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GI City Council To Host Special Meeting About Vets Home
A special meeting of the Grand Island City Council will take place this Friday to pass a resolution that would allow city officials to answer questions posed by the Central Ne...
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Furnas County Relay for Life
The Furnas County Relay for life will be this weekend in Arapahoe at the city Park. Click HERE to listen to the interview with Tiffany Mayers as she discusses this great cause...
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  • Homes evacuated as wildfire flares near Denver

    EVERGREEN, Colo. (AP) — Dozens of homes were evacuated near Denver as a wind-driven wildfire flared, one of many in the western states where hot and windy conditions were making it easy for the wild land blazes to start and spread.

  • Developer: Kan. caverns could preserve human race

    ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — After most of the world's population is wiped off the map by a wayward meteorite or hail of nuclear missiles, the survival of the human race might just depend on a few thousand people huddled in recreational vehicles deep in the bowels of an eastern Kansas mine.

  • House to vote on cuts to crop insurance

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The House will vote Thursday on whether to cut federally-subsidized crop insurance that helps farmers when they lose crops or revenue.

  • Youth leagues try to rein in 'bad news parents'

    BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. (AP) — No parent here has rushed onto a playing field to jump a referee who made an unpopular call. No adult has gotten angry and slugged or pushed a coach or a young player, as has happened elsewhere. Nor have there been any of those embarrassing sideline brawls you sometimes see posted on online video sites.

Sports News

  • Uncle: Patriots player had link to homicide victim

    BOSTON (AP) — New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez had a connection to a homicide victim found in an industrial park near the athlete's home, but family and officials were mum on the nature of their relationship, two days after police first visited the upscale division.

  • A Game 7 with more on the line than an NBA title

    MIAMI (AP) — He is the best player in the game and this is the best moment in his sport.

  • Blackhawks beat Bruins 6-5 in OT, tie series 2-all

    BOSTON (AP) — The Blackhawks are heading back to Chicago having regained home-ice advantage in the Stanley Cup finals and with a renewed faith in an offense that took more than 120 minutes to push a puck past Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask.

  • Youth leagues try to rein in 'bad news parents'

    BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. (AP) — No parent here has rushed onto a playing field to jump a referee who made an unpopular call. No adult has gotten angry and slugged or pushed a coach or a young player, as has happened elsewhere. Nor have there been any of those embarrassing sideline brawls you sometimes see posted on online video sites.

Ag News

  • House to vote on cuts to crop insurance

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The House will vote Thursday on whether to cut federally-subsidized crop insurance that helps farmers when they lose crops or revenue.

  • Singapore haze at worst yet, Malaysia schools shut

    SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore urged people to remain indoors amid unprecedented levels of air pollution Thursday as a smoky haze wrought by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia worsened dramatically. Nearby Malaysia closed 200 schools and banned open burning in some areas.

  • Floods strand pilgrims in India, deaths could rise

    LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Monsoon flooding that has stranded thousands of people and caused landslides in northern India has killed almost 120 people, and the prime minister said the toll could rise substantially.

  • Compromise among senators eyed on border security

    WASHINGTON (AP) — After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to dramatically toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.

Business News

  • Sony chief says time needed to study proposal

    TOKYO (AP) — Sony Corp. needs more time to study a key proposal from a U.S. hedge fund to spin off a part of its entertainment unit as a way to propel its fledgling revival, the chief executive told shareholders Thursday.

  • Car quality dinged by tech glitches, survey finds

    DETROIT (AP) — Car buyers increasingly want high-tech features like voice recognition and navigation. But they're not very forgiving of the car company when those systems fail.

  • Fed suggests it's closer to slowing bond purchases

    WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move that could send interest rates higher, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program this year and end it next year because the economy is strengthening.

  • Stocks slide as Fed says bond purchases could slow

    NEW YORK (AP) — Financial markets shuddered Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus program later this year and end it by the middle of next.

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