LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police say a man found asleep under a 7-year-old girl’s bed was stalking the girl’s mother.

25-year-old Dangelo Madkins, a transient, was arrested after he was heard snoring under the bed around 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Madkins was charged Tuesday with stalking and making terroristic threats; he has pleaded not guilty.

Police found Madkins under the bed with a stun gun, knife, screwdriver, a key to the apartment and the woman’s work identification. Madkins and the woman know each other, and the woman told police her ID disappeared last week.

Police say Madkins told an officer that the woman gave him the key, but he denied knowing about the stun gun and could not explain why he was under the girl’s bed.

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who tossed his 2-year-old daughter into a creek while she was strapped into her car seat apologized Wednesday — but not for murdering the child.

Just before he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, Arthur Morgan III apologized to the child’s mother for the deterioration of their friendship.

Given the chance to explain his actions to Judge Anthony Mellaci Jr., Morgan complained that the media published photos that made him look inappropriately angry or happy. He also says he would not have worn designer clothing to court if he knew he would be criticized for it.

Morgan was convicted of killing Tierra Morgan-Glover by throwing her into a creek, strapped into a car seat and weighed down by a tire jack.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A former state senator who used campaign money to gamble at casinos is fighting to keep her law license, but the decision is now in the hands of the Nebraska Supreme Court.

Attorneys argued Wednesday over whether former state Sen. Brenda Council should have her license suspended, or be disbarred. A court-appointed referee has recommended that Council receive a one-year license suspension plus two years of probation.

Council was sentenced to three years of criminal probation and fined $500 earlier last year after pleading guilty to a federal wire fraud charge. She also was fined $500 after pleading guilty to state misdemeanor charges related to her use of campaign money. She lost her 2012 re-election bid to Sen. Ernie Chambers.

The court heard arguments but did not take immediate action.

WINNEBAGO, Neb. (AP) — The Winnebago Indian Health Services Hospital in northeast Nebraska is set to lose Medicare funding within a week.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says the hospital’s Medicare agreement will be terminated June 4. That means the hospital would no longer be reimbursed for treating patients enrolled in the health care program for the elderly and disabled.

An agency notice says the hospital is not in compliance with Medicare regulations. John Blackhawk, chairman of the Winnebago Tribe, says the hospital is working with the federal agency to avert the cutoff.

The hospital was warned earlier this month that it could lose its Medicare funding after an investigation found inadequate care contributed to the April death of a patient.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say a man critically injured in a mobile home fire has died of his injuries, and homicide detectives are investigating.

Police say 57-year-old Craig Fuhrer died earlier Wednesday morning at the Nebraska Medical Center.

Emergency crews were called just after midnight to Maplewood Estates in northwest Omaha, where firefighters saw light smoke coming from Fuhrer’s home. Inside, firefighters found Fuhrer unconscious in a back bedroom.

Paramedics took Fuhrer in extremely critical condition to the hospital, where he died. Officials say the fire was contained to the living room.

An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday.

YORK, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are looking into what caused the death of a 24-year-old Lincoln man found unconscious in the York County Jail cell where he was being held on suspicion of impaired driving.

Tyler Crespi was found in his jail cell Sunday and was later pronounced dead at York General Hospital.

Sheriff Dale Radcliff says the Nebraska State Patrol had arrested Crespi in a traffic stop on Interstate 