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Month: August 2013

Broncos put Carter on IR, Walton on PUP List

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quinton carterENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Denver safety Quinton Carter has landed on season-ending injured reserve for the second straight year.

Carter started 10 games as a rookie in 2011 and had interceptions in consecutive playoff games that year. But a torn right hamstring at an indoor practice the following summer led doctors to discover he needed surgery on his left knee. He played in just three games in 2012 before aggravating his surgically repaired knee and going on IR.

The Broncos also placed center J.D. Walton on reserve/PUP to reach the 75-player roster limit Tuesday.

Walton had complications in his comeback from left ankle surgery and needed another operation in June. He won’t be able to practice until Oct. 15 at the earliest but might not return until November.

Huskers Set for 20 Games in First Season at Pinnacle Bank Arena

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Nebraska-Huskers-BasketballLincoln – The Nebraska women’s basketball team will play a 20-game schedule loaded with NCAA Tournament-caliber competition, Coach Connie Yori and the Huskers announced on Tuesday.

Nebraska, which is coming off an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in 2013, will play the first exhibition game (Pittsburg State, Oct. 27, 2 p.m.) and the first regular-season basketball game (UCLA, Nov. 8, Noon) in the history of Pinnacle Bank Arena, which will hold its official ribbon cutting on Thursday, Aug. 29 at 4 p.m.

The $179 million arena will hold more than 15,000 fans for Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball and will give fans exciting new amenities throughout the arena, while the Huskers expect to provide top-notch competition on the court.

“From start to finish, our home schedule is going to challenge us and hopefully provide us the experience necessary to prepare for the postseason,” Yori said. “UCLA will test us right away and our team will be working hard to prepare for that first game. By the time we close our home regular-season schedule for Jordan Hooper’s Senior Night on Feb. 27, we will play 11 postseason tournament teams at home. That is a going to be a challenge.”

Overall, Nebraska will play at least 18 games against 2013 postseason squads, including at least 12 games against NCAA Tournament teams. Eleven of those 12 games will come against teams that advanced to the NCAA second round. The first of those 2013 NCAA second-round foes comes with UCLA on Friday, Nov. 8. The special noon tip time will be part of a historic day of basketball in the state of Nebraska, as the Husker men will face 2013 NCAA Sweet 16 qualifier Florida Gulf Coast later that evening.

The women’s game will include a special “Invest 2 Be the Best” life skills pep rally for middle school youth from Lincoln and surrounding communities. The pep rally and Nebraska’s record-setting season ticket sales promise record crowds for the men’s and women’s games.

“The excitement around basketball in the city of Lincoln and the state of Nebraska is probably at an all-time high right now, and we hope we can keep that growing,” Yori said. “The really exciting part about it is that we haven’t even played a game yet in the arena.”

Nebraska’s game with UCLA will follow a pair of exhibition games against Pittsburg State and Nebraska-Kearney (Nov. 3). The tickets for both of those exhibition games are included in the 20-game season ticket packages available through the Husker Athletic Ticket Office at Huskers.com/arena or 1-800-8-BIG-RED. NU fans can visit Huskers.com/arena and place a $25 deposit while selecting their seat for the upcoming season. A record number of season tickets (approximately 2,800) have been sold, but great seats in the lower bowl of the arena are still available. Reserved tickets in the lower bowl are available for just $160, while season GA seats are just $80.

Along with providing great value to the families of Husker fans, Nebraska expects to put an exciting and experienced team on the court again this season. The Huskers, who have advanced to back-to-back NCAA tournaments and made five NCAA trips in the past seven seasons, return four starters from a team that finished 25-9 overall in 2012-13. The returners, led by two-time All-American and first-team All-Big Ten choice Jordan Hooper, helped the Huskers finish second in the the 2013 regular-season Big Ten standings with a 12-4 record.

Hooper, a 6-2 forward from Alliance, Neb., is expected to challenge Nebraska career records for points, rebounds and three-pointers during her senior season. She will be joined for the third straight year in NU’s starting five by junior forwards Emily Cady and Hailie Sample. Sophomore point guard Rachel Theriot, who earned Big Ten All-Freshman honors a year ago, also returns to the starting lineup. Juniors Tear’a Laudermill and Brandi Jeffery bring more experience to the Husker backcourt, along with sophomore Sadie Murren, while junior Katie Simon bolsters an experienced front line. Allie Havers, a 6-5 freshman center, is hoping to help the Huskers inside, while freshmen guards Hannah Tvrdy and Esther Ramacieri provide depth in the backcourt.

Following the historic opener against UCLA, the Huskers conclude a two-game season-opening home stand against Alabama onMonday, Nov. 11. NU will hit the road for the first time when they battle 2013 WNIT runner-up Utah in Salt Lake City on Nov. 15.

After the road trip to Utah, the Huskers return to Pinnacle Bank Arena for a four-game home stretch that begins with Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Thursday, Nov. 21 and concludes with a clash against NU’s second Pac-12 foe of the year, Washington State. The Huskers will face an up-and-coming Cougar club that returns 12 letterwinners and three starters on Saturday, Nov. 30.

Nebraska’s second non-conference road trip will feature traditional ACC power North Carolina in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge onThursday, Dec. 5 in Chapel Hill, N.C. UNC returns eight players, including two starters from a 2012-13 squad that finished 29-7 and advanced to the NCAA second round.

The Huskers then return to Lincoln for their longest home stretch since Yori’s first season at NU in 2002-03. The five-game home stand includes four non-conference foes that all advanced to the postseason in 2013, beginning with Utah State (Dec. 8), which went 18-14 overall, including 14-4 with a runner-up WAC finish last season. The stretch continues with 2013 NCAA second-round qualifier Creighton on Saturday, Dec. 14. Following Finals Week on campus, NU will continue the home stand against South Dakota, coached by former Husker Amy (Gusso) Williams. In Williams’ first season in 2012-13, the Coyotes won 19 games overall and finished third in the Summit League. The non-conference portion of the home stand concludes with 2013 NCAA qualifier and defending Southland Conference champion Oral Roberts on Sunday, Dec. 29.

The Huskers wrap up the five-game stand by tipping off Big Ten Conference play against Northwestern at Pinnacle Bank Arena onThursday, Jan. 2. Nebraska hits the road to face NCAA second-round qualifier Michigan State (Jan. 9), before closing the conference road swing at  2013 WNIT qualifier Illinois (Jan. 12).

NU returns home to face more postseason-caliber competition when the Huskers take on Minnesota (Jan. 16) and 2013 NCAA second-round qualifier and Big Ten Tournament champion Purdue (Jan. 19). A road game at Northwestern (Jan. 26) completes a home-and-home series with the Wildcats, before the Huskers return home to battle 2013 NCAA second-round qualifier Michigan (Jan. 29) .

Nebraska’s final two-game road trip of the season comes with Big Ten single plays at 2013 NCAA second-round qualifier Iowa (Feb. 1) and Wisconsin (Feb. 5). The Huskers are a combined 10-0 against the Hawkeyes and Badgers in NU’s first two seasons in the Big Ten.

The Huskers complete their home-and-home series with Michigan State on Sunday, Feb. 9 at Pinnacle Bank Arena, before hitting the road to complete the season series with Michigan (Feb. 13). NU then plays host to Indiana (Feb. 16) before traveling to Ohio State (Feb. 19) in its only meetings with the Hoosiers and Buckeyes in 2013-14.

Nebraska wraps up its home regular-season schedule with back-to-back battles against defending Big Ten champion Penn State (Feb. 24) and Illinois (Feb. 27). The Huskers conclude the regular season on the road at Purdue (March 2), before heading back to Indiana for the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament March 6-9.

The announcement of the NCAA Tournament field will be made on Monday, March 17, with the NCAA Women’s Final Four to be held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., April 6-8.

Ex-Omaha Cop Pleads Guilty in Database Case

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dept.-of-justice(AP) — A former Omaha police detective has pleaded guilty to selling information from a law enforcement database.

Federal prosecutors say 37-year-old Kevin Cave, of Bellevue, entered his plea Tuesday to one count of exceeding authorized access to a protected computer for private financial gain. The charge carries a maximum prison term of five years. He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 15.

Prosecutors say that starting in 2010 and ending in August 2012, Cave provided addresses and other information from unauthorized searches of the Nebraska Criminal Justice Information System. Prosecutors say Cave received at least $16,050 from vehicle dealerships seeking information so they could find and repossess vehicles.

Wallace Man Charged with Trying to Run Down His Son-In-Law

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Ted Evans

A Wallace man has been charged with a felony after he allegedly tried to run down his son-in-law with a vehicle.

At around 8:20 p.m. on Monday, Deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to Garrison Avenue in Wallace.

According to the Sheriff’s Department, 42-year-old Lawrence Kidd reported that his father-in-law, 66-year-old Ted Evans, had attempted to run him over with a vehicle.  Kidd said Evans had intentionally struck him with the vehicle.

Upon arrival, Deputies spoke with Kidd, his wife and several other witnesses, who stated that Evans was very angry and drove through the backyard of their residence and into a neighbor’s yard.  Kidd said he went to talk to the neighbors about the damage to their yard and was walking back to his house when Evans drove toward him at a high rate of speed.

Kidd said he was able to get out of the way, but his left arm was struck by the vehicle.  He was treated by Wallace EMS and refused further treatment.

Deputies say it appears Evans was angry that Kidd was again living with his daughter.  They say Kidd was recently released from the Lincoln County Detention Center for a Domestic Violence charge.

Deputies located Evans at his home and placed him under arrest on a charge of 2nd Degree Assault, a felony.

Evans was incarcerated at the Lincoln County Detention Center.

 

Bruning Drops Federal Contraception Ruling Appeal

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Jon Bruning

(AP) — Nebraska has abandoned its initial attempt to block part a new federal health care rule that requires church-affiliated employers to cover birth control for employees, but is vowing to continue the fight.

The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office has dropped its appeal of a federal judge’s dismissal last year of a lawsuit challenging the new law. Shannon Kingery, spokeswoman for Attorney General Jon Bruning, says the attorney general’s office is exploring the best way to challenge the law.

Bruning and several other Republican state attorneys general sued in early 2012 to try to block the law, saying the rule violated the rights of employers that object to the use of contraceptives on religious grounds. A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit in July 2012.

Police: Abducted Woman Planned to Move to Imperial to Get Away from Husband

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Julie Hanes

(AP) — Lincoln’s police chief says a woman abducted by her estranged husband had intended to move from Lincoln to southwest Nebraska so she could avoid him.

Authorities say Julie Hanes planned to move more than 300 miles to Imperial to avoid Dwayne Michael Lawrence. Instead, he kidnapped her Saturday from her hair salon in Lincoln before letting her go 19 hours later in a cornfield near Imperial and killing himself.

Police Chief Jim Peschong says Hanes wanted to leave “so she wasn’t so susceptible to running into him or him running into her.”

Hanes says Lawrence repeatedly threatened to kill them both, prompting her to get a protection order against him. She also had filed for divorce.

Peschong says it’s lucky Lawrence didn’t hurt more people.

Washington DC to Bid for 2024 Summer Olympics

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olympicsWASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital is making a push for the 2024 Olympic Games.

Organizers announced Tuesday the formation of DC 2024, aimed at bringing the Summer Games to the United States for the first time since Atlanta hosted in 1996.

DC 2024 president Bob Sweeney calls Washington “the safest and most secure city in the world.” He pointed out that the largest expense of any Olympics is security, and that D.C. has it “built in to our everyday life here in Washington.”

The bid has a long way to go. Washington was one of 35 U.S. cities to receive a letter from the U.S. Olympic Committee to gauge interest, and Sweeney expects about 10 to step forward as serious candidates.

The 2024 Games will be awarded by international vote in 2017.

Report: Underage Tobacco Sales Reach All-Time Low

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we-card(AP) — New statistics show that the sale of tobacco to minors in the U.S. were held near all-time lows last year under a federal-state inspection program intended to curb underage usage.

A federal report issued Tuesday by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration says that the rate of retail tobacco sales to underage users nationwide has fallen from about 40 percent in 1997, to 9.1 percent in the last fiscal year.

A U.S. Surgeon General’s report issued last year found that more needs to be done to prevent young Americans from using tobacco, including stricter smoking bans and higher taxes on tobacco products. According to that report, almost one in five high school-aged teens smokes. That’s down from earlier decades, but the rate of decline has slowed.

Regulators to Discuss Future of Nebraska Nuclear Plant

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ft-calhoun-nuclear-plant(AP) — Federal regulators want to know what the owners of the idle Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant will do to improve the plant if they get permission to restart it.

Omaha Public Power District officials will meet with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s staff in Texas Tuesday afternoon to discuss the future of the plant about 20 miles north of Omaha.

Having a plan to keep the power plant running smoothly is one of the things OPPD must do before restarting Fort Calhoun.

OPPD is also working to address more than a dozen other things that must be done before the plant can resume operations.

Regulators have kept the plant closed since April 2011 to address safety and security concerns discovered after a small fire and massive flooding along the Missouri River.

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