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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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La Vista Daze rides get thorough inspection
As the weather heats up, carnivals will continue to pop up throughout the metro, but this weekend's La Vista Daze is under the microscope because of a carnival ride incident last week in Council Bluffs where a 5-year-old boy was injured on a ...
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Boy Scouts to allow gay youths to join
Delegates to the annual meeting of the Boy Scouts of America made a monumental statement Thursday, voting to allow openly gay youths to join ...
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Youth mentoring groups create partnership
Florinda Lopez, an eighth-grader at Norris Middle School, joined Partnership for Kids last year. She said the program helps her set and meet goals as well as help her fulfill her dreams of becoming an emergency room ...
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Student suspended for yearbook incident
At a news conference, officials with Lincoln Public Schools said the letters "WTF" were discovered next to the photo of a seventh-grade Irving Middle School student. The marking was missed by the teacher who is the sponsor of the yearbook and the ...
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Ramirez Named PCL Hitter of the Week for 56-512
ROUND ROCK, Texas - Max Ramirez of the Omaha Storm Chasers and Brett Oberholtzer of the Oklahoma City RedHawks have been named Pacific Coast League Player and Pitcher of the Week for the week of May ...
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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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Obama U.S. will keep deploying drones
Drone strikes are a necessary evil, but one that must be used with more temperance as the United States' security situation evolves, President Barack Obama said in a counterterrorism speech ...
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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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UNK professor arrested on child pornography charges
"Each time a pornographic image of a child is traded online, the child is revictimized," said Bruning. "We will do everything in our power to ensure he is held accountable for this appalling ...
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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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NSAA Class A Baseball Championship Tournament Matchups Revealed
- For the first time since 2005 at Rosenblatt Stadium, the Nebraska State Class A High School Baseball Championship Tournament returns to the Omaha-Metro and today the seeding and matchups have been officially released. All eight qualifying teams will take the field at Werner Park on Saturday, May 11 with a four-game slate scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., the first of the five-day event at the ...
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Royals Lamb finally finds results for Rocks
Catch a game in Wilmington John Lamb was hoping this season would be his first step off the ride, only to find out he was still on it. After missing most of the 2011 and 2012 seasons following Tommy John surgery and left-foot tendinitis that delayed his return, he had struggled in his first seven starts with Class A Advanced Wilmington, going 2-4 with a 6.35 ERA in that span. "It's ...
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Obama says US at crossroads in terror fight
President Barack Obama in a major counterterrorism speech Thursday defended the American drone program, saying that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save ...
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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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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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Police 2 additional arrests in UK hacking death
Police made two additional arrests Thursday as part of their investigation into the slaying of a soldier killed in Woolwich, London Metropolitan police said on the department's official Twitter ...
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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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Bluffs drivers license station at limited operation
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Iowa kidnapping suspect probed in cousins deaths
An Iowa police chief says a dozen investigators are looking into whether the suspect in Monday's kidnapping of two girls is connected to last year's slaying of two cousins who vanished 90 miles ...
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Fantasy Forecasting Gausman Gibson
Follow MiLB on Twitter Fantasy Focus is a regular MiLB.com feature in which we use a Minor League perspective to give you the edge in your fantasy league. Have a fantasy question? Tweet it ...
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Iowa House adjourns landmark 2013 session
Iowa lawmakers have adjourned the 2013 session after reaching deals to cut property taxes, revise education policy and provide health care for low-income ...
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Upset over short shorts man fires handgun into the air
-- Mug shots: See who got arrested Police say Bullock and his 21-year-old girlfriend argued because of her shorts. Officers say that during the argument, Bullock raised a handgun in front of the woman, left the home and fired at least five shots into the air. Police say he then went back inside and told his girlfriend he would hurt her and her children if she told police he had a gun. Responding ...
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Homecoming football game kickoff time set
It will be an early start to Nebraska's annual Homecoming game, as the Big Ten Conference announced the start times for this year's Homecoming games on ...
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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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