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3 hrs ago | KLKN

Nebraskan gets 10-16 years in Ecstasy case

A man has been given 10 to 16 years in prison for selling what he said was the party drug Ecstasy to an undercover Lincoln officer.

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7 hrs ago | Gretna Breeze

Neb. calls foul on lopsided balls

The Nebraska School Activities Association signed a five-year deal to switch from Spalding to Baden basketballs this season.

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Related Topix: Nebraska Government

11 hrs ago | Reason Foundation

In Nebraska Child Welfare Reform Should Focus on Removing Fewer...

How the IPCC Reports Mislead the Public, Exaggerate the Negative Impacts of Climate Change and Ignore the Benefits of Economic Growth The Platte Institute released my new policy study on the future of child welfare reform in Nebraska, specifically analyzing the effects of privatization and how it can be improved in the future.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

The Gateway

Nebraska Wind Symphony performing Sunday at Strauss

The Nebraska Wind Symphony is teaming up with Omaha's middle school "All Stars" and the Omaha Percussion Ensemble for their formal winter concert, "With Bells On!" Sunday, Feb.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Entertainment

WOWT-TV Omaha

Nebraskan Pleads Guilty In ID Theft Case

A 23-year-old Lincoln woman faces up to five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine when she's sentenced for taking using personal information from two other people in trying to borrow money.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Prison

Belleville News Democrat

Tribe suing beer companies for alcohol problems

LINCOLN, Neb. -- An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

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Related Topix: Beer, Drink, Lincoln, NE, Prison

WOWT-TV Omaha

Nebraska Bill To Increase Lawmaker Salaries Advances

Nebraska lawmakers would get a $10,500 raise per year starting next year, under a bill advanced by the Executive Board.

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KCAU

Iowa, Neb. competing for $1.2 billion data center

A state economic development official says Iowa is competing with Nebraska to attract a $1.2 billion data center.

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KGWN

US Sen. Nelson calls for Neb. road work progress

U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson is calling on federal authorities to speed up the repair of nearly two dozen Nebraska roads and bridges - some that have been on hold since 2008.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Ben Nelson, US Senate, Democrat, E. Benjamin Nelson, Nebraska Government

The Papillion Times

Warrior Dash coming to Nebraska in June

Come meet with Dr. Kate Hansen on ways she may be able provide some alternative ways to help your little one.

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Related Topix: Louisville, NE

Wed Feb 08, 2012

KHGI

Neb. bill sets higher level of proof in crashes

A state lawmaker and cattle feeder says drivers who hit livestock on Nebraska roads should have a higher burden of proof to show that farmers and ranchers are to blame for an accident.

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KCAU

Nebraska corrections escapee caught in 90 minutes

A Nebraska man in prison for domestic assault and assaulting a police officer escaped from community corrections in Lincoln but was caught a short time later.

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KCAU

Lawmakers pitch Nebraska tax relief proposals

Nebraska lawmakers are pitching a series of tax relief proposals aimed at farm land, Social Security benefits and owner-occupied homes.

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Related Topix: Nebraska Government, Personal Finance, Social Security

The Papillion Times

Crews battle fire near 45th, R

Michigan and Nebraska couldn't be at much more different places in their seasons when they meet at the Devaney Center on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Fire, Michigan, Michigan Government, Life, Food, Vegetarian

KLKN

Nebraskan pleads no contest in hostage case

A North Platte man charged with holding paramedics hostage and threatening to kill them has pleaded no contest.

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Ralston Recorder

Sex offender is sentenced

Creighton's championship hopes are in danger of turning into roadkill. The 17th-ranked Bluejays dropped their second straight Missouri Valley game away from home Tuesday night, scoring just one point in the final five minutes and 25 seconds of a 65-57 loss to Evansville before an announced crowd of 5,128 at the Ford Center.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Prison

KOLN-TV Lincoln

Nebraska Senator says Lawmaker Raises are Long Overdue

A Nebraska state senator says lawmakers need to be paid more because everyday people are being discouraged from serving in the Unicameral.

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Related Topix: Nebraska Government

Tue Feb 07, 2012

KHGI

Neb. student vows to help make patriotism 'cool'

A 12-year-old student from Lincoln says kids today don't respect the American flag or the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Nebraska Government

KGWN

Grand jury to consider death of Neb. inmate

A grand jury will be convened to investigate the death of an inmate at the Nebraska Center for Woman in York.

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Related Topix: Nebraska Government

Ralston Recorder

Worker rescued from snow pile

Only four out of 40 high schools made it to the regional competition that determined the state's representative at the national contest.

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