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Nebraska News for Tuesday, February 7

(AP) - City officials say it could take a month to pick up all the fallen tree limbs that succumbed to last weekend's storm that dumped almost a foot of heavy, wet snow.
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(AP) - A bill being debated in the Legislature's Business and Labor Committee would allow employers to divulge more
information about their former workers without fear of a lawsuit.
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Snow Fight Lands Man in Jail

A Lincoln fifty year old goes to jail over a snow fight that got out of hand with his neighbor.

Discouraging Truancy

Discouraging truancy is the focus of a promotional campaign underway across the state. Nebraska State Education Association spokeswoman Karen Kilgarin tells KLIN News their effort is being helped by recent tougher legislation.

High Marks for Cedars

Despite growing unrest with Nebraska's child welfare system.....foster parents give a local non-profit agency high marks.

Nebraska News for Monday, February 6

(AP) - A Cass County Sheriff's deputy and a
woman he had stopped to help are hospitalized after a truck slid
into them during a winter storm.
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(AP) - Internationally acclaimed social scientist
Marcelo Suarez-Orozco will discuss the effects of immigration on
the education of children at a lecture in the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Mother and Daughter United

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A 22-year-old Liberian woman has been

reunited with her mother in Lincoln, 20 years after they were

separated.

Van Surveying City Streets

Lincoln plans to spend about $35 million on street construction this summer.

Building a Healthier Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - University of Nebraska President J.B.

Milliken says a proposal to expand the university's medical

facilities will deliver long-term economic benefits in a state that

lacks rural doctors and nurses.

Judge Sends Wanted Man Back To Illinois

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska judge has ordered a man wanted in Illinois back to that state to face charges in a deadly shooting. Heniken Ellis has been in jail in Lincoln since he was arrested in October after a chase.

UNL Bedbug Search Could Cost $100K

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Officials at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln say they plan to search every dorm room on campus for bedbugs after an infestation was discovered earlier this month.

Search Warrant in Central Lincoln Leads to Drug Bust

Lincoln and Lancaster County drug force uncover grow operation, firearms at residential home on Potter Street.

Overnight Burglary at a Lincoln Casey's

Lincoln Police are searching for two men who burglarized the Casey's at 23rd and R Streets this morning just after midnight.

UNL Staff Enouraged To Be Vigilant

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
chancellor has reminded university employees that they must be
vigilant in watching for signs of child sex abuse and reporting
anything suspicious.

Tom Osborne 11/10

J&J talk to Nebraska's AD about the PSU game, fan safety issues, and whether it will be played in light of the events surrounding the Joe Paterno dismissal.