Cornhusker Kickback gets the boot in health bill

2010-03-18T17:30:30Z

<div id="subtitle">Nebraska's Cornhusker Kickback gets the boot, while TN, ND make hay in revised health bill</div><div><p>Bye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, special treatment for Tennessee and North Dakota.</p><p>Democrats unveiling revisions Thursday to their health care overhaul bill decided to kill the extra $100 million in Nebraska's Dominique Kelley, center, and teammates huddle in the final minute an NCAA college basketball game against Missouri in Nebraska's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.6 percent in January, still less than half the national rate of 9.7 percent.</p><p>In a news release Wednesday, the state said the preliminary December rate of 4.7 percent reported on Jan. 22 has been revised to 4.6 percent.<...

Towns of One

2010-03-06T21:16:53Z

In this Sept. 20, 2009, photo, Elsie Eiler, left, talks to Leland Haitt at her bar and grill in Monowi, Neb. Eiler is the only resident of the town, but gets regular visitors who say they travel to the village just to see her. (AP Photo/Nate Jenkins)

Kansas Nebraska Basketball

2010-03-05T05:46:24Z

Nebraska's Kelsey Griffin (23) waves to fans after Nebraska beat Kansas 77-52 in an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in Lincoln, Neb. (AP Photo/Da...

Voting Machine Controversy

2010-03-04T02:35:34Z

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2010, file photo, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington. The largest voting machine company in the country bought its biggest competitor six months ago without advance fanfare. Now the Nebraska the first state to outlaw most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the argument that the fetus might feel pain during the procedure.</p><p>Emboldened by the Supreme Co...

Neb. lawmakers give homeowners associations power

2010-02-25T11:00:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Nebraska lawmakers vote to give homeowners associations power to file liens for unpaid dues</div><div><p>Nebraskans who belong to homeowners associations soon will likely have another reason to pay dues.</p><p>Lawmakers on Thursday gave final-round approval (LB736) to a bill that would allow associations to file financial liens on homes for unpaid association dues and fines. Association liens could lead to home foreclosure so the unpaid dues...

Abortion Fetal Pain

2010-02-25T01:30:44Z

FILE - This June 2, 2009, file photo shows Nebraska abortion provider Dr. LeRoy Carhart at a news conference in his Bellevue, Neb., office. A determined group of state lawmakers is pushing legislation that would make Nebraska the first state to limit so-called late-term abortions based on the belief that a fetus feels pain...

Nebraska Kansas St Basketball

2010-02-22T13:47:11Z

Nebraska coach Doc Sadler yells at an official after a technical foul was called during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Kansas State on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in Manhattan, Kan. Nebraska's Cory Montgomery (40) knocks the ball away from Colorado's Chucky Jeffery (23) during an NCAA college basketball game in Lincoln, Neb. on Saturday Feb ...

Nebraska Kansas Basketball

2010-02-12T08:31:08Z

Nebraska forward Kelsey Griffin (23) splits Kansas defenders Monica Engelman, left, and Aishah Sutherland (1) during the second half of an Nebraska fans hold up a 20-0 sign after beating Oklahoma State 88-67 in an NCAA college basketball game, in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Nebraska remains unbeaten at 20-0.(AP Phot...

APTOPIX Texas A M Nebraska Basketball

2010-02-06T12:30:56Z

Texas A&M''s Maryann Baker, left, and Nebraska's Kala Kuhlmann vie for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, in

Texas AM Nebraska Basketball

2010-02-06T12:30:55Z

Texas A&M coach Gary Blair shouts instructions during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Nebraska, in Lincoln, Neb., Saturd...

Kansas St Nebraska Basketball

2010-02-02T19:32:00Z

Kansas State's Denis Clemente drives past Nebraska's Lance Jeter, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, in Omaha, Neb. Personal incomes rose more than expected in December and consumer spending increased for the third straight month, helping the economy slowly recover from the worst recession in decades.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Copyright 2010 Oklahoma's Tommy Mason-Griffin, right, passes the ball against Nebraska's Christian Standhardinger, left, and Brandon Richardson (3), in the first half of their Neb. meat-processing plant</div><div><p>A worker at a meat-processing plant in southeastern Nebraska has died following a fall.</p><p>The Otoe County Attorney's Office identified the Excel Specialty Products employee as ...

Senate roll vote on Fed chief Ben Bernanke

2010-02-22T13:45:48Z

<div id="subtitle">Roll Vote: How the Senate voted on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination</div><div><p>The 70-30 roll call Thursday by which the Senate confirmed Ben Bernanke for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.</p><p>A "yes" vote is a vote to confirm the ...

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