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ADDS: BERKSHIRE-KAHN
HEALTH OVERHAUL-NEBRASKA
OMAHA—Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning said Monday the federal health care reform bill violates the U.S. Constitution and his state will join others in challenging it. “It tramples on individual liberty and dumps on the states the burden of an unfunded mandate that taxpayers cannot afford,” Bruning said. By Josh Funk. Eds: Contains material found in BC-US–Health Care-Last Stand moving on national lines.
EPA-DRINKING WATER
WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening drinking water standards to impose stricter limits on four contaminants that can cause cancer. In a speech Monday, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said the agency is developing stricter regulations for four chemical compounds: tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, acrylamide and epichlorohydrin. All four compounds can cause cancer. By Matthew Daly. Eds: Note Nebraska mention. Also moving on national lines.
BUSINESS:
BERKSHIRE-KAHN
OMAHA—A subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s company said Monday that it’s buying a liquor distributor that serves Georgia and North Carolina. Terms of the McLane Co.’s acquisition of Kahn Ventures Inc. and Empire Distributors weren’t disclosed in the statement announcing the deal. By Business Writer Josh Funk.
SPORTS:
BKW–NCAA-UCLA-NEBRASKA
MINNEAPOLIS—Kelsey Griffin has finally had a stress-free year at Nebraska and the top-seeded Cornhuskers are on the cusp of their first appearance in the NCAA regional semifinals because of it.To get there, Nebraska will have to get past versatile UCLA and its vexing defense in a second-round game Tuesday night at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus. By Dave Campbell.
With:
— NEBRASKA-YORI HONORED—Nebraska women’s basketball coach Connie Yori has won another postseason honor.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— US JUDGE THREATENED—A Missouri inmate has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for threatening to kill a federal appeals judge in Lincoln.
— NEB ATV DEATH—Authorities say an elderly central Nebraska man has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash.
— NEB ABUSE CHARGE—An Omaha man accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl has waived his preliminary hearing.
— ELDERLY THEFT ALLEGED—A Lincoln man and his wife are suspected of stealing nearly $18,000 from his mother.
— NUCLEAR PLANT INSPECTION—The malfunction of a water pump last month at one of Nebraska’s two nuclear power plants has led the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to order a special inspection.
— GOLF COURSE VANDALS—A 21-year-old who took destructive joy rides in golf carts with some friends last summer has been given 18-to-48 months in prison.
— NORTH PLATTE SHOOTING—A 71-year-old North Platte man accused of shooting a neighbor who was trimming his bushes has pleaded no contest to attempted assault.
— EX-SHERIFF NOT GUILTY—A former sheriff of Pawnee County has been found not guilty of shoplifting, but his wife was found guilty of one count.
The AP, Omaha.
