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ADDS: SAFE HAVEN, RURAL POLL, SENATE-HEALTH FORUM, AIM SLAYING, BIG 12-PRESEASON POLL
SAFE HAVEN
OMAHA—A 14-year-old Iowa girl was abandoned Tuesday in Nebraska under its safe haven law, but the person who left her could face prosecution in the girl’s home state, Nebraska health officials said. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services said the girl is from Council Bluffs, Iowa, just across the Missouri River from Omaha. She was left at Creighton University Medical Center on Tuesday afternoon, and her case was reported to Iowa authorities. By Josh Funk.
HOUSE DEBATE
OMAHA—Worries about the nation’s economic problems and tax policy dominated Tuesday’s debate between Republican incumbent Lee Terry and Democratic challenger Jim Esch. Both Esch and Terry tried to convince voters at Creighton University that electing their opponent to represent Nebraska’s 2nd District in the U.S. House would hurt the economy. By Anna Jo Bratton.
SENATE-HEALTH FORUM
OMAHA—Democratic Senate hopeful Scott Kleeb says Republican Mike Johanns failed Nebraska by closing state psychiatric hospitals when he was governor. At a health forum in Omaha Tuesday, Kleeb said Johanns’ plan eliminated funding for those needing mental health care and didn’t make sure the displaced patients had someplace to go. By Anna Jo Bratton.
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RURAL POLL
LINCOLN—A poll taken before the national financial meltdown suggests that rural Nebraskans were far more optimistic about their lives than they have been in years. The Nebraska Rural Poll was taken in spring, the report released Tuesday said, before the economic upheaval that some people call the most alarming since the Great Depression.
ANONYMOUS CEMETERY
OMAHA—A historical society suing to obtain the identities of 957 people whose bodies were buried in a former psychiatric hospital cemetery says the state is perpetuating a stigma attached to mental illness. In a brief filed Monday with the Nebraska Court of Appeals—the latest action in the ongoing appeal—the Adams County Historical Society reiterates its position that a lower court was wrong to let the Hastings Regional Center withhold the names. The bodies were buried in unmarked graves in the institution’s cemetery between 1889 and 1957. By Jean Ortiz.
AIM SLAYING
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—Federal grand jurors in Rapid City have indicted a Canadian man again and joined his case with another American Indian Movement member also charged with a 32-year-old homicide. John Graham was to stand trial this week on a charge he killed fellow Canadian Annie Mae Aquash in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. By Carson Walker.
LILLY-SETTLEMENT
INDIANAPOLIS—Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. cleared another legal cloud hanging over its top-selling drug Zyprexa when it announced a $62 million settlement Tuesday, but several other storms are still brewing for the anti-psychotic medication. Lilly agreed to pay Nebraska and 31 other states and Washington, D.C., to resolve an investigation into the company’s marketing practices. By Business Writers Tom Murphy and Marley Seaman. Eds: Moving on state and national news and financial lines.
BUSINESS:
— CABELA’S CUTBACKS—Outdoor outfitter Cabela’s Inc. says it is cutting about 10 percent of jobs from its headquarters payroll in Sidney.
SPORTS:
NEBRASKA-PELINI
LINCOLN—Bo Pelini says his faith in his plan to rebuild Nebraska isn’t shaken after a 35-point loss to Missouri. “I know how to get the job done,” he said. Tuesday. “I know exactly where we want to head and how to get there, and I’m committed to doing it.” By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
DIRTY NEBRASKA?
LINCOLN—Nebraska was still on the defensive Tuesday over Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel’s allegation that the Cornhuskers are the dirtiest team he’s ever played against. Daniel and Tigers coach Gary Pinkel said they were through talking about the matter on Monday. But Pelini said at his weekly news conference Tuesday that he and his players are left to deal with the hit on Nebraska’s image. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
BIG 12-PRESEASON POLL
IRVING, Texas—Oklahoma is the preseason favorite for the first time in the Big 12 coaches poll, and defending national champion Kansas was picked third along with Baylor. Only six points separated the top four teams in the poll released Tuesday, led by the Sooners with 109 points and three first-place votes. Second-place Texas had the most first-place votes with four and tallied 107 points.
ALSO:
— NEBRASKA PREP RATINGS—The Associated Press Nebraska High School Football Rankings in Classes A through D-2.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— GIRL ATTACKED—Lincoln police are looking for a man believed to have attacked a 13-year-old girl as she walked to school.
— AMBER HARRIS—The man convicted of killing a 12-year-old Omaha girl will not get a new trial.
— AFFIRMATIVE ACTION LAWSUIT—The trial has begun in Lancaster County District Court in a lawsuit related to an initiative that would ban affirmative action in Nebraska.
— DEAD DOGS DUMPED—A Grand Island man accused of helping an Iowa woman who allegedly dumped 23 dead and dying dogs in a Hall County farm field has been bound over to district court for an arraignment.
— YOUTH CENTER ASSAULT—Two 16-year-olds have been charged as adults in Buffalo County for allegedly assaulting two Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center employees and a Kearney police officer.
— FAHEY AIDE—Omaha’s mayor is getting a new chief of staff.
— IMMIGRATION STUDY—A state senator examining how illegal immigration is affecting the state says the issue is more deep-seated than he first believed.
— YUTAN SHOOTING—A 51-year-old Yutan man has been given 19-20 years in prison for shooting a man he says he considered a friend.
— EMBEZZLEMENT SENTENCE—A North Platte woman who has repaid money she took from a Boy Scout troop and a wrestling club has been sentenced to prison.
The AP, Omaha.
