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Month: July 2012

Lincoln officials break out of shell, want a more visually attractive city

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Officials in Lincoln say they want to develop Nebraska’s capital city into a hub for sculptures, statues and other public art.

A team of art enthusiasts, city officials and funders is devising a master plan to help the city accomplish that goal.

The group has targeted the Interstate 180 corridor, Antelope Valley and the downtown as potential locations for the art. Members are looking to acquire a collection of national prominence.

The group, which is part of the Lincoln Community Foundation, has already bought a 20-foot tall, $100,000 statue by Albert Paley with private money. It will go in an undetermined spot in 2014.

(Letters to the Post) Feed back to Gary J. McClellan

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 Dear Editor,

I think it’s really pathetic to see how many republican hypocrites come crawling out of the woodworks when I use the word black in my letters. That proves to me they have plenty of prejudice to hide. Gary J. McClellan proves it when he says “Why do we even have a Black Caucus, when we don’t have a White Caucus”. Then say’s to read the column of Star Parker, a far right wing Republican columnist who believes that all entitlements should be disposed of. Known that it would effect the blacks more than any other race in this country.

– Anonymous

 

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Authorities gather in public park to collect weapons and explosives

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha authorities say they collected 47 firearms, 900 pounds of ammunition and 800 pounds of fireworks during a weekend amnesty event.

The Omaha Police Department reports that people also turned in two grenades, two sawed-off shotguns and a Soviet-made semi-automatic rifle, along with numerous explosive devices.

The amnesty event was hosted by the police department’s bomb and firearms squads, with help from the Omaha and Ralston fire departments.

The event took place at an Omaha-area park and a Christian worship center. Police say they counted 250 vehicles with residents that came to turn in weapons or fireworks.

Ron Paul efforts to gain control proved futile

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GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — An effort by Ron Paul supporters to gain control of Nebraska’s delegation to the Republican national convention has been squashed.

Paul claimed only two pledged delegates from Nebraska’s 35-member contingent Saturday at the party’s state convention.

The outcome of delegate selection balloting at the represents a big victory for Gov. Dave Heineman, who worked actively behind the scenes to personally contact Nebraska Republicans who made the delegate selections.

Heineman was the first governor to endorse Mitt Romney at the advent of the GOP presidential primary and caucus process, and his ability to deliver Romney delegates from his home state — as well as his leadership of the state party — were on the line.

Young child runs into street, run over by vehicle

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HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Patrol says a 2-year-old boy is dead after he was hit by a car while running across a street.

Authorities say the crash happened shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday, 18-year-old Dusty Consbruck was driving east in Hastings, and did not see the toddler run across the street.

The state patrol says Consbruck’s 2001 Buick LeSabre hit the child, and dragged the boy a short distance. Emergency crews took the boy to Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings, where he was pronounced dead.

Authorities say they have notified the toddler’s family, but the state patrol has not yet identified the boy. Officials say no charges have been filed.

Monday’s weather….take a guess HOT

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Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 99. South wind 7 to 13 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 67. South southeast wind 7 to 11 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 101. Light south wind becoming south southeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning

Weekend Wrap

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Ice Age: Continental Drift, the fourth film in the animated Ice Age series and the first in 3-D, opened in first place at the weekend box office. The lastest installment follows woolly mammoth Manny and his pre-historic friends as their world changes after Scrat’s careless pursuit of an acorn goes wrong. The film features the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Aziz Ansari, Peter Dinklage and Jennifer Lopez.

  • Last week’s top movie, the Spider-Man reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man, fell to second place.

THIS WEEKEND’S TOP TEN MOVIES — JULY 13-15

  1. Ice Age: Continental Drift, $46 million
  2. The Amazing Spider-Man, $35 million
  3. Ted, $22.1 million
  4. Brave, $10.7 million
  5. Magic Mike, $9 million
  6. Savages, $8.7 million
  7. Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection, $5.6 million
  8. Katy Perry: Part of Me, $3.7 million
  9. Moonrise Kingdom, $3.7 million
  10. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, $3.5 million

Monday Bits!

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KELSEY GRAMMER WELCOMES DAUGHTER: Kelsey Grammer is a father again. The actor announced that his wife Kayte gave birth to daughter Faith Evangeline Elisa on Friday (July 13th) — but made a sad revelation as well. The couple announced they were expecting twins earlier this year, but their son died during the pregnancy. In the birth announcement the couple said, “A glorious birth with a lingering sadness is ours today. We choose to celebrate the life that has been given us. We proudly announce Faith to the world today looking forward to the days ahead and the children yet to come.”

TABLOIDS INVENT NEW TOM CRUISE ROMANCE: The tabloids tried to create another element of scandal in the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes divorce by running sensational headlines that he was already making out with a new women. What any surprised gossip-hound quickly discovered is that the woman is question was his Oblivion costar Olga Kurylenko, and that the lip lock took place while filming a scene. A rep for Cruise shot down any romance rumors saying, “They are shooting a movie and they are actors — their chemistry on set is them acting. It’s their job.”

