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ADDS: EDUCATION COMMISSIONER, CONSTELLATION ENERGY-BUYOUT
EDUCATION COMMISSIONER
OMAHA—The Nebraska Board of Education chose Elkhorn superintendent Roger Breed Monday as the state’s new education commissioner. Breed was among four finalists and got the unanimous vote of the education board. He replaces Doug Christensen, who stepped down in July. By Anna Jo Bratton.
NEWSMAKER-SHANE OSBORN
LINCOLN—Heroic Navy pilot or Nebraska State Treasurer?
More than 1 1/2 years after getting a new job at the Capitol, where he has made a splash with both controversy and accomplishments, Shane Osborn is still trying to remind Nebraskans that he is both. He acknowledges that “we’re not there yet.”
“The first year was definitely 100 percent the pilot,” Osborn said of his decidedly imbalanced, dual identity. “And now it’s ‘Oh you’re the treasurer too.'” By Nate Jenkins
BUSINESS:
CONSTELLATION ENERGY-BUYOUT
UNDATED—A French nuclear power company is upping the ante for Constellation Energy Group Inc., offering to pay $35 per share for the Baltimore-based wholesale power supplier in hopes of unseating a deal Constellation made last week to be sold to MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The offer from Electricite de France SA, which the French company made on Friday and disclosed in a statement on Monday, is $8.50 per share higher than the $26.50 per share price that Constellation agreed to last week. By Business Writer Mark Williams.
SPORTS:
NEBRASKA-BIG TEST
LINCOLN—Three games into the season, and with the Big 12 opener against Missouri looming, Nebraska’s identity under first-year coach Bo Pelini remains a mystery. The unbeaten Cornhuskers should get a better idea of how good they are after Virginia Tech visits Memorial Stadium on Saturday. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
FBC–BIG 12 COACHES
UNDATED—For Big 12 coaches, late September is the perfect time for a break. By R.B. Fallstrom.
ALSO:
— NEBRASKA TRAINER—Nebraska safety Rickey Thenarse is expected to play after weeks of injury when the Huskers meet the Hokies in Lincoln.
— MISSOURI-NEBRASKA KICKOFF—Kickoff has been set at 8 p.m. Central for nationally ranked Missouri’s Oct. 4 game at Nebraska.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— PORCH COUCHES—Relaxing on the porch in a ratty recliner won’t be allowed in Lincoln any longer.
— BIRTHDAY DEATH—Authorities say a woman found dead the night of her 29th birthday party was killed by blows to the head and body.
— FAMILY DOG KILLED—Bellevue police have ticketed a 41-year-old man they say killed the family dog with a golf club.
— GUARD RESCUE—The Nebraska National Guard says the quick response of two sergeants saved a young airman’s life when he collapsed at the Lincoln Air Base.
— VETERANS CEMETERY—The Department of Veterans Affairs has granted nearly $3 million to build a new state veterans cemetery in Alliance.
— FARM DANGERS—Nebraska agriculture officials are urging farmers to use caution this harvest season.
— BODIES IN BASEMENT—A 47-year-old Omaha man has been sentenced to two life sentences in prison for killing his girlfriend and her sister.
— PIT BULL ATTACK—Nebraska Humane Society officials have seized a pit bull accused of attacking a man on an Omaha city street this weekend.
— WIFE BEATEN—A 38-year-old Gering man arrested last spring on suspicion of beating his wife with a baseball bat has pleaded no contest to one charge in a plea deal.
— DRUG DEAL SLAYINGS—A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of a man who killed two people in Lincoln in 1997 because of a marijuana deal gone bad.
The AP, Omaha.
