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ADDS: RAMS-INCOGNITO
NEB FOSTER CARE
LINCOLN—Child-welfare experts say Nebraska needs to ramp up its oversight of private groups to ensure foster-care reform goes smoothly. The state is in the midst of contracting out more foster-care services, such as acquiring foster homes. By Nate Jenkins.
HASTINGS FIRE
HASTINGS—Authorities say three people have died and three others have been injured following a mobile home fire in central Nebraska. Adams County Attorney Donna Fegler Daiss says the dead include two children and one adult. Two others were taken to a Lincoln hospital in critical condition. A third injured person was treated and released from a hospital.
AP Photo NEHAS101, NEHAS102.
SPORTS:
T25-NEBRASKA-SUH
LINCOLN—Heisman Trophy finalist Ndamukong Suh says he was glad to go on his whirlwind tour to pick up his bounty of national awards. Nebraska’s star defensive lineman sure was glad to come home, too. By Sports Writer Eric Olson.
AP Photos NENH105, NENH106.
ALL-AMERICA TEAM
NEW YORK—Alabama will bring a lineup powered by a record number of AP All-Americans to the national championship game. Six players on the top-ranked Crimson Tide, including Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, made The Associated Press All-America team released Tuesday. By College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo. Eds: Note Nebraska mention.
AP Photos NY162, NY163, NY164.
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AP ALL-AMERICA TEAM, LIST
RAMS-INCOGNITO
ST. LOUIS—Richie Incognito was released on Tuesday by the St. Louis Rams, two days after coach Steve Spagnuolo benched the temperamental offensive guard for the second half of a loss at Tennessee. By Sports Writer R.B. Fallstrom. Eds: Note Nebraska mention.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— WORKER’S DEATH-FINE—Federal labor officials have proposed nearly $120,700 in fines against a Stanton company following the June death of a worker.
— IMPROVING REVENUE—The latest tax collection figures suggest Nebraska’s economy is improving, but tax revenue still fell slightly below what was predicted in November.
— ELEVATOR BANKRUPTCY—The Nebraska Court of Appeals has rejected one farmer’s claim on a failed grain elevator’s assets.
— NEMAHA COUNTY FATALITY—A 68-year-old Holdrege man is dead following a two-car crash in the southeast corner of Nebraska.
The AP, Omaha.
