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DEVELOPING: T25-BIG 12 ROAD WARRIORS
ADDS: WINTER HARVEST, DAY CARE EXPOSURE, SWITZERLAND-SWISS RE, T25-WOMEN’S BKB POLL
WINTER HARVEST
TECUMSEH—Alan Rippe calls them “my Canadian friends” and “my neighbors to the north.” They’re the ones he sought out, via an Internet chat board, about the hundreds of acres of corn still standing in his fields in the Tecumseh-Syracuse area after three snowstorms. A Nebraska Farmland Feature by Art Hovey of the Lincoln Journal Star. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
DAY CARE EXPOSURE
LINCOLN—A 47-year-old man accused of exposed himself to a 4-year-old girl at his wife’s day care in Lincoln has been charged with felony child abuse. Bail was set at $25,000 Friday, and Brian Delaine was freed after a 10 percent bond of $2,500 was posted. He faces up to five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both if convicted of one felony count of intentional child abuse, no injury.
BUSINESS:
SWITZERLAND-SWISS RE
GENEVA—Swiss Reinsurance Co. said Monday it transferred part of its U.S. life insurance business to American investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for 1.3 billion Swiss francs ($1.27 billion) to free up capital and invest it more profitably. The deal with Buffett’s company, which already has a stake in Swiss Re, takes effect retroactively on Oct. 1, 2009. By Eliane Engeler. Eds: Note Nebraska mention. Also moving on national lines.
SPORTS:
T25-WOMEN’S BKB POLL
UNDATED—Vermont’s back in the Top 25 for the first time in 17 years. The Catamounts were ranked 24th in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll, their first trip there since spending 11 straight weeks ranked in 1993. The Nebraska women rose to No. 7—their first time in the top 10. By Basketball Writer Doug Feinberg. Eds: Also moving on national lines.
AP Photos CTRC105, CTRC106. AP Graphic.
T25-BIG 12 ROAD WARRIORS
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Big 12 went two months and lost only one home game, then went one week and lost five. So what’s the difference? It’s simple. The conference season began. Old rivalries are stirring passions and the competition is getting better—much better in some cases. By Sports Writer Doug Tucker. Eds: Note Nebraska interest.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— HEINEMAN-GOVERNOR—A representative for Gov. Dave Heineman says the Republican will seek re-election.
— NEB GIRL ASSAULTED—Authorities say a 19-year-old Pawnee City man has been accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
— BOND ELECTION-ADAMS—Residents of a south-central Nebraska school district will vote in May on whether to build a new elementary school to consolidate the students from five schools.
— EMPTY SCHOOL CLOSING—The Sioux County school board has decided to close up the rural Bodarc school building northeast of Harrison, but won’t board it up permanently.
— ROBOTICS EXPO—About 500 Nebraska students will get a chance to check out some robots and learn about their uses later this month.
— AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS—Amateur photographers will have the chance to learn more about their craft and listen to advice from professionals during a two-day event in Hastings.
— COLLEGE CAMPAIGN—More than $25 million has been donated to the College of Saint Mary over the past five years to help improve the Catholic women’s university.
— ACTUARIAL EXCELLENCE—The University of Nebraska-Lincoln actuarial program has been named one of the nation’s Centers of Actuarial Excellence.
The AP, Omaha.
