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Month: July 2012

Fireworks banned in Nebraska Forests on Independence Day

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — No fireworks will be allowed in any state park in Nebraska on July 4. It’s just too dry and the fire risk is too high.

The Nebraska Games and Parks Commission announced the ban on Monday. It includes the seven state recreation areas that typically allow fireworks — Branched Oak, Memphis, Fort Kearny, Fremont, Two Rivers, Pawnee and Wagon Train.

Officials urge campers and visitors to be careful with fire, and properly dispose of charcoal and douse all campfires before leaving.

Firefighters have been fighting 11 fires in the state, all reported after a dry lightning storm on Saturday. A fire has destroyed about 1,000 acres in the Nebraska National Forest in the Sandhills in the north-central part of the state.

July 3

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  • Dave Barry (humor columnist) (65)
  • Betty Buckley (actress/singer, Abby Bradford on TV’s Eight is Enough) (65)
  • Aaron Tippin (country singer) (54)
  • Tom Cruise (actor) (50)
  • Thomas Gibson (actor, Hotcher on Criminal Minds, Dharma and Greg) (50)
  • Yeardley Smith (the voice of Lisa on TV’s The Simpsons) (48)
  • Jan Smithers (actress, played Bailey Quarters on WKRP in Cincinnati) (63)
  • Montel Williams (TV talk show host) (56)
  • Fontella Bass (soul singer) (72)
  • Connie Nielsen (Danish actress, The Devil’s Advocate, Gladiator, One Hour Photo; girlfriend of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich) (47)
  • Shawnee Smith (actress, Becker, The Stand, the Saw movies) (42)
  • Kurtwood Smith (actor, Dead Poets Society, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, That ’70s Show‘s Red) (69)
  • Patrick Wilson (actor, Little Children, Angels in America, Evening, Lakeview Terrace, Passengers, Watchmen) (39)
  • Olivia Munn (actress, The Newsroom, Magic Mike, Date Night, Iron Man 2, I Don’t Know How She Does It) (32)

July 3

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CBS

  • NCIS (repeat)
  • NCIS: LOS ANGELES (repeat)
  • 48 HOURS MYSTERY (repeat)

NBC

  • AMERICA’S GOT TALENT (repeat)
  • AMERICA’S GOT TALENT – Four acts advance to the next round; will.i.am performs; a performance from Zarkana by Cirque de Soleil.
  • LOVE IN THE WILD – Drama tears a potential relationship apart.

FOX

  • HELL’S KITCHEN – As tempers flare on both teams, several contestants are more focused on personal drama than cooking.
  • MASTERCHEF – Graham Elliot joins the amateur cooks in a mystery box challenge; two contestants are eliminated.

ABC

  • WIPEOUT (repeat)
  • EXTREME MAKEOVER: WEIGHT LOSS EDITION (repeat)

CW

  • THE CATALINA – (season finale) Morgan is furious when Nathan wants to plan a last minute Cinco de Mayo party; Kris hits on Stephanie.
  • THE L.A. COMPLEX (repeat)

DAY TIME TALK SHOW

THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW – (repeat)
THE VIEW – Teri Hatcher, Marc Summers, Keke Palmer

LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS

THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN (CBS) – (repeat)
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO (NBC) – (repeat)
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE (ABC) – (repeat)
THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON (CBS) – (repeat)
LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON (NBC) – (repeat)
LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY (NBC) – (repeat)
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART (COMEDY CENTRAL) – (repeat)
THE COLBERT REPORT (COMEDY CENTRAL) – (repeat)
CONAN – (repeat)

