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DEVELOPING: REVENUE OUTLOOK,
ADDS: EXPENSIVE RACE, UNEMPLOYMENT, T25-NEBRASKA-OKLAHOMA
EXPENSIVE RACE
OMAHA—Nebraskans are getting a taste of what it’s like to live in a presidential swing state, where the advertising assault is constant and common. Omaha’s airwaves are being flooded with TV spots for Democrat Jim Esch and Republican Lee Terry as spending by the candidates and outside groups passes $3 million. By Anna Jo Bratton.
REVENUE OUTLOOK
LINCOLN—An economic board is preparing the state government’s revenue outlook for the next fiscal year. The forecast will be a factor when lawmakers and Gov. Dave Heineman decide how much of the people’s money to spend on the people’s business. By Nate Jenkins.
BUSINESS:
UNEMPLOYMENT
LINCOLN—Nebraska’s estimated unemployment rate remained 3.5 percent in September, but the rate is four-tenths of a percentage point higher than a year ago. A report released Friday by the Nebraska Department of Labor said the national rate also stayed steady last month, at 6.1 percent. That figure is 1.4 points higher than the 4.7 percent of September 2007.
SPORTS:
T25-NEBRASKA-OKLAHOMA
NORMAN, Okla.—Bob Stoops and Bo Pelini grew up in the same town, went to the same school and were practically in the same family as their careers developed. They share the background of a being a kid in Youngstown, Ohio, of going to school at Cardinal Mooney High School, of getting their coaching start under Iowa’s Hayden Fry and of spending a brief time on the same staff together. By Sports Writer Jeff Latzke.
AP Photos NY161 of Oct. 28, AH107 of Oct. 22.
With:
— FBC–T25-NEBRASKA-OKLAHOMA PREVIEW CAPSULE
ALSO:
— VOL–ALL-STATE BALLOT—The ballot for The Associated Press All-State Volleyball Team.
— FBC–ALL-STATE BALLOT—The ballot for The Associated Press All-State Football Team.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— SAFE HAVEN—The Iowa teenager who was abandoned under Nebraska’s safe-haven law and returned home earlier this month has since run away.
— EMBEZZLEMENT SENTENCE—A 26-year-old Columbus woman will spend some time in jail and have to repay the more than $29,000 she stole while working at a real estate and construction company.
— DOGFIGHTING REWARD —The Humane Society of the United States is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person involved in illegal animal fighting in Nebraska.
— SLAUGHTERHOUSE-BANK—A St. Louis-based bank is seeking all of Agriprocessors’ collateral, claiming the Iowa slaughterhouse company defaulted on a $35 million loan. Eds: Note Nebraska mention. Moving on state news and financial lines.
— AMBASSADOR OF HOPE—A University of Nebraska Medical Center gala honoring Robin Roberts, co-anchor of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” raised more than $1.1 million for cancer research.
— VOTER FRAUD—Federal prosecutors are preparing for any voter fraud in Nebraska next week.
— WHOOPING COUGH—Omaha cases of whooping cough have been on the rise in recent days.
— CHILD-ABUSE CHARGE—A child-care provider in Lincoln has surrendered her license after her husband was arrested on a child-abuse charge.
— POT SEIZED—The Nebraska State Patrol says it has confiscated 51 pounds of marijuana from an Illinois man’s car.
— EMBEZZLEMENT ACCUSATION—A North Platte woman is awaiting arraignment on allegations that she embezzled from her former employer.
The AP, Omaha.
