The manager of a cell phone store in Ohio called 911 to report a gorilla had been attacked by a banana.

A New Hampshire woman was so angry when she came home and found a burglar in her house that she grabbed the thief half her age by the collar and made him sit down while she called police.

The Labor Department reported a stunningly bad jobless report Friday morning. The economy added just 18,000 jobs in June. The jobless rate went up to 9.2%

Highway 30 between Blair, Nebraska and Missouri Valley, Iowa is open to traffic again. The Iowa Department of Transportation sent out word just before 7 a.m. Friday morning.

A Lincoln man has been sentenced to seven to 10 years in prison for causing injuries to his infant daughter, including a fractured skull.

Police continue to search for vandals who used sparklers taped together to blow up two public restrooms in Beatrice over the July 4th weekend.

Committing a crime usually involves some sort of motive but sometimes it's a crime of passion but experts say starting at age 12, a child brain starts to develop different. Then they begin to truly understand violence and the difference between right and wrong.

General Motors is testing an offer of insurance with a new car sale.

One gender has fared better in the recovery than the others, according to the Pew Center.

The Douglas County Clerk gets top honors for work in watching our tax money and how it’s spent. The office has been honored for good government accounting practices.

Charges have been filed against an Omaha man in a car buying scheme. Numerous dealerships in the Omaha metro and nearby counties have been targets.

Children selling lemonade in the Cleveland suburb of Strongsville tell police they were robbed by teenagers who pulled up in a rusty old car and threatened to beat them up.

Two police officers in western New York are credited with saving the distraught owner of a doughnut shop from harm after he doused himself with gasoline.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Congress is playing with fire by considering not raising the U.S. debt ceiling. The CEO and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway said there is no way to tell what might happen if the debt limit is not increased, but it's a dangerous idea.

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in seven weeks, although applications remain elevated.

Hip hop mogul James Rosemond has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he ran a cocaine trafficking ring between Los Angeles and New York. The CEO of New York-based Czar Entertainment was arraigned Wednesday in Brooklyn.

Monica Knight told friends groceries used to cost her $600 a month. She now spends only $100 to $150 a month. Her secret: extreme couponing.

It was not a routine ending to Monday night’s Plattsmouth City Council meeting. An effort to revisit a decision made earlier in the meeting resulted in about four minutes of silence before the second motion to adjourn passed.

Young professionals will have the opportunity to join in the fight against cancer.

More companies are taking a hard line on their employees who smoke, including Macy's.

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman says he's nervous that the worst effects of the Missouri River flooding are yet to come.

Thrill seekers are suspected of using an old bridge for jumping into the swollen Papio Creek in Sarpy County. A deputy sheriff confronted a group of about six young adults Friday.

Coffee purveyors are looking to get America to ice down that cup of joe at home.

A new iPhone appears to be on the way.

Lawsuits are piling up against a trucking firm that employed a driver involved in a deadly collision with Amtrak last month. Four people were killed on the train in the June 24 crash in Nevada. Two Nebraskans were among them: Frances Knox, 58, and her granddaughter, Karly Anne Knox, 18.