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DEVELOPING: MUSIC PIRATES, GATOR BOWL,
ADDS: XGR–SURVEY-DEATH PENALTY, CHIMNEY ROCK PHOTO
XGR–SURVEY-DEATH PENALTY
OMAHA—With death penalty opponent Ernie Chambers out of the way, an attempt to change Nebraska’s method of execution to lethal injection seems likely to be successful when the Legislature convenes next week. Gov. Dave Heineman and Attorney General Jon Bruning, both Republicans, have said they want the issue decided this session. The Nebraska Supreme Court in February declared electrocution—the state’s only means of execution—cruel and unusual punishment, and therefore unconstitutional. By Anna Jo Bratton.
AP Photo.
With:
— BC-NE-XGR–DEATH PENALTY-QUESTIONS.
CHIMNEY ROCK PHOTO
OMAHA—The oldest known surviving photograph of the iconic Chimney Rock in western Nebraska has been found, of all places, on the Internet auction site eBay. Featured on Nebraska’s license plates in the 1990s and, more recently, on the state quarter, Chimney Rock received prominent mention in diaries of pioneers migrating west on the Oregon, Mormon and California trails in the mid-1800s. By Eric Olson.
AP Photos.
MUSIC PIRATES
LINCOLN—A lawsuit against six unidentified people accused of illegally sharing song file has been dismissed by a federal judge in Lincoln.
BUSINESS:
— WIND FARM—The largest wind farm in Nebraska is nearly ready to generate power.
SPORTS:
FBC–GATOR BOWL
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Clemson and Nebraska, both trying to carry their late-season surge into the new year, play in the Gator Bowl. It’s their first meeting since the Tigers claimed their only national championship in the 1982 Orange Bowl. By Mark Long.
AP Photos.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— BEATRICE PARDONS—Elected officials will consider on Jan. 26 whether to grant pardons to five people wrongly convicted for the 1985 murder and rape of a Beatrice woman.
— GAS TAX—Nebraska drivers can ring in the new year by shelling out a little more at the pump.
The AP, Omaha.
