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The duo Karmin, made up of Seward, Neb., native Amy Heidemann and fiance Nick Noonan, will perform on "Saturday Night Live" tonight.

Creighton wraps up an eight-day stretch Saturday that could define - or at least refine - how the Bluejays' 2011-12 season is ultimately remembered.

Nebraska lawmakers reacted to President Barack Obama's announcement today that his administration is changing course on a controversial birth control policy that threatened to undermine his re-election bid and set off a firestorm on both sides of the issue.

CT scans are an invaluable diagnostic tool, but experts acknowledge there is a low risk from repeated exposure.

This 6-week yoga class teaches postures and breathing techniques for awareness and relaxation.

Championship. Legacy. Bracketology. Shockers. Not necessarily in that order. That's a full plate Saturday at the CenturyLink Center, when Creighton and Wichita State get together for a little game of five-on-five. In this storied rivalry, there would be blood in a hot-dog eating contest.

The lawsuit also targets four off-site beer stores in Whiteclay, Neb., a town with a population of about a dozen people on the South Dakota border that sells nearly 5 million cans of beer annually.

Those affected by the tragic and sudden death of an Omaha boy this week have organized a candlelight vigil in his honor.

Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner says a four-and-a-half inch dagger was found in O'Brien's briefcase while it was being scanned at the security checkpoint inside the Justice and Law Enforcement Center in Lincoln.

An Omaha senator is taking another run at a plan to increase access to healthy food in low-income areas in Nebraska.

The plan emulates Hawaii, where employees at religious institutions that do not offer free contraception in the health insurance plan can get birth control through side benefits.

A fire Friday morning forced two men out into the bitter cold. They didn't even have time to get dressed.

A lucky lottery player walked into an Omaha convenience store and purchased a Powerball ticket that is now worth $1 million.

Owner Tom Foster said the restaurant is behind $15,000 in property taxes on the building at 38th and Farnam Streets, where it has been in business for more than 18 years.

Feb. 10, 1936: Inspector Alfred C. Andersen, who returned triumphantly to the police department when the present administration took office three years ago, would present his resignation to the city council soon, good authority reported.

Too many chickens came home to roost for the No. 15 Nebraska women's basketball team Thursday night.

One of two teenage boys received his punishment Thursday on criminal complaints of first-degree sexual assault against a 5-year-old girl and her 6-year-old brother at an Omaha park last year.

Log on to replay "The Roundup" chat with Lee Barfknecht, the weekly discussion of the latest Big Ten Conference news.

Mayor Jim Suttle signaled Thursday that combating gangs and gun violence will be a top priority for his administration in the coming year.

Village Stationery, which was at Countryside Village near 87th and Pacific Streets for 35 years before it closed in 2010, never shut down for good.