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Nebraska court hears questions about Keystone XL pipeline plan

Nebraska court hears questions about Keystone XL pipeline plan

Reuters — LINCOLN Nebraska (Reuters) - Nebraska's Supreme Court heard arguments on Friday about whether Governor Dave Heineman acted properly when he blessed a route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and the court's decision could weigh on the controversial project.
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Police Shooting Kills Crew Member Working for TV Show 'Cops'

Police Shooting Kills Crew Member Working for TV Show 'Cops'

New York Times — OMAHA - The Omaha police chief said Wednesday that the fatal shooting of a crew member filming the television show "Cops" by one of his officers was an "unfortunate incident" and that it appeared that the three officers involved had acted professionally.
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Entrepreneurship Index shows Prairie catching up

Entrepreneurship Index shows Prairie catching up

Silicon Prairie News — Economists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln published the results of their annual State Entrepreneurship Index last week. Though co-author Eric Thompson admitted the index reinforces a long-standing bias toward the east and west coasts, he said Prairie states like Iowa and Nebraska ranked well.
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Found: 4 New Species of Gopher-Like Mammals

Found: 4 New Species of Gopher-Like Mammals

National Geographic — Four new species of gopher-like rodents have been discovered in southern Bolivia. Commonly called tuco-tucos, after the short "tuc tuc" sound of their vocalizations, Ctenomys are small, burrowing mammals. The four new species were found by Scott Gardner, curator at the University of Nebraska State Museum, and his research team after nearly three decades of sporadic fieldwork in the Andes and surrounding lowlands.
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Turbines near Broken Bow bring benefits - but not to neighbors dealing with their noise, size, 's...

Turbines near Broken Bow bring benefits - but not to neighbors dealing with their noise, size, 's...

Omaha World Herald — And strewn across the horizon, just a few miles northeast of town, are 50 General Electric wind turbines standing 262 feet tall, their white blades slowly turning, shadows spilling forward, an intricate series of access roads snaking between them like a shallow prairie stream. By the end of the year, 43 more will sprout up beside them in this phase - called Broken Bow II - owned and operated by Sempra U.S. Gas and Power, a San Diego-based energy supply company. Meantime, 300 temporary workers eat, drink and sleep in this community of 3,500.
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Twin Tornadoes Leave Behind a Devastated Nebraska Town

Twin Tornadoes Leave Behind a Devastated Nebraska Town

New York Times — PILGER, Neb. - The employees of the bank here in this small village in northeast Nebraska watched the skies darken late Monday as they handled the deposits and withdrawals. They felt the air thicken and get sticky as the humidity rose. Moments later, after reports of a funnel cloud southwest of town, they found themselves huddling in the bank vault.
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1,000-Plus Protest Bill Targeting North Carolina's Movie, TV Tax Breaks - Hollywood Reporter

1,000-Plus Protest Bill Targeting North Carolina's Movie, TV Tax Breaks - Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter — WILMINGTON, NC - Since the state of North Carolina brought back generous incentives to attract film and TV productions in 2010, movies such as The Hunger Games, Safe Haven and Iron Man 3 have shot there...However, a bill introduced in the state legislature last Wednesday would alter the incentives to make them virtually worthless to out-of-state companies, which has brought a howl of protest from the local industry and the guilds and unions, which work on productions.
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Unsafe for execution?

Unsafe for execution?

Salon — On the farm they called him King. He was the Archangel Michael incarnate, they believed, and he spoke directly to Yahweh. In his name, they stockpiled more than $120,000 worth of stolen ammunition and prepared for the Battle of Armageddon, which their King decreed would be fought in the windswept wheat fields of Rulo, Neb.
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Murder of a Nobody

Murder of a Nobody

truth-out.org — Diane Clemmons Belton was a nobody. For a time, years ago, after the local lottery shot a commercial with Belton behind the register, her co-workers at the Scotchman convenience store and filling station humored her like a celebrity. "Every time they showed the lottery, her face would pop up," says Stacy Humbles, the store manager. She was ecstatic, co-workers say, but the joke faded...
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Jingle Punks hits ground running

Jingle Punks hits ground running

Variety — Companies like You License, Musync and Pump Audio have built hype off claims of having streamlined the music licensing process. The pitch: Indie musicians gain access to content producers, and content producers gain easy exposure to new talent.
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