Unfortunately we may never know what Gaga had consumed before she performed, much like Beiber’s tweet mentioning milk after his on-stage cookie toss.
But Gaga was a good sport and even tweeted a link to see her puke. For the record she sang through and roughed it out like a camp.
The Agriculture Department is planning a series of four regional workshops in areas hard hit by the drought to make sure farmers know about resources available to help them.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack plans to attend the first workshop on Tuesday in Omaha, Neb. The other three workshops are being planned in Pueblo, Colo., Pine Bluff, Ark., and an undetermined town in Ohio.
This summer’s drought has been the worst one in decades. Experts at the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln say about one-fifth of the total land area in the lower 48 states remains in extreme or exceptional drought.
The USDA is working with the Commerce Department, the Small Business Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to plan these meetings.
The North Platte Chamber & Development’s Small Business/Retail Development Network is funding the mobile marketing campaign that alerts subscribers to sales, specials, promotions and events such as the monthly “First Thursdays” where businesses stay open late and feature entertainment, refreshments, specials and featured items.
Mobile marketing is a popular form of marketing that has potential to reach consumers who sincerely wish to do business with affiliated businesses. According to this info graphic from Mogreet, a company specializing on mobile media marketing, 98% of all text messages are opened, 174 million Americans text daily and the average person looks at their phone 150 times per day.
The NPAC&D went live with the campaign in September. “It’s catching on around the country,” says CEO/President of the NP Chamber Dan Mauk, “We want to be modern with our marketing and we think this can be a targeted marketing.” Mauk mentioned that subscribers would only receive one or two messages a week.
Subscribers to the text club will be recipients of offers/specials, event notifacations and various other benefits. The campaign will also target visitors in the North Platte area who visit frequently.
The campaign offers a benefit to merchants and consumers. Merchants can measure effectiveness of the mobile offer and the customer can take advantage of an exclusive offer sent to their phone.
If you’re interested in specials and promotional details of local merchants text SHOPNP to 313131.
Listen to North Platte Area Chamber & Development’s President Dan Mauk and Vice President Carol Bodeen on their Mobile Marketing and “First Thursdays”.
Yanks and Nats take openers…Tigers and Reds gain 2-0 leads
UNDATED (AP) — After waiting out a lengthy rain delay, the New York Yankees pinned a 7-2 loss on the Orioles in Game 1 of their AL Division Series.
It was a lot closer than the score might indicate.
Russell Martin’s leadoff home run in the top of the ninth inning snapped a 2-2 tie and triggered a five-run outburst.
Yankee ace CC Sabathia allowed two runs and eight hits in 8 2-3 innings to help the Bronx Bombers take the edge off Baltimore’s first home playoff game since 1997.
The two teams will be back on the field in Camden Yards tonight for Game 2 in the best-of-seven series. Yanks starter Andy Pettitte will bring 42 games of playoff experience into tonight’s outing. Orioles rookie Wei-Yin Chen will be making his postseason debut.
The Tigers overcame three A’s leads and beat the Athletics 5-4 to grab a 2-0 advantage in their best-of-five AL Division Series.
The outcome was in doubt until the last swing of the bat. Detroit’s Don Kelly snapped a 4-4 tie with a ninth-inning sacrifice fly after the Athletics intentionally walked Prince Fielder to load the bases. Kelly was inserted as a pinch runner in the eighth inning and scored the tying run on a wild pitch.
Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera doubled twice for the Tigers, hit a fly ball in the seventh inning that resulted in a two-run error by A’s outfielder Coco Crisp and singled in the ninth.
The Tigers will go for the sweep on Tuesday in Oakland, where they’ll also play games 4 and 5, if necessary.
The Nationals rallied to a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals in Game 1 of their National League Division Series. Tyler Moore’s two-run pinch-hit single in the top of the eighth proved to be the game winner. It’s the first postseason victory for a Washington-based baseball team since 1933.
The Nationals overcame a wild start by 21-game winner Gio Gonzalez, then watched their bullpen shut down St. Louis in the late innings. Gonzalez walked seven and hit a batter in his five innings. But the Cardinals managed just three hits all day.
