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Police: Omaha Gunman Suspended Before School Shooting

OMAHA, Neb. -- Hours before he opened fire on two principals at his high school, a Nebraska teenager calmly accepted a suspension for driving on an athletic field. He went home to speak with his father and some friends - all the while giving no hint of turning violent, police said Thursday. But after his father left to...

Omaha School Gunman Promised 'Evil Things'

OMAHA, Neb. -- An angry online posting from the 17-year-old boy who opened fire at a Nebraska high school, killing an assistant principal before later fatally shooting himself, offers some clues about why the son of a police detective turned violent a couple of months after transferring there. As authorities work to sort...

Rescuers Search for 3 Missing Hikers in Sequoia National Park

(Oct. 21) -- Rescuers are searching for three missing hikers on Mount Whitney in Sequoia National Park. More than 45 people are scouring the California peak for Phillip Abraham, 34, Steven Filips, 43, and Dale Clymens, 45, of Omaha, Neb., but the search is being hampered by a snowstorm, the Park Service said in a...

Landing Gear Glitch Forces Another Jetliner Down

(Sept. 29) -- The same landing gear glitch that forced an airliner to make a miracle landing in New York last weekend has prompted another emergency landing in Milwaukee, and federal regulators are investigating the mishaps. Montreal-based Bombardier Inc. built the CRJ twin-engine jetliner that made an emergency landing...

Anti-Gay Protesters Pepper Sprayed at Marine's Funeral

(Aug. 29) -- A 62-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly tried to fire pepper spray at members of the radical Westboro Baptist Church as they protested the funeral of a U.S. Marine. The incident took place at around 10 a.m. Saturday in Omaha, Neb., where some 20 followers of the extremist Kansas sect -- who...

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05/30/12 Update: Charge Filed In Death Of Omaha Motorcyclist Source: NBC - NBC 6 News WOWT - Omaha NE A 69-year-old Omaha woman was charged Wednesday with misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide for her part in a fatal motorcycle crash.
05/30/12 Hobbs: These Tigers may just be Omaha-worthy Source: The American Press - Lake Charles LA The NCAA baseball tournament's selection committee, usually good for a few head-scratching chuckles, got at least one thing right this year, perhaps by accident.
05/30/12 Bob Kerrey buys an Omaha home Source: Omaha World-Herald - Omaha NE The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate who registered to vote in Nebraska a day before he filed for office said Wednesday that he purchased a home in central Omaha at 415 N. 61st St. It's not far from the Dundee-Memorial Park-area home he had when last he lived in Nebraska.
05/30/12 Grant program addresses nonprofits' Greatest Needs Source: Bellevue Leader - Papillion NE Grants from Omaha's Greatest Needs will help 18 local nonprofits.
05/30/12 Danglers in Pot Limit Omaha Source: Betfair The term 'dangler' simply refers to a card in your hand that does not combine well with the others.