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The University of Nebraska’s membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities was considered an influential factor in the school being invited to join the Big Ten Conference. Just months before that move became official, Michigan and Wisconsin officials apparently voted against Nebraska remaining in the collection of top research institutions, the Lincoln Journal Star reported today.

A parolee still wearing a GPS tether was arrested late Wednesday after police say he robbed an Ypsilanti Township pizzeria at gunpoint and fled into a heavily wooded area. Washtenaw County Sheriff's Sgt. David Archer said a man entered the Mr. Pizza in the 800 block of Ecorse Road at 11:05 p.m. His face was partially concealed, and he ordered the clerk to empty the cash register at gunpoint, Archer said. Deputy John Cratsenburg was several blocks from Mr. Pizza when the call came in.