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ADDS: TRIBUNE-BANKRUPTCY-CUBS, FOREIGN COOKING, T25-NEBRASKA-HENERY
TRIBUNE-BANKRUPTCY-CUBS
WILMINGTON, Del.—A federal bankruptcy judge cleared the way Thursday for the Tribune Co. to sell the Chicago Cubs and the storied Wrigley Field to the family of billionaire and longtime fan Joe Ricketts, who founded Omaha-based TD Ameritrade. Judge Kevin J. Carey authorized Tribune to sell the family a 95 percent stake in the team, the stadium and related sports properties for $845 million. Eds: Moved on state and national sports and financial lines.
FOREIGN COOKING
HASTINGS—Mecala Gerloff loves to travel. She’s been to Mexico, the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Brazil. And she loves to try new foreign recipes on her roommate brother. A Nebraskaland Feature by Shay Burk of the Hastings Tribune.
BUSINESS
— TENNECO CLOSURE-NEBRASKA—Nebraska will be losing 500 jobs with the closing of the Tenneco plant in Cozad, but a company spokeswoman says sales could force production increases at the Seward plant.
— TENNECO CLOSURE-NELSON—Sen. Ben Nelson is asking the federal government to help the Nebraskans who will lose their jobs as Tenneco closes its shock-absorber plant in Cozad.
— LEE ENTERPRISES-PUBLISHER—Lee Enterprises Inc. has announced that Bob Blackman, publisher in Columbus of the Telegram, has been named publisher of the Muscatine Journal in Muscatine, Iowa. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
— ETHANOL LAWSUIT—Regulators say an ethanol plant near Sutherland has violated pollution rules by emitting too much carbon dioxide and failing to obtain proper permits for an expansion project. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
— LINCOLN ELECTRIC HIKE—The Lincoln Electric System has proposed increasing its rates by an average of nearly 4 percent. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
— TIBBETTS LAWSUIT—A Nebraska insurance company has asked a South Dakota judge to rule on a lawsuit filed by the widow of a record-breaking Sioux Falls high school basketball coach. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
SPORTS:
T25-NEBRASKA-HENERY
LINCOLN—Alex Henery is a reliable kicker on the field and a reluctant celebrity off it. Kickers typically don’t attract much attention until they miss a big field goal. It’s just the opposite for Henery. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
AP Photos NENH101, NENH102, AH101.
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— BIG 12 CAPSULES
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— NEWLYWED SHOOTING-SENTENCE—A 22-year-old Lincoln newlywed who fatally shot and killed his wife while pretending to clear their apartment of an intruder has been given three-to-five years in prison.
— FATHER-SON DUI—Authorities say a 53-year-old man whose son had been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving was arrested on the same charge after he bailed out his son.
— CRAWFORD SHOOTING—A Crawford grandfather is scheduled to be sentenced in November for threatening an officer who helped fatally shoot the man’s grandson.
— US ATTORNEY-NEBRASKA—The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the Obama administration’s choice to become U.S. attorney for Nebraska. By Ken Thomas.
— EX-OFFICER PONZI—A former Papillion police officer accused of operating a fraudulent investment scheme that cost investors about $4 million has pleaded guilty to mail fraud.
— NEB METH SEIZURES—More than 30 pounds of methamphetamine has been seized in two separate Nebraska cases.
— SWINE FLU-NEBRASKA—Students suffering from flulike symptoms have led officials with Mitchell Public Schools in western Nebraska to cancel classes and activities for the rest of the week.
— SNEAKY POT FARMERS—Authorities say some western Nebraska farmers have been unwitting hosts of illegal crops of marijuana.
— SEX-ASSAULT SENTENCE—A 42-year-old man who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl at his former home in Monroe has been given 14-to-18 years in prison.
— NELSON-HEALTH OVERHAUL—Sen. Ben Nelson has scheduled two more public meetings in western Nebraska to discuss health care reform.
— FLOOD GRANTS—Three eastern Nebraska towns that sustained storm damage this spring will be able to use $2.61 million in grant money to improve their storm water drainage systems.
— CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL—Officials have committed federal loan guarantees to building a 16-bed hospital in the southwest Nebraska city of Cambridge.
The AP, Omaha.
