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Teenagers ages 14 and 15 will be given the chance this summer to take a tractor safety course with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension.

As scientists learn more about processing bodies , granules present within normal cells, they are unraveling the complex role PBs play in maintaining cellular homeostasis by regulating RNA metabolism and cell signaling.

Vernon Meyer of Bellwood, Neb., opposes a proposed Pillen Family Farms hog confinement facility that would be built on this site, northwest of Bellwood and about a mile south of the Brandenburgh Lakes housing development where he lives.

It's called "separation of powers," and there's a good reason for it. The legislative branch makes laws.

The Omaha-World Herald has hosted several online chats for gardeners seeking expert advice, with the most recent focusing on this spring's goofy - and extreme - gardening conditions.

The Autobiography & Memoir genre has taken some lumps in recent years, thanks to authors who embellished the truth or outright lied, but our collective desire for a glimpse into the lives of others is as strong as ever.

This chart depicts an analysis of drought severity in New Mexico. The U.S. Drought Monitor is produced in partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The organizers of a concert held last summer at Lincoln's Haymarket Park are suing a Lincoln-based minor league baseball team, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and its baseball stadium for fraud and breach of contract.

Jeremy Nathaniel Jackson of Flint was among more than 2,750 students who received degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at commencement exercises May 3 and 4. Jackson received a master of science degree from the Graduate College.

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Parts of southwest Iowa received 3 to 4.5 inches of rain this morning, sending water running over roadways and prompting a flood advisory in Pottawattamie County.

Grace University , a 70-year-old Christian college in South Omaha, is adding more academic and sports programs in an effort to attract more students.

David Manderscheid will be the executive dean and vice provost of OSU's College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1, pending approval by the Board of Trustees.

Many Americans worry needlessly about their salt intake because national sodium guidelines are too strict, a Creighton University scientist said Monday.

Climate change already is being felt around the world, and society must figure out how to adapt to the changes already underway and mitigate the severity of future impacts, experts said last week at a global Water for Food Conference at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The fifth annual conference at the University of Nebraska had a theme of "Too ... (more)

How much CEOs are compensated is often a subject of angst in the media and among the public.

The event is scheduled to run from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday at the museum, which is in Morrill Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus.

With $651,908 total compensation, University of Nebraska President J.B. Milliken was the 34th-highest-paid president of a public university during the 2011-12 fiscal year, according to a new national survey.

The clock hits 6:34 a.m. at the Jansen home in northwest Omaha, and five 14-year-olds hustle out the door with backpacks to catch their bus.

Alex Prusa has the next four or five years of his life to play games Morrison Stadium, but he wanted one more night with his high school buddies.