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DEVELOPING: ABORTION CLINIC-NEBRASKA, ADOPTION OVERTURNED, DEADLY FIRE LAWSUIT, RAILROAD PROJECTS, FBC–T25-BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP
ABORTION CLINIC-NEBRASKA
OMAHA—An abortion doctor says he will likely perform more late-term abortions at his Nebraska practice instead of opening a new Kansas clinic to meet the demand left when Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed earlier this year. Dr. LeRoy Carhart said Friday he thinks expanding his practice in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue may be the best option. By Josh Funk.
ADOPTION OVERTURNED
OMAHA—The attorney for a Colorado father said Friday that his client was elated by news that the Nebraska Supreme Court had overturned the adoption of the man’s 10-year-old son by the husband of the boy’s mother. In a decision issued Friday, the court ruled that a lower court had improperly allowed the adoption without the biological father’s consent. By Nelson Lampe.
DEADLY FIRE LAWSUIT
OMAHA—A woman who lost her husband and son in a deadly Omaha apartment fire that claimed four lives will be able to sue the apartment building’s owners, the Nebraska Supreme Court deemed in a ruling issued Friday. The high court ruled that Maria Ofelia Corona de Camargo will be able to sue the owners and managers of the Colonial House Apartments in south Omaha for the pain and suffering of her husband, 41-year-old Joaquin Camargo-Martinez, and son, 11-year-old Cristobal Camargo-Corona endured. Both died in the Aug. 1, 2006, fire. By Margery A. Beck
BUSINESS:
RAILROAD PROJECTS
PHOENIX—Several construction projects to increase Union Pacific’s freight-moving capacity on the railroad’s main line across southern Arizona and New Mexico are being temporarily sidetracked by the recession. By Paul Davenport. Eds: Note Nebraska interest. Moved on state news and financial lines.
SPORTS:
FBC–T25-BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP
ARLINGTON, Texas—Mack Brown has reminded the Texas Longhorns all season about how they came within one second of playing for the conference title and perhaps a national title last year. Driven by that memory, Colt Mc Coy? and the No. 3 Longhorns have reached the Big 12 championship game, with only the No. 21 Nebraska Cornhuskers standing between them and a trip to the national championship game. By Jaime Aron.
VOL–NCAA-COASTAL CAROLINA-NEBRASKA
LINCOLN—Nebraska opens the NCAA tournament with a first-round match against Coastal Carolina. The winner plays Saturday against Washington State or Northern Iowa. Eds: Ledes from 7 p.m. start.
AP Photos planned.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— THIEVING EMPLOYEE SENTENCED—A 34-year-old man who stole thousands of dollars worth of electronics and appliances from his Lincoln employer apologized and acknowledged his mistakes before being sentenced to four-to-six years in prison.
— CHILD-ABUSE SENTENCE—A 23-year-old Laurel woman has filed papers to appeal her year’s sentence and her conviction for misdemeanor child abuse.
— CHILD-PORN SENTENCE—A 31-year-old Kearney man has been given consecutive sentences of 20 months-to-five years in prison on two felony counts of child pornography.
— RURAL BEATRICE BLAZE—Officials say no one was hurt fighting a blaze that destroyed a family’s home east of Beatrice.
— CHOP SHOP ARRESTS—Lincoln police have arrested four people suspected of being involved in the theft of two pickups and a “chop-shop” operation where vehicles are dismantled for parts.
— ROBBERY SENTENCE—A man serving a life sentence for killing a Pawnee City farmer has been given an additional nine-year term for robbing a bank in a small southeast Nebraska town.
— HOLIDAY LIGHTS DELAY—A question about safety when putting up holiday lights on the courthouse in Beatrice has been resolved in Gage County.
— STORM AID—Four Nebraska communities will receive $187,000 to help them evaluate and repair damage caused by storms in May and June of 2008.
— BENEFITS CENTERS—The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has announced the locations and sizes of four new customer service centers that will provide economic assistance services.
— PRIEST-AUTHOR-UM—Jesuit priest and Nigerian author Uwem Akpan is returning to his alma mater for a talk about his best-selling short story collection.AP Photo NY321. Eds: Note Nebraska mention.
The AP, Omaha.
