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ADDS: FATHER KILLED, NEBRASKA-BODY, OMAHA SHOOTINGS
HEADLINES:
HOSPITAL AUDITS
LINCOLN—Audits of two state-run psychiatric hospitals by Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley’s office show overpayments to employees, lax bill-collection efforts and more spending than authorized by the Legislature. The audits cover the last fiscal year and, all told, report 25 finance-related problems at regional centers in Norfolk and Lincoln. The Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the hospitals, agreed or partially agreed with 20 of the findings. By Nate Jenkins.
BOVINE TB
OMAHA—The state of Nebraska has added 10 more herds to its bovine TB quarantine list, bringing the total to 42. State Agriculture Director Greg Ibach said Tuesday the expansion stems from the sales of cattle that occurred before the herds were quarantined as a precaution. Nebraska has also warned South Dakota and Colorado officials that some of those sold cattle went to their states. There are still only two confirmed cases of bovine TB in the current Nebraska outbreak. By Josh Funk.
SEBELIUS-INDIAN HEALTH CARE
WASHINGTON—Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says she will launch a new multiyear effort to improve health care for American Indians, which she calls a “historic failure.” Sebelius told The Associated Press Tuesday she will challenge Congress to make the back-burner issue a priority. Part of that strategy would be to recruit more providers for reservations and to focus more on preventive care, which is often neglected in Indian health clinics as dollars run out. By Mary Clare Jalonick. Eds: Note Nebraska interest. Also moving on national lines.
AP Photo DCDA104.
BUSINESS:
GEN RE-AIG TRIAL
HARTFORD, Conn.—A former business executive was sentenced Tuesday to two years of probation for his role in an accounting scandal that cost shareholders of insurer American International Group Inc. more than $500 million. John Houldsworth, the former chief executive officer of an Irish affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway’s General Re, was also fined $5,000 and ordered to perform 400 hours of community service during the probation period. By Dave Collins. Eds: Note Nebraska mention. Also moving on national lines.
SPORTS:
CWS-N CAROLINA-S MISSISSIPPI
OMAHA—Dustin Ackley went 5 for 6 and became the College World Series’ career hits leader, and North Carolina tied a CWS record with 23 hits in an 11-4 victory over Southern Mississippi on Tuesday. The Tar Heels (48-17), who will play Thursday against the winner of Tuesday night’s Texas-Arizona State game, eliminated the Golden Eagles (40-26) and sent Southern Mississippi coach Corky Palmer into retirement. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
AP Photo NENH106.
BBC–CWS-TEXAS-ARIZONA ST
OMAHA—The top two pitching staffs in the nation matched up in Tuesday’s second College World Series game. No. 1 seed Texas faced No. 5 Arizona State. By Eric Olson. Story also moving on national lines.
AP Photos.
With:
— BBC–CWS-NOTEBOOK.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— OMAHA SHOOTINGS—Omaha police respond to a flurry of shootings—at least one of them fatal—in a 14-hour period.
— FATHER KILLED—A 19-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in his father’s beating death has been ordered to stand trial.
— NEBRASKA-BODY—Crews have pulled a body from the Missouri River between Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa.
— TEENAGER SLAIN—Authorities have released the name of a teenage boy who was fatally wounded at a north-central Omaha home.
— CHILD PORNOGRAPHY—A 71-year-old Lincoln man has been sentence to six years in federal prison for having child pornography on his computer.
— MARIJUANA SEIZED—Nebraska officers have seized more than 76 pounds of pot and arrested two Illinois men following an interstate traffic stop.
The AP, Omaha.
