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DEVELOPING: SWINE FLU-NEBRASKA, BERKSHIRE-MEDIA, BBC–MISSOURI-NEBRASKA
SWINE FLU-NEBRASKA
OMAHA—Nebraska health officials are reporting two new confirmed cases of swine flu in the state. That brings to three the number of confirmed test results from people who have been or are in Nebraska. By Timberly Ross.
DEATH PENALTY-COLORADO
DENVER—Colorado and nine other states considered abolishing the death penalty this year to save money, but Colorado’s proposal has a twist: It would use the savings to investigate about 1,400 unsolved slayings. The measure has sparked a fierce debate between prosecutors and some victims’ families. Prosecutors want to keep capital punishment as an option for heinous crimes, and they say the bill has raised unrealistic hopes about solving cold cases. By P. Solomon Banda. Eds: NOTE Nebraska mention, interest.
BUSINESS:
BERKSHIRE-MEDIA
OMAHA, Neb.—A day after answering Berkshire Hathaway shareholder questions for five hours, billionaires Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger will meet with reporters Sunday afternoon in their only planned news conference of the year. The news conference with Berkshire’s chairman and vice chairman is one of the events surrounding the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting that attracted 35,000 people to Omaha Saturday. By AP Business Writer Josh Funk
AP Photos by Nati Harnik
SPORTS:
DONKEY BASKETBALL
MORAVIA, Iowa—It’s a Monday night in this small south-central Iowa farm town, and the high school gym is full. There’s a buzz in the air. Before long, the stars amble in from a side door—on all fours. Donkey basketball is alive and well in rural America. By Eric Olson. Eds: NOTE Nebraska mention. A similar version also moved in advance on national lines. Moving on general news and sports services.
AP Photo APN SUNDAY ILLUSTRATIONS: Subscribers get 6 photos of April 28: NY317-322.
ALSO:
— BBC–MISSOURI-NEBRASKA—Game time 1:05 p.m. CDT.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— GUARD TRIBUTES—Nebraska National Guard officials say two aircraft will be used for Memorial Day salutes over 136 Nebraska cemeteries.
— TURKEY POPULATION—A recent survey shows evidence of an expanding turkey population in Nebraska.
The AP, Omaha.