Game 2 of this series is scheduled for this afternoon in Busch Stadium. The Nats send Jordan Zimmermann to the mound against Jaime Garcia.
The visiting Reds routed the Giants 9-zip to grab a 2-0 lead in their NLDS. Bronson Arroyo and two relievers combined on the two-hitter.
Arroyo limited San Francisco to one hit over seven dominating innings. Ryan Ludwick homered and Ryan Hanigan drove in three runs for Cincinnati. They’ll play Game 3 in the Queen City on Tuesday.
Falcons fly to 5-0…Brees gets TD record and a victory
UNDATED (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons are 5-0 for the first time in franchise history. Michael Turner ran for a 13-yard touchdown with 2:46 left to give the Falcons a hard-fought 24-17 win at Washington. The Redskins eighth straight home loss leaves them at 2-3.
Winning quarterback Matt Ryan completed 34 of 52 pass attempts for 345 yards. Tight end Tony Gonzalez caught 13 passes for 123 yards and a touchdown.
Redskins signal caller Robert Griffin III left the game early in the third quarter after being hit in the head. Coach Mike Shanahan said RGIII suffered a mild concussion and he will be re-evaluated Monday.
Besides Atlanta, the only other undefeated team is Houston. The Texans play at the New York Jets on Monday night.
In other Week 5 action:
__ In the Sunday night game, New Orleans QB Drew Brees tossed four TD passes in the Saints’ 31-24 win over San Diego, their first win of the season. In the process, Brees set an NFL record with touchdown passes in 48 straight games, breaking the mark set by Johnny Unitas a half-century ago. The record-setting scoring strike was a 40-yard pass to Devery Henderson in the first quarter. Brees finished 29 of 45 for 370 yards.
__ With their coach Chuck Pagano being treated for leukemia, the Indianapolis Colts gutted out a 30-27 win over Green Bay. Rookie QB Andrew Luck hit Reggie Wayne with a 4-yard TD pass with 35 seconds left for the winning score. The Colts are 2-2.
__ The San Francisco 49ers put it all together in their 45-3 rout of Buffalo. The Niners amassed a franchise-record 621 yards total offense, with Alex Smith throwing for 303 and three TDs. Frank Gore ran for 106 yards and a TD.
__ The New York Giants roared back from an early 14-0 hole to wallop Cleveland 41-27. Victor Cruz caught three TDs. Ahmad Bradshaw ran for a season-high 200 yards for the 3-2 Giants.
__Minnesota is a surprising 4-1 after routing Tennessee 30-7, dropping the Titans to 1-3. Percy Harvin had one TD rushing and caught a TD pass.
__ Pittsburgh won Pennsylvania bragging rights after beating visiting Philadelphia 16-14 on Shaun Suisham’s 34-yard field goal as time expired. The Steelers are 2-2.
__ In a low-scoring tussle, Baltimore used three Justin Tucker field goals to beat Kansas City to improve to 4-1.
__ After suffering back-to-back overtime losses, the visiting Dolphins hung on to beat the Bengals 17-14. Rookie Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill threw for 223 yards.
— Charles Tillman and Lance Briggs returned interceptions for touchdowns — their second in six days — and the Chicago Bears used stifling defense to overwhelm the Jacksonville Jaguars 41-3.
__ Seattle improved to 3-2 by rallying for a 16-12 road victory at Carolina. Russell Wilson threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Golden Tate with 35 seconds left in the third quarter.
Wild finish at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — A spectacular last-lap crash allowed Matt Kenseth to grab the checkered flag at Talladega Superspeedway. Defending NASCAR champion Tony Stewart triggered a 25-car pileup as he tried to protect the lead. His bid to block a long line of traffic on the last lap backfired, and his car was sent sailing through the air in a chaotic crash that collected 10 of the 12 title contenders.
Jeff Gordon finished second and Kyle Busch was third.
Points leader Brad Keselowski was seventh, increasing his advantage over Jimmie Johnson to 14 points.
AP source: talks resuming this week
NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL and the players’ association are expected to resume labor negotiations this week in New York.
The sides are likely to meet Wednesday and Thursday in New York, a union spokesman told The Associated Press in an email. The plans and the agenda are expected to be worked out Monday.
Officials on both sides were in contact over the weekend, leading to the meetings.
The lockout is entering its fourth week. The NHL canceled the first two weeks of the regular season Thursday, wiping out 82 games from Oct. 11-24.
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln hopes to encourage high school students to study science in college with its daylong celebration of chemistry.
More than 100 high school juniors and seniors are expected to attend the event on Oct. 13 with their parents and teachers.
The students will have a chance to tour research labs, learn about opportunities for chemistry careers and try several hands-on activities.
The events will include using chromatography to make tie-dye t-shirts, a scavenger hunt and a chemistry quiz bowl.
Students can also register to win one of five scholarships. More details are available online at https://chemistry.unl.edu.
Officials from the US Postal Service plan to attend meetings across the country to determine new hours of operation for post offices everywhere. In Nebraska the first meetings will take place in, Bee, Brownville, Nemaha, Elk Creek, Endicott and Swanton. The meetings are an effort to reach profitability by reducing costs by $22.5 billion by 2016 according to the US Postal Service in April 2012:
The plan requires the reduction of annual costs by $22.5 billion by 2016. This cost reduction is necessary given projected declines in First-Class Mail volume, which has already dropped by 25 percent since 2006. However, the Postal Service can achieve only a portion of these reductions under current business model constraints; legislative changes are needed to achieve the full cost reductions and to provide the Postal Service with the flexibility needed to adjust more quickly to our customers’ changing mailing and shipping needs.
The last year of profitability for the USPS was in 2006 with $.9 billion, in 2007 the postal service began making payments of $5.5 billion to prefund future retiree benefits.
The post office in North Platte isn’t among towns listed for a proposed change in operation hours. Post offices in Lincoln County include…
Hershey: A proposed reduction of 2 hours: (Currently) Mon-Fri: 8a-12p -1:30-4p Sat: 8a-10a Sun: Closed
Maxwell: A proposed reduction of 4 hours (Currently)Mon-Thu: 9a-1:30p Fri: 9a-1p Sat: 9a-11a Sun: Closed
Brady: A proposed reduction of 4 hours (Currently) Mon-Fri: 7:45a-12:30p-1:30p-4p Sat: 7:45-9:15a Sun: Closed
Wellfleet: A proposed reduction of 2 hours (Currently) Mon-Fri: 7;30a-12:00p-12:45-3:45p Sat: 8a-9a Sun: Closed
According to the Associated Press, the postal service expects to record $15 billion in losses this year, and in the past month, it missed two payments totaling $11.1 billion for future retiree benefits.
A special message of thanks will soon greet members of the Air Force flying into and out of Offutt Air Force Base.
Workers from area Walmart stores are again carving a giant thank you to the military into a soybean field that’s already been harvested.
The giant message designed to be read from the air will read: “Thank You For Freedom.”
Walmart manager Chris Shotton says each letter in freedom is 360-feet-tall and 240-feet-wide. Volunteers mark the letters on the ground with flour before a tractor plows them up.
Shotton says the message is a small gesture of thanks for the troops.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 71. West wind 7 to 11 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Breezy, with a north wind 13 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Jim Tracy has resigned as manager of the Colorado Rockies. After meeting with the front office over the weekend, Tracy tendered his resignation after three-plus seasons at the helm. Tracy’s tenure began with great success. He took over in May of 2009 and piloted the Rockies to a stunning turnaround that ended with a franchise record for wins, a Wild Card berth, and the National League’s Manager of the Year award. But the Rockies went from 92 wins to 83 in 2010, 73 in 2011, and a franchise low 64 wins this past season. After the 2011 season, Tracy and the Rockies agreed on an ‘indefinite extension’ that would have allowed Tracy to have a role with the organization as long as he wanted. But after a season of failure on the field and front office turmoil off the field, the 56 year-old Tracy decided now was the time to depart.
