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Big Ten baseball Ohio State 3 Nebraska 2
Ohio State beat Nebraska 3-2 on a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth inning in the Big Ten Conference baseball tournament Thursday at Target Field. Nebraska pitcher Dylan Vogt struggled in the ninth and walked Ohio State second baseman Troy Kuhn with the bases loaded to bring in the winning run. Cornhuskers center fielder Ty Kildow scored the tying run in the top of the inning, but ...
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Cannes Big Standing Ovation for Alexander Paynes Nebraska
received a doubly warm reception at its Cannes world premiere Friday evening. The director's austere but stirring family dramedy -- shot in black and white -- was given a prolonged and rousing standing ovation inside the Palais ...
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Neb. work-subsidy pilot bill heads to final vote
The measure by Sen. Sue Crawford, of Bellevue, would create a pilot program to subsidize employment for parents or young people who make as much as 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The subsidies would taper off six ...
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Neb. lawmakers advance human trafficking bill
The measure would define human trafficking as a form of child abuse, offer an affirmative legal defense for human trafficking victims charged with prostitution, and provide immunity to minors who could otherwise face ...
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Nebraska Thoughtfully wrought and built to last
) is oversilly, but there's a poignant suggestion of a modern-day Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, and it works in a thoughtfully wrought film that feels more built to last than Payne's last ...
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Nebraska Task Force returns from Oklahoma
--Nebraskans search for life through debris Fire Chief John Huff said the team successfully completed its assignments without injury or incident. The 82-member task force is composed of firefighters from the Lincoln and Omaha fire departments, as well as civilian members who are doctors, structural engineers and heavy-rigging ...
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Omaha Archdiocese closes 3 elementary schools
Thursday marked the last day of school for students at Holy Ghost, which is one of three Omaha Catholic schools that will close for good at the end of the school ...
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Neb. rescue team returns home after Okla. tornado
The Nebraska Task Force 1 is scheduled to return to Lincoln Thursday afternoon. The full 82 members of the urban search and rescue team arrived Tuesday morning in Moore, Okla., to help with operations in the wake of a deadly tornado on ...
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Kearney prof. accused of possessing child porn
The Kearney Police Department arrested 52-year-old Joseph Benz late Wednesday. The Attorney General's Office says a cyber-crimes unit had been investigating ...
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Vandalism irreparably damages new Beatrice field
Authorities are looking for those responsible for irreparably damaging the Beatrice High School football field's new artificial turf by spreading at least 100 pounds of birdseed over ...
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Financial literacy program aimed at Neb. schools
State Treasurer Don Stenberg on Thursday unveiled the new initiative, which will be available this fall. The program is being offered through an agreement with EverFi, Inc., an educational technology company based in Washington, ...
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Neb. student suspended over vandalism of yearbook
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A Lincoln middle school student has been suspended from school for marring the photo of another student by labeling it with an offensive three-letter ...
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Cannes comes down to earth with depression-era movie Nebraska
Link to video: Nebraska: 'What it lacks in voltage it makes up in warmth' - Cannes video review This year at Cannes, film after film has delved into the world of the wealthy. The Great Gatsby's lavish parties have been rivalled by only the madly superficial Roman fiesta that begins Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty. Meanwhile their glittering possessions are filched in ...
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Payne back on the road with Nebraska at Cannes
CANNES, France -- Shooting the Midwest in monochrome came naturally for Alexander Payne in his father-son road trip "Nebraska."Payne premiered his black-and-white follow-up to "The Descendants" on Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, where the gentle tale drew largely enthusiastic reviews for both its warmth and its colorless cinematography."It just seemed like the ...
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Nebraska tax reform measure headed to final vote
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A Nebraska tax measure that could benefit high-tech start-up companies and uninsured medical patients is headed to a final vote in the ...
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Nebraska traffic stop nets 53 pounds of marijuana
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) -- The Nebraska State Patrol says a traffic stop on Interstate 80 just west of Grand Island turned up nearly 53 pounds of marijuana in a ...
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Neb man who fled after child porn charges returns
COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) -- A 35-year-old Columbus man who fled the area after being charged with having and sharing child pornography has turned himself in, telling a judge he left to see his dying ...
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The Buckle makes its chairman a billionaire
The Buckle's store in Kearney, hometown of its chairman, Daniel Hirschfeld, who is now worth more than $1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire's ...
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Gering man faces charges involving young teens
GERING, Neb. (AP) -- A 20-year-old Gering man has been charged with first-degree sexual assault of a minor after police say he sent lewd messages to young teenage ...
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Lincoln woman who slapped officer gets probation
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A judge has given probation to a Lincoln woman who slapped a police officer while being escorted from the business from which she had been ...
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Nebraskans search for life through debris
Authorities say everyone in the Moore, Okla., tornado has been accounted for, but 80 members of Nebraska Task Force One assisting in the search and rescue are still hard at ...
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Nebraska attorney general wants abortion clinic nurses license revoked
By Katie Schubert OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning on Wednesday filed a petition to revoke the license of the only nurse at a controversial abortion clinic in the state for allegedly providing substandard care and improperly administering drugs. Bruning, a Republican who received support from anti-abortion groups during a run for the Senate last year, argued ...
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Alexander Payne feels at home with Nebraska
May 22--CANNES, France -- Writer-director Alexander Payne has been nominated for three screenplay Oscars and has won two. So what did the man responsible for films including "Election," "Sideways" and "The Descendants" feel about working with someone else's script for the first time? In a word: "relief." "Writing is wonderful, I've mined ...
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Omaha makes move to develop Midtown
TIFs have their critics, but the progress thus far seems to show that incremental tax financing may work in Midtown Omaha and provide the investment that some pockets of the neighborhood need to revitalize the area.
Omaha is the commercial and transport hub of Nebraska, it is the state’s largest city and is the home to five fortune 500 companies and has been named by Forbes as the “Best Bang-For-The-Buck” city in the US and one of those leading the country’s recovery. Read more
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