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DEVELOPING: XGR–SAFE HAVEN, ELECTORAL VOTE SPLIT, BERKSHIRE INVESTMENTS,
ADDS: SAFE HAVEN-INDIANA, SLAUGHTERHOUSE-MANAGER ARREST, NEBRASKA-KANSAS ST,
XGR–SAFE HAVEN
LINCOLN—Nebraska officials are dealing with three more children abandoned under the state’s unique safe-haven law, even as lawmakers gather to overhaul the statute. A 5-year-old boy was dropped off at an Omaha hospital on Thursday night, the eve of a rare special session of the state’s unicameral Legislature. Bills were being introduced Friday afternoon. By Nate Jenkins. Eds: Will lead after session opens. Version also moving on national lines.
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— SAFE HAVEN-BOY
— SAFE HAVEN-GLANCE
— SAFE HAVEN-INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS—A northern Indiana woman who left her 8-year-old son at a Nebraska hospital under that state’s safe-haven law did so because she doesn’t trust Indiana’s child welfare system, a friend of the woman said. Stephanie Mote, 30, feels Indiana’s system failed her when she was abused as a child, friend Rhonda Shea told The Indianapolis Star for a story published Friday.
ELECTORAL VOTE SPLIT
OMAHA—President-elect Barack Obama had 3,325 more votes than John McCain in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District after all remaining ballots were counted Friday. Douglas County election officials counted up the last of 5,300 provisional ballots to give Obama a 10,474-vote lead in unofficial county results. By Jean Ortiz.
BUSINESS:
BERKSHIRE INVESTMENTS
OMAHA—Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s company is expected to file a quarterly update on its U.S. stock portfolio Friday afternoon with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The documents will offer a snapshot of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s U.S. stock holdings at the end of September. Berkshire’s investments are always closely watched because many investors like to follow what the “Oracle of Omaha” does. By Business Writer Josh Funk. Eds: Ledes after filing.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-MANAGER ARREST
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—A former manager of a northeast Iowa kosher slaughterhouse was arrested Friday morning on a bank fraud charge and ordered jailed until at least next week. Sholom Rubashkin was arrested about 8 a.m. at his home in Postville and driven to Cedar Rapids for his appearance in U.S. District Court. By Nigel Duara. Eds: Note Nebraska mention. Moving on state and national news and financial lines.
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ALSO:
— NEBRASKA FORECLOSURES—Nebraska continues to have one of the lowest foreclosure rates in the nation.
SPORTS:
NEBRASKA-KANSAS ST
MANHATTAN, Kan.—Once a career, maybe longer than that, there’s a game that leaves an indelible mark on players and coaches from both sides, the kind the winners want to remember, the losers can’t forget. Nebraska had two of those games last season, in consecutive weeks, no less. By Sports Writer John Marshall.
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— NEBRASKA-KANSAS ST CAPSULE
ALSO:
— WAYNE ST-CHADRON ST—Forget that Chadron State has dominated Wayne State the last two times the teams met. Chadron coach Bill O’Boyle says the Wayne team the Eagles will face Saturday in the NCAA Division II playoffs is nothing like the one Chadron beat 55-14 in the 2007 season opener.
— FBH–ALL-STATE BALLOT—The ballot for The Associated Press All-State Football Team.
— VOL–ALL-STATE BALLOT—The ballot for The Associated Press All-State Volleyball Team.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— CANCER CENTER—The Nebraska Medical Center will begin offering outpatient treatment to cancer patients at its new clinic in west Omaha.
— VISA LOTTERY—University of Nebraska-Lincoln law students on Sunday will offer help to eligible foreign nationals participating in the U.S. State Department’s upcoming diversity visa lottery.
— STATE PATROL HONORED—The International Association of Chiefs of Police has honored the Nebraska State Patrol for the patrol’s traffic safety efforts last year.
— WEAPONS CITATION—A Kearney teenager has been cited on suspicion of bringing a knife and an unloaded gun onto school property, a violation of state law.
— PET PORTRAITS—A Gering artist is doing holiday pet portraits to raise money for the Panhandle Humane Society.
— SHOOTING DEATH—An Omaha man shot earlier this week has died from his injuries.
— OMAHA HOMICIDE—Police have released the name of a man found fatally shot outside a south-central Omaha bar.
— MACARONI ATTACK—There is a delay in the case against a North Platte man who allegedly attacked his girlfriend for making him macaroni for dinner.
— PARKING LOT EXPLOSION—Lincoln police say no one was injured in a small explosion in the parking lot of an elementary school.
— COLUMBUS SHOOTING—An attorney for a 16-year-old boy accused in a drive-by shooting at a mobile home park in Columbus wants the case moved to juvenile court.
— JOHANNS STAFFERS—Mike Johanns has announced the selection of three key aides for his return to Washington, D.C., as the new U.S. senator from Nebraska.
The AP, Omaha.
