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DEVELOPING: CLINTON-NEBRASKA, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, TERRY-MONEY, NEBRASKA-RODGERS RECORD,
CLINTON-NEBRASKA
OMAHA—U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton is campaigning in Nebraska to help Barack Obama, her former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton was speaking before the rally at a separate luncheon for Girls Inc., also at the Qwest Center. By Anna Jo Bratton. Eds: Will be led from events.
AP Photos by Nati Harnik
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
LINCOLN—An opponent of a proposed affirmative-action ban in Nebraska says having a black presidential nominee and a female vice presidential candidate indicates progress. But David Kramer with Nebraskans United says the fact that Barack Obama’s race and Sarah Palin’s gender have come up shows society still has work to do in addressing equality. By Jean Ortiz.
AP Photos
TERRY-MONEY
OMAHA—Republican Lee Terry’s re-election campaign is getting a $485,000 boost from a national Republican group that would like to see Terry beat Democratic challenger Jim Esch a second time. Esch’s campaign has already received more than a half million dollars from a national Democratic group. But Republican groups had been slow to offer Terry’s campaign money, expressing confidence in his chances. By Josh Funk.
SPORTS:
NEBRASKA-RODGERS RECORD
LINCOLN—Nebraska’s Nate Swift is closing in on 1972 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers’ career receptions record. Rodgers says it’s about time. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
ALSO:
— NEBRASKA PREP RATINGS—The Associated Press Nebraska High School Football Rankings in Classes A through D-2.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— NORTH PLATTE STANDOFF—A North Platte man who barricaded himself in an apartment stairwell during a standoff with police has pleaded not guilty to several counts.
— ANIMAL ABUSE—A southeast Nebraska farmer and dairy owner has pleaded no contest to reduced charges in an animal abuse case.
— IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTARY—National security and immigration reform are among the issues examined in a documentary made as part of a thesis project by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor.
— VEHICULAR HOMICIDE—A Gretna man accused in a car accident earlier this month in eastern Nebraska is now charged with vehicular homicide after the other driver died.
— BODY IDENTIFIED—Authorities say a body found by two fishermen on the Missouri River was that of an Omaha man.
— BODY FOUND—Authorities have identified a body found in a creek near a Lincoln park as that of a missing Lincoln man.
— WOMAN KILLED—A 24-year-old Omaha man has been sentenced to 40 to 50 years in prison for shooting and killing his girlfriend’s mother in 2007.
— STALKING CASE—Trial has been set for a 71-year-old North Platte man accused of stalking and attempting to murder the owner of a local bookstore.
The AP, Omaha.
