
Ex-Nebraska star sentenced for lying about attack
A former University of Nebraska basketball star convicted of lying to police about being attacked in her home by masked men who carved anti-gay slurs ...

Neb. opposition muted ahead of Keystone XL hearing
A proposed Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline would run just 1,000 feet from Terri Funk's doorstep, but the Nebraska farmer and her husband don't plan to ...

Patriots' Dennard gets 2 years of probation
New England Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard was sentenced Thursday to 30 days in jail and two years of probation for assaulting a police officer ...
Records: Neb. dad kept alive by young son has died
A 10-year-old Nebraska boy cared for his father for more than a week after the man slipped and hit his head in their home, and it wasn't until the ...

Nebraska Sen. Johanns says he won't seek 2nd term
U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska announced Monday that he will not seek re-election in 2014, saying he wants a "quieter time" to focus on his family ...

Nebraska Lt. Gov. Sheehy resigns from office
Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy resigned abruptly Saturday in a scandal involving thousands of calls to four women on his state-issued cellphone, ...
Pipe theft report leads Lincoln police to pot bust
Authorities say they discovered a budding marijuana-growing operation after residents of a Lincoln house called police to report the theft of ...

Whim leads TV writer to Nebraska to sell gongs
Listen closely, and the deep rumblings of gongs can be heard emanating from a small warehouse in an industrial section of Lincoln in southeast ...

THE RESET: Obama picks familiar faces for 2nd term
So far, President Barack Obama is not surrounding himself with a team of rivals for his second term but with a team of loyal allies. His selection of ...

Retiring Osborne always kept cool under pressure
It was homecoming 1991. Ninth-ranked Nebraska was favored by 35 points over Kansas State, still thought of as a woebegone program at the time and ...
Beck: Huskers to be in trouble if heads not right
Nebraska is still smarting from that 39-point loss to Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game, and few people outside the state believe the No.

Snow-savvy Midwest cities breaking no-snow records
No snow boots needed in Milwaukee. Chicago commuters aren't dodging knee-deep snow drifts frozen along city sidewalks. And children in Des Moines are ...

Big winners share lessons, risks of Powerball win
So you just won the $550 million Powerball jackpot, the second highest in lottery history. Now what? Perhaps it's time for a tropical vacation or a ...