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DEVELOPING: SUPCO-BANK FRAUD, EARNS-BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY, PIPELINE GROUNDBREAKING
ADDS: DORIS BUFFETT, PINE RIDGE DRUGS
SWINE FLU-NEBRASKA
OMAHA—People getting tested for swine flu in Nebraska should get their results faster, now that the state laboratory has been approved to do final testing on all probable cases. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week certified the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory to do the confirmatory testing, Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman Marla Augustine said Friday. By Eric Olson.
SUPCO-BANK FRAUD
LINCOLN—The Nebraska Supreme Court has reprimanded a Holdrege lawyer who pleaded guilty to a federal misdemeanor for his part in a loan scheme. By Timberly Ross
With:
— SUPCO-MAN IN TRUNK—The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a 23-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 2007 brutal beating of an Omaha businessman.
DORIS BUFFETT
FREDERICKSBURG, Va.—The woman responsible for turning around the lives of abused women, underprivileged children and forgotten prisoners pulls up her Volvo to a private jet at the Stafford Regional Airport. The frame around the license plate reads “In Berkshire Hathaway We Trust,” a reference to the company run by her multibillionaire brother. A bumper sticker on the back says “Cavemen are people too,” a tag line for Berkshire subsidiary Geico. By Bill Freehling. Eds: Note Nebraska mentions. Moved in advance for weekend use.
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PINE RIDGE DRUGS
RAPID CITY, S.D.—One of eight people charged with selling cocaine from Denver on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation was sentenced late Thursday in federal court in Rapid City. Joe Brewer will serve 46 months in prison. By Carson Walker. Eds: Note Nebraska mention.
BUSINESS:
EARNS-BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
OMAHA—Warren Buffett’s company will release its first-quarter earnings report Friday afternoon. Buffett offered a preview of Berkshire Hathaway’s quarterly earnings at last weekend’s shareholders’ meeting that attracted roughly 35,000, but he did not include the full details such as net income. By Business Writer Josh Funk. Eds: Also moving on national lines.
PIPELINE GROUNDBREAKING
YANKTON, S.D.—A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday to mark the start of construction on the section of the TransCanada Keystone crude oil pipeline through Yankton. Eds: Note Nebraska mention.
SPORTS:
— ZELIO APPOINTMENT—Dave Zelio, assistant bureau chief for The Associated Press in Chicago, has been selected as assistant sports editor for the AP’s Central desk, which covers 14 states in the Midwest, including Nebraska.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— XGR–DANGEROUS DOGS—Nebraska lawmakers have decided to stiffen penalties against owners of some dangerous dogs.
— STIMULUS-AIRPORT SECURITY—Almost $2 million from the federal stimulus package will be spent on security equipment at Nebraska’s largest airport.
— GIRL’S DEATH—A judge has ruled that a Sutherland man accused of raping and killing his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter did not have his Miranda rights violated.
— COCAINE CHARGE—The teenage son of a Hall County sheriff’s captain is due in court later this month to face drug charges.
— TEEN ASSAULTED—A 21-year-old Lincoln man who had sex with a mentally disabled teenager has been given three-to-five years in prison.
— KANGAROO POUCH VIDEO—Two tiny joeys open their eyes and squirm around inside the cramped space of their mother’s pouch in video shot by a Nebraska zookeeper. By Anna Jo Bratton.
— NATIVE AMERICAN CLASS—The University of Nebraska at Omaha is marking its largest class of graduating Native American Studies program participants.
— MEMORIAL DEDICATION—State officials are ready to dedicate a new memorial that pays tribute to the 130 Nebraska law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty.
— AMBULANCE WARRIORS—Almost four years after the outfit returned from combat support in Iraq, a Lincoln-based National Guard ambulance unit again will be called up in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
— BOYS TOWN MAYOR—The youth of Boys Town have elected Logan Kenoras of Fremont, Neb.
The AP, Omaha.
