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Women in Nebraska and Iowa Sue Olive Garden Over Illness

olive-garden(AP) — Women from Iowa and Nebraska have filed lawsuits against the company that owns Olive Garden restaurants, saying they became sick after eating at the business.

Federal court documents show Kelly Kunc of Hiawatha, Iowa, and Joyce Nendza of Holt County, Neb., filed the lawsuits.

Minneapolis lawyer Ryan Osterholm, who filed the suits, says Kunc ate an Olive Garden in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

He says Nendza ate at a Sioux City, Iowa, Olive Garden.

The suits were filed again Orlando-based Darden Restaurants, which owns both Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants.

The Food and Drug Administration blamed an outbreak of severe stomach illnesses in Iowa and Nebraska on salad served at the restaurants and supplied by a Mexican farm.

A Darden spokesman declined to comment.

4-Year-Old Mayor Re-Elected in Minnesota

Mayor Robert "Bobby" Tufts
Mayor Robert “Bobby” Tufts

(AP) — A 4-year-old has been re-elected as mayor of the tiny tourist town of Dorset in northern Minnesota.

Robert “Bobby” Tufts’ name was picked Sunday during annual Taste of Dorset festival.

Bobby was only 3 when he won election last year as mayor of Dorset (population 22 to 28, depending on whether the minister and his family are in town).

His mother, Emma Tufts, said she and her son got choked up when his name was pulled for re-election Sunday.

Emma Tufts said her son plans to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Red River Valley in Fargo, N.D., and a new welcome sign for Dorset, which has no formal city government.

They planned to eat dinner and then go fishing or have a bonfire to celebrate.

Illegal Buttocks Injection Maims Women

injection(AP) — Women in the U.S. are risking their lives for black market injections to make their buttocks bigger.

Some want to fill out a pair of jeans. Others believe a bigger bottom will bring work as music video models or adult entertainers.

Whatever the reasoning, they’re seeking out cheaper alternatives to plastic surgery and risking their lives.

Deaths from illicit buttocks injections have been reported in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania, Nevada and New York.

Some have been injected with industrial silicone by people with no medical training.

An interior decorator in Mississippi is charged in two deaths.

Though there’s little data on the procedures, doctors and authorities say they’re seeing them more often.

Online forums used to set up the procedures attract thousands of responses.

Teen Pleads Guilty to Death of Utah Soccer Referee

Ricardo Portillo
Ricardo Portillo

(AP) — A teenager charged with killing a Utah soccer referee over a call during a game has pleaded guilty to a charge of homicide by assault.

The plea deal was hashed out Monday morning between the teen’s attorneys and prosecutors. Under the deal, prosecutors agreed to keep the case in juvenile court.

Police say the teenager punched 46-year-old Ricardo Portillo once in the head on April 27 after the referee called a foul on him. Portillo died after a weeklong coma, leaving behind three daughters.

The killing brought new attention to the issue of violence in youth sports.

University of Iowa Dubbed Top Party School

university-of-iowa(AP) — The University of Iowa has the distinction of being the nation’s top party school.

The Iowa City school, which for years has tried to curb student binge drinking, tops The Princeton Review’s list for the first time. The University of California, Santa Barbara was the runner up.

Iowa has been on the list for nine straight years, and was ranked second last year. At that time, the school dismissed the rankings as unscientific and invalid. It also said recent data showed drinking is on the decline on campus.

The Princeton Review’s latest edition of “The Best 378 Colleges” was released Monday. Results are compiled from a survey of 126,000 students.

Brigham Young University is the first on the list of “stone-cold sober schools.”

Kansas Woman Sent to Prison for Nebraska Shootout

Michael and Jamie Engstrom
Michael and Jamie Engstrom

(AP) — A 35-year-old Kansas woman has been give five years in a Nebraska prison for her involvement in a gunshot-filled police chase.

Johnson County (Neb.) Attorney Julie Smith says Jamie Engstrom was sentenced on Monday. Engstrom pleaded guilty in April to felony child abuse after prosecutors dropped several other charges.

Jamie Engstrom and her husband, Michael Engstrom, of Topeka, Kan., were charged with child abuse and several other felony charges. Court documents say police didn’t realize that Jamie Engstrom’s 14-year-old daughter was in the couple’s car during the chase last Feb. 13.

Michael Engstrom has pleaded not guilty to all the Nebraska charges.

The Engstroms also are charged with a fatal shooting in Topeka, Kan., earlier that day and a subsequent robbery in Pawnee County, Neb.

Colorado Authorities Investigate Dog Mutilation

police-lights-red(AP) — Authorities say a man found the severed head of a dog at a park in a small town in Colorado and are looking into what led to the decapitation.

The head was found in El Jebel, south of Glenwood Springs and about 175 miles west of Denver.

Authorities say the rest of the animal’s body has not been found, and there is no evidence another animal was responsible.

The remains have been turned over to Eagle County Animal Services, which is handling the investigation.

The man says he found the carcass lying on the grass east of the tennis courts at Crown Mountain Park. He was not identified.

Omaha Man, 28, Dies in Weekend Shooting

crime-scene-police-shoot(AP) — Authorities say a 28-year-old man has died after being shot outside an apartment building in northeast Omaha.

Omaha police identified the victim as Kevin McIntyre.

Officers who were sent to the area about 6:45 p.m. Sunday found McIntyre near a porch outside the building. Police say he died later at Nebraska Medical Center.

No arrests have been reported.

Lincoln Jogger Dies After Being Struck by Car

car-pedestrian-accident(AP) — A jogger who was struck by a car in northwest Lincoln has died.

Lincoln Police Capt. David Beggs said Monday that 30-year-old Jesse Meints (meynetz) died after 7 p.m. Sunday. Meints was taken to a Lincoln hospital after he was hit around 11 p.m. Thursday in the Air Park neighborhood.

Police say the Lincoln man was on a late-night run when he was struck by the car driven by 25-year-old Joshua Kelso. Kelso told officers he didn’t see Meints until it was too late to stop in time.

Police said no citations have been issued.

Man Shot by Council Bluffs Police

officer-involved-shooting(AP) — A man is being treated at an Omaha hospital after being shot in a confrontation with Council Bluffs police.

Few details were immediately released about the Sunday afternoon confrontation on the north side of Council Bluffs.

Officials said the man was armed with a knife and suffered several gunshot wounds to his chest.

The man may have also had self-inflicted wounds to his wrists.

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