OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investors might question Warren Buffett’s long-standing aversion to tech stocks after his Berkshire Hathaway bought 9.8 million shares of Apple.

Buffett has always avoided technology companies because he said it was too hard to pick which ones would prevail long term, although he made an exception to that rule to buy a major IBM stake in 2011.

Buffett was also reported to be considering joining a bid to acquire Yahoo. But Buffett told CNBC Monday he would only act as a potential financing partner for Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert’s bid.

Berkshire revealed the new Apple investment Monday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission detailing a number of changes to its $129 billion portfolio.

The new investment might have been made by Berkshire’s two other investment managers.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Pete Ricketts is encouraging Nebraska school boards to ignore an Obama administration directive urging schools to let transgender students use the bathroom which matches their gender identity.

The Republican governor on Monday said the directive amounts to “bullying” and noted that it doesn’t carry the force of law. Ricketts made the comments on his monthly call-in show on Lincoln radio station KFOR.

Ricketts says that as a father, he’d be concerned about people of the opposite gender going into the same school bathroom as his children. He also urged Nebraska residents to contact their local school board members.

The guidance does not impose any new legal requirements, but officials say it’s meant to clarify expectations of school districts that receive funding from the federal government.

A North Platte man ended his weekend with three more felonies than he had at the beginning.

At around 7:34 p.m., on May 15, officers responded to a motel in the 800 block of South Bailey Avenue.

Officers made contact with a 47-year-old female who, according to Investigator John Deal, had a bloody nose and injuries to her face.

As officers were speaking to the female, 43-year-old Donald Akers exited the motel room.  Officers asked Akers if they could speak to him but, instead of complying, Akers took off running.

An officer was able to chase Akers down, however, as officers tried to place him in handcuffs, they say fought with officers and resisted.  He was eventually subdued and taken into custody.

Further investigation revealed that the female victim and Akers had gotten into a verbal argument.  As some point, Akers allegedly punched the female in the face several times and slammed her face into a door. He also allegedly placed both hands around the victim’s neck and cut off her breathing.

The victim told officers that she attempted to leave the room, but Akers would not allow her to do so.

Akers was transported to the Lincoln County Detention Center and jailed on charges of felony domestic assault (due to prior convictions), felony false imprisonment, felony strangulation, and resisting arrest.

Police did not comment on the extent of the alleged victim’s injuries.