LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska student and alumni database that was hacked last week included personal data of system employees and parents of students who applied for financial aid. NU spokeswoman Melissa Lee said Sunday that possible exposure of personal data belonging to employees and the students’ parents was discovered only recently. The university announced Friday that someone had breached security and reached the database of more than 650,000 student and alumni records. Officials say there’s no evidence the information was downloaded. The data includes bank account information for as many as 30,000 students, along with the Social Security numbers, addresses, housing and financial aid information, grades and transcripts of hundreds of thousands of others. The system includes information for all four system campuses.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A sport utility vehicle reported stolen nearly four years ago in Central City has been found about 25 miles away, submerged in a Grand Island lake. Authorities say a member of the Grand Island dive rescue team was practicing on the east side of L.E. Ray Lake when he spotted the SUV in about 15 feet of water about 30 feet from shore. The SUV was pulled from the lake and taken to the police impound lot on Sunday. The keys were still in the ignition. It had been reported stolen on June 7, 2008. The 73-acre lake is in a city park just north of U.S. Highway 34.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — A South Sioux City man is accused of whipping two children with a power cord. 44-year-old Maximino Rivera-Nieto faces two felony counts of child abuse. A court affidavit says a 13-year-old girl told a teacher last Friday that she couldn’t go to soccer practice because she was too sore from being whipped by her stepfather. The affidavit says an officer sent to the girl’s home found that her 12-year-old brother had been beaten, too. Rivera-Nieto was arrested that evening. The Dakota County sheriff’s office says he remains in custody on $25,000 bond on Thursday. Online court records don’t list his attorney.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — State officials are urging Nebraska motorists to fasten their seatbelts in the wake of an uptick in traffic fatalities so far this year. Gov. Dave Heineman issued the safety warning Thursday, in advance of the Memorial Day weekend. The Nebraska State Patrol has recorded 65 traffic deaths so far this year, an increase of eight over the same period one year ago. Fifty-three of those deaths involved motor vehicles that have seatbelts, but state officials say 42 of the victims were not buckled up. The increase follows two straight years of reduced traffic fatalities, with 181 deaths in 2011. Heineman spoke at the patrol headquarters in Lincoln to promote “Click It or Ticket,” a national campaign that started on Monday and runs through June 3.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Opponents of a Canadian crude oil pipeline have made good on their threat to challenge Nebraska’s new pipeline siting law in court. The lawsuit filed Wednesday by several Nebraska landowners along TransCanada’s proposed pipeline route argues that the law outlining the review process is unconstitutional. The pipeline opponents say the law doesn’t allow for judicial review and doesn’t spell out what criteria should be considered when a proposed pipeline is being evaluated. The Nebraska Attorney General’s office declined to comment on the lawsuit because it had not received a copy of it. TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL project is designed to carry oil from Canada across Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. TransCanada also has proposed connecting it to the Bakken oil field in Montana and North Dakota.

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — The mother of a south-central Nebraska boy says he wasn’t allowed to attend his graduation ceremony because his clothing and shoes didn’t meet school expectations. Nancy Johnson, of Hastings, told the Hastings Tribune that her son stood in a lobby on May 5 while his classmates stepped forward to receive their diplomas at Adams Central High School. Johnson says her son, Hunter, had worn a T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes but was soon told he couldn’t participate unless he changed into nicer clothing. He called his mom, who took him clean jeans. She says he doesn’t have dress shoes or pants and that the jeans ultimately kept him out of the ceremony. District Superintendent Shawn Scott says graduates should be respectful for such ceremonies, which includes meeting expectations for attire.