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Is Homeland Security spending paying off?

2011-08-28 00:00:00

On the edge of the Nebraska sand hills is Lake McConaughy, a 22-mile-long reservoir that in summer becomes a magnet for Winnebagos, fishermen and kite sailors. But officials here in Keith County, population 8,370, imagined this scene: an Al Qaeda...

Lady Gaga to farmers: Your fields are sexy

2011-07-28 16:35:04

How to avoid being ripped off by phony contractors

2009-08-09 00:00:00

The arrest recently of a group of "woodchucks" by Fairfax County, Va., police is just one example of why homeowners nationwide should use caution when hiring people to do odd jobs around their properties. Woodchucks are so named in this part of the...

Your morning adorable: Endangered Amur tiger cub makes her debut at Nebraska zoo

2010-08-23 16:35:00

For a Nebraskan, going vegetarian means going against the grain

2008-02-18 00:00:00

FIVE years ago I made the most difficult, painful decision of my life. I converted from a carnivore to a vegetarian. A bit of back story. I moved to L.A. in 1992 after growing up in Nebraska, where beef is sacrosanct. Enough Nebraskans are consumed...

Nebraskas (Downtown) Omaha Lit Fest

2007-08-26 00:00:00

This year's theme is "Depraved Women Writers (& Others)." Among authors in the spotlight are Washington, D.C.'s Maud Casey ("Genealogy"); L.A.'s Andrea Portes ("Hick"); and Omaha's Jonis Agee ("The River Wife"). Panel discussions touch on a range of...

Berkshire wealth clashes with Gates mission in Sudan

2007-05-04 00:00:00

Omaha — THE janjaweed militia charged into Hayffa Ahmed's village in Darfur on horseback — rifles raised, swords glinting, kicking up clouds of dust. First they killed her grandfather, the village chief. Janjaweed warriors, said to be...

The Truman show

2008-10-12 00:00:00

"Dearest Cecil," wrote Truman Capote from Brooklyn on April 19, 1965, addressing his friend, the English photographer and bon vivant Cecil Beaton. The letter is among those collected in "Too Brief a Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote" (Vintage: 512 pp.,...

Changing laws for passports

2005-04-10 00:00:00

Changes in passports, here and abroad, are coming: By 2008, under a federal law passed last year, Americans will need passports for travel to Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Bermuda. The purpose is to tighten security on reentry to the U.S., said Maura...

Storms bring rain, hail to Midwest

2011-08-19 10:10:00

�DES MOINES, Iowa� (AP) — Storms are erupting across the Midwest, bringing heavy rain, large hail and the threat of tornadoes to portions of South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa. � �Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued in all three states late...

College Volleyball: A lot of newness on Northern squad

2011-08-21 01:05:39

There are several new faces on the Northern State volleyball roster, including at the top. Brent Aldridge takes over as the NSU volleyball head coach after Lisa Schriver retired after 15 seasons as the Wolves' head coach. Aldridge welcomes back eight...

SCOTT PORTER

2011-08-24 09:12:00

Scott Porter stars as Bluebell, Alabama's golden boy George Tucker in The CW's new series "Hart of Dixie," a fish-out-of-water story about a New York City doctor (Rachel Bilson) adjusting to life in a small Southern town after she inherits a local medical...

At the Celtic Classic in Bethlehem Saturday morning Sean Betz of Omaha, Nebraska throws the light hammer.

2011-09-23 21:00:00

Brandon Crick, of Omaha, Ne., tries to point his putt for birdie in the right direction on the third hole at Moccasin Creek Country Club during Saturday's round of the Western Printing Pro-Am. Crick went on to par the hole. photo by john davis taken 7/23/2011

2011-07-23 18:43:16

Shasta, the Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo tiger, yawns in Omaha, Nebraska. Shasta, a 10-year-old Siberian tiger at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo for the last seven years, is moving in June to the San Francisco Zoo. The 295-pound Shasta rejected all attempts by male tigers at romance. She never had a litter.

2011-05-05 00:00:00