- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Hall Of Fame NBA center) (65)
- Ellen Barkin (actress, Diner, The Big Easy, Eddie and the Cruisers) (58)
- Jon Cryer (actor, Pretty in Pink, Hot Shots!, Two and a Half Men) (47)
- Martin Lawrence (actor and comedian, Do The Right Thing, Martin, Big Momma’s House) (47)
- Benedict the 16th (pope, born Joseph Ratzinger in Germany) (85)
- Bobby Vinton (singer, “Blue Velvet”) (77)
- Peter Billingsley (actor, “Ralphie” in the classic Christmas film A Christmas Story) (41)
- Dave Pirner (frontman, Soul Asylum) (48)
- Jimmy Osmond (singer, the Osmonds) (49)
- Jason Scheff (singer and bassist, Chicago) (50)
- John Bentley (bassist, Squeeze) (61)
- Lucas Haas (actor, Witness, Everyone Says I Love You, Zoolander, Gardener of Eden, Inception, Contraband, Red Riding Hood) (36)
- Akon (singer) (40, disputed)
Month: April 2012
Taxes done? Better get on it…
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska Department of Revenue is reminding residents that state taxes, like federal taxes, are nearly due.
Taxpayers have until Tuesday to file their state income taxes.
Nebraska is accepting returns through the revenue department’s NebFile program. The department’s website offers free e-file and e-pay options, as well as detailed information about state taxes.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has said taxpayers have until Tuesday to file the federal taxes, because Monday is a legal holiday in Washington, D.C.
Nebraska will also accept income returns and payments e-filed or postmarked on or before Tuesday as being on time.
Scottsbluff man to be sentenced for murder
GERING, Neb. (AP) – A Scottsbluff man convicted of first-degree murder is scheduled to be sentenced.
Daniel Morgan is to appear in Scotts Bluff County District Court on Monday. Morgan was convicted in March of killing Dominic Marquez on May 13 last year.
Defense attorney Jerry Soucie has said the 27-year-old Morgan was acting in self-defense when he went to confront Marquez about harassment, threats and assaults by associates of Marquez since he began dating the mother of Marquez’s child.
County Attorney Doug Warner has said Morgan was armed when he drove to Marquez’s home and had sent text messages that said he was “going after” Marquez.
Warner says the shooting didn’t qualify for the death penalty, which means Morgan will be sentenced to life in prison.
No Neb. reports of injuries, little storm damage
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Weather officials have received no reports of injuries and few instances of major damage from Saturday’s storms that blew across Nebraska.
National Weather Service officials say they’ve gotten reports of reports of at least 12 possible tornadoes, along with baseball-sized hail, strong winds and torrential rain, in central and eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. Crews are surveying damage to confirm those reports.
Van DeWald, in the weather service’s Valley office, says the worst of the damage was reported in a line that started near Nebraska City, where several homes were damaged, and extended into Iowa, ending near Thurman. About 75 percent of that community has been destroyed.
Unconfirmed tornadoes were also reported in Nebraska near Cook and North Platte. Those areas sustained damage to farm outbuildings and trees.
Charges filed over Oshkosh horse deaths
OSHKOSH, Neb. (AP) – A 65-year-old Oshkosh man faces six felony counts of neglect because six of his horses were found dead in western Nebraska’s Garden County.
Harry Cross is due in court on May 3.
Garden County Attorney Phillip Pierce says the horses of dehydration or starvation. They hadn’t been checked for 22 days.
The carcasses were found April 8 near an empty stock tank. The well pump apparently stopped working and the tank went dry.
A seventh horse was found alive but soon died.
A phone listed for Cross was not in service on Monday. Online court records don’t list the name of his attorney.
Time to dry out a little…
Today: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. West northwest wind between 9 and 11 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. West southwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming southeast.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Southwest wind between 8 and 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. South southwest wind 5 to 14 mph becoming northwest. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. North wind 7 to 9 mph becoming east southeast.
Huskers Sweep Doubleheader For First Conference Road Series Win Since ’08
The Husker baseball team earned their first conference road series win since 2008 with a doubleheader sweep of Ohio State yesterday. After losing in the series opener on Friday night, the Huskers played longball to open Sunday’s double dip. Kale Kiser and Kash Kalkowski hit two-run home runs, and Josh Scheffert’s solo homer in the eighth inning broke a tie and gave the Big Red a 5-4 win. Scheffert would lead the offense in a lopsided 17-9 victory in the nightcap, as he homered and drove in a career-high seven runs. Zach Hirsch worked six strong innings to get the victory in the second game, allowing just two runs and striking out two. The Huskers stopped Ohio State’s seven-game winning streak and moved ahead of them in Big Ten play in the process. They are now 7-5 in conference play and 25-13 overall.
Rockies Fail to Complete Sweep, Host Padres Tonight (LISTEN LIVE ON ESPN RADIO 1410)
The Colorado Rockies set a Major League record last season for consecutive losses in Sunday games. They’re off on the wrong foot on Sundays this season as well. The Rockies fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 at Coors Field yesterday afternoon, failing to complete the home sweep of the defending NL West division champs. Rockies starting pitcher Drew Pomeranz struggled in his season debut. The young southpaw allowed five runs in four and two-thirds innings to take the loss. Troy Tulowitzki and Tyler Colvin drove in a run for the Rockies in the losing effort. The Rockies are 4-5 on the season and 0-2 on Sundays. They begin a three-game series against the San Diego Padres in Denver tonight. ESPN Radio 1410 will have the action, with pregame coverage at 7:05 and the first pitch at 7:40.
Biggs Commits to Husker Hoops
As expected, former Omaha Central and Seward County Community College star Deverell Biggs verbally committed to the Husker men’s basketball program on Sunday, making him the first commitment for new Husker head coach Tim Miles. Biggs joins high school seniors Benny Parker and Shavoun Shields, who were recruited by previous head coach Doc Sadler, as members of the Husker hoops class of 2012.
Storm Set to Open Playoff Series at Waterloo
The Tri-City Storm head into the start of the United States Hockey League playoffs tonight on a high note after defeating Sioux Falls 3-2 in a shootout in their regular season finale Saturday night. Tonight the Storm take on the Waterloo Black Hawks in game one of a best-of-three first round series, with all three games to be played in Waterloo. The Storm lost three of the four regular season meetings with the Black Hawks. The puck drops tonight at 7:05.