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Month: September 2011

Census: Nebraska growing faster than U.S.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – New Census estimates show that Nebraska’s population grew at a faster rate than the total U.S. population for two years in a row between 2008 and 2010. Nebraska’s population grew nearly 1 percent to 1.83 million between July 2009 and July 2010. During that same span, the U.S. population posted its smallest growth since 1945 by increasing only 0.84 percent to 309.35 million. University of Nebraska at Omaha Census researcher David Drozd says this is the first time that Nebraska’s growth rate has exceeded the national one two years in a row. Drozd says Nebraska’s population growth rate improved partly because the state’s economy remained relatively strong while the nation was going through the worst recession since the Great Depression.

Four Defensive Starters Return To Practice For Broncos

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The Denver Broncos are going to need all the defensive help they can get against the defending Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers this Sunday. Getting four expected starters back from injury would certainly be a step in the right direction. Champ Bailey, Elvis Dumervil, DJ Williams and Marcus Thomas all practiced on Wednesday, and head coach John Fox is hopeful to have the services of all four players for Sunday’s game. Bailey and Dumervil were injured in the season opener against Oakland and have missed the last two games, while Williams and Thomas suffered injuries in the preseason and have yet to play in the regular season. Three Broncos receivers – Eddie Royal, Demaryius Thomas, and Julius Thomas – remain sidelined with their injuries and will all miss Sunday.

(SURVEY) Do you still refuse to use any of the social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook?

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A new survey has found that women are more likely to use Facebook, Twitter and blogging to stay in touch with people — while men are still more likely to use the phone.

Some Survey Results …

68 percent of women use social media to stay in touch with their friends, compared to only 54 percent of men.
60 percent of women use social networks to keep in touch with family, compared to only 42 percent of men.
34 percent of women use Facebook and Twitter to correspond with their colleagues, compared to just 22 percent of men.
The bottom line is that men are lagging behind women when it comes to communicating with others through social media.

Source: BioScholar.com

Q: Does your husband or boyfriend use Facebook more than you do? A lot more? How many hours a week is he spending on there? How many hours are you spending?

Q: Do you still refuse to use any of the social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook? Why are you such a hater?

Post your comments below –

Rockies End Season With Victory

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It was a season to forget for the Colorado Rockies, but at least it ended on a high note. The Rockies avoided a 90-loss season with a 6-3 win over the San Francisco Giants in the season finale yesterday afternoon. Rookie left-hander Drew Pomeranz earned his second win for the Rockies, pitching five and two thirds innings and yielding to four relievers who sealed the victory. Rafael Betancourt earned his eighth save with a scoreless ninth inning. Offensively, Kevin Kouzmanoff showed the way for the Rockies with three hits and a pair of RBI. Jordan Pacheco had two hits and drove in two runs. Eric Young Jr and Dexter Fowler also had two hits apiece. The Rockies conclude their season in fourth place in the National League West with a 73-89 record, their worst record since going 67-95 in 2005.

Knights Top Hastings JV In Four

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The North Platte Community College Knights earned a four-set victory over the Hastings College JV last night at McDonald-Belton Gymnasium. The Knights took the first set 25-17 but the Broncos seized control of the second set late and won it 25-15. North Platte would battle back in set three for a 25-21 win, and then seal the match with a 25-15 victory in the fourth set. Jerrica Lewis and Kendelyn Wheaton had 11 kills apiece to lead the way for the Knights in the win. The Knights record improves to 10-13. They play at Southeast Community College on Friday night. Tonight there’s prep volleyball action in the area. The Hershey Lady Panthers hope to stay hot as they put their six-match winning streak on the line on their home floor against Valentine, and Sutherland hosts a triangular with Maxwell and Chase County.

(POLL)Conrad Murray. Guilty or not?

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Day two in the manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray included testimony from Michael Jackson’s personal assistant and head of security as well as employees of AEG Live, which was promoting his doomed This Is It comeback tour.

Among yesterday’s revelations:

Michael Emir Williams, Jackson’s personal assistant, says Dr. Murray was “frantic” on the day the singer died and left him an urgent voice message. Williams said he returned Murray’s call minutes later and recalled that Murray said Jackson had a bad reaction and that he should immediately send someone. Jackson’s assistant noted that Murray did not tell him to dial 911.

In establishing a timeline of events, the prosecution established that Murray called Williams at 12:13 p.m., rather than calling for an ambulance. An ambulance wasn’t called until 12:20 p.m.

Murray requested a CPR machine for Jackson during his run of shows in London.

Faheem Muhammad, the ex-chief of Jackson’s security team, said Jackson’s oldest children reacted in horror when they saw their father dead.

Another witness testified that Murray may have sought to hide evidence of drug use.

AEG Live co-CEO Paul Gongaware returned to the stand and testified that Murray had initially asked for $5 million a year to take care of Jackson. When that was rejected, Michael insisted that he wanted Murray to be his personal physician and instructed Gongaware to offer $150,000 a month.

What’s your opinion? Post below and vote in the poll.

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Saving Ferrets? Really?

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They’ve been sent off to a different kind of
“boot camp.” Animal keepers at the National Zoo’s conservation
center in Virginia have shipped off 26 black-footed ferrets to
prepare them for life in the wild, part of an ongoing effort that
has fueled the recovery of a species once declared extinct.
Black-footed ferrets are the only ferret species native to North
America, with tens of thousands of them living in 12 states across
the Great Plains. However, they were thought to have disappeared in
the late 1970s until a colony of wild black-footed ferrets was
discovered in Wyoming in 1981.
Thirty years later, with the help of scientists, a repopulation
effort has proven to be very successful.
Zoos in Louisville, Ky., Toronto, Phoenix, Colorado Springs,
Colo., and the Smithsonian’s National Zoo joined with the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service to breed the endangered animals.
The Smithsonian developed the first artificial insemination
technique for ferrets, which has produced 139 kits, and scientists
are building a ferret sperm bank to maintain the population’s
genetic diversity.
So far, five kits have been produced using frozen sperm.

First there was Fargo, the movie. Now there’s Fargo, the beer.

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First there was Fargo, the movie. Now there’s
Fargo, the beer.
Four native sons are hoping that the name recognition generated
from the Coen brothers flick will help launch their fledgling Fargo
Beer Company in North Dakota’s largest city. Their first beer is
called Wood Chipper, a reference to a prop used in of the film’s
more gruesome scenes.
Brew master Chris Anderson calls it a great way to get things
started, and easy way to order a type of beer that just rolls off
the tongue.
The official unveiling of the Indian Pale Ale was held at the
popular HoDo bar in downtown Fargo, located a block from a 19-story
hotel that will serve as a giant screen for the movie “Fargo.”
Today’s movie screening is part of a celebration known as Fargo
Fest. To top it off, the second annual Fargo Beer Festival is
scheduled to take place tomorrow.

Nebraskans have another chance to oppose XL Pipeline

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ATKINSON, Neb. (AP) – Nebraskans will have another chance to comment on the proposed pipeline that would carry Canadian oil across the Great Plains to refineries in Texas. The U.S. State Department is planning to hold a second hearing on the $7 billion Keystone XL project in Nebraska’s Sandhills on Thursday. The event from 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. is likely to significantly increase Atkinson’s population because the first hearing in Lincoln earlier this week attracted several hundred people. TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL project would cross Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. TransCanada also has proposed connecting it to the Bakken oil field in Montana and North Dakota. The pipeline’s proposed route crosses the massive underground Ogallala Aquifer, which supplies water for irrigation and drinking to people in eight U.S. states.

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