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DEVELOPING: STARVING CATTLE, 2ND DISTRICT RACE,
ADDS: WINTER WEATHER, NEBRASKA-BUYING IN TO BO,
AP CENTERPIECE-STARVING CATTLE
BUTTE—The dead were stacked in two piles, 70 cows in one, 30 in another, hidden away in the crevices of this scenic, hilly ranch country where cattle outnumber people. Carl Schuman, a former county prosecutor who owned the cattle with his two bothers, says he knows what happened: They died “mostly of old age, and some younger ones got pneumonia.” By Nate Jenkins.
AP Photos AH101-103.
2ND DISTRICT RACE
OMAHA—A new ad from a national Republican group brings up a 2001 drunken-driving conviction for the Democratic challenger in Nebraska’s 2nd House District race. The National Republican Congressional Committee said Tuesday it would invest $484,000 in ads to help incumbent Lee Terry. Jim Esch’s campaign has already received about a half million dollars from national Democratic groups. By Anna Jo Bratton.
WINTER WEATHER
OMAHA—Blizzard warnings for southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas will continue through Thursday evening, a meteorologist said Wednesday. Kelly James, who works at the National Weather Service office in Goodland, Kan., said the latest meteorological signs point to more rain the rest of Wednesday, turning to snow after midnight as colder air moves in from the north. By Nelson Lampe. Eds: May be led.
BUSINESS:
— HELICOPTER KIT—A McCook helicopter kit company faces a lawsuit from Red Willow County, which wants to be paid back the thousands it lent the company. Eds: Also moving on state news lines.
SPORTS:
NEBRASKA-BUYING IN TO BO
LINCOLN, Neb.—Nebraska has the same record as it did a year ago after seven games. The players say that’s where the similarity between 2007 and 2008 ends. No one knows how Bo Pelini’s first season will turn out on the win-loss ledger. But just over halfway through, it’s apparent Pelini has extracted the cold, football-as-a-business culture that took root during the Bill Callahan era and replaced it with one where the players and coaches share a strong bond. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
AP Photo pursuing.
ALSO:
— MCBRIDE—Reigning champion bull rider Justin McBride says he plans to retire after the PBR World Finals next month in Las Vegas.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— MUSLIM PRAYER COMPLAINT—Unrest over a Muslim prayer issue and allegations of discrimination have drawn a visit by regional members of a Muslim advocacy group.
— ISLAMIC CENTER VANDALISM—Omaha police and the FBI are investigating a case of vandalism at an Islamic prayer center.
— EXTENSION DEAN HONORED—The dean and director of University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension has been honored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
— STOLEN DOG FOOD—Police are looking for semitrailer stolen from a Lincoln truck stop—along with its load of 21 tons of dog food.
— SPENDING QUESTIONED—A Henderson woman has been given 120 days in jail and five years of probation for attempted theft.
— EMPLOYEE THEFT—Authorities say a Springfield woman who stole nearly $760,000 from her employer over five years has been sentenced to 38 months in federal prison.
— BIKE TRAILS—New mountain bike and nature trails are part of the plans for riverfront development project at Scottsbluff in western Nebraska.
— OMAHA SHOOTING—A 29-year-old Omaha man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the May 2005 shooting of a 21-year-old man.
— CELL RESCUE—An 18-year-old Lincoln man used his cell phone to summon help after a group of people broke into his house, bound and gagged him and stole several items.
— FORCED SEX—Trial has been set for December for a central Nebraska man accused of sexually assaulting a girl over a 10-year period, starting when she was 8 years old.
— IMMIGRATION COURT—Federal officials have announced that a court dedicated to Nebraska immigration cases will open soon in Omaha.
The AP, Omaha.
