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Zs Come Back to Sting Storm Chasers
Metairie, LA - Gorkys Hernandez delivered the game-winning two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning to carry New Orleans past Omaha, 6-5, Friday night in the opener of a five-game series at Zephyr Field. The Storm Chasers dipped to 23-23 on the season and fell two games behind victorious Memphis in the American Conference North Division. NOLA starter Jacob Turner had retired nine Storm ...
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Intimidators Cose fans career-high 13
White Sox's Cose thriving on mound Jake Cose had no movement on his fastball, no action on his changeup and no clue how many pitches he'd thrown on Friday. "It was actually kind of weird," he said. "Warming up, everything was working well, going according to plan. But from the first inning on, it seemed the changeup wasn't moving too much. I kind of had to ...
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Loessfest kicks off this weekend at Rivers Edge Park
Pete Tulipana with the Iowa West Foundation envisions Loessfest to be an annual event that will celebrate Council Bluffs every year. "It's really going to be fascinating to see. I've seen all of the work so far and I think it's going to be a must-see in the metropolitan area," said Mayor Tom Hanafan. Rain is expected this weekend, but the city's park director said ...
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Donations for Oklahoma top $20 million
The Red Cross has received more than $15 million in donations and pledges so far for the town of Moore, which was struck by a tornado Monday that killed 24, injured more than 300 and destroyed thousands of ...
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Chasers Turn Tables With Two-Out RBIs in 4-3 Win
Max Ramirez is one of only four hitters in the Pacific Coast League with a .400 or better batting average in the month of May. (Mark Kuhlmann/Omaha Storm ...
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Omaha Archdiocese plans to expand area schools
Although the Omaha Archdiocese closed three of its grade schools this year, it plans to grow five schools in the Midtown area and expand its Catholic ...
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Cannes Dern a leading man again in ‘Nebraska’
From right, actors Bruce Dern, Angela McEwan, director Alexander Payne, June Squibb and Will Forte pose during a photo call for the film "Nebraska" at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 23, 2013. AP photo CANNES, France-- For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip ';Nebraska,'; Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene ...
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How safe is that bridge youre driving over
Like millions of other Americans, Dan and Sally Sligh packed up their vehicle and headed out for a Memorial Day weekend trip. As they crossed the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River outside Seattle, Washington, the bridge gave way and their pickup truck plunged into the frigid ...
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Teen battling cancer graduates from high school
-- Read: Teen battling cancer has high hopes after graduation "It was just kind of a countdown situation for the last couple weeks because he received his last chemo about maybe three weeks ago," said his father, Jimmy Anderson. The morning of his graduation, doctors gave him the OK not only to go to the ceremony, but to go home. "When you are in the hospital, it is a waiting ...
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Campers travel despite high gas prices
The recent rise in gas prices has some people double-thinking their Memorial Day weekend plans, but the hike hasn't stopped people who made their plans far in ...
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Trapped dog bites elderly man
The Labrador mix got caught on a fence near 72ndand Harrison streets Friday afternoon. The neighbor saw and tried to help the dog, but it bit the man's ...
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Men shot at after leaving bar
Omaha police said Laroy Rivers, 25, and Oliver Jones, 24, left a bar near 93rdand Blondo streets at 2 a.m. They told police when they got to their vehicle and drove away, a newer gray 4-door sedan pulled alongside of them and shot at ...
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Funeral held for 8-year-old tornado victim
Some 300 mourners crowded inside Eagle Heights Baptist Church here Friday to pay their respects to an elementary school student killed when a tornado churned through nearby Moore, ...
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Mayor-elect Stothert names chief of staff
Bilek has served the Douglas County Sheriff's Office for 38 years, including as its chief deputy for the last 11 years. He is set to retire from the sheriff's office by June 10, and will receive an annual salary of $112,500 as chief of staff, which reflects a 10 percent reduction in the current chief of staff's ...
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Heavy traffic expected for downtown events
Graduations for Millard South and Millard West will be held at the Civic Center, and heavy traffic is anticipated at the start of both events -- 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., ...
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Whiteclay activist arrested while filing complaint
A group that opposes alcohol sales in Whiteclay is alleging that one of its beer store owners gave baseball bats and a stick to men who frequent the town, and told them to attack the protesters' encampment on the Pine Ridge Indian ...
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Police Man shot at officers from steps of elementary school
ShotSpotter, the Omaha Police Department's shooting detection system, alerted officers to rounds being fired near 28th and Ellison avenues around 2:20 a.m. ...
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Summer lunch program helps feed hungry kids
Chandler View Elementary Principal Greg Eversoll said hundreds of kids in the Omaha Public School district rely on the summer meals program and its nutritious ...
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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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