.
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Kansas' Westboro Baptist planning Omaha protests
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A Kansas church says it will be picketing a Catholic high school and college in Omaha.
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Neb. bill targets senators' conflicts of interest
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Sen. Bill Avery, of Lincoln, would like to see a more public accounting of conflict-of-interest statements filed by state lawmakers.
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Verdigre man faces 17 counts of sexual assault
CENTER, Neb. (AP) - A Verdigre man faces 17 misdemeanor counts of sexual assault.
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Neb trainer suspended for alleged horse drugging
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Nebraska Racing Hall of Fame trainer David Anderson has been suspended for three years and fined $4,000 for allegedly racing two horses that had been injected with banned painkillers.
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3 suspected of taking gold, silver from Neb. home
HERSHEY, Neb. (AP) -- One man has been arrested and warrants issued for two others accused of burglarizing a rural Hershey home and taking a safe containing $100,000 in gold and silver bars and coins.
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North Dakota woman sues Grand Island ammo company
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- A woman from the northeast North Dakota town of Thompson who had a rifle shell explode in her face during a hunting trip is suing the company that made the ammunition.
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Fishing limits lifted at Carter Lake near Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Serious about fishing? Carter Lake near Omaha could be your kind of fishing hole. All length and daily bag limits at Carter Lake have been rescinded through Sept. 30 in preparation of lake renovations. Don Gabelhouse with the Nebraska Game and Park…
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Worker at Neb. youth center accused of sex abuse
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl undergoing treatment at a mental health center in Lincoln. Police officer Katie Flood says 32-year-old Robert Dirks III faces a felony charge of sexual abuse of a protected indi…
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3 Nebraska brothers donate hair to Locks of Love
COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — There will be no more tangles for these brothers. Kaz, Jaxon and Mason Neal grew out their hair for Locks of Love, a nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss.
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Omaha man gets up to 130 years in revenge shooting
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- An Omaha man has been ordered to serve up to 130 years in prison in a June 2008 revenge shooting.
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Omaha man gets up to 130 years in revenge shooting
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- An Omaha man has been ordered to serve up to 130 years in prison in a June 2008 revenge shooting.
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Neb. governor worries about ice jam flooding
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Gov. Dave Heineman has declared a state of emergency because of the potential for ice jam flooding along the Platte River and its tributaries.
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State union rejects Neb. pay-freeze request
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A union representing about 11,000 Nebraska state government employees has rejected Gov. Dave Heineman's request that the workers forgo pay raises next fiscal year.
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Nebraska man arrested, accused of abusing baby son
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Osceola man has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse, accusing of injuring his baby boy. The Polk County sheriff's department says 30-year-old Joshua Bondegard was arrested at Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha on Wednesday. …
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Names released of 3 killed on icy Nebraska highway
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the names of three people who died in a collision on an icy highway in south-central Nebraska. The Adams County sheriff's department said Manuela Montanez and her husband, Abel Aldava, were in a van that collided with a pickup…
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Nebraska athlete hoping to take bobsled to gold
SHELBY, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraskan will be among the athletes vying for Olympic gold later this month. Curt Tomasevicz and the U.S. bobsled team finished in sixth place at the Winter Games in Torino and won the world championship last year. They hope to pick up gold in Vancouv…
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South-central Neb. crash leaves 3 dead
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) -- Adams County authorities say icy conditions may be to blame for a crash that left three people dead.
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