LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 47-year-old suspect was arrested about an hour after a woman robbed a bank branch in Lincoln.

Police say the woman was taken into custody about 3 p.m. Thursday. A police sergeant working at a hospital spotted the woman, who fit the description of the robber at the Bank of the West.

Police say the bank was robbed a little before 2 p.m. by a woman who walked in talking on a phone. She strode up to a teller and demanded money but didn’t show a weapon. The robber then left with cash that she stuffed into a large purse. Capt. Don Scheinost says officers found the bag empty in a restroom at the nearby Community Mental Health Center.

Online court records don’t yet list any charges against the woman.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tens of thousands of houses around the country have been used as clandestine methamphetamine labs the last decade, and a cottage industry is developing around cleaning them up.

Many Americans are more aware of the production of the highly addictive drug thanks to AMC’s hit show “Breaking Bad,” which featured a high school chemistry teacher who turned into a meth cook and dealer.

In real life, industrial hygienists and cleanup contractors deal with a property when a batch explodes or police raid an operation and shut it down.

However, there is little oversight of the growing industry in most states, opening the door for potential malfeasance. And some homeowners are reluctant to pay thousands of dollars to make a property safe, so many houses don’t get cleaned for years.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The state’s judicial oversight board has cleared an Omaha judge who was accused of unethical behavior for his actions in his adult daughter’s drunken-driving case.

The Nebraska Commission on Judicial Qualifications says District Judge Michael Coffey didn’t breach any state conduct rules.

The complaint was filed by Coffey’s former wife, Stacy Ryan, in February 2012. She alleged that he had improperly contacted probation officers regarding the actions of their eldest child, Megan Coffey, who’d been given a year of probation in March 2011 for her second DUI conviction.

The commission said Judge Coffey’s actions weren’t “threatening to any of the probation officers.”

The commission also said a judge “should not lose his or her rights and responsibilities as a parent simply because he or she holds judicial office.”

DENVER (AP) — The first batch of Denver businesses approved to sell recreational marijuana are getting their licenses.

The city is giving out licenses to the owners of 42 medical marijuana shops and growers Friday.

Denver is one of 19 municipalities and seven counties in Colorado that will allow retail sales of recreational pot to those 21 and older under voter-approved Amendment 64.

Only existing medical marijuana businesses in Denver are now allowed to make the transition to recreational sales. Of the 42 approved so far, eight are retail shops, 30 are growers and four are infused product manufacturers.

The state has approved 348 marijuana business licenses in Colorado.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officers responding to the report of a shooting have found the body of a man on a couch inside an Omaha home.

The shots were reported a little before 5 a.m. Friday. Homicide investigators found bullet casings at the scene in the Benson neighborhood and holes in a nearby home.

The man’s name hasn’t been released. No arrests have been reported.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A driver was injured when his car crashed into a south Lincoln house.

Firefighters were sent to the house about 10 p.m. Thursday. Battalion Chief Tim Linke says the driver was out of the car and the house’s lone occupant was outside when officers arrived.

A witness says the house occupant had pulled the driver out of the crumpled vehicle before the flames erupted. The driver was taken to a Lincoln hospital. No injuries to the house occupant were reported.

The names of those involved have not been released. The accident is being investigated.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man is scheduled to be sentenced March 4 after being convicted in a bad-checks case in Gage County.

Online court documents say 48-year-old Russell Ortmeier pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of issuing bad checks after prosecutors lowered one count and agreed to dismiss another.

Ortmeier was accused of buying more than $68,000 worth of cattle from Beatrice 77 Livestock on Dec. 21 last year and nearly $29,000 worth on Jan. 4 this year. The two checks bounced after being deposited.

Ortmeier’s attorney told a judge at a hearing earlier this month that Ortmeier had already paid restitution of $69,000 to Beatrice 77 Livestock and intended to pay roughly $28,000 more.

YORK, Neb. (AP) — A 30-year-old Utah man has pleaded not guilty to a Nebraska charge of possessing drug money.

Stephen Scanlon, of Lehi, Utah, had about $85,000 in cash with him when he was arrested on Oct. 19. The vehicle he was traveling in had been stopped by a Nebraska state trooper on westbound Interstate 80 in York County.

Court documents say troopers smelled marijuana and found marijuana residue on two suitcases in the vehicle. The troopers also report finding a purse with the money inside the vehicle.

The felony charge carries a maximum prison sentence of five years.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 17-year-old Omaha boy spent his Christmas morning strumming tunes on his guitar at an Omaha convenience store while his dad worked nearby, selling gas, coffee, doughnuts and other morning staples.

When Tag Ryan found out his dad was scheduled for a Christmas shift, Tag asked whether he could join him at the store and play some holiday tunes.

Tag says it felt good “to brighten people’s days.”

His father, Bill Ryan, says the impromptu holiday concert was one way to show appreciation to customers.