Special legislative favors, especially one designed to secure a Nebraska senator's vote for the embattled health care package, ignited so much public outrage that President Barack Obama is calling them a mistake and House leaders say the bill can't be resurrected unless such sweetheart deals are scrapped.
A tragic murder in 1991 still haunts a Nebraska family to this day. Now another death has brought all the painful memories right back into the present after the convicted killer is himself killed in prison last week.