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DEVELOPING: HAGEL FAREWELL, NCAA VOLLEYBALL,
ADDS: GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES-FINANCING,
HAGEL FAREWELL
OMAHA—Chuck Hagel finished his farewell tour of Nebraska in Omaha on Thursday. The two-term Republican U.S. senator repeated his message of gratitude to Nebraskans for letting him represent them in Washington, D.C. Hagel opted against running for a third term. By Anna Jo Bratton.
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BUSINESS:
GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES-FINANCING
CHICAGO—Shopping-mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. said Wednesday it received another extension on $900 million in loans for two Las Vegas properties. Lenders agreed to place the loans in forbearance until Feb. 12 as the Chicago company looks to sell some of its assets or raise fresh capital to help pay upcoming debt maturities. The company owns Westroads and Oak View malls in Omaha. Eds: Also moving on national lines.
ALSO:
— KOSHER SLAUGHTERHOUSE PLEAS—Agriprocessors, its former CEO and another employee have entered written not guilty pleas in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids after a third superseding indictment. Eds: NOTE Nebraska mention.
SPORTS:
NCAA VOLLEYBALL
OMAHA, Neb.—Unbeaten Penn State, which hasn’t lost a set this season, meets Nebraska in the NCAA semifinals. Though the Nittany Lions are the top seed, they’ll have to contend with Nebraska’s home-court advantage in a match played 50 miles from the Huskers’ Lincoln campus. No. 2 Stanford meets No. 3 Texas in the first semifinal. By Sports Writer Eric Olson. Texas-Stanford 6 p.m.; Nebraska-Penn State 8 p.m.
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ALSO:
— GATORADE HONOR-MANCUSO—Papillion-La Vista senior Gina Mancuso has been named Gatorade’s national player of the year in high school volleyball.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— CLINTON FOUNDATION-NEBRASKA—The list of donors to former President Bill Clinton’s foundation includes a couple people with Nebraska ties. Eds: Can play with national story moving as BC-Clinton Foundation-Donors.
— WINTER WEATHER-MAIL—The Omaha Post Office is asking for help from customers as winter weather sets in.
— TASK FORCE—The third and final meeting of a Nebraska task force that has promised to fix problems revealed by use of the safe-haven law has been canceled because of a forecast of bad weather.
— NEBRASKA BORROWING—Nebraskans have the lowest car loan balances in the nation on average. Eds: Moved on news and financial lines.
— GINGRICH ADDRESS—Former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich will talk about health systems next month when he addresses the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Eds: Moving on news and financial lines.
— FATAL CRASH-SENTENCE—The driver in a September crash that killed a Hastings teenager has been sentenced to probation.
— VEHICULAR HOMICIDE TRIAL—A Grand Island man accused in a traffic accident that killed a woman will go on trial in February.
— PROSTITUTION CHARGES—Federal prosecutors have unsealed the indictment of an Omaha man who they say transported girls as young as 14 across state lines for prostitution.
— BABY INJURED—A former Omaha child care operator has pleaded no contest to intentional child abuse for an incident that left an infant with life-threatening injuries.
— ROGUE REGISTRATIONS—Nebraska has gained more than $1 million because of a State Patrol investigation of vehicles illegally registered in Iowa and South Dakota.
— BAR BURNS—A Minatare man is facing felony arson and insurance fraud charges, accused of setting a fire that destroyed his bar at Lake Minatare.
— WINTRY WEATHER—Weather forecasters are warning Nebraskans in the eastern half of the state to brace for more winter weather.
— ASSESSOR RECALL—Antelope County officials are looking for someone to occupy some office chairs, now that the county assessor has been recalled.
— SIXTH DUI—A Beatrice man convicted six times of driving under the influence has been sentenced to a year in prison, but appears likely to serve out his term in the county jail.
— EDITORIAL RDP—Excerpts from recent Nebraska daily newspaper editorials on topics of statewide interest.
The AP, Omaha.
