Provides the latest RSS feeds for Omaha News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Nebraska State News.net http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/cat/78efc37f01322b18/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:34:51 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:34:51 -0400 30 Police described the man as in his 20s, 6 feet tall with a thin build. The man had short blond hair and wore a white baggy shirt and blue baggy ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215281798/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:43:47 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215281798/scat/78efc37f01322b18 According to a new national poll, just 16 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job, with 83 percent of those questioned in a CNN/ORC International survey saying they disapprove. The poll was released ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280504/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:39:25 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280504/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Osprey snare league title The Billings Mustangs have been a Minor League franchise since 1948, but the 2013 campaign is particularly significant because it marks an important milestone in what has been the team's most prosperous era. This season is the 40th anniversary of Billings' affiliation with the Cincinnati Reds and is a continuation of one of the longest-standing partnerships ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280651/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:10:11 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280651/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Gear up for the new season After a brief hiatus, the Elizabethton Twins are back in a familiar role -- reigning champions. Ray Smith has been Elizabethton's manager since 1987, directing the team to eight Appy League titles. Until last September, the Twins had been without a championship since 2008, a three-year gap that marked their longest drought since the ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280650/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:10:11 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280650/scat/78efc37f01322b18 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Umpire School™ (TUS) announced today that the dates for its next four-week session will be Jan. 5 - Feb. 2, 2014, at the Vero Beach Sports Village in Vero Beach, Fla. TUS also recently secured an M-1 classification from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Department of Homeland Security to allow it to accept students from outside the United States. ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280649/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:10:11 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215280649/scat/78efc37f01322b18 In response to a mayoral request to plan for budget reductions for the remainder of 2013 and all of 2014, the Omaha Public Library Board has drawn up several budget reduction scenarios, including library closures and reduced ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279462/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:32:51 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279462/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Chrysler Group reversed course and agreed to a recall of 2.7 million Jeeps Tuesday, giving in to the government's request in the final hours before a ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215277511/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:14:46 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215277511/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Elizabethton Twins north from extended spring training was involved in a fatal crash Tuesday morning, the Florida Times-Union and St. Paul Pioneer Press reported. The driver of a black Honda was traveling south in a northbound lane of Interstate 295 in Jacksonville, Fla. around 4:25 a.m. when it collided head-on with the Twins' bus. The driver of the car was declared dead at the scene, ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278207/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:56:45 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278207/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Bomb plots targeting the New York Stock Exchange and the city's subway were among more than 50 worldwide thwarted by top-secret surveillance programs since the 2011 al Qaeda attacks on the United States, authorities said on ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275412/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:50 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275412/scat/78efc37f01322b18 A 33-year-old woman said she was questioned for 12 hours as part of an investigating into a weekend shooting spree before police arrested her on an unrelated drug ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275535/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:45 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275535/scat/78efc37f01322b18 It will be situated across the street from the new Pinnacle Bank Arena in the West Haymarket area. Officials say it is modeled after the Power & Light District in Kansas City, Mo., and likely will begin operation in September or October. The new district's outdoor portion will include the courtyard for the Railyard development on the east side of Canopy Street and an interior courtyard ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275538/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:44 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275538/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Officers were called to the CVS at 48th and Dodge streets around 8:30 a.m. There, officers learned that a white man, wearing all gray, entered the pharmacy and demanded Oxycodone. He then jumped over the counter and showed that he had a gun, police said. The man left the scene on foot with an undetermined amount of Oxycodone. Anyone with information on the case should call a detective at ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275537/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:44 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275537/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Omaha police officers were called the scene near 120th and West Center Road just before 7 a.m. to investigate. The 53-year-old woman told officers that she was leaving her Jazzercise class when she encountered a man near the building entrance who appeared to be touching himself. He grabbed her by the shoulders as she was walking to her car, she told police She said she struggled with the man and ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275536/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:44 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275536/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Plots to bomb the New York subway system and the New York Stock Exchange were among more than 50 stopped by secret surveillance programs, the director of the National Security Agency and other officials disclosed ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215273840/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:46 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215273840/scat/78efc37f01322b18 - USA Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation announced today that their Collegiate National Team programs will compete for the second consecutive year in an international friendship series. Last year, the two countries resumed friendship series play at the collegiate level after a 16-year hiatus, with Team USA traveling to Havana for a five-game series - the host nation won the series, 3-2. ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274012/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:34:18 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274012/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Minor League teams are known for the creativity of their gameday promotions. On Tuesdays this season, we preview 10 of the most intriguing for the week ahead. If you'd like a particular promotion to be considered for this feature in the future, please send it ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274013/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:34:18 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274013/scat/78efc37f01322b18 The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday that he will provide details of two previously classified cases in which secret surveillance programs thwarted terrorist ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272350/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:57:02 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272350/scat/78efc37f01322b18 The Pentagon said Hagel will give a speech at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday at the University of Nebraska Omaha -- his alma mater -- on the challenges the Department of Defense is ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272445/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:57:00 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272445/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Nebraska's four state-run veterans homes have received perfect scores on their most recent annual Health Care System Surveys from the U.S. Department of Veterans ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272446/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:56:59 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272446/scat/78efc37f01322b18 A federal agency has proposed a nearly 50 percent cut in the Nebraska land the agency says is needed to support the endangered Salt Creek tiger ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272447/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:56:58 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272447/scat/78efc37f01322b18 was considered the lesser of the two prospects received by the Chicago Cubs from Texas in the trade of veteran starter Ryan Dempster. Nearly one year later, though, it is Hendricks -- not Smokies third ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272449/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:28:42 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272449/scat/78efc37f01322b18 hasn't pitched much this season, but the Tulsa Drillers right-hander and Colorado Rockies prospect still helps out wherever he can. He's even willing to run out and wrangle a tiger if that's what the team needs. Bettis, a second-round pick out of Texas Tech in 2010, is on the verge of returning after being sidelined since mid May with shoulder trouble. He pitched a simulated game ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272448/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:28:42 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272448/scat/78efc37f01322b18 had just finished throwing a bullpen session with St. Lucie in April when he learned he was being sent to Double-A Binghamton. Only two starts into his season, he took the news in stride. "I don't think I was really surprised," said deGrom, who began this season as the No. 12 prospect in the Mets system. "I had played at St. Lucie at the end of last year." The former ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272450/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:28:42 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272450/scat/78efc37f01322b18 COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) -- A 21-year-old Council Bluffs man is expected to recover from injuries suffered when he was stabbed with a garden ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271130/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:34:54 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271130/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Afghan forces formally took over security responsibilities for their violence-plagued country from NATO-led troops on Tuesday, marking a key transition in the long and costly war. President Hamid Karzai also announced that a government group dedicated to Afghan peace and reconciliation will go to the Gulf state of Qatar and participate in talks with the Taliban militant group -- long the ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215269586/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:46:57 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215269586/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Chrysler Group will formally respond Tuesday to the government's request for a recall of 2.7 million Jeeps that safety officials say pose too great a risk of fire in a rear-end ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215269044/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:35:30 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215269044/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Twelve-year-old Dezi Hughes spoke with Des Moines TV station KCCI about escaping her abductor -- the same man who allegedly kidnapped and killed her ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215267480/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:40:04 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215267480/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Take in a Hops game HILLSBORO, Ore. -- A new stadium, a sellout crowd, a dominating three-hit shutout victory. ... If the inaugural game at the Hillsboro Ballpark were any more magical, a double rainbow would have appeared over the game. Actually, they had one of those too. "They couldn't have timed it any better," said center fielder Brian Billigen, who recorded the first home ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215266511/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:07:28 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215266511/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Oklahoma City, OK - Fernando Martinez drove in three runs to lead Oklahoma City to a 5-2 decision over Omaha Tuesday night in the opener of a four-game set at Bricktown Ballpark. The Storm Chasers slipped to 24-27 and into third place in the American Conference North Division but remain only 2 ½ games behind Memphis. Omaha starter Chris Dwyer got himself into trouble with walks in what ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215265510/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:02:09 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215265510/scat/78efc37f01322b18 - The Omaha Storm Chasers (26-33) dropped the second