SEAN PENN COMPLETES ANGER MANAGEMENT: Sean Penn has completed the 36 hours of anger management classes he was forced to take in a plea deal to avoid battery charges from a 2009 paparazzo altercation. Penn was sentenced to the classes and three years of probation in 2010 after pleading “no contest” to vandalism. His lawyer appeared in court last week to report on the actor’s progress with the classes. He remains on probation until May 2013.

PORSCHE DESCREDITS LOHAN’S CRASH CLAIM: Lindsay Lohan’s latest excuse has been shot down. Last month, Lohan claimed that failed brakes in her rented Porsche were to blame for her car crash, however TMZ reported that Porsche itself conducted tests on the brakes after the accident — and they showed no evidence of malfunction. No one suffered serious injuries in the crash and Lohan was not intoxicated at the time of the incident.

CELESTE HOLM DEAD AT 95: Oscar winner Celeste Holm has died at the age of 95. The actress had been suffering from heart and other ailments at the end of her life. Holm was known for starring in Broadway’s Oklahoma! and won the Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her role in1947’s Gentleman’s Agreement. Throughout her career, Holm also played the photographer girlfriend of the Frank Sinatra character in the musical High Society, and acted on TV, earning Emmy nominations for Insight andBackstairs at the White House. Holm is survived by her husband Frank, two sons and three grandchildren. She married Frank — her fifth husband — when she was 87 and he was 41.

JOEL MCHALE GETS NEW GIG: Joel McHale has scooped up another TV gig.The Soup host/Community star has landed a multi-episode arc on Sons of Anarchy’sfifth season. EOnline.com reported that McHale will play a “con man named Warren who picks the wrong person to double cross.” Sons of Anarchy star Katy Sagaltweeted about Joel last week, writing, “Working with a handsome stranger. Yeow! Lucky girl. Love my job.”

‘KUNG FU PANDA 3’ IN THE WORKS: Dreamworks has confirmed that a third installment of Kung Fu Panda is in the works. It’s unclear if Jack Black will return to voice the title role, but the announcement isn’t a surprise considering the first two films made $1.2 billion.

JESSICA BIEL JOINS ‘WOLVERINE’: Jessica Biel will join Hugh Jackson in the upcoming film The Wolverine. The movie is a follow-up to X-Men Origins: Wolverine and is slated to hit theaters on July 26, 2013. Biel will reportedly be taking on the role of Viper.

Happy Birthday!!

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  • Phoebe Cates (actress/model, wife of Kevin Kline) (49)
  • Will Ferrell (comic actor, formerly of Saturday Night Live) (45)
  • Bess Myerson (TV hostess and beauty pageant winner, first Jewish Miss America) (88)
  • Ed Kowalczyk (lead singer, Live) (41)
  • Jenna Lewis (Survivor contestant and sex tape star) (35)
  • Corey Feldman (actor, Stand By Me, The Lost Boys, Bordello Of Blood) (41)
  • Stewart Copeland (drummer, the Police) (60)
  • Michael Flatley (dancer, Riverdance; the self-proclaimed “Lord Of The Dance”) (54)
  • AnnaLynne McCord (actress, 90210, Nip/Tuck) (25)

July 16

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1787, the Constitutional Convention accepted the Great Compromise, the approval of a two-body legislature made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
1790, the District of Columbia was established as the permanent seat of the United States government
1907 Actress Barbara Stanwyck (Meet John Doe, Double Indemnity, The Big Valley, The Thorn Birds) is born. She dies in 1990.
1918, Russia’s Czar Nicholas the Second, his wife and their five children were executed by the Bolsheviks.
1945, the United States exploded its first experimental atomic bomb, in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico.
1951, J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye was first published.
1964, in accepting the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention conservative SenatorBarry Goldwater of Arizona said “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice” and “moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”
1969, the crew of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, blasted off from Cape Kennedy on the first manned mission to the surface of the Moon.
1973, during the Senate Watergate hearings, former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield publicly revealed the existence of President Richard Nixon’s secret taping system.
1979, Saddam Hussein became President of Iraq.
1994 Anna Nicole Smith, age 26, marries billionaire J. Howard Marshall II, age 89.
1999, 38-year-old John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife, 33-year-old Carolyn Bessette, and his sister-in-law, 34-year-old Lauren Bessette, were killed when the single-engine plane Kennedy was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha’s Vineyard. After the plane’s wreckage was located on the ocean floor four days later, the bodies were retrieved and cremated, and their ashes were buried at sea on July 22.
1999 David Cone becomes the 16th pitcher in Major League history and the third New York Yankee to throw a perfect game, beating the Montreal Expos, 6-0.
2004, Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison for lying about a stock sale. She was also ordered to spend five months confined to her home and fined $30,000.

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