Lawmakers could set age limitation today
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Since Nebraska passed a “safe-haven” law in September whose language allows the abandonment of kids in the state up to age 18, 35 children, mostly 11 and older, have been dropped off, the Los Angeles Times reports. All states have such laws, meant to encourage overwhelmed parents to leave kids in hospitals rather than dangerous areas. But Nebraskan law lacks an age limitation.
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Dem will get slice of state's 5
Associated Press Nov 14, 08 5:08 PM CST
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Barack Obama has won a single Nebraska electoral vote in post-election counting, the first time the state has split the vote since a 1991 law allowed the practice, the AP reports. No Democrat has gotten a vote in the state since Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
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Omaha may have to wait a week for results
Omaha World-Herald Nov 5, 08 9:11 AM CST
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Nebraska was never a swing state, but its unique system of assigning electoral votes has left it with a surprising question mark after election night. The 2nd Congressional District, which includes Omaha, remains too close to call, with John McCain leading President-elect Barack Obama by 569 votes. And 9,000 provisional and early ballots are still uncounted, reports the Omaha World-Herald .
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Pitcher's DUI arrest came after taunts about Yankees' season
New York Post Oct 21, 08 12:58 PM CDT
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Joba Chamberlain nearly got into a fistfight with a Red Sox fan before his alleged DUI, the New York Post reports. Chamberlain began the ill-fated night by pounding a couple Grey Goose drinks at a friend’s bar, before hitting a strip club. There he encountered a heckler. “Too bad you didn’t play for the Red Sox,” said another customer. “Otherwise, you wouldn't be sitting here in a strip club in Nebraska.”
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Yankees' Chamberlain arrested in Nebraska on 3 charges
Associated Press Oct 19, 08 12:06 PM CDT
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New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, speeding, and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle. Nebraska State Patrol said Chamberlain was stopped for speeding near his hometown of Lincoln at about 1am yesterday. Chamberlain was taken to the Cornhusker Place Detox in Lincoln, which is the normal protocol.
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Campaign wants to pick up just one of Nebraska's electoral votes
Washington Post Oct 6, 08 7:09 AM CDT
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Forty-eight of 50 states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, but Nebraska, divvies up electoral votes by congressional district—and the Obama campaign sees an opening, reports the Washington Post . By concentrating just on the Omaha area, the Democrats are trying to pick up a single electoral vote in a state that George W. Bush won by 22 points in 2004.
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Coach kicks Nebraska pair off team for nude Web videos
Omaha World-Herald Aug 13, 08 7:00 AM CDT
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Two University of Nebraska wrestlers have been chucked off the team after posing naked for a gay pornography site, the Omaha World-Herald reports. The coach said the behavior of the two wrestlers, including 2007 125-pound NCAA champion Paul Donahoe, did not reflect "the standard of excellence we aspire to on and off the mat."
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Storm chaser allegedly doctored another man's old footage into his own
Associated Press Jul 10, 08 8:58 AM CDT
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The Associated Press has pulled a video described as depicting a tornado that hit Nebraska last weekend after a storm chaser claimed that it was faked. After Andy Fabel sold the clip to the AP, which passed it along to 2,000 websites, another man noticed similarities between it and his own footage of a twister that hit Kansas 4 years ago.
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Hospital evacuated in downtown Cedar Rapids, where 100 blocks are submerged
Texas Civil Rights Project Jun 13, 08 2:40 PM CDT
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“We have to make sure people remember," said a 13-year-old who pulled a dead fellow Boy Scout out of the rubble left by Wednesday's fatal tornado. Last night's vigil in Omaha, Neb., was among several for the four teens killed in the Iowa maelstrom; “This is probably the worst day of my life,” the leader of the group’s Mid-America Council told the World-Herald .
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Hundreds evacuated as water rises
Associated Press Jun 9, 08 6:47 AM CDT
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Storms across the Midwest and East Coast this weekend forced hundreds to evacuate, destroyed homes, and killed 8 people, the AP reports. More than 10 inches of rain in much of Indiana caused flooding; more floods in Iowa were some of the worst in years. Falling trees, high winds, and lightning killed several people while others drowned. A tornado in Omaha, Neb., damaged buildings, but no injuries were reported.
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Kansas tornadoes smash homes, spook elephants
Associated Press Jun 6, 08 2:26 AM CDT
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Severe weather lashed the Great Plains yesterday after forecasters warned of a possible tornado outbreak as bad as the 1974 one that spawned 39 twisters, AP reports. At least four tornadoes touched down in Kansas, causing widespread damage and spooking a pair of runaway circus elephants. Heavy rains caused rivers in Iowa to burst their banks. More storms are expected today.
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Primary voters a far cry from general election pool in some states
Washington Post Feb 24, 08 10:31 AM CST
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Barack Obama's sweep of red state primaries has won converts to Obama's claim that he can redraw the political map in November and take states that Democrats have long written off as hopelessly red. Not so fast, warns the Washington Post— Dem primary voters do not reflect the general election demographic in such red zones as Kansas, Nebraska, and Idaho.
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