University of Nebraska Medical Center administrators say the federal health care law will cost its two Omaha hospitals millions in aid unless Medicaid coverage is expanded.

Cory Shaw, chief executive officer of UNMC Physicians, says the law will eliminate federal payments to the Nebraska Medical Center and the Children’s Hospital and Medical Center. Both qualify for special aid because of care they provide to patients who are on Medicaid or uninsured.

Shaw says the payments are phased out under the health care law, and will cost the hospitals nearly $11 million a year starting in 2014.

UNMC College of Medicine Dean Bradley Britigan says the cuts would hit the medical school because of nearly $60 million annually it gets from the hospitals.

Medicaid expansion would reduce the hospitals’ uncompensated care.

A federal judge scolded a former University of Nebraska rifle coach for raising spurious theories in her bankruptcy case and testing the court’s patience.

U.S. District Judge John Gerrard rejected Karen Anthony’s appeal in her bankruptcy case.

Anthony handled the case herself, and Gerrard says Anthony tried to argue bogus theories like the notion that taxes are optional. Anthony even demanded that the judge provide a certified copy of his oath.

Anthony became the university’s first rifle coach in 1998 and continued to coach the team until 2002 when she resigned to pursue opportunities in the private sector.

Anthony declined to comment on the case.

Court documents say Anthony is self-employed but don’t provide details.

Omaha police are trying to determine whether two officers acted properly when they shot and killed a man early Sunday.

Police Lt. Darci Tierney says gunshots were reported in northeast Omaha around 2:15 a.m. Sunday.

Officers who were investigating the gunshots encountered 29-year-old Jermaine Lucas. Tierney says Lucas was armed.

During the encounter, officers fired their weapons and Lucas was killed.

The Omaha World-Herald reports Lucas was on a two-day furlough from the Community Corrections Center of Lincoln when he was killed. Lucas was serving five to eight years for illegally possessing a gun.

The officers involved were Alvin Lugod and Joseph Koenig. Both are 28-years-old and joined the force in December 2008.

Lugod and Koenig are on administrative leave, and a grand jury will also review the shooting.

Family members and Amtrak officials are looking for a retired California man who disappeared from a train somewhere between Denver and Chicago.

Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said Sunday that the railroad is searching for 69-year-old Charlie Dowd.

Dowd, who lives in San Mateo, Calif., boarded the Amtrak train on Wednesday in the San Francisco area.

Dowd’s son talked to him by cellphone on Thursday evening when the train was in the Denver area. That was the last time family members talked to Dowd.

Dowd’s luggage, cellphone and medication arrived in Chicago without him on Friday. Family members say they are worried that Dowd may become disoriented without his medication.

Dowd is a retired firefighter who is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds.

Nebraska’s largest advertising agency is celebrating its 50th anniversary in business.

Swanson Russell has offices in Lincoln and Omaha employing 140 people who cater to a mix of local and national clients.

The firm helped launch famous brands like Cliffs Notes study guides.

Swanson Russell specializes in certain advertising areas, including health care, outdoor recreation and landscaping.