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DEVELOPING: TEACHER-STUDENT FLIGHT, NEBRASKA-PELINI, BIG 12 COACHES,
ADDS: SAFE HAVEN
SAFE HAVEN
LINCOLN—Following a rash of child drop-offs at hospitals in recent weeks, a group of key Nebraska state lawmakers is discussing age limits and other possible changes to the state’s safe-haven law so it’s not abused by parents. But finding a fix may be difficult: Some worry the drop-offs reveal problems deeper than what can be solved by tweaking a few lines in the 47-word law passed early this year. By Nate Jenkins.
TEACHER-STUDENT FLIGHT
OMAHA—A former teacher could face nearly eight years in prison for fleeing to Mexico with a 13-year-old student so she could have sex with him. Sentencing for 26-year-old Kelsey Peterson was set for Monday in U.S. District Court in Omaha. She pleaded guilty in July. By Anna Jo Bratton.
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BUSINESS:
— BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY-CHINESE CARMAKER—MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., will invest in Chinese car maker BYD Co.
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SPORTS:
NEBRASKA-PELINI
LINCOLN—Nebraska coach Bo Pelini says his players are making too many “boneheaded” errors and that they need to clean up their play when fourth-ranked Missouri comes to town Saturday. Pelini said Monday that the Cornhuskers are doing things to hurt themselves on both sides of the football. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
BIG 12 COACHES
OMAHA—Oklahoma State’s first Top 25 ranking in four years is another milestone in the Cowboys’ effort to reach the elite level of college football, coach Mike Gundy said Monday. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
ALSO:
— NEBRASKA-TEXAS TECH KICKOFF—The Big 12 Conference has announced that Nebraska’s Oct. 11 game at seventh-ranked Texas Tech will be carried nationally on FSN with a kickoff of 2 p.m. in Lubbock, Texas.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— DEAD SNAKES—A Bellevue man accused of letting some of his friend’s pet snakes starve to death is charged with seven counts of animal cruelty charges.
— NEGLECTED HORSES—Eleven horses suspected of being neglected and abandoned in a pasture near Grand Island have been rescued.
— KERREY BRIDGE—The Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge that links Omaha and its Iowa neighbors in Council Bluffs with a 3,000-foot-trek over the Missouri River is open.
— PARKING LOT SHOOTING—Omaha police have released the name of a man who died after being shot at a parking lot in north Omaha.
— MAIZE MAZE—A Nebraska man says he’s created the world’s largest corn maze.
— PLAYING WITH FIRE—Fire investigators say a child playing with a lighter caused a house fire in southeast Omaha this weekend.
The AP, Omaha.
