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Omaha homicide police investigate death
Police say officers were called to the home just before 10 p.m. Monday by family members who were checking on his well-being and found him unconscious. Medics who arrived were unable to revive him, and he was declared ...
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Journal Star offers digital ads on national websites
The Lincoln Journal Star now can place digital ads for local businesses on 10,000 nationally known news and entertainment websites, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, ESPN and CNN.The new program, Adlift, ...
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Young owner puts out first edition of weekly paper
ELM CREEK, Neb. (AP) -- The Elm Creek Beacon-Observer's 21-year-old new owner has published the first edition of the weekly newspaper he bought in ...
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Medicaid expansion study proposed
Acknowledging it is unlikely the Legislature would vote this session on a bill that would expand Medicaid to an estimated 54,000 newly ...
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Nebraska ban on synthetic designer drugs advances
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Chemicals that are used in the newest generation of designer drugs would become illegal in Nebraska, under a measure advancing in the ...
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Family of slain Omaha prof wife ask for privacy
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The family of a slain Creighton University professor and his wife are asking for privacy amid the ongoing investigation into the ...
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Budget goes to governor
The Legislature delivered a package of budget bills to Gov. Dave Heineman Monday, including its main spending bill and those that included salaries, the cash reserve and construction projects for the next two years.For the first time in at least seven years, it took more than 30 hours of debate to get the budget passed. The eight budget bills combined received 377 yes votes and six no votes on ...
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Attempt to repeal Nebraska sales tax law rejected
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Lawmakers on Monday rejected an attempt to repeal a new Nebraska law that lets cities raise their local option sales tax rates as long as they secure voter ...
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Nebraska lawmakers approve state budget bills
The package contains increases for early childhood education and a two-year tuition freeze at the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska State Colleges. It also includes $230 million in continued funding for a state property tax credit ...
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Driver slams into dry cleaners when rushed by men
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Lincoln police say a man smashed into a dry cleaner's business while trying to escape two men he thought were trying to rob ...
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Woman dies in single-car crash in Nuckolls County
SUPERIOR, Neb. (AP) -- The Nuckolls County sheriff's office says a 31-year-old woman had died in a one-vehicle crash near Superior in south-central ...
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Thurston company buys Simonsen Iron Works
SPENCER, Iowa -- Thurston Manufacturing Co. of Thurston, Neb., has purchased Simonsen Iron Works of Spencer, Iowa.Last week the Spencer plant, which employed 32 workers, shut down. At that time, the company president said he hoped to have a deal in place to keep the plant intact and preserve the jobs.Thurston said after layoff, it expedited the purchase of the company and 30 of the 32 workers ...
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Omaha police exploring possible link in two double homicides
By Katie Schubert OMAHA (Reuters) - Investigators in Omaha are looking at whether the murders discovered last week of a doctor and his wife are connected to the unsolved 2008 murders of a young boy and his family's housekeeper, police said on Monday. Dr. Roger Brumback and his wife, Mary, both 65, were found murdered last Tuesday in their west Omaha home. Brumback was a professor at ...
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High crop prices entice farms to expand planting
In this Wednesday, April 10, 2013 photo, farmer Clark Kelly holds a golf ball he dug out of a fairway on the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course, in Biggsville, Ill. Kelly purchased the course, which was in foreclosure, with plans to plow it into farm land. Across the Midwest, farmers are planting crops on almost any scrap of available land to take advantage of consistently high corn and soybean prices. ...
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Omaha task force investigates 4 slayings 5 years apart
OMAHA, Neb. - Authorities in Omaha have launched a task force to investigate any connection between last week's killings of a Creighton University professor and his wife and the 2008 slayings of an 11-year boy and his family housekeeper.Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said Monday that the public should report any suspicious activity as authorities investigate the deaths of Dr. Roger ...
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US Waitt Company acquires Bobby Jones brand
Omaha-based investment firm Waitt Company is to acquire the Bobby Jones brand from W-Diamond Group Corporation. The agreement will give Waitt Company the exclusive rights to Bobby Jones branded apparel, golf equipment and related products and accessories under a long-term licence. Waitt Company will operate the Bobby Jones business under a newly-formed affiliate, Jones Global Sports, and will ...
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Nebraska officials kick off seat belt campaign
Nebraska recorded 212 roadway deaths last year, marking the first time the fatality count has increased in the last three years. Gov. Dave Heineman says the number of roadway deaths this year has put the state on pace to see another year of increased traffic ...
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Gas prices continue to climb but no records yet
It's not commonplace yet, but we are seeing more and more Canadian TV shows popping up on American broadcast stations, especially in the ...
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Neb. Patrol Attacks in Whiteclay concerning
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol says law enforcement is increasing its presence in Whiteclay after activists attacked two beer trucks and threatened one driver with a ...
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Repeat sex offender gets 20-year prison sentence
Norfolk Daily News reports his prison sentence is 25 to 50 years but a mandatory minimum means he must serve 20 years before he's eligible for ...
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Warren Buffett meets with young entrepreneurs
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett is spending his day listening to business pitches from a select group of kids, but the ideas aren't likely to generate new acquisitions for Buffett's Berkshire ...
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Gering antique car garage damaged by fire
GERING, Neb. (AP) -- Fire has damaged a garage housing antique cars and other auto memorabilia in Gering but the owners who live in an apartment above the garage are safe after their rescue by ...
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Contract renewed for Lincoln area school officers
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Sheriff's deputies will continue to roam the hallways of four rural school district buildings near Lincoln with a Lancaster County Board decision that extends a contract between the sheriff's office and the school ...
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Nebraska company buys Spencer manufacturer
Thurston Manufacturing Co. of Thurston, Neb., says it has purchased Simonsen Iron Works of Spencer, Iowa, and plans to reopen the plant Monday ...
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Omaha police chief to discuss Omaha slayings
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer says he plans to discuss a police investigation that is exploring links between the slayings of a Creighton University professor and his wife last week and the 2008 slayings of an 11-year boy and his family ...
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Nebraska residents wary of crude oil pipeline
The Keystone pipeline is highly controversial because it has the potential to provide major benefits to the US and Nebraskan economy, while also posing as a potentially devastating risk, while state leaders recently conceded they have little say in whether it is built in the state.
The Keystone pipeline is a massive 2,100 mile long crude oil pipeline that has been under construction for several years and is intended to transport crude oil from Alberta, Canada to Illinois and Oklahoma, as well as the Gulf Coast. It will pass through the state of Nebraska as part of a 291-mile expansion to provide Cushing in Oklahoma with crude oil. Cushing is a major regional oil hub. Read more
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