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...think we went out to Nebraska ready to have fun," Allman said. "It gave us some confidence...
McCormack has recently been accepted to the University of California at Los Angeles film school; he and his wife will be moving from Nebraska to Los Angeles in the fall...
...kids and dog for that family trip? AAA last week released its 1999 summer-travel study, and the average daily cost for a vacationing family of four is $213, up only 1% from last year. The most affordable destinations are in Great Plains states like the Dakotas and Nebraska. No surprise: the most expensive spots are in Hawaii, New York and New Jersey...
...year and perhaps 100 by the end of 1999 -- concerns about the fair application of the ultimate punishment are rising too. The reason: Of the 3,600 inmates on death row, 42 percent are black. On Thursday, in a dramatic indication of how seriously the worries have grown, the Nebraska state legislature voted 27 to 21 to impose a two-year moratorium on executions in the state to allow time to study the role of race and socioeconomic factors on capital punishment sentencing. Pro-death penalty Governor Mike Johanns must decide whether to sign the bill...
...already staked out new ground. "It has broken one of the cardinal rules of American politics: Never be perceived as being soft on crime," says TIME senior writer Eric Pooley. "By their action, the legislature has voted to choose intelligent inquiry over politics." Beyond the question of race, Nebraska legislators also voted to find out what socioeconomic factors distinguish the state?s 10 death row inmates from its 165 other murderers who were sentenced to prison instead. Opponents of the death penalty believe the loosening of many procedural safeguards by the U.S. Supreme Court over the years has increased...