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Nebraska DMV Launches Supervised Driving Program

dmv(AP) — The Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles has launched a new program designed to help teenagers learn safe driving skills.

The parent’s supervised driving program will be distributed in DMV offices when a teen driver receives a learner’s permit. The program includes booklets with a driver’s log and specific lessons that parents can share with teenagers.

Nebraska DMV Director Rhonda Lahm says the program was designed as a confidence-builder for new drivers.

Col. David Sankey, the superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol, says 115 people have died in motor vehicles so far this year, including 19 teenagers. Of those teenagers, only six were wearing seatbelts.

Gov. Dave Heineman says young drivers should take a formal driver’s education course when possible. But he says the parent’s supervised driving program offers an alternative.

York County Board Rejects Anti-Pipeline Measures

keystone-xl-pipeline(AP) — The York County commissioners have rejected a resolution opposing placement of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in the southeast Nebraska county.

Two commissioners supported the measure at Tuesday morning’s meeting, but three opposed it.

The proposal said the York County Board of Commissioners “realizes the risks of tar sand and crude oil pipelines to our resources in York County and opposes any pipelines of this nature.”

An earlier version tabled by the board at its July 9 meeting included a sentence that committed the board to using its powers to protect the county residents’ health and the county’s natural resources.

The Obama administration is still considering whether to approve the project, which would carry Canadian oil to Texas refineries.

Coroner: Texas Roller Coaster Victim Fell 75 Feet

The Texas Giant
The Texas Giant

(AP) — A coroner says the passenger killed while riding a Texas roller coaster was ejected from her seat and plummeted about 75 feet before striking a metal beam.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office released additional details Tuesday on the death of 52-year-old Rosa Irene Ayala-Gaona. She was found dead Friday night at the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park in suburban Dallas.

The official cause of death remains pending, but the office says the Dallas woman’s body was found atop a ride tunnel for the 14-story Texas Giant roller coaster.

The coroner says Ayala-Gaona was ejected from her third-row seat as the ride began a steep descent along the track’s first large hill.

An autopsy showed she suffered multiple traumatic injuries and extensive trauma to her torso.

Public Hearings on NE Tax Study to Be Held in North Platte and Other Cities

Senator Galen Hadley
Senator Galen Hadley

Lawmakers are scheduled to hear public input on Nebraska’s tax system.

Sen. Galen Hadley, chairman of the Tax Modernization Committee, announced the public hearing schedule on Tuesday. The committee was created to explore possible tax reforms.

The committee will meet on Sept. 23 at Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Sept. 24 at North Platte Community College in North Platte, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Sept. 25 at Northeast Nebraska Community College in Norfolk from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Oct. 17 at Metro Community College in Omaha, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Oct. 18 at the Capitol in Lincoln, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

All times are local.

 

Feds Push for Technology That Allows Cars to Talk to Each Other

NTSB(AP) — Federal accident investigators are recommending the government set performance standards for new safety technology that allows cars and trucks to talk to each other and then require the technology be installed in all new vehicles.

The National Transportation Safety Board made the recommendation Tuesday in response to fatal school bus accidents at intersections in New Jersey and Florida last year.

Vehicles equipped with the technology can continuously communicate over wireless networks, exchanging information on location, direction and speed 10 times a second. A computer analyzes the information and issues danger warnings to drivers, often before they can see the other vehicle.

NTSB officials said the technology holds great promise to reduce deaths and injuries caused by crashes at intersections.

 

Study: Air Force Recruit Organ Donor Had Rabies

Rabies Virus
Rabies Virus

(AP) — A new report shows that an Air Force recruit whose organs were donated to four patients, including a kidney recipient who died of rabies, had at least two untreated raccoon bites several months before he became sick.

The report also notes that tests confirmed his rabies-infected kidney caused the recipient’s disease.

It was compiled by researchers from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others, and published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Doctors initially attributed the donor’s death to other causes. But during an investigation prompted by the kidney recipient’s death in February, lab testing found evidence of rabies in the donor’s brain tissue and also detected encephalitis, a brain inflammation that can be caused by rabies.

Man Found Unconscious on Nebraska Roof Dies

omaha-police(AP) — Omaha police say an unconscious man pulled from the roof where he was working has died at an area hospital.

Police say officers responded to a radio call about the incident around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday. Omaha Fire Department medics arrived, found 52-year-old Walter Bequette on the roof and took him to a west Omaha hospital.

Investigators say Bequette was working on the roof with another person, each on opposite sides of the roof. The other worker said he walked over the peak of the roof when the sound of Bequette’s hammering stopped.

The worker says he found Bequette in a fetal position, not moving, and called 911.

Fire department officials had to lower Bequette from the roof to get him to the hospital.

Let’s Go To The Movies!!

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Despicable Me 2D….4:00 & 7:10
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Pacific Rim 2D….12:45, 3:45. 7:00 & 10:20
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R.I.P.D. 2D….12:00, 2:30 & 9:45
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Despicable Me 2….1:00, 4:00, 7:10 & 9:50

Playing 7/29-8/1
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Grown Ups 2….12:30, 4:05, 7:30 & 10:00
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Wolverine 2D….12:00 & 9:50
Wolverine 3D….4:00 & 7:00
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Turbo 2D….12:00 & 9:45
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Red 2….1:00, 4:00, 7:00 & 10:00
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R.I.P.D. 2D….12:00 & 9:45
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Despicable Me 2….1:00, 4:00, 7:10 & 9:50

Police Arrest Three Suspects in Lincoln Bank Robbery

lincoln-police(AP) — Police have arrested three suspects in Beatrice just a few hours after a Lincoln credit union was robbed.

Lincoln police say the Members Only Credit Union branch in Lincoln was robbed by a gunman Tuesday morning around 10.

By lunchtime, police were making arrests. Beatrice Police Chief Bruce Lang says two people were arrested at Walmart in Beatrice, and a third was apprehended at a nearby motel.

The suspects did not have any weapons when they were arrested. Their names were not immediately released.

Omaha Man Gets Prison for Aiming Laser Pointer at Airliner

laser-pointer(AP) — An Omaha man who aimed a laser point at a jetliner and police helicopter has been given two years in federal prison.

30-year-old Michael Smith was sentenced on Monday.

Prosecutors say a Southwest Airlines pilot reported that a laser pointer was aimed into his cockpit as the airliner was landing at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield on the morning of July 11, 2012. A police helicopter responded, and it, too, was targeted several times by a laser pointer. The pilot of the helicopter reported that he was temporarily blinded by the laser beam.

A Douglas County sheriff’s deputy testified that he found Smith in his backyard, pointing the laser at aircraft.

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