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DEVELOPING: NEBRASKA-PELINI, OKLAHOMA-STOOPS
ADDS: ELECTORAL COLLEGE FLAP, SAFE HAVEN,
AP CENTERPIECE-ELECTORAL COLLEGE FLAP
OMAHA—As the possibility looms that Democrat Barack Obama might peel off one of Nebraska’s electoral votes in his bid for the White House, some people are crying foul over a plan by the state GOP to tweak the system so it favors Republicans in future elections. “I’ll do my best to stop the effort of the GOP to disenfranchise people,” said Vic Covalt, who takes over as chairman of the state Democratic Party after the Nov. 4 election. By Anna Jo Bratton.
AP Photos AH101-103.
With:
— ELECTORAL COLLEGE-GLANCE
SAFE HAVEN
OMAHA—A 15-year-old girl left at an Omaha hospital Monday became the 21st child abandoned under Nebraska’s unique safe-haven law, according to state officials. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services’ Todd Landry said the girl from Douglas County, Neb., was left Monday evening at Creighton University Medical Center. By Josh Funk.
With:
— SAFE HAVEN-GLANCE
BUSINESS:
— CROP REPORT—Last week’s cool, rainy weather prevented Nebraska farmers from making much progress with harvest.
SPORTS:
NEBRASKA-PELINI
LINCOLN—First-year Nebraska coach Bo Pelini is in a joking mood early this week. No doubt he’ll be turning serious by Saturday, when the Cornhuskers play at fourth-ranked Oklahoma. Someone asked Pelini on Tuesday whether athletic director Tom Osborne had given him any advice about what to do against the Sooners. Pelini joked that Osborne told him to win—or be fired. By Eric Olson
OKLAHOMA-STOOPS
NORMAN—Looking back, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops considers perhaps his most formative time as a young coach to be the days when he had to match wits with Tom Osborne and find a way to slow down Nebraska’s powerful option rushing attack. By Jeff Latzke.
ALSO:
— NEBRASKA PREP PLAYOFFS-AT A GLANCE
— ALL-STATE BALLOTS—Ballots have been transmitted for The Associated Press All-State volleyball and football teams.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— MAYOR DUI—The mayor of Burwell won’t face possible revocation of her probation until December, well after she stands for re-election next week.
— FOX VISIT—Former Mexican President Vicente Fox is set to make two appearances in Omaha next month to address topics including U.S.-Mexican relations and the North American Free Trade Agreement.
— DISTANCE LEARNING—Crawford Public Schools has received a big dose of federal dollars to help educate students in remote areas of Nebraska.
— COLD CASE-BELLEVUE—Sarpy County prosecutors are dropping their cold case against a 61-year-old man accused of killing his wife in their Bellevue mobile home in 1971.
— TROOPER TRAINING—High gas prices forced the Nebraska State Patrol to cancel its training for new recruits this year, so the patrol wasn’t able to hire many troopers.
— VEHICULAR HOMICIDE—A Grand Island man has been charged with vehicular homicide in an accident that killed a woman last week.
— HERSHISER VISIT—Baseball great Orel Hershiser is paying a visit to Omaha Tuesday as part of a benefit for a local homeless shelter.
— SEGWAYS ON SIDEWALKS—The Lincoln City Council has approved the use of electric Segway scooters on the city’s streets and sidewalks.
— HOSPITAL SHOOTING—Omaha police say the woman shot at Immanuel Medical Center was the victim of a purse snatching.
The AP, Omaha.
