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DEVELOPING: ILLEGAL GAMBLING?, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION-FREMONT, SMALL-BUSINESS BEEF, BKC–SE LOUISIANA-NEBRASKA,
ADDS: KRAFT-CADBURY-BUFFETT,
ILLEGAL GAMBLING?
LINCOLN—Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning and a state lawmaker are teaming up to restrict gaming machines that they say amount to illegal gambling. Under the proposal Bruning and state Sen. Tony Fulton of Lincoln unveiled on Tuesday, gaming machines couldn’t provide cash payouts, and the value of prizes doled out per play couldn’t exceed $10 apiece. By Nate Jenkins.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION-FREMONT
OMAHA—Attorneys for a Nebraska city will take their arguments to the state’s high court this week in hopes of defeating a proposal to control illegal immigration. The Nebraska Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday in an appeal filed by the city of Fremont. By Jean Ortiz.
BUSINESS:
SMALL-BUSINESS BEEF
OMAHA—Small-business owners say economic conditions continue to make it difficult to stay in business, and they’re not getting much help from banks or the government. About 50 small-business owners are planning to gather in Omaha on Tuesday to discuss their frustrations and their ideas about ways to deal with the economic challenges. By Josh Funk.
AP Photos planned.
KRAFT-CADBURY-BUFFETT
OMAHA—Billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Tuesday it voted against Kraft Inc.’s proposal to issue 370 million shares to finance its bid for British candy maker Cadbury PLC, saying the plan gives Kraft management a “blank check.” Kraft’s shares, which closed at $27.43 on Tuesday, are a “very expensive ‘currency'” to be used in the deal, Berkshire Hathaway said. Eds: Contains material found in Kraft-Cadbury moving on financial lines under a London dateline.
AP Photo NYBZ161.
SPORTS:
BKC–SE LOUISIANA-NEBRASKA
LINCOLN—The Huskers host Southeast Louisiana as they wind down their nonconference schedule before Big 12 play. Game time 7 p.m.
ALSO:
— THOMPSON-AWARD—The Big 12 is honoring Oklahoma’s Amanda Thompson as the conference’s co-Player of the Week, sharing the weekly award with Nebraska’s Kelsey Griffin.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— BALLOT INITIATIVES-LAWSUIT—A lawsuit has been filed alleging some of Nebraska’s requirements for ballot initiatives are unconstitutional.
— NEB DRUG RING—A man accused of operating a drug ring from jail says the man he believed to be his attorney turned out to be an undercover informant.
— TEEN-ASSAULT CASE—A 34-year-old western Nebraska man has been charged with two felonies, accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy over an 18-month period.
— LINCOLN FATALITY—Police say a 75-year-old Lincoln woman suffered a stroke before her car crashed into a street sign.
— CHILD-ABUSE SENTENCE—A 21-year-old Ravenna woman who was accused of having sex with a 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to a year of probation.—Artifacts salvaged at Neb. Homestead monument
— REMAINS FOUND—A young York woman who put her stillborn baby’s body in the trash has been given two years of probation.
— NEB DRUG DELIVERY—A 21-year-old North Platte man tied to a case involving 16 pounds of marijuana sent through the mail has been given six months in jail and three years of probation.
— SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY—The Nebraska State Patrol says it has begun moving ahead with changes designed to make it easier for the public to track sex offenders.
— NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE—The Nebraska Legislature will convene in Lincoln Wednesday for the start of the 2010 legislative session.
— NO PAY RAISES—Nebraska’s top elected officials don’t want a pay raise the next four years.
— BIG MAC REPAIRS—More repairs are needed at the Kingsley Hydroplant at Lake McConaughy.
— DUI ARRESTS—The Nebraska State Patrol arrested 149 people suspected of driving under the influence during the monthlong “You Drink and Drive, You Lose” campaign that ended Sunday.
— WARMING STATIONS—The Salvation Army in Omaha is setting up warming stations in the city as temperatures turn dangerously cold.
— HERITAGE CENTER-DAMAGE—An official with the Homestead National Monument of America says it appears none of the artifacts damaged by flooding this weekend were ruined.
— NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS—The artwork of six Native American artists will be featured at the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The AP, Omaha.
