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News in Brief: In dark fishing spiders, males' post-mating nap is permanent
View the video Once is apparently enough for male dark fishing spiders. After delivering only half of their available sperm to a single female, males curl up and wait for death.
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Some Lincoln homeowners have questions about plant
People who live near a lead recycling plant site in Lincoln have questions and suspicions about a recently release contamination report.
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Budget for Unexpected Personal Expenses in College
The cost of college beyond tuition and fees, textbooks and room and board can come as a shock to many parents and students.
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Midlands teaching schools fare poorly in new rankings
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln ranks best in Nebraska for educating new elementary school teachers, according to a controversial new report that sounds an alarm about the quality of the nation's teacher preparation schools.
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The Omaha Library Board will discuss the potential closure of library branches and other service cuts Wednesday in response to budget cuts proposed by Mayor Jean Stothert.
Why is this news? Havent we known this for like 50 years or something?
An eight-legged love tragedy may go something like this: The male spider approaches the female, who is four times his size.
Nebraska, Iowa gas prices continue their fall
The Omaha Library Board will discuss the potential closure of library branches and other service cuts Wednesday in response to budget cuts proposed by Mayor Jean Stothert.
Laurel, Neb., welcomes $20 million ag project
The Omaha Library Board will discuss the potential closure of library branches and other service cuts Wednesday in response to budget cuts proposed by Mayor Jean Stothert.
Dr. Christopher Barrick Selected as Chairman of WLU's Department of Music and Theater
Dr. Christopher J. Barrick, West Liberty University music professor, has been selected as the new chairman for the Department of Music and Theater.
Climate Change Will Create Dangerously Dry And Dust-Bowl Like Conditions
Drought has beset the Earth since before farming began. In developing nations, it brings suffering and death.
to air Bishop Folda Ordination Live
On April 8, it was announced that Pope Francis appointed Monsignor John Thomas Folda of the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln, Neb., as the eighth Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fargo.
Little Girl - poem by Tami Haaland | Ted Kooser
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation , publisher ofPoetry magazine.
Farm kids can compete to get college NEST egg
Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said "other innocent lives would have been lost" had an Omaha police officer not stopped a shooting suspect Saturday afternoon.
Sibling Bullying As Detrimental As Peer Bullying, Study Claims
Sibling squabbling is a rite of passage. Brothers and sisters argue; they roughhouse; they steal each other's clothes and toys.
Crews stay strong with Nebraskans' support
The front side of a commemorative coin minted for the 20th anniversary of the USS Nebraska depicts the submarine's crest.
Nebraska firefighters museum gets new director
The Kearney Hub reports that Kristi Behlmann was recently hired to replace Lindsay Schluntz, who is leaving to take a new job as the executive director of the Alabama Firefighters Museum & Education Center in Shelby County, Ala.
Faces of Business: Kelly Sheets
Kelly Sheets is pictured with a piece of the goalpost he collected from University of Nebraska's 200 consecutive sellout in 1994.
Another 1930s Dust Bowl Drought Possible This Century
Drought has beset the Earth since before farming began. In developing nations, it brings suffering and death.
How higher levels of certain hormones can play into your political preferences
Your parents, upbringing and political science classes might not be the only factors playing into your ideology.
Grace University's moral stance isn't that unusual
The expulsion of a lesbian student by Grace University in Omaha may seem like the latest skirmish in the cultural war over homosexuality.