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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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Twister season starts late but starts nonetheless
Twister season starts late, but starts nonetheless Deadly tornadoes that have raked communities in Middle America over the past week, including Monday's massive twister that carved a path of destruction through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, belie what had been a relatively quiet start of the 2013 tornado ...
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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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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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