Nebraska news and stories by mail.com

Nebraska

Deaths of Neb. mom, son mystery to police, others
Police, neighbors and friends struggled Tuesday to unravel the mysterious deaths of a Nebraska woman and her 10-year-old son that began with them ...
Ex-NBA star, Olympian Bob Boozer dies at 75
Bob Boozer was a star in college, an Olympic gold medalist and an 11-year professional who finished his playing career with an NBA championship.
GOP Senate hopes once again rest on insurgents
For Senate Republicans, 2012 is starting a lot like 2010. They have a shot at taking control away from Democrats as long as insurgent conservatives ...
Focus of primary races shifts to top state races
After an improbable Nebraska primary victory, state Sen. Deb Fischer has emerged from relative obscurity to take the mantle as one of the GOP's best ...
Buffett's firm buys 10M share stake in GM
Warren Buffett's company is apparently bullish on the U.S. auto industry. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. took a new 10-million share stake in General Motors ...
Nebraska sets stage for Kerrey, Fischer race
An insurgent Republican lawmaker in Nebraska will square off against former Sen. Bob Kerrey this fall in the state's U.S. Senate race, as Democrats ...
Romney wins Nebraska, Oregon primaries
Mitt Romney is adding two more victories to his win column. Nebraska and Oregon Republicans, as expected, have made clear their preference for the GOP ...
BPI laying off 86 after 'pink slime' controversy
The maker of the beef product dubbed "pink slime" by critics said Monday it was laying off 86 employees from its corporate office in South Dakota, ...
APNewsBreak: USPS halts closure of urban stations
The U.S. Postal Service said Monday it no longer plans to close 600 urban and suburban postal branch offices and satellite stations. The facilities ...
Nebraska court: Woman must testify in rape case
A woman can be sent to jail for refusing to testify against the man she has accused of sexual assault, the Nebraska Supreme Court said Friday, ...
Company recalls Nebraska lethal injection drug
A Swiss pharmaceutical company has issued a voluntary recall of a lethal injection drug held by Nebraska, but state officials said Wednesday they ...
Nebraska man changes name to Tyrannosaurus Rex
A 23-year-old southeast Nebraska man has legally become Tyrannosaurus Rex. The York News-Times reports (http://bit.ly/JYWFYf ) that the man entered ...
BPI closing 3 plants, blaming 'pink slime' uproar
Beef Products Inc. will close processing plants in three states this month because of the controversy surrounding its meat product that critics have ...
Buffett says investors shouldn't act on headlines
Billionaire Warren Buffett said Monday that Europe will have a hard time resolving its fiscal problems because of the structure of the European Union ...
Gorilla gets jaw surgery after scuffle at Neb. zoo
It was a bit of a zoo at the Nebraska Medical Center over the weekend, when a special patient came in for jaw surgery. Motuba, a 27-year-old ...
Berkshire holders trust Buffett on health outlook
Warren Buffett worked to reassure shareholders that he's feeling good after his recent prostate cancer diagnosis, and that Berkshire Hathaway is ready ...
Buffett pokes fun at himself at annual meeting
Billionaire Warren Buffett's secretary got to attend the State of the Union speech in January because of Buffett's complaints that tax laws are too ...
Berkshire Hathaway's 1Q profit more than doubles
Warren Buffett's company said Friday its first-quarter profit more than doubled because Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s insurance units avoided major ...
TransCanada reapplies for oil pipeline
The Canadian company trying to build the disputed Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. submitted a new application for the project Friday after changing ...
Neb. AG: City ordinances protecting gays illegal
Nebraska cities can't adopt ordinances protecting people from discrimination for being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender because the state's ...
Investors say Berkshire will endure after Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway shareholders make their annual pilgrimage here this weekend, and this year they have to confront an uncomfortable truth: Warren ...
Neb.'s Dennard accused of punching police officer
Nebraska's outgoing star cornerback Alfonzo Dennard was arrested Saturday on suspicion of assaulting a police officer, possibly hurting his status in ...
Last of 4 Kansas escapees captured in Nebraska
The last of four inmates who had escaped from a north-central Kansas county jail was recaptured in Nebraska after nearly three days on the run, an ...
Neb. refuses order to surrender execution drug
Nebraska will not surrender its supply of a controversial execution drug to the Food and Drug Administration because it believes the court order ...