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Latest Police Contract Goes Before Personnel Board
The latest contract between the City of Omaha and its Police Union Thursday went before the city's Personnel Board.
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Cox Classic Homecoming
The Cox Classic has quickly established itself as one of the premier stops on the Nationwide Tour. Thursday the pros teed off with hopes of turning their season around or trying to secure a place on the PGA Tour.
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Woman Dies After Beating
A woman who was allegedly beaten by her boyfriend has died. Her boyfriend is now charged with her death.
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Update: Charges Filed In Drowning Death
Charges have been filed against a 25-year-old woman, after the drowning death of a four-year-old girl in February. Iyana Allen was found in the Executive Inn and Suites pool, after she had been missing for nearly an hour.
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Murder Suspect Due In Court Friday
An Omaha man charged with fatally stabbing his stepmother and injuring his father in an attack last Saturday morning is scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday morning.
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Little Information Released Week After Bodies Found
No arrests have been made and few details released about a possible motive in the deaths of Michael Andersen and Paige Miller, whose bodies were found outside Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo last Thursday.
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Convenience Store Robbers Sought
Authorities are asking for the public's help in solving a Bellevue convenience store robbery last month.
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First Data Eliminates 355 Positions
First Data has decided to eliminate approximately 355 positions worldwide, including about 50 in Omaha.
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Woman Stabs Sister During Argument
Omaha Police have arrested one woman after she allegedly stabbed her sister during an argument. The two were drinking together at the their home, near 11th and Dorcas around 1:30 Thursday morning.
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Trial Delay In Case Of Pacemaker Cut From Man's Chest
There's another delay in the trial of a Manchester, Iowa man accused of cutting his father's pacemaker from his chest with a pocketknife.
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Humane Society Offering Free Cats
The Nebraska Humane Society has too many cats, which means now is a good time to adopt. This weekend, NHS is offering free adult cats, those five months or older.
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Nebraska Fugitive Captured
Cell phone tracking helped Colorado police find and arrest a man who fled custody last weekend while at a Lexington, Neb. hospital.
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Four Men Cited For Lewd Conduct
Four men were cited in an Omaha park Wednesday afternoon, for lewd conduct.
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RAGBRAI Rider Critically Injured In Accident
A bicyclist was critically injured in an accident Thursday morning during the RAGBRAI bike tour south of Charles City, Iowa.
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Jobless Claims Still Top 450,000
Still few signs that the job market will improve anytime soon as the government reported Thursday that first time claims for unemployment again topped the 450,000 mark.
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Californian Challenges Nebraska Real Estate Rules
A California woman whose website advertises property for sale has filed a lawsuit challenging new rules for Nebraska's real estate industry.
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Accidental Super Tag Lottery Win
The winner of Nebraska's new super tag hunting lottery has been chosen.
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Pot Farm Found
Investigators are destroying a clandestine marijuana farm in a rural area north of Wichita that apparently was tended by people living in a makeshift camp.
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Strange Thefts in Kansas
Police in a northeast Kansas county are looking into several cases of thieves making off with tailgates from pickup trucks.
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Marine Faces Serious Charges Involving Guns And Domestic Violence
A marine faces charges that he violated a restraining order in stalking his ex. Police say there found a fully loaded gun in his car along with ammunition and knives.
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Citizen Asks Mayor to Resign at Public Forum; Suttle Rejects Idea
The third public forum of the mayor's proposed budget brought out the biggest crowd yet. More than 300 people packed into an auditorium at Westside High School Wednesday night. One taxpayer tried to land a verbal, knock-out punch.
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Update: Stepmother Murder Suspect Arrested
An Omaha man released from the hospital Wednesday was arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his stepmother and wounding his father last weekend.
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Update: Papillion Suspect Admits Car Theft
An 18 year-old suspect led police on a short foot pursuit after leaving fleeing from a traffic stop. Once in custody he admitted the car he nearly crashed into a home was stolen.
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Unfinished Business: Contractor Leaves Driveway Job
An elderly Bellevue woman was hoping for a new driveway. She paid for it, but all she has now is a mess left behind by the contactor who failed to finish the job.
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Contractor Shows You Can Fight City Hall
An Omaha contractor and a community activist allege impropriety in the awarding of city construction projects. The flap erupted when it came to awarding bids for rebuilding handicapped ramps at intersections.
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Judge Puts Requests To Block Fremont Ordinance On Hold
A federal judge in Omaha has not ruled on requests to block Fremont's ban on hiring and renting to illegal immigrants. U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp said during Wednesday's hearing that she wasn't sure whether two lawsuits filed over the voter-approved ordinance should be heard in state or federal court.
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Update: Lights Shining Again In The Old Market
After 36 hours of darkness and closed signs on the doors of Old Market businesses, life was back to normal Wednesday with traffic moving and people shopping and dining as power had been restored by morning.
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"Skimming" Suspect Sought
Bellevue police are asking for help in identifying a suspect who ran up a tab on an Arkansas mans' debit card.
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Ex-Mason City Mayor Faces Drunken Boating Charge
Former Mason City, Iowa Mayor Roger Bang has been charged with boating while intoxicated.
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Spam Scam Too Good To Be True
If it sounds too good to delete, then you probably should. It all started with an Omaha woman receiving an e-mail supposedly from Microsoft telling her she'd won $1 million.
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Kids Pledge To Stay Away from Gangs, Graffiti
For the last four weeks, UNO graduate education students have been doing their part to make positive impressions on members of the Boys and Girls Club. Their message: "Stay away from violence."
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Sheriff Shuts Down RAGBRAI Party
Authorities say they shut down a wild party at a private pond in Cartersville on the RAGBRAI bike tour route after swimmers started taking off their clothes.
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Bike Trail System
It's a plan that has been talked about for years now the system of trail connectors is moving one step closer to being a reality.
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Husband Keeps Wife's Heart Beating
A healthy 42-year-old mother of three suffered a heart attack recently. And it was her husband who made sure she lived to tell the story.
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Girls Inc. Awarded Defibrillator
Girls Inc. received a defibrillator Wednesday from Omaha firefighters. The Omaha group had entered a drawing on Police and Firefighter Appreciation Day.
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Investigators Bust Marijuana Farm In Kansas
Investigators are destroying a clandestine marijuana farm in a rural area north of Wichita that apparently was tended by people living in a makeshift camp.
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900 Nebraska State Workers Will Get Raises
Nebraska government workers won't all have to stay home, unpaid, to help ease budget pressures that threaten to force layoffs and reductions in state services.
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Lincoln Jail Escapee Captured
A man who escaped from Lincoln Community Corrections last Thursday was captured Wednesday morning after breaking into a woman’s apartment.
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Gov. Culver Tours Flooded Eastern Iowa
Gov. Chet. Culver visited eastern Iowa on Wednesday to discuss flood relief efforts. The governor toured the Maquoketa River valley which included stops in the hard-hit Lake Delhi area, where he met with residents.
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Benefit For Flood Victims
The flood waters from the South Branch of the Weeping Water Creek the night of June 20th left Kristi Staack and Randy Fletcher with no home and no possessions. What is left will have to be bulldozed.
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Schools Prepare To Make Do With Less Funding
State Education Commissioner Roger Breed said Wednesday most school districts across Nebraska have been taking steps to prepare for funding challenges that will follow the loss of federal stimulus dollars.
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Study Says I-JOBS Put More Than 7,000 Iowans To Work
An Iowa Department of Management study released Wednesday shows the I-JOBS economic stimulus plan has created more than 7,000 jobs.
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Behlen Manufacturing Adds Jobs
Behlen Manufacturing plans to hire about 50 people because of two recent acquisitions.
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Survey: Economic Recovery Is Rocky
The pace of economic activity has slowed or held steady in parts of the country, revealing the economy's choppy path back to health.
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Telemarketers Hijack Local Numbers To Get An Answer
Authorities in western Nebraska say telemarketers are hijacking local phone numbers in an attempt to get people to answer their phones.
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Plattsmouth Death Investigation
The death ofa man in the Plattmouth area has been ruled accidental.
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Money for Conservation Programs
Nebraska agriculture producers are eligible to receive assistance to renovate shelterbelts, restore forested riparian buffers, increase irrigation efficiency and improve habitat for grassland species.
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Iowa City Council OK's Backyard Chickens
Backyard chickens are coming to Cedar Rapids. The City Council on Tuesday gave the final OK for residents to raise up to six hens on their property.
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Kansas Man Sentenced for Meth
A 33-year-old eastern Kansas man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for selling methamphetamine in Salina and other cities around the state.

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