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DEVELOPING: FOOD-MICROWAVE SAFETY, LATINO SUMMIT, NEBRASKA-PENALTIES,
ADDS: EDUCATION COMMISSIONER, CHILD SERVICES, SAFE HAVEN,
FOOD-MICROWAVE SAFETY
OMAHA—Zapping frozen meals in the microwave may be fast and easy, but it also can make you sick. It’s a warning that has been slow to catch on, despite a spate of illnesses last year from improperly microwaved frozen foods. On Sunday, the government issued a new warning urging consumers to thoroughly cook frozen chicken dinners after 32 people in 12 states were sickened with salmonella poisoning. By Business Writer Josh Funk.
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With:
— BC-FOOD-MICROWAVE SAFETY-GLANCE
LATINO SUMMIT
LA VISTA—A conference focusing on Latino student achievement and challenges has drawn educators, students and parents from across the state Monday. Among the topics for the Hispanic/Latino Education Summit are college preparation and services for migrant students in Nebraska. By Jean Ortiz.
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EDUCATION COMMISSIONER
LINCOLN—The hiring of a new education commissioner in Nebraska could smooth key relationships between state education officials, the governor’s office and lawmakers that have been strained in recent years. Gov. Dave Heineman said on Monday that a “new spirit of cooperation” is important now that the state has selected a new education commissioner. Roger Breed, superintendent of Elkhorn Public Schools, was selected last month from four finalists as the new commissioner and will start his new job March 30. By Nate Jenkins.
CHILD SERVICES
LINCOLN—The state of Nebraska is planning to get out of the day-to-day business of providing foster and group homes for thousands of Nebraska children. Instead, Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services is proposing to contract with a few large agencies for the more than 4,300 children who are wards of the state and don’t live with their parents or other custodial relative.
SAFE HAVEN
LINCOLN—Two more children have been left at hospitals under the state’s safe-haven law, bringing to 16 the number of kids abandoned. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that two 12-year-old boys were left Sunday, one at Omaha’s Immanuel Medical Center and the other at Lincoln’s BryanLGH Medical Center West.
SPORTS:
NEBRASKA-PENALTIES
LINCOLN—First-year Nebraska coach Bo Pelini is telling his players to keep their cool. The Cornhuskers have committed eight personal fouls in five games in addition to the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Pelini against Virginia Tech. That’s the same number of personal fouls and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties called on Nebraska the entire 2007 season. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
With:
— BC-FBC–DIRTY NEBRASKA?
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING—An autopsy has been ordered on the body of a Blue Springs man who was shot to death during a 13-hour standoff at his home with police.
— OMAHA SHOOTING—An investigation is under way into a shooting of a college student in Omaha.
— GODLY TOURISM—Forget about going crazy during vacation. Many Americans are using their vacation time to build on their religious faith.
— FOREIGN BLOGGERS—Two political bloggers from Egypt will be visiting the journalism school at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln later this month.
— ROLLOVER DEATHS—Two Pennsylvania residents are dead following a single-vehicle rollover crash in western Nebraska.
— STOLEN CRUISER—Lincoln police have found a former Bellevue police cruiser that was stolen from a Lincoln business this weekend.
— NADER VISIT—Yet another White House hopeful plans on visiting Nebraska.
The AP, Omaha.
