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DEVELOPING: ELECTIONS BOARD, ZOO CLOSED, VOL–NEBRASKA-ALL-BIG 12
ADDS: KOSHER SHORTAGE, MIDWEST ECONOMY,
ELECTIONS BOARD
LINCOLN—A state elections board was scheduled to certify the 2008 general election results Monday, including President-elect Barack Obama’s historic victory in the state’s 2nd Congressional District, giving the Illinois senator one of Nebraska’s five electoral votes. By Nate Jenkins.
ZOO CLOSED
OMAHA—An animal sanctuary has rescued 18 animals from a defunct zoo near the northeast Nebraska town Royal. The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colo., is the new home for 13 wolves, one bear, one lion, one coyote and two tigers. By Eric Olson.
KOSHER SHORTAGE
MIAMI—Rabbi Moishe Silverman stood taking inventory of a meat freezer at South Florida Kosher, the supermarket and butcher shop where he works. Dressed in a yarmulke and tie and wearing a plastic apron over his white butcher jacket, he surveyed the piled boxes of chicken and beef. “Normally, this, on a Monday, this would be stacked up to here,” he said, pointing to a mark on the wall above his head. By Jessica Gresko. Eds: NOTE Nebraska mention. Also moving on national lines.
AP Photos FLWL202, FLWL201, FLWL203.
BUSINESS:
MIDWEST ECONOMY
OMAHA—A Nebraska economist says he sees signs that the regional recession will rival the 1981-82 recession for unemployment. Professor Ernie Goss of Creighton University said the primary index from his Mid-America Economic Survey has plunged to its second record low in as many months. The November index hit 37.8 in November, down 2.1 percentage points from October.
With:
— MIDWEST ECONOMY-GLANCE
ALSO:
— CONSTRUCTION TAXES—All construction contractors need to make sure they are registered with the Nebraska Department of Revenue, so they won’t have part of their payments withheld next year.
SPORTS:
VOL–NEBRASKA-ALL-BIG 12
LINCOLN—Two-time All-American Jordan Larson is the Big 12’s volleyball player of the year, and four of her teammates also have won conference honors. Larson also was named defensive player of the year Monday. By Eric Olson.
ALSO:
— NEBRASKA-HENERY HONORED—Nebraska place-kicker Alex Henery is the Big 12’s special teams player of the week after kicking a school-record 57-yard field goal to beat Colorado.
— NCAA-NEBRASKA SELLOUT—The first- and second-round NCAA volleyball tournament matches at the Nebraska Coliseum in Lincoln are sold out.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— FISHERMAN DROWNS—Authorities say overcrowding contributed to a deadly boating accident on the Missouri River near Nebraska City last month.
— ALBANY-PLANE CRASH—A Nebraska pilot and passenger escaped injury when their twin-engine plane crashed in Albany County, Wyo.
The AP, Omaha.
