(AP) — Doctors say a number of military personnel are turning to liposuction to remove excess fat from around the waist so they can pass the Pentagon’s body fat test.

Some service members say they have no other choice because the Defense Department’s method of estimating body fat is weeding out not just flabby physiques but bulkier, muscular builds.

A number of fitness experts and doctors agree, and they’re calling for the military’s fitness standards to be revamped.

Defense officials say only a small fraction of those who exceed body fat limits perform well on physical fitness tests.

The checks are designed to ensure troops are ready for the rigors of combat. Pentagon officials say the military doesn’t condone surgically altering one’s body to pass the test, though liposuction isn’t prohibited.

(AP) — A $1 million Powerball lottery ticket has been sold in northeast Nebraska.

Nebraska Lottery officials say the ticket was sold at J & J’s Pronto on North Highway 77 in Homer. The ticket matched the first five numbers but not the Powerball number in Saturday’s drawing. The numbers were 4, 6, 34, 49 and 56, with the Powerball number of 29.

Officials say the winner hasn’t yet claimed the prize.

No one won the jackpot on Saturday night, so it will be around $50 million for Wednesday’s drawing.

(AP) — A Northeast Nebraska man has been convicted of first-degree murder for killing his ex-girlfriend and her new husband last year.

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning says 33-year-old Matthew Hinrichsen was convicted Monday of two counts of murder and two weapons charges. He is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 28, and could receive two life sentences.

The jury convicted Hinrichsen in the December 2012 deaths of Victoria Lee and her husband, Alex Vargas.

Their bodies were found in a charred trailer in rural Antelope County, where the newlyweds were living. Prosecutors say Vargas died from three gunshot wounds, and Lee died of blunt force trauma to her head.

During the trial, Hinrichsen’s lawyers didn’t dispute that he killed the couple, but they argued the killings weren’t planned.

(AP) — Authorities suspect a 17-year-old girl leaped to her death from the top of a building in downtown Lincoln.

Police spokeswoman Katie Flood says the girl was spotted by someone who called 911 about 7:15 p.m. Sunday. Officers say the girl was dead by the time paramedics arrived.

Investigators say they think she jumped off the roof of a bank building at 13th and O streets.

(AP) — Sheriff’s officials say the Northern California deputy who fatally shot a 13-year-old boy has been the target of threats.

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the deputy’s identity Sunday as 48-year-old Erick Gelhaus.

Gelhaus, a 24-year sheriff’s office veteran, shot and killed Andy Lopez last week in Santa Rosa. Investigators say Gelhaus mistook the pellet gun Lopez was carrying for an assault rifle.

Assistant Sheriff Lorenzo Duenas says his office is still dealing with threats against Gelhaus and would take steps to protect him if necessary.

But it decided to confirm his identity because his name was circulating publicly.

Meanwhile, more than 1,000 people turned out for a service to remember Andy on Sunday.

(AP) — Nebraska now has an official link to the Confederacy now that the service of a Civil War veteran who died in Fremont has been recognized.

The national Sons of Confederate Veterans organization has recognized a new chapter in Fremont. And a ceremony was held Sunday at Thomas C. Sexton’s grave to recognize his service.

Sexton served in a famous Confederate unit led by Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. He was a private in Company D, 4th Virginia Infantry of the Confederate Army.

After the war, Sexton earned a medical degree and moved to Dodge County, Neb., where he lived until he died at age 100 in 1943.

(AP) — Authorities have filed a misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide charge against a semi tractor-trailer driver for a crash that killed a 13-year-old boy.

Kevin P. Monahan turned himself in to authorities on Friday, and was released after posting $1,000 for bail. Cass County Attorney Nathan Cox says Monahan was charged on Thursday.

Authorities say Monahan was driving a semitrailer on July 19 when it struck three cars that were stopped in a construction zone on U.S. Highway 75 near Plattsmouth. The crash killed 13-year-old Nathan Houfek, and injured his mother, Kelley Houfek, and his 12-year-old sister Georgeann Houfek.

Cox says neither drugs nor alcohol were involved in the crash, or else the charge could have been classified as a felony.

Monahan’s arraignment is set for Dec. 3.

(AP) — Lincoln police are looking for two men who are accused of abducting a woman from downtown shortly after the bars closed Sunday morning.

Police Capt. David Beggs said a 22-year-old woman told officers a man forced her into the back of a car near 10th and P streets around 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

The woman says another man drove the car onto Interstate 80 while the first man fondled her and tried to kiss her.

Beggs says the woman screamed for the men to stop, and eventually they exited the interstate and let her go.

The woman provided a vague description of the men and the vehicle.

(AP) — The city of Lincoln is selling two parcels of residential land that it hopes will generate nearly $1 million.

Lincoln officials recently declared the two properties as surplus and listed them for sale.

One parcel is on the northeast corner of 27th Street and Old Cheney Road. The minimum bid for that land is $275,000.

The other land is along South 84th Street between A Street and Van Dorn. That nine-acre plot of land was recently appraised at $694,000.

(AP) — Western South Dakota ranchers have buried the tens of thousands of cattle that died in an early October blizzard. Now they are figuring out how to dig themselves out of a financial hole after many lost a quarter or more of their herds.

Rancher Joe Carley of Philip lost more than a quarter of his cattle. He says he has had some sleepless nights, but he will survive. His neighbors also vow to recover.

The ranchers are meeting with bankers and may get low-interest government loans. A relief fund has collected $400,000 in donations, and ranchers from Montana plan to give cattle to South Dakota ranchers.

Congress is working to pass a farm bill that would reinstate a livestock disaster program that could reimburse ranchers for some of their loss.