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Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer says he plans to discuss a police investigation that is exploring links between the slayings of a Creighton University professor and his wife last week and the 2008 slayings of an 11-year boy and his family housekeeper.

It's called "separation of powers," and there's a good reason for it. The legislative branch makes laws.

" just makes me feel proud," Tracy Charging Crow said. "Proud that you can represent your culture and your community." Charging Crow is one of the students.

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Omaha police said Thursday that the department's cold case unit is investigating whether there is a connection between the slayings of a Creighton University physician and his wife and the 2008 stabbing deaths of an 11-year-old boy and his family's housekeeper.

Susan Russell Toohey, head of school at Marian High and a descendant of the founders of Creighton University, with a book she compiled tracing her family lineage.

A Creighton University professor who grew up in Monroeville and his wife were slain this week at their home in Nebraska, police in Omaha said.

Police say homicide is suspected in the deaths of a Creighton University professor and his wife at their home in west-central Omaha.

Keely McNutt, a Creighton University sophomore majoring in exercise science, drops off an unwanted fan at the designated collection location inside Swanson, a Creighton residence hall.

Many Americans worry needlessly about their salt intake because national sodium guidelines are too strict, a Creighton University scientist said Monday.

On Tuesday, the first day of final exams, faculty and staff will bring their pets to campus for some informal pet therapy.

Illusionist Kevin Spencer believes that magic can be therapeutic, especially with sick children, because tricks give them something in their lives they can control.

Two neighbors and friends of Madonna Runco know she is suffering this Mother's Day, three days after Runco's daughter was shot in the chest by a police officer.

Creighton University Medical Center consistently charged the most among Nebraska and Iowa hospitals for common procedures listed in a federal database that's aimed at encouraging consumers to comparison shop.

Maurice and Marian Steier walk down the aisle at St. John Catholic Church on the Creighton University campus after renewing their vows on May 1, their 70th wedding anniversary.

Overall, the numbers in the federal database show wide variations in hospital charges, not only from state to state or city to city, but also within the same city.

Jury trial has been set in the case of a man who accuses Creighton University in a lawsuit of discriminating against him because he is deaf.

One of the hospitalized students is identified as 11-year-old Bailey Hurlburt, she is listed in serious condition at Children's Hospital and Medical Center.

New York Times bestselling author Mary Lou Quinlan brings her one-woman, one-act show, "The God Box: A Daughter's Story," to Creighton University at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, in the Mike and Josie Harper Center, Hixson-Lied Auditorium.

Researchers recently tested e-cigarette aerosols and found traces of silver, iron, aluminum, tin, chromium and nickel, many of which can contribute to respiratory disease.