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DEVELOPING: HORSE HEARING, SECURITIES SUIT-NEBRASKA,
ADDS: PIONEER CHRONICLE, NC BUILDING COLLAPSE
HORSE HEARING
LINCOLN—Nebraska lawmakers will discuss options for disposing of horses, given the federal and state bans prohibiting their slaughter. Supporters of the practice say that without horse slaughterhouses, more older or otherwise marginalized horses are neglected or abandoned. By Timberly Ross.
SECURITIES SUIT-NEBRASKA
OMAHA—A Florida woman is suing an Omaha-area based brokerage and its parent company, alleging they failed to warn her and others from investing in what she says turned out to be a $22 billion Ponzi scheme. The federal lawsuit filed Thursday in Omaha on behalf of Ilene Grossbard of Sarasota, Fla., alleges Securities America sold hundreds of millions of dollars worth of securities in notes for a medical receivables company. By Jean Ortiz. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
PIONEER CHRONICLE
FREMONT—An author with local ties has written a novelization about a Dodge County pioneer. Joann Patras wrote “Family of Miracles.” The book is a novelization about one of Patras’ ancestors, Peter Saispair. He came to Dodge County from Sweden, said Kathy Weber, a cousin. A Nebraskaland Feature by Don Bowen of the Fremont Tribune.
NC BUILDING COLLAPSE
RALEIGH, N.C.—Federal safety officials warned workers around the country Friday not to clear natural gas lines indoors after an explosion at a Slim Jim snack factory that killed three people. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said in a new safety bulletin that the June explosion at the plant underscored that gas lines being worked on should not be emptied, or purged, indoors. Slim Jim is owned by Omaha-based ConAgra. By Mike Baker. Eds: Moving on state and national news and financial lines.
BUSINESS:
— UNION COMPLAINT—A utility worker in Albion has filed a complaint with federal officials because of union rules that force him to continue paying dues even after he decided to quit. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— ASHLAND POT—Three people were arrested and a record 150 pounds of marijuana was seized by Saunders County officials.
— MAYOR RESIGNS-SETTLEMENT—A woman who once worked for now-resigned Papillion Mayor James Blinn has received a $200,000 cash settlement from the city’s insurer.
— OMAHA STANDOFF—Police have arrested a 27-year-old man, saying he fired several rifle shots outside his home in northwest Omaha.
— BOND ISSUE-PAXTON—Paxton voters will decide next month whether to raise their taxes to add four classrooms and enlarge the school cafeteria.
— OMAHA CHILD ABUSE—Two Omaha residents were arrested on suspicion of child abuse after a 9-month-old girl was taken to an Omaha hospital with a broken arm and several other injuries.
— NEIGHBOR SHOT—A 29-year-old man faces up to 25 years in prison when sentenced next month for shooting his Broken Bow apartment neighbor last year.
— CELL-PHONE CHARGE—A Lincoln man who took his cell phone into the prison with him while working as a guard has been charged with breaking state law.
— UNL OVERCHARGED—A former University of Nebraska-Lincoln employee has been accused of falsifying reimbursement papers and collecting nearly $10,000 more than she was owed.
— HEALTH CARE-LATINOS—A new report from the University of Nebraska at Omaha says Latinos, and particularly foreign-born Latinos are the most disadvantaged group in the state when it comes to accessing health care coverage.
— BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY—Biblical scholars from around the world will converge on Omaha this month for the 11th annual Batchelder Biblical Archaeology Conference.
— LINCOLN CITY ATTORNEY—Next month, a private-practice lawyer will replace former Chief Justice John Hendry as Lincoln city attorney.
The AP, Omaha.
