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HOLIDAY STORM
OKLAHOMA CITY—A fierce Christmas storm dumped more snow and ice across the nation’s midsection Friday after stranding travelers as highways and airports closed and leaving many to celebrate the holiday just where they were. Meteorologists predicted the slow-moving storm would glaze highways in the East with ice through Christmas night and that gusty thunderstorms would hamper the South. An ice storm warning was issued for parts of West Virginia and the Blue Ridge mountains in North Carolina and Virginia, while a wind chill advisory cautioned of temperatures as low as 30 below zero in Montana. By Tim Talley.
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SURVEY-TEXTING WHILE DRIVING
OMAHA—A majority of the Nebraska state senators who participated in an Associated Press pre-session survey believe sending or receiving text messages behind the wheel should be banned for all drivers, not just young ones. Scottsbluff Sen. John Harms said he’ll introduce legislation in 2010 that would extend the texting ban in Nebraska to all drivers. Harms sponsored a bill that passed in 2007 over Gov. Dave Heineman’s veto that prohibits drivers under 18 from using a mobile device while driving. By Eric Olson.
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FAITHFUL FRIEND
BEATRICE—On Sunday mornings at First Christian Church, Tim Marsh and his companion, Marjie, sit in their usual spot in the back of the room. Marsh rarely misses a Sunday School session. Marjie lays down beside him, disciplined and calm, waiting for her services to be needed again. A Nebraskaland Feature by Luke Nichols. Beatrice Daily Sun.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— OMAHA SHOOTING DEATH—Police are investigating the shooting death of a 24-year-old man in north Omaha.
— GERIATRIC GRANT—The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing has been awarded nearly $463,000 to help with the care of older Nebraskans in rural areas and other underserved communities.
— NEB HOMELESS GRANTS—The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding nearly $3.3 million in grants to programs in Nebraska that help the homeless.
— NEBRASKA STABBING DEATH—A Lincoln woman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 31-year-old man.
The AP, Omaha.
