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DEVELOPING: NEBRASKA BUDGET WOES, WEST NILE LAWSUIT, FBC–NEBRASKA-SUH,
ADDS: SIU CHANCELLOR,
NEBRASKA BUDGET WOES
LINCOLN—Nebraska lawmakers were set to begin debating a massive budget-cutting measure to help close a $334 million state budget gap. The plan before lawmakers on Tuesday closely mirrors the proposal Gov. Dave Heineman proposed and would spread the pain across all state agencies. By Nate Jenkins.
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WEST NILE LAWSUIT
OMAHA—Union Pacific Railroad will have to defend itself from a lawsuit by a former employee who says the company should have protected her better from getting West Nile virus. The Nebraska Court of Appeals has revived the case involving the former employee, who contracted the illness while on the job. By Jean Ortiz. Eds: Moving on state news and financial lines.
SIU CHANCELLOR
CARBONDALE, Ill.—The president of Southern Illinois University has picked a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee administrator to be the next chancellor of SIU’s flagship Carbondale campus. One of the two finalists was University of Nebraska senior vice chancellor Barbara Couture.
BUSINESS:
— CROP REPORT—Another relatively warm and dry week in Nebraska let farmers make up some harvest time. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
SPORTS:
FBC–NEBRASKA-SUH
LINCOLN—Ndamukong Suh hasn’t had a tackle behind the line of scrimmage the last two games against what he calls the “cutesy” offenses of Oklahoma and Kansas. Nebraska’s star defensive lineman expects to be much more involved when Kansas State brings its ground-oriented offense to Memorial Stadium on Saturday. By Eric Olson.
With:
— NEBRASKA SENIOR NIGHT—Nebraska will honor its 13 senior football players before Saturday night’s game against Kansas State.
— NEBRASKA TRAINER
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— SCHUYLER FATAL—Sheriff’s deputies and Nebraska State Patrol investigators are still trying to find out what caused a fatal collision on U.S. Highway 30 in eastern Nebraska.
— REMAINS FOUND—A young York woman has pleaded no contest to a charge of illegally disposing of human remains—her stillborn baby.
— CHASE SENTENCE—A 19-year-old Falls City man already sentenced for burglarizing a police chief’s home has been given 20-to-40 months in prison for a high-speed chase.
— LINCOLN STABBING—A 21-year-old man faces up to life in prison when he’s sentenced in January for murder.
— SEVERE WEATHER-NEBRASKA—Nebraska utilities are working to restore power to the southeast corner of the state after as much as 8 inches of heavy, wet snow fell.
— NORTH PLATTE ASSAULTS—A 19-year-old North Platte man accused of sexually assaulting three underage girls faces up to 150 years in prison if convicted.
— CON MAN SENTENCED—A Pennsylvania man accused of bilking a Nebraska farmer and four others out of almost a half-million dollars will spend the next three years in prison.
— NO PROFESSOR—A former University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor has been fined $1,000 for lying about his academic credentials.
— LINCOLN SEXUAL ASSAULT—A Lincoln man has been sentenced to up to 25 years in prison for molesting a mentally challenged woman and later trying to intimidate her.
— MAN PROTECTS CHIHUAHUA—Lancaster County authorities say a 64-year-old Firth man was defending his Chihuahua when he stabbed a 94-pound bull mastiff.
— MENTAL-HEALTH DISAGREEMENT—Auditors say the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services broke the law by not telling lawmakers of plans to shut down a program for people with acute mental illnesses.
— JUDICIAL RESOURCES—State judicial officials are scheduled to hold their annual meeting to determine whether changes are needed to balance court caseloads.
— TEEN TOBACCO SALES—Authorities say the rate of tobacco sales to underage youths has risen.
The AP, Omaha.