game of their series with the Oklahoma City RedHawks (33-26) by a score of 5-2, their seventh loss in the last nine games. The offense was held to less than three runs for the ninth time in the last 11 games, after only being held to less than three runs nine times in the prior 48 games. With the game tied at 1-1 in the sixth inning the ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215264591/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:58:51 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215264591/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Catch a Bulls game In his first game since returning from bereavement leave after the passing of his mother, Shelley Duncan had his best game of the season for Triple-A Durham on Monday night. The journeyman designated hitter belted a pair of home runs and drove in six in a 16-3 victory over Louisville. The six-RBI game was his first since April 25, 2009 with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263732/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:56:52 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263732/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Subscribe to MiLB.TV They're at it again. The Class A short-season New York-Penn League opened Monday and the only intra-city rivalry in Minor League Baseball started a new chapter as the Staten Island Yankees edged the Brooklyn Cyclones, 2-1. It featured names familiar to New York baseball fans. Michael O'Neill, nephew of former Yankees All-Star Paul O'Neill, played in left ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263733/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:56:52 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263733/scat/78efc37f01322b18 A former Chicago alderman, the head of a $1 billion Nebraska-based prescription medication provider, and another man were convicted today of conspiracy to commit bribery of a fictitious public official to purportedly obtain business from the Los Angeles County hospital system after a two-week trial. A federal jury deliberated several hours today before returning guilty verdicts against all three ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262750/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:09:52 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262750/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Catch a BayBears game The title was won by the seventh inning, but Mobile continued to pile it on. Double-A Mississippi's 2-1 loss to Tennessee ensured the BayBears the Southern League South Division first-half title more than midway through their game Monday night, and Mobile added to the celebration by trumping Pensacola, 11-1. "We had some adversity to overcome early in the ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262871/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:52:50 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262871/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Catch a game in Dunedin A pair of big-name Major Leaguers rehabbed with Class A Advanced Dunedin on Monday, but the star of the game turned out to be a 22-year-old who hit .248 in the Midwest League last year. Third baseman Andy Burns collected three hits, a stolen base and four RBIs in Dunedin's 6-4 win over Tampa at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium. Fifth in the Florida State League with ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262872/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:52:50 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262872/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Despite bands scheduled for every night of the CWS, crews took down the stage at Pauli's in The Outfield, ending the party near the ballpark. According to ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261997/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:19:16 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261997/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Catch a game in Jupiter For right-handed Marlins prospect Jose Urena, there really is no place like home. Just take a look at his statistics. The 21-year-old scattered four hits over seven innings in the Class A Advanced Jupiter Hammerheads' 2-0 win over the visiting Bradenton Marauders. "I was feeling good. We were working on throwing the two-seam [fastball] all the time because ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261998/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:50:37 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261998/scat/78efc37f01322b18 The U.S. State Department said Monday it wasn't surprised that Iran's newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani, said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should stay in power until ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261067/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:16:06 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261067/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Members of the Old Market South Neighborhood Association discussed the revitalization of the Burlington Station at their monthly meeting Monday ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261183/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:16:01 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261183/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Investigators said, during the College World Series, women and girls are specifically brought into the area because major sporting events equal high demand for ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261182/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:16:00 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261182/scat/78efc37f01322b18 8min Still two years away, KETV NewsWatch 7's move to Burlington Station has members of the Old Market South Neighborhood Associationlooking forward to the ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261184/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:15:59 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261184/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Hoffman, who gained a lot of support following his 69-yard touchdown at the Huskers' Spring Game, is battling pediatric brain cancer. Tuesday will be Hoffman's last chemotherapy session. The Old Mattress Factory threw him a celebration to congratulate him. The 7-year-old received prizes, baseball gear and ice cream. He even signed some autographs, threw footballs and hit some baseballs. ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261181/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:15:59 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215261181/scat/78efc37f01322b18 The names of dozens of detainees held at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were released for the first time on Monday after a newspaper sued the federal government for the ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260295/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:11:23 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260295/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Investigators said the bicyclist was northbound in the southbound lane of 13th Streetnear the curb when a 2007 Hyundai SUV made a left turn on Center ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260390/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:11:19 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260390/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Scientists extract stories from the skeletons, so the bones. and the families can finallyrest.The military said JPAC identifies the remains of an MIA every two and a half ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260391/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:11:18 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260391/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Ankeny police say the boy drove the car with a flat tire early Sunday morning over curbs and around 50 mph in a residential area. The car also went through a construction zone and several barricades before speeding off ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260393/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:11:17 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260393/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker said two kids sneaked into Walnut Community School and trashed it, dumping food, bleach and glue in nine classrooms and several ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260392/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:11:17 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215260392/scat/78efc37f01322b18 But "all of us have the intention to stop the violence in Syria ... and to solve this situation peacefully," Putin said Monday after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Group of Eight Summit in Northern ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256374/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:05:57 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256374/scat/78efc37f01322b18 A man terrorized a south Omaha neighborhood Saturday afternoon, going on a deadly shooting-spree. Police said the gunman would have kept shooting if not for a brave officer and quick thinking from a retired ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256526/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:57:29 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256526/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Police said 54-year-old Vinton Lowry allegedly tried to sell an undercover officer two tickets for $65 dollars a piece, but they were only worth $34 a ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256525/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:57:28 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256525/scat/78efc37f01322b18 The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe has been arrested during a protest of alcohol sales in Nebraska, on the border of South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256524/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:57:28 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256524/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Under the plan, students would not be able to practice or play with their sports team if they have a Grade Point Average below 2.0 or are failing two or more ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256523/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:57:27 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256523/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Joey Gallo , Hickory (.452/.500/1.226, 8 G, 14-for-31, 3 2B, 0 3B, 7 HR, 13 RBI, 11 R, 2 BB, 10 K) The Crawdads are putting on a collective display of power this year that may be unprecedented in the South Atlantic League. At the heart of it are sluggers Gallo and Ryan Rua, who are tied for the Minor League lead with 22 home runs apiece. No one else in the Minors has more than 18, and nine ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256528/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:29:05 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256528/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Rays prospects like Jake Odorizzi and Chris Archer get more attention (and occasional big league spot starts), Martin has quietly been the backbone of first-place Durham's pitching staff. The 30-year-old right-hander doesn't have the best peripheral stats -- he's fanned just 56 and allowed 11 home runs over a team-high 84 innings -- but he's 9-3 in his 14 starts and leads the ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256527/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:29:05 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256527/scat/78efc37f01322b18 "Whether it was his work, his family, his friends or his community, Robert Hanes lived these attributes," said Dave Pankonin, Hanes' co-worker and ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215255378/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:53:38 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215255378/scat/78efc37f01322b18 - Chris Rusin tossed a complete-game five-hitter as Iowa blanked Omaha, 2-0, Monday afternoon in the last of four meetings at Principal Park. The Storm Chasers dropped three of four in the series to slip to 30-38 and 3 1/2 games behind Memphis in the American Conference North Division as they await the outcome of the Redbirds series finale tonight in Albuquerque. Rusin allowed singles to Adam ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215255379/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:25:56 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215255379/scat/78efc37f01322b18 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The utility that runs the Cooper nuclear power plant in southeast Nebraska must persuade regulators it has improved the way workers respond to ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215254538/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:35:28 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215254538/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Event information ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Staff and front office personnel from the Minor League Baseball office and six MiLB clubs will join executives from Major League Baseball's Central Office, all 30 MLB Clubs, MLB Network and MLB Advanced Media for the 2013 MLB Diversity Business Summit this week. This year's event, co-hosted by the Houston Astros, will be held at the Hyatt ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215253183/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:20:22 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215253183/scat/78efc37f01322b18 President Barack Obama's approval rating dropped 8 percentage points over the past month, to 45 percent, the president's lowest rating in more than a year and a half, according to a new national ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215251908/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:46:46 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215251908/scat/78efc37f01322b18 After the robbery, Sabata recorded a video in which she displayed cash and bragged about stealing a car and robbing a bank. She spoke of having the best day of her ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215252392/scat/78efc37f01322b18 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:31:44 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215252392/scat/78efc37f01322b18