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DEVELOPING: COLLEGE SAVINGS, BBC–CWS-LSU-ARKANSAS, BBC–CWS-CS FULLERTON-VIRGINIA,
ADDS: OBIT-BOOSALIS, DUCK TROUBLE, RAIL BACKLOG, AUTO LOANS-DELINQUENCIES,
COLLEGE SAVINGS
LINCOLN—Two poorly performing, state-managed investment funds for college savings were scheduled to be discussed by the Nebraska Investment Council on Monday. The funds both landed on a recent list of the worst college-savings plans in the country. By Nate Jenkins.
OBIT-BOOSALIS
OMAHA—The first woman elected mayor of Lincoln and a candidate in a historic gubernatorial race has died. Christopher Davis, a grandson, confirmed the death of Helen Boosalis on Monday morning at a Lincoln hospice. She was 89. By Margery A. Gibbs.
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BEATRICE CONSULTANT
BEATRICE—Of all the characters in the saga of the Beatrice State Developmental Center, one seems to have quickly garnered respect from all sides: Claire Mahon from New Jersey. After a series of CEOs failed to turn around the center, the state hired Mahon on a consulting basis in mid-February, while continuing its search for a permanent CEO. A Nebraskaland Feature by Deena Winter of the Lincoln Journal Star.
DUCK TROUBLE
BISMARCK, N.D.—North Dakota’s anti-corporate farming law does not violate the U.S. Constitution, even though similar laws have been invalidated by federal courts in Nebraska and South Dakota, a state district judge says. Southeast District Judge James Bekken’s ruling also gave a partial victory to Crosslands Inc., a nonprofit organization that owns land in three North Dakota counties, saying the state law cannot be used to force the sale of about 1,700 acres managed as a wildlife preserve. By Dale Wetzel. Eds: Note Nebraska mention, interest.
BUSINESS:
RAIL BACKLOG
NAMPA, Idaho—A growing number of idled boxcars and locomotives are filling the sidings in Nampa, reflecting the nationwide economic downturn and Omaha-based Union Pacific Railroad’s decreased business. “It’s just a big visual manifestation of what’s going on in our economy right now,” Union Pacific spokeswoman Zoe Richmond told the Idaho Press-Tribune. “With consumer spending going down, our shipments have gone down.”
AUTO LOANS-DELINQUENCIES
NEW YORK—Those “green shoots” of economic rebound don’t yet have very deep roots. While some economic indicators are pointing to better days ahead, data shows consumers continued to struggle to make loan payments in the first quarter. By Personal Finance Writer Eileen Aj Connelly. Eds: Note Nebraska mention. Also moving on national lines.
SPORTS:
BBC–CWS-LSU-ARKANSAS
OMAHA, Neb.—Southeastern Conference rivals LSU and Arkansas meet at the College World Series, with the winner taking control of Bracket 1. The Tigers will send out SEC Pitcher of the Year Louis Coleman against an Arkansas offense that has scored 10 or more runs in four of its last six games. By Eric Olson. Eds: Game starts 6 p.m. CDT.
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BBC–CWS-CS FULLERTON-VIRGINIA
OMAHA, Neb.—No. 2 national seed Cal State Fullerton plays first-time College World Series qualifier Virginia in a Bracket 1 elimination game. By Eric Olson. Eds: Game starts 1 p.m. CDT.
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— BBC–CWS Notebook.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— OMAHA SHOOTING DEATH—Police say a 54-year-old woman found fatally wounded in her north-central Omaha home probably was not the target of several gunshots that rang out.
— WOMAN IN CREEK—Searchers have found a hat and shoes belonging to a missing Colorado woman who fell into a creek over the weekend. Eds: Note Nebraska mention.
— BUCK RESCUED—Fire officials in the southwest Nebraska town of Grant had to get creative to rescue a young deer that had become stuck in a cistern.
— INDECENT SOLICITATION—A Kansas judge has sentenced a southwest Nebraska man to nearly six years in Kansas prison for indecent acts with two young girls.
— ARSON CHARGE—Police have arrested a 19-year-old Norfolk man, accusing him of setting his family’s home on fire more than two years ago.
— BEN NELSON AIRPORT—The McCook City Council will consider renaming the southwest Nebraska town’s airport in honor of a McCook native, U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson.
— CAR TARGETED—Lincoln police are trying to determine why a parked car was shot 16 times with at least two different guns.
— INMATES ESCAPE—Two men who escaped from the Marshall County, Kan., jail have been recaptured in Beatrice, Neb.
The AP, Omaha.
