Nebraska summer camp for disabled people marks 50 years
AP - CEDAR BLUFFS, Neb. (AP) - Even before the helmet was on his head and the harness around his hips, Larry Wolfe was grinning. He knew the few moments when he could rise into the sky, leaving his...
View ArticleNew Nebraska state park gains visitors
AP - HUBBARD, Neb. (AP) - As the temperature climbed on a humid summer morning, a few anglers and kayakers had a nearly new lake all to themselves. Just how Justin Jarman likes it. "It's a relaxing...
View ArticleMadison youth group travels to Milwaukee for mission trip
AP - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - For Nicole Sponseller, a getaway to Milwaukee has typically meant trips to the zoo, museums or maybe a Milwaukee Brewers game at Miller Park. The 85-mile trip from Madison's...
View ArticleNew ice cream and burger shop opens in western Iowa
AP - COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) - Eating ice cream is one of life's simple pleasures. It brings back wholesome family memories. That's the kind of atmosphere Susie and Don Larsen want to create in their...
View ArticleTitans report to camp with high expectations
AP - NASHVILLE ? Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Orakpo knows exactly how to handle all the attention the Tennessee Titans are attracting: Remind his teammates not to listen.
View ArticleWhat's on TV Saturday: 'Daughters of Destiny' and 'Mad Max: Fury Road'
New York Times - Five girls from India's lowest caste work to change their fates. And Charlize Theron as Furiosa might be better than her performance in "Atomic Blonde."
View ArticleMissile analyst says the type of ICBM that was launched Friday could possibly...
CNN - North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile Friday that appears to have the range to hit major US cities, experts say.
View ArticleEXCHANGE: Marine recalls being downed in Viet Nam rice paddy
AP - THOMASBORO, Ill. (AP) - At the height of the Vietnam War, Ron Castle and his fellow Marines had bad luck with helicopter crashes, but his worst injury was a minor one to his leg. Other Marines did...
View ArticleTitans report to camp with high expecatations
AP - NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Orakpo knows exactly how to handle all the attention the Tennessee Titans are attracting: Remind his teammates not to listen.
View ArticleTexas toast: Starter Chris Tillman implodes as O's tumble in Texas
Washington Post - Tillman surrenders eight earned runs in four innings as the Orioles fall to the Rangers, 8-2, for their third consecutive loss.
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View ArticleWisconsin woman sues Mars in trademark dispute
AP - MADISON, Wis. -- A Wisconsin woman who won the first round of a trademark lawsuit brought by Mars Inc. is suing the confectionary giant.
View ArticleRussia orders cut in diplomats from U.S. in sanctions response
AP - MOSCOW -- Russia's Foreign Ministry ordered a reduction in the number of U.S. diplomats in Russia on Friday and said it was closing down a U.S. recreational retreat in response
View ArticleObamacare repeal falls apart in an overnight 49-51 vote
AP - WASHINGTON ? John McCain seemed poised to be the savior of the GOP health bill when he returned to the Capitol despite a brain cancer diagnosis.
View ArticlePriebus out as chief of staff; Kelly named to take spot
AP - WASHINGTON -- His White House in turmoil, President Donald Trump abruptly announced late Friday he was appointing Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to be his chief of staff, ending the
View ArticleArizona pitcher Ray is doing well after being hit in head
USA Today - A line drive by St. Louis first baseman Luke Voit hit Arizona starter Robbie Ray in the head
View ArticleGOP plays blame game, seeks answers
AP - WASHINGTON -- The resounding Senate crash of the seven-year Republican drive to scrap the Obama health care law incited GOP finger-pointing Friday but left the party with wounded leaders and
View ArticlePriebus joins a long list of
CNN - White House chief of staff Reince Priebus this week became President Donald Trump's latest senior-level official to leave the administration in the last six months.
View ArticleSolving Malaysia's serious problem with misogyny in its legislature
CNN - Malaysia has a problem: misogyny. The country's Parliament set yet another sordid example last week when Member of Parliament Che Mohamad Zulkifly Jusoh, during a debate on amending domestic...
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