Fri Nov 6, 2009 1:17 PM EST
Car dealers must inspect used vehicles for safety defects and either make repairs or warn potential buyers before they are resold, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday.
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Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:55 PM EDT
Running back Quentin Castille has been dismissed from the Nebraska football program for violating unspecified team rules.
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Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 PM EDT
Insurance company Mutual of Omaha is suing Oprah Winfrey and her production company over use of the phrase "aha moment."
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Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:35 PM EDT
Authorities plan to charge a Nebraska couple with stealing a truck they say the couple used to return home after spending time the South Dakota wilderness.
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Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:12 PM EDT
Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini signed a contract extension Monday following a 9-4 season, boosting his annual salary to $1.85 million.
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:58 PM EST
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says the U.S. is engaged in an "economic Pearl Harbor."
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Thu Jan 8, 2009 4:40 PM EST
Several media organizations on Thursday joined a Nebraska historical society's fight to obtain the names of 957 people buried in unmarked graves at a former psychiatric hospital cemetery.
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Wed Jan 7, 2009 6:31 AM EST
An Omaha man has filed a lawsuit accusing his ex-wife and former father-in-law of hiding a recording device inside his daughter's teddy bear in order to spy on him.
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Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:46 AM EST
Three people recently freed after spending nearly 20 years in prison for a murder they didn't commit face many challenges as they re-enter society: finding jobs and a place to live, achieving financial security and fighting negative perceptions about ex-convicts.
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Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:50 PM EDT
A 17-year-old boy left at an Omaha hospital is the 24th child to be abandoned under the state's much-criticized safe-haven law, which lawmakers hope to change next month.
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Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:58 AM EDT
When Nebraska lawmakers passed a unique "safe-haven" law that allowed parents to abandon children as old as 19, they never seriously thought such dropoffs would become common. But their worst fears have come true: At least 16 children, some of them teenagers, have been abandoned since the law took effect in July.
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Sat Aug 9, 2008 5:47 PM EDT
A review of Nebraska Beef Ltd.'s records prompted Thursday's recall expansion because USDA investigators determined the company's practices couldn't effectively control E. coli bacteria on June 24.
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:15 AM EDT
Frightened Boy Scouts huddled in a shelter as a tornado tore through their western Iowa campground, killing four people and injuring 48 others who had little warning of the approaching twister.
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Thu May 15, 2008 6:22 PM EDT
TD Ameritrade Holding on Thursday said its chief operating officer, Fred Tomczyk, will become chief executive in October, replacing Joe Moglia.
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Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:30 PM EST
Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel, thinking the quick-acting goo will kill bacteria on their hands and curb the spread of infection. It turns out that's not enough.
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:26 PM EST
Warren Buffett's company is adding to its stake in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., the nation's second-largest railroad.
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:46 PM EST
Fred Wilson took cover when he heard the gunshots, but he was at the center of what would become a massacre: third floor of the Von Maur store, customer service department.
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:12 PM EST
It's a boys' club again — at least in name.
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Fri Nov 2, 2007 3:22 AM EDT
The fiery message of the Westboro Baptist Church has led its followers into a fight for what they say are their First Amendment rights.
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Thu Jun 7, 2007 5:28 PM EDT
Building hope for one pill to prevent many cancers, vitamin D cut the risk of several types of cancer by 60 percent overall for older women in the most rigorous study yet.
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Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:12 PM EST
Midway through the month when influenza typically peaks, health officials were monitoring four hospitalized Nebraska children, while three North Carolina schools remained closed over widespread symptoms of the illness.
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Thu Feb 1, 2007 7:51 PM EST
Claiming U.S. dollars used to purchase gasoline made from Middle East oil funds terrorism, a group called the Terror-Free Oil Initiative opened the nation's first "terror-free" gas station.
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