Friday, April 25, 2014

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Federal push is on to feed more kids in summer

Summer is when children in the U.S. are most likely to experience hunger or food insecurity, meaning they don't necessarily know where their next meal will come from, so the USDA wants to boost the totals served at schools and public venues.

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Arbor Day is a state holiday in Nebraska, but a day off for only some workers.




At NU's helm, J.B. Milliken built the university by building relationships with state leaders

Finding common ground with the leaders helped pave the way for a stronger University of Nebraska.



Grace: Your older self has a request — use sunscreen

Seventh- and eighth-graders at St. Cecilia Grade School used a boxlike machine called a skin scope. They took turns sticking their heads inside and seeing what damage had been done to their faces. By the sun.



Agreement reached to end dog racing at Bluffs Run at end of 2015

A bill based on that agreement will be debated by a Iowa Senate subcommittee Thursday morning at the State Capitol in Des Moines.



Oil industry ad campaign mocks Nebraska cowboys who protested Keystone XL pipeline

Cowboys and Indians who rode on horseback through the nation's capital and erected tepees on the National Mall as part of a protest against the Keystone XL pipeline are fighting back against a new oil industry ad satirizing the effort.




Prosecutor: Baby might be alive if day care employer had spoken up

Woman is found guilty of failing to report suspected child abuse




Beau McCoy calls Pete Ricketts a 'convenient conservative' for immigration stance

At a debate in Norfolk involving the six Republican candidates for Nebraska governor, McCoy says Ricketts supported amnesty for illegal immigrants during his failed U.S. Senate bid in 2006.



New public employee pay data: Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy Counties, plus utilities

Search the salaries of employees at public agencies in Nebraska.



Video: Stothert says Crossroads project is 'full speed ahead,' but she won't support bond issue

Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert appeared Wednesday on The World-Herald's “10 Minutes with the Mayor."



Fremont police searching for missing 56-year-old man

Thomas W. Hill of Fremont was reported missing April 18. His car was was found April 17 in Omaha by the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge.



Man accused of trying to open flying plane's door pleads not guilty

Also, a mental evaluation is ordered for Joshua Carl Lee Suggs, 23, of Sacramento, whose disturbance aboard an airliner last week forced it to divert to Omaha.




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Ben Sasse shifts tactics, calls ad by Shane Osborn 'hypocritical'

The debate over geography in the U.S. Senate GOP primary has expanded from D.C. to Florida.



Forecast on the upswing after Thursday's rain

Friday and Saturday look to be sunny with high temperatures in the 70s, forecasters say.



Ex-UNMC student loses appeal; claimed program didn't make accommodations for his depression

For the third time, the Nebraska Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a former University of Nebraska Medical Center student who said the school discriminated against him when it kicked him out of the program in 2006 without making accommodations for his chronic depression.




City's Personnel Board is behind ‘ban-the-box’ proposal

The City of Omaha’s Personnel Board has given its OK to a policy that would remove a section from city job applications requiring job seekers to list their criminal history. Thursday, the board voted 4-0 to approve the change, which still must be authorized by the Omaha City Council.




Police issue arrest warrant in teen's shooting death

Tielor Williams, 18, was killed and Joshua Schmitt, 22, was wounded in the shooting last week at Benson's Gallagher Park.



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Douglas County Board candidates say they aren't ruled by party

Incumbent Pam Tusa says she's not afraid to ruffle feathers; her opponent, James Cavanaugh, says a good commissioner works past "partisan mind frames."



Ex-Obama official urges approval of Keystone XL pipeline

The retired general sees the U.S. as part of an “OPEC for the 21st century.”



3 Nebraska Board of Education candidates call for high standards

Three candidates vying for an Omaha-area seat on the Nebraska Board of Education say they want strong academic standards for public schools, although none calls for the Common Core standards.




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