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DEVELOPING: ENDANGERED BEETLE,
ADDS: STRESS MAP, PAST PIECES, CLOVE CIGARETTES, THE ANTI-HUSKERS
STRESS MAP
UNDATED—Signs of life in the auto industry and an easing of the housing crisis helped reduce unemployment and kept foreclosures flat in some of the nation’s hardest-hit areas in July, according to The Associated Press’ monthly analysis of economic stress in more than 3,100 U.S. counties. The latest results of the AP’s Economic Stress Index showed joblessness dipped in counties where temporarily closed auto-related plants resumed production in July. Foreclosure rates, meanwhile, slowed in the Sun Belt epicenters of the housing bust. Bankruptcy rates, which respond more slowly to economic shifts, rose slightly. By Christopher S. Rugaber And Mike Schneider. Eds: Note Nebraska mention. Moved on state and national news and financial lines.
ENDANGERED BEETLE
LINCOLN—Fewer than 200 adult Salt Creek tiger beetles were found on the north side of Lincoln during this year’s census of the endangered insect. Researchers say they found 165 adults last year, so the 194 found this year is an improvement. But they say they should be finding 300 to 400 adults annually.
PAST PIECES
PAWNEE CITY—When you walk into Lawrence Bradbury’s tidy home near Pawnee City, one of the first things you might notice is a cabinet of inkwells and pop bottles. Or you might see the fruit crocks and “snake oil” bottles that sit across the room. A Nebraskaland Feature by Gloria Masoner of the Beatrice Daily Sun.
CLOVE CIGARETTES
RICHMOND, Va.—The nation’s top distributor of clove cigarettes is offering fans a new way to get their fix after the spice-flavored cigarettes are banned later this year—cigars. The new filtered cigars—close to the size of a cigarette and flavored with clove, vanilla and cherry—allow Kretek International Inc., which imports Djarum-brand tobacco products from Indonesia, to avoid new federal laws banning flavored cigarettes other than menthol. By Business Writer Michael Felberbaum. Eds: Note Nebraska mention. Moved on state and national news and financial lines.
AP Photos RIC203, RIC201, RIC202.
With:
— CLOVE CIGARETTES-GLANCE
BUSINESS:
— MADOFF UNMASKED—The man who unmasked billion-dollar Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff will share his insights during an ethics lecture in Lincoln. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
SPORTS:
THE ANTI-HUSKERS
FREMONT—Randy Veskerna has always considered himself to be somewhat of a rebel. Maybe that explains why Veskerna always rooted for Oklahoma when the Sooners had their annual college football battle with Nebraska. A Nebraska Sports Special by Brett Ellis of the Fremont Tribune.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— GREENSBURG-SCOUT CAMP—More than 20 Greensburg residents are spending their Labor Day weekend in Little Sioux, Iowa, helping to rebuild a Boy Scout camp damaged by a tornado in June 2009. Eds: Note Nebraska interest.
— ELECTRONIC PERMITTING—The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says it will be going digital for 2010 hunting and fishing permits and conservation stamps.
— WORLD DAY—A celebration of cultures is set for Sept. 17, when the state will mark World Day on the Mall.
— NEB HUNTING LAND—The Nebraska chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation has purchased 13,000 acres of land near Scottsbluff to be used for public hunting and recreation.
The AP, Omaha.
