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DATE NIGHT ART
LINCOLN—Dustin Bloom pockets his tie and dons a Strawberry Shortcake apron. When his girlfriend, Jolin Morelock, told him to keep the Friday night free for a special date, he didn’t know what to expect. By Erin Andersen of the Lincoln Journal Star. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature.
SALMONELLA OUTBREAK
WASHINGTON—The company that sells Little Debbie snacks announced a recall Sunday of peanut butter crackers because of a potential link to a deadly salmonella outbreak. The voluntary recall came one day after the government advised consumers to avoid eating cookies, cakes, ice cream and other foods with peanut butter until health officials learn more about the contamination. Eds: Note Nebraska mentions. Also moving on national lines.
SPORTS:
SURFING THE STATES
UNDATED—From sea to shining sea, two surfing buddies found waves wherever they went. Stefan Hunt and Jonno Durrant hung 10 on a prodigious pile of sugar beets in Idaho, caught “swells” in back of a boat in a Mississippi swamp infested with alligators, and were towed by a rope through a puddle of mud behind a cowboy and his horse in Texas. By Sports Writer Pat Graham. Eds: Note Nebraska mentions, interest. Also moving on national sports lines. Previously moved in advance for weekend use.
AP Photo DX101, DX102.
ALSO:
— NEBRASKA-MISSOURI—Jessra Johnson shot 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Missouri held on for a 67-66 win against Nebraska on Saturday night.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— ANIMAL AWARDS—Two former Nebraska state senators have been honored by the country’s largest animal rights’ group.
The AP, Omaha.
