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DEVELOPING: CAN’T PROSECUTE, CIGAR BARS,
ADDS: MARK TIME,
CAN’T PROSECUTE
OMAHA—A Pleasant Dale man may soon leave jail as prosecutors run out of options to try him for the slaying of his infant daughter. Butler County Attorney Julie Reiter said Thursday that a recent Nebraska Court of Appeals decision has left her with no evidence to try Lucas Peterson on a felony charge of illegally disposing of human remains. Peterson led officers to his daughter’s grave in rural Butler County in April 2007. He has contended that law officers promised not to prosecute him in return for his help in finding the 10-month-old or her body. By Jean Ortiz.
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CIGAR BARS
LINCOLN—An anti-smoking group has lost the fight over whether cigar bars exist in Nebraska. Now it’s focusing on where the smoke blows. Mark Welsch of Omaha is president of the Group to Alleviate Smoking Pollution, or GASP. He said Thursday at a state Liquor Control Commission hearing on cigar-bar rules that the establishments should put out the cigars if smoke infiltrates neighboring businesses required to follow the Clean Indoor Act. By Eric Olson.
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MARK TIME
BEATRICE—All it takes is a call of “mark, time, mark,” to silence 115 high school students near the end of their summer vacation. Then, as four beats sound off, the big group begins moving, with smaller groups moving in synchronization themselves. A Nebraskaland Feature by Chris Dunker of the Beatrice Daily Sun.
SPORTS:
— NEBRASKA TRAINER—The latest from the Huskers’ practice field.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— CAR ACCIDENT-SHOOTING—The wife of a 39-year-old Omaha man is seeking justice for her slain husband.
— OMAHA HOMICIDE—Omaha police are investigating the shooting death of a 40-year-old man.
— DNA TESTS—A Scottsbluff County district judge has rejected a convicted killer’s latest bid for a new trial based on DNA evidence.
— COMA SETTLEMENT—The family of a woman left comatose after being hit by a police cruiser nearly three years ago has reached a settlement with the city of Lincoln.
— DRIVE-IN ROBBERY—A third man has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting at a Kenosha custard stand last month. Eds: Note Nebraska mention.
— IOWA SHOOTING DEATH—A 25-year-old Council Bluffs man has been sentenced to 14 days in jail in connection with the shooting death of a Plattsmouth, Neb., man last fall.
— COZAD MARINE HERO—The Marines are honoring a Nebraska native with its second-highest decoration for his heroism in Afghanistan last year.
— NEB SCHOOL DELAY—The start of public school has been pushed back a week in Nebraska City because construction on one school wasn’t done in time.
— ALCOHOL EDUCATION—University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials hoping to reduce binge drinking among students are turning to an online tool.
— W NEBRASKA GRANTS—The city of Gering and the nonprofit Western Nebraska Housing Opportunities agency are receiving a combined $1.2 million in grants for neighborhood revitalization.
— NETJETS AWARD—Private air charter service NetJets is one of 15 companies nationwide that will be recognized for outstanding support of National Guard and Reserve soldiers. Eds: Note Nebraska interest.
— EDITORIAL RDP—Excerpts from recent Nebraska daily newspaper editorials on topics of statewide interest.
The AP, Omaha.
