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SAFE HAVEN
LINCOLN—A 12-year-old boy from the Atlanta, Ga., area is in the state’s care after being dropped off at a Lincoln hospital under Nebraska’s safe haven law. The boy’s mother drove to Nebraska from Georgia and dropped him off at BryanLGH Medical Center East about 9:50 p.m. Saturday, said Department of Health and Human Services’ Todd Landry.
COX-WIRELESS
NEW YORK—Cable TV provider Cox Communications Inc. was set to announce Monday that it plans to have its own cellular network up and running next year, a move that intensifies cable’s competition with phone companies. Cox had signaled an interest in building a wireless network by spending $550 million on licenses to use the airwaves. But such spectrum purchases don’t always lead to the building of a network, and privately held Cox hasn’t previously detailed its plans. By Technology Writer Peter Svensson.
MAD FOR MARATHONS
LINCOLN—Tony Blair set a goal about 14 years ago as he hit middle age. He wanted to finish a marathon some day. The York man wasn’t sure he could. Nebraskaland Feature by Colleen Kenney, Lincoln Journal Star.
SPORTS:
NEBRASKA-NOTHING EASY
LINCOLN—Nebraska coach Bo Pelini knows his Cornhuskers could get clobbered if they don’t clean up their act this week at fourth-ranked Oklahoma. “We’re going to be going down there to play a heck of a football team, probably as good a football team as there is in the country,” Pelini said. “We need to play better than we have to be up to the challenge.” By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
With:
— BIG 12-PERSPECTIVE—On a day where scoreboards were lit up across the nation, it only seemed fitting that the Big 12 would lead the way. By Sports Writer Luke Meredith.
— NEBRASKA-OKLAHOMA TV—Nebraska athletic department spokesman Keith Mann has announced that ESPN will televise the Cornhuskers’ game at Oklahoma on Saturday night.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— DAD ARRESTED—A Lincoln County man faces a November court date after being arrested on suspicion of electronically enticing his 15-year-old daughter.
— LINCOLN MURDER—A 19-year-old Lincoln man is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of his mother.
The AP, Omaha.