July 3

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1608, the city of Quebec was founded by French explorer Samuel de Champlain.
1775, General George Washington took command of the Continental Army.
1863, the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended after three days in a major victory for the North over Confederate troops under General Robert E. Lee.
1884, Dow Jones published its first average of U.S. stocks in the Customer’s Afternoon Letter, the forerunner of The Wall Street Journal.
1940, the comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted with their network radio show on NBC.
1981 The movie The Cannonball Run, starring Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr., opens.
1985 The movie Back To The Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, andCrispin Glover, opens.
1986, President Ronald Reagan re-lit the Statue of Liberty’s torch after a $66 million restoration of the statue was completed during the 100th anniversary year of its dedication.
1988, the U.S.S. Vincennes shot down an Iranian passenger jet over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people on board, when the crew of the Vincennes wrongly identified the plane as an Iranian F-14 fighter.
1989 Actor Jim Backus (It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Gilligan’s Island‘s “The Millionaire” Thurston Howell III; the voice of Mister Magoo) dies at age 76.
1991 The movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton,Edward Furlong, and Robert Patrick, opens.
1995 Courtney Love‘s request to spread the ashes of late husband Kurt Cobain is rejected by Seattle’s Lake View Cemetery, who say they’ve already got their hands full with people wanting to see Bruce andBrandon Lee‘s gravesites.
1996 The movie Independence Day, starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Judd Hirsch,Robert Loggia, and Randy Quaid, opens.
2002 The movie Men In Black II, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith, opens.

New law replaces 30 year old Neb Foster Care Review Board

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An overhaul of the watchdog agency that monitors Nebraska’s foster care cases has taken effect.

The new Foster Care Review Office announced Monday that it has replaced the 30-year-old Nebraska Foster Care Review Board.

The board was created as a watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services, to address concerns that too many children were being taken from homes and kept as state wards for too long. But critics say board members had conflicts of interest, because some worked for child welfare agencies that receive funding from the department.

The new law by Omaha Sen. Bob Krist dissolved the board and created a new office and advisory committee. The law bans committee members from having a financial interest in the child welfare system.

Crops ahead of schedule, quality hurt by temperatures

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s corn, soybean and wheat crops are all ahead of schedule because of the warm spring, but the recent triple-digit heat is hurting the quality of those crops.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that the temperatures last week registered 3 degrees above normal in the northeast and 9 degrees above normal in the Panhandle.

As a result, soil moisture levels are only about 21 percent adequate instead of the average of 85 percent adequate or surplus.

The corn crop is about 11 days ahead of average with 25 percent of the corn in the pollination stage. About one quarter of the soybean crop is also blooming.

The wheat harvest is about three weeks ahead of schedule and 69 percent complete.

Man assaults pregnant woman, spends year in jail

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man who assaulted a pregnant woman has been sentenced to a year in jail.

Local media says 26-year-old Isaiah Nevins was charged last November. Police say he assaulted the woman, who was eight months pregnant, and threatened to use a stun gun on her.

Nevins also faced a drug charge.

Nevins pleaded no contest to third-degree assault on a pregnant woman on Monday and was sentenced to a year in jail. He pleaded guilty to attempted possession of methamphetamine and was given six months in jail.

Man pleads guilty to setting fires

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PONCA, Neb. (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to setting fires in 2010 in Dixon County in northeast Nebraska.

Iowa media reports  31-year-old Ahren Ferris, of Coleridge, pleaded guilty last week to one count of second-degree arson and three counts of criminal mischief.

Sentencing is set for Aug. 27 in Dixon County District Court in Ponca.

Ferris was accused of setting fire to outdoor restrooms at Buckskin Hills Recreational Area near Newcastle and Powder Creek Recreational Area in rural Dixon County, and to hay bales and a trailer near Maskell.

Weather: Independence Day Forecast Included

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Today:Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 100. South wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight:Mostly clear, with a low around 71. South southeast wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Independence Day: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 100. Light south wind increasing to 9 to 14 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southeast wind 6 to 11 mph.

SOUND OFF – Suicide, Fireworks and Low Wages.

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AND NOW.. TODAY’S SOUND OFF
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1. My neighbor needs to quit shooting off fireworks after 10pm.

2.The employers in this city need to start paying better. It’s difficult to live on $8-$10 per hour in 2012

3. Kudos to the Arizona man that committed suicide in court. Great example. I can think of some people in North Platte that should follow suit. #DK4

4. In the last six months you’ve taught my only son to be a better man than I’ll ever be.

5. I like fish sticks. Anyone wanna come over for dinner tonight?

6. I Pledge Allegiance To The Hatchet Of The Underground Society Of Juggalos, And For The Ninjas For Which It Stands, One Family, Under God, Full Of Freaks, With Faygo And Neden For All!!

 

 

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