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...done consistently all year, O’Connor (13-2) mirrored his co-captain’s success by capturing a bronze medal with convincing victories. The third seed notched two falls and two shutout decisions before suffering a 3-2 semifinal loss to No. 2 Jordan Burroughs of Nebraska, who garnered Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament honors en route to an individual title and Cornhusker team championship.Despite setbacks for Harvard’s leaders, Weiss expressed little disappointment with such tight battles.“J.P. and Louis had close bouts that could have gone either...
...issue of who can raise children as one best decided at the ballot box, not in the courthouse. Those efforts received a boost on election day in Arkansas, where voters easily passed a law that restricts any unmarried couple living together from adopting children. Arkansas joined Florida, Nebraska, Utah and Mississippi as the only states with laws that either directly or indirectly ban adoption by gays...
...corn has fallen at least 50% since its peak. Revising the bill is a good idea, but in doing so, we must realize that we will make food more expensive, since some farms will go broke. Sometimes these issues aren't so black and white. Matthew Bernhardt, Lincoln, Nebraska...
...Nebraska legislature's judiciary committee met in a special session on Monday to begin rewriting the law, which has resulted in an epidemic of abandoned children - with some parents driving from Florida, Arizona and Georgia to drop off their problem kids. Most states allow a parent to leave an infant at a fire station or hospital without fear of prosecution, but because Nebraska's law did not define child, 34 kids have been dropped off at Omaha hospitals since September. None were infants. The rest of America was stunned. But, as the special session proceeded, some legislators defended the intent...
...kids abandoned had a history of mental illness - 90% of the parents or guardians had sought state services for them before. Many had at least one parent in jail. One big hole in the safety net, said Dr. Jane Theobald, an Omaha psychiatrist and representative for the Nebraska Psychiatric Association, is that there are simply not enough facilities for troubled youngsters. A teenager who attempts suicide might stay at a general hospital for days, waiting for an opening in a mental-health facility that may or may not come. "I've sent kids out of state or four hours away...