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DEVELOPING: EARNS-CONAGRA FOODS
ADDS: CENSUS-NEBRASKA JOBS
CENSUS-NEBRASKA JOBS
OMAHA—Nebraska remains the top-ranked state for the percentage of people ages 16 to 64 who hold a job, according to new 2008 population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. The estimates, for release on Tuesday, show 79 percent of Nebraska residents in that age range had a job, up from 76.9 percent in 2007 and 77.3 percent in 2006—years when the state also ranked No. 1. By Margery A. Gibbs.
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— CENSUS-GLANCE—Some factoids on U.S. life in 2008, according to the Census Bureau’s annual American Community Survey:
NEBRASKA-FINANCIAL HEALTH
OMAHA—An economic think tank says Nebraska excels in financial well-being, but falls behind much of the nation in access to health care insurance. The nonprofit Corporation for Enterprise Development gave Nebraska an ‘A’ for financial assets and income in its report released Monday. Nebraska ranked fourth among the 50 states and the District of Columbia in employment, minority-owned business value and net worth by gender. By Margery A. Gibbs. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
FAMILIAR HALLWAYS
FREMONT—Katie Havekost feels right at home in her first teaching job. Then again, there’s no reason that she shouldn’t. A Nebraskaland Feature by Brett Ellis of the Fremont Tribune.
BUSINESS:
EARNS-CONAGRA FOODS
OMAHA—ConAgra Foods will give investors an update on how well its packages foods are selling Tuesday when it releases its fiscal first-quarter earnings report. The Omaha, Neb.-based maker of Orville Redenbacher, Healthy Choice, Hunts, Banquet and other brands is expected to have a good quarter because its costs have been falling. And the recession has prompted many people to eat at home more often. Eds: Developing from report expected at 6:30 a.m.
ALSO:
— CROP REPORT—Nebraska’s crops are progressing toward harvest well thanks to recent relatively warm weather.
— COVIDIEN LAYOFFS-NEBRASKA—A company spokeswoman says around 70 people will be losing their jobs at the Covidien medical supplies plant in Norfolk over the next few months.
SPORTS:
BIG 12 NOTEBOOK
OMAHA—If quarterback Sam Bradford can’t play at Miami on Oct. 3, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops is confident Landry Jones will continue to be a more-than-adequate substitute for the 2008 Heisman Trophy winner. Stoops wouldn’t speculate Monday on whether Bradford would be ready to play against the No. 9 Hurricanes. No. 10 Oklahoma has an open date this week. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
ALSO:
— NEBRASKA-PELINI—Speaking in measured words, Nebraska coach Bo Pelini indicated he believes Menelik Holt made a good catch for a touchdown on a pass ruled incomplete in the Huskers’ 16-15 loss to Virginia Tech.
— NEBRASKA SELLOUT STREAK—The Nebraska football team has a number of events planned this week to mark the 300th consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.
— NCAA-OMAHA—First- and second-round games of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament will be returning to Omaha’s Qwest Center in 2012.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— TAX FRAUD SENTENCE—An Omaha man has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for falsifying tax returns in 2003 and 2004.
— TAX BAN—The U.S. government wants a federal judge to make sure that a Lexington, Neb. man never does someone’s taxes again.
— OMAHA DOG ATTACK—A 52-year-old Omaha woman is recovering from serious injuries she suffered after stepping between a 9-year-old neighbor boy and a pit bull.
— HARVARD FATAL—Clay County authorities are investigating a fatal collision at a rural intersection near Harvard in southern Nebraska.
— UNL CRASH—University of Nebraska-Lincoln police say they have not yet determined what caused the fatal crash of a car into a building on East Campus.
— NEB ASSAULT DEATH—The wife of a man accused in a Scottsbluff stabbing death has pleaded not guilty to being an accessory to a felony.
— JUNKYARD JUSTICE—A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a junkyard owner who sought to go back into business on the outskirts of Ashland.
The AP, Omaha.
