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Our values won Obama says in Berlin
U.S. President Barack Obama followed in the footsteps of past U.S. leaders with a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate that a senior administration official said would ask Russia to join the United States in slashing its supply of strategic nuclear ...
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Storm Chasers Add Largest Intern Class in Franchise History
OMAHA, Neb. - The full roster for the Kansas City Royals reported to Surprise, Arizona today for 2013 Spring Training, and this year's Royals camp will include a number of players who have seen significant time at Werner Park during the ballpark's first two seasons. Even with these players moving on to Kansas City, the Storm Chasers will once again reload their roster in an attempt to ...
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Some Lincoln homeowners have questions about plant
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- People who live near a lead recycling plant site in Lincoln have questions and suspicions about a recently release contamination ...
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5 injured in rural Neb. crash
Skeptics who have long theorized that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by sinister forces will get a fresh surge of energy when a new documentary attempts to disprove that the 1996 crash was accidental. The twist: It includes six members of the large ...
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Roof collapses as crews battle house fire
TENOMAHA FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO AN OVERNIGHT HOUSE FIRE. AT ONE POINT, FIREFIGHTERS ARE TOLD TO EVACUATE THE STRUCTURE. THAT'S BECAUSE THE ROOF STARTED TO SAG, EVENTUALLY COLLAPSINGTHAT'S ACCORDING TO AN ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF. NO FIREFIGHTERS WERE INJURED BATTLING THE BLAZE NEAR 33RD AVENUE AND JAYNES STREET AROUND ONE-45 THIS MORNING. FIREFIGHTERS WILL REMAIN ON THE SCENE, ...
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Was TWA Flight 800 crash accidental
Skeptics who have long theorized that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by sinister forces will get a fresh surge of energy when a new documentary attempts to disprove that the 1996 crash was ...
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Afghanistan suspends security pact talks with U.S. amid Taliban peace process
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen following a security handover ceremony at a military academy outside Kabul June 18, ...
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Carolina All-Star mates cool Hefflinger off
Gameday box score SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Robby Hefflinger had no idea what was about to happen. As he stood on the field following his MVP effort in the Carolina League's 12-2 win over the California League in the Class A Advanced All-Star Game on Tuesday, his teammate Blake Swihart asked to see his MiLB.com Star Award. Once he handed the custom-engraved bat to Swihart, two other Carolina ...
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Veteran Jacobs smacks sixth homer in six games
Watch the PCL on MiLB.TV Mike Jacobs' philosophy on home runs is well supported by his recent statistics. "Homers come in bunches. I've always been a big believer in that," he said. Jacobs homered twice on Tuesday, giving him six longballs in his last six games, as Triple-A Reno beat Fresno, 14-10, in a game that clocked in at 4:16, the longest nine-inning tilt in Aces ...
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Chasers Stifled Again by Memphis
Newly added second baseman Chase Lambin recorded the only multi-hit game for the Chasers in the loss, his first two hits in his Omaha career. (Mark Kuhlmann/Omaha Storm ...
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Hefflinger Carolina League whip Cal League
Complete All-Star coverage SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Between the seventh and eighth innings of the California-Carolina League All-Star Game on Tuesday night, big, orange inflatable sofas were brought onto the field for a game of musical chairs. It was almost as entertaining as the display put on by the Carolina League in the fourth and fifth as the visiting team played musical chairs around the ...
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Twins May continues scorching June
Catch a game in New Britain Trevor May walked the first batter he faced on Tuesday on four straight pitches. It was one of a precious few mistakes he would make over the ensuing 7 2/3 innings. ...
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Dwyer Deals as Chasers Down Sounds
Nashville, TN - In another match-up of top pitching prospects, Chris Dwyer was sharp through seven innings as Omaha knocked off Nashville, 4-2, Thursday night in the last of four meetings at Greer Stadium. The Storm Chasers halted a two-game slide to gain a series split, improve to 29-35 and climb back to within four games of first place Memphis in the American Conference North Division. Jarrod ...
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Johnson steals show at SAL All-Star Game
All-Star Bucs on right track LAKEWOOD, N.J. -- In a game billed as power bats against power arms, speed ruled the night. And when Micah Johnson is in the game -- any game -- that's usually the case. The White Sox prospect stole bases on consecutive pitches and scored a run Tuesday night as the North Division overcame an early deficit to beat the South, 2-1, at the South Atlantic League ...
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Struggling Storm Chasers Fall to Topes
Chris Dwyer has posted nine quality starts this season, already tying a career high in the category for any pro season. (Mark Kuhlmann/Omaha Storm ...
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Braves Martin tosses gem wins Triple-A debut
Follow the IL on your phone Through six innings Tuesday night, Gwinnett's Cody Martin had allowed just one hit. But that was one more than Buffalo starter Dave Bush. And according to Martin, the pitchers' duel wasn't as much fun as one might expect. "It was kind of a boring game when you really look at it," he said. ...
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Travis Pompey deliver MWL All-Star victory
Gameday box score DAYTON, Ohio -- Twenty-six pitchers toed the rubber during the 49th annual Midwest League All-Star Game. Then with two outs, Lansing's Dalton Pompey (Blue Jays) drilled a single to center field to score the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the East topped the West, 6-5. The winning squad utilized 14 pitchers to the West's 12. No hurler went more ...
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Grass maintenance becomes a challenge along city streets
The heavy rainfall, cool nights and bursts of sun have made perfect weather condition for growing grass along streets, which has created new challenges for lawn companies and city departments that manage mowing in ...
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Woman injured in Oakland crash
First responders pulled the woman from her vehicle and flew her to the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Authorities have not released the woman's ...
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Cincys Winker pumps homers bumps Foster
Take in a Dragons game DAYTON, Ohio -- Jesse Winker of the Dayton Dragons bumped fists with former Cincinnati Reds great George Foster, then went out and won Tuesday night's Home Run Derby contest prior to the Midwest League All-Star Game at Fifth Third Field. His Eastern squad also went on to win the game, 6-5. With six home runs in the first round and four more in the second, Winker ...
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Ex-mobster tells of Bulger gangs killings
"You killed friends?" Bulger attorney Hank Brennan shot. "Yes," replied prosecution witness John Martorano. "Families?" "Yes." "Strangers?" "Yes." "Innocent people?" "Yes," said Martorano, who has admitted to 20 murders and who earlier served 12 years in prison on a government deal for his cooperation in the case ...
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UNO excited for Hagels return to Nebraska
In his speech, Bartlett will make parallels between Hagel and himself. "Secretary Hagel attended school here after he had just returned from service in Vietnam," said Bartlett. "When I began here, I had just returned from serving in Afghanistan." These parallels inspire him, he said. "It definitely gives me a vision of what my future can look like within the military and ...
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Lancaster County man sentenced for jet fuel theft
The Lincoln Journal Star reports 35-year-old Nickolus D. Borgman of rural Denton was sentenced Tuesday to two terms totaling two to four years in ...
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SAL All-Star Game has three Bucs on right track
Gameday box score For Pirates prospects Stetson Allie, Josh Bell and Walker Gourley, being named to the South Atlantic League's All-Star squad is something special. Though the trio will be forever linked by this game and as teammates on the West Virginia Power, the journeys each have taken to get to this point are vastly different. Being an All-Star represents something different for ...
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Board Iowa social worker was drunk on the job
The board met in May to discuss six counts, including habitual intoxication and inability to practice with reasonable skill and safety. The board determined Nedoba's alcohol abuse may adversely impact his practice of social ...
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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.
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