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DEVELOPING: SNOWSTORM-NEBRASKA, CORN ETHANOL-WATER, INSURANCE DISPUTE
ADDS: STORM RDP
SNOWSTORM-NEBRASKA
OMAHA—A powerful storm took aim at Nebraska Tuesday, leaving residents bracing for heavy snow, blizzardlike conditions and single-digit temperatures. The weather system that’s already walloped some western states was pushing into Nebraska on Tuesday with the heaviest of the snow—more than a foot in some areas along and south of Interstate 80 in the state’s eastern corner—expected to begin falling midday and continue into Wednesday. By Jean Ortiz. Eds: Note some duplication of material found in BC–Storm Rdp moving on state and national lines.
AP Photos NENH101-105 by Nati Harnik.
STORM RDP
DES MOINES, Iowa—A fierce winter storm was moving into the nation’s midsection Tuesday, promising to wallop the region with heavy snow and strong winds. Officials were warning residents in parts of the west and Midwest to stay close to home. By Melanie S. Welte. Eds: Note Nebraska mention and some duplication of material found in BC-NE–Snowstorm-Nebraska moving on state lines.
AP Photos KSSAL101, ILFRE101, CADV102, CAMS114, CAMS211, HIET103, CADV101, NVREN101, NVREN103.
CORN ETHANOL-WATER
SIOUX FALLS, Iowa—A new government report says that farmers in the northern Plains use dramatically more water to produce a gallon of corn ethanol than those in other parts of the country. By Dirk Lammers. Eds: Note Nebraska mention.
BUSINESS:
INSURANCE DISPUTE
OMAHA—After more than a decade and four Nebraska Supreme Court rulings, a new trial may soon be scheduled in a multimillion-dollar insurance dispute between Florida and Countrywide Insurance Agency. Florida is still trying to collect $4.7 million in premiums and interest the state says Omaha-based Countrywide Insurance Agency owed to a failed company that Florida had taken over. Countrywide and its now-deceased owner, David Fulkerson, have fought the collection effort since the lawsuit was first filed in 1998. By Josh Funk.
SPORTS:
— T25-MCCOY-CLOCK RULE—Texas quarterback Colt McCoy didn’t realize the football must hit something before the clock stops when he tossed away a pass at the end of Longhorns’ 13-12 victory against Nebraska—a gaff that nearly left his team with no time to kick the game-winning field goal. AP Photo NYRD106.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— SEX-ASSAULT SENTENCE—A 39-year-old northeast Nebraska man has been given 25-to-40 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl.
— IMPERSONATOR SENTENCED—A 30-year-old man from Tepic, Mexico, who impersonated another man has been given 18-to-36 months in a Nebraska prison.
— OMAHA ROBBERY—Police are looking for someone trying to spend money stained by an exploding dye pack after a bank robbery in Omaha.
— BIG MAC IRRIGATION—Irrigators will get the biggest delivery of water in years from Nebraska’s biggest lake.
— TEACHER-SEX CHARGE—A former Omaha middle school teacher avoided a second trial on sexual assault charges by pleading no contest to lesser charges.
— LETHAL INJECTION-PROTOCOL—A proposed lethal-injection protocol in Nebraska has been submitted to Attorney General Jon Bruning for approval.
— LATINO CONTRIBUTIONS—The socio-economic contributions of Latinos will be the focus of an upcoming luncheon.
— BROKEN BOW KENO—Broken Bow voters will decide next week whether to allow keno in their central Nebraska town.
The AP, Omaha.
