Word: nebraska
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This story line is not farfetched. When the nation goes to the polls Nov. 2, Coloradans will also vote on Amendment 36. As of today, Colorado, like 47 other states and the District of Columbia, awards electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis. (Nebraska and Maine give two votes to the statewide winner and one to the winner in each congressional district, though in practice neither has ever split its allotment.) Amendment 36, which would take effect immediately, would divvy up Colorado's electoral votes based on the percentage of votes each candidate wins in the state...
...most storied of American railroads, Union Pacific Railroad was launched in Nebraska during the Civil War with a handful of tracklayers, helped open up the frontier West and has since grown into a $12 billion-a-year colossus with 48,000 employees and 33,000 miles of track crisscrossing 23 Western states. Today UP handles some 30% of the nation's rail freight traffic. But during the past year, the legendary railroad has been groaning under the weight of embarrassing logistical breakdowns...
...lineman had made waves last year by turning down a full athletic scholarship to the University of Nebraska, instead opting to take the skills that made him a two-time member of Nebraska’s All-State team to the smaller arena of Ivy football. Although his injury occurred before coaches had confirmed the starting roster, all signs pointed to Copple being the most likely freshman to take the field...
...third time this year Copple had sustained the injury, first this spring and then again during the Shrine Bowl—an All-Star game for graduating Nebraska seniors, on July 24. Nor is he a stranger to the surgery—he has had the same procedure performed on his right shoulder. He had hoped treatment could be postponed until after his first semester at Harvard...
...will spend his involuntary year off working an internship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, performing lab work and research. Once rehab is complete, Copple plans a regular workout regimen and a potential trip to San Diego in the spring to work with a strength coach from the NFL’s Chargers...