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DEVELOPING: CSI-BLOOD EVIDENCE, BROKER BETRAYAL?, FBC–NEBRASKA QUARTERBACKS, FBC–IOWA STATE-INJURIES, FBC–BIG 12 NOTEBOOK
CSI-BLOOD EVIDENCE
OMAHA—A Cass County district judge has ruled there’s enough evidence to proceed in the case against Douglas County’s chief crime-scene investigator. Judge Randall Rehmeier has rejected a request to dismiss an evidence-tampering charge against David Kofoed (KOH-fode). Kofoed’s attorney had argued there wasn’t sufficient evidence to take the case to trial. By Jean Ortiz.
BROKER BETRAYAL?
PAPILLION—Lawyers for two former Nebraska City brokers argue that written records show their clients shouldn’t be prosecuted for securities fraud because investors acknowledged the risks. But prosecutors said Monday at a hearing in Sarpy County District Court that the written records don’t tell the full story. And prosecutors say the difference between what the records show and what investors say now should be sorted out at trial. By Business Writer Josh Funk. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
BUSINESS:
— BEATRICE PLANT-FURLOUGHS—A Beatrice plant is calling back more than five dozen workers from furlough. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
SPORTS:
FBC–NEBRASKA-QUARTERBACKS
LINCOLN, Neb.—Nebraska coach Bo Pelini says who starts at quarterback against Iowa State on Saturday will be a “game-time decision.” By Eric Olson.
FBC–IOWA STATE-INJURIES
AMES, Iowa—Iowa State is off to a surprising 4-3 start. But the Cyclones head into Saturday’s game at Nebraska wondering about the health of its two stars on offense: quarterback Austen Arnaud and running back Alexander Robinson. Both were hurt in a 24-10 win over Baylor last week. By Luke Meredith.
FBC–BIG 12 NOTEBOOK
UNDATED—Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops quickly points at the record as a reminder that a loss to Texas doesn’t end the Sooners’ Big 12 title hopes. While the Sooners fight in the South, there could be an even more interesting race in the North, where every team already has a conference loss—and Kansas State has the lead after giving up 60 points one week, and scoring 60 the next. By Stephen Hawkins.
ALSO:
— SPORTS IN HISTORY—ESPN sports reporter Jeremy Schaap will deliver the keynote opening address at a two-day symposium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on sports in history. Eds: Moved on state news and sports lines.
— NEBRASKA-BAYLOR KICKOFF—The Big 12 Conference has announced that Nebraska’s Oct. 31 football game against Baylor in Waco, Texas, will start at 11:30 a.m. and be televised by Versus.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— PICKUP-TRAIN FATALITY—An Alliance woman has died in a Colorado hospital after she and her husband were injured in a collision with a train in Nebraska’s Panhandle.
— NEB INFANT DIES—An autopsy has been ordered on the body of a 4-month-old girl who died despite resuscitation efforts by family members and firefighters.
— IMPERIAL BLAZE—The owners of a car dealership in Imperial say they’ll be open for business across the street from the blackened rubble of one of their buildings.
— TEACHER OF THE YEAR-NEBRASKA—An Omaha science teacher has been named Nebraska Teacher of the Year for 2010.
— RIVERSIDE ZOO-LYNX—A western Nebraska zoo has added two Eurasian lynx siblings to its collection.
— CELEBRATING COAL—Omaha Public Power District’s newest coal power plant is a finalist for an award from the trade magazine Power Engineering.
— CHRISTMAS THROWBACK—Fort Robinson State Park in northwest Nebraska will again hold its annual historical Christmas dinner.
— WOMEN IN PHYSICS—The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is bringing together outstanding undergraduate women researchers for its first Women in Physics Conference.
— SALVAGED FISH—Fish recently salvaged from the Sutherland Canal have been stocked in other bodies of water in western Nebraska.
The AP, Omaha.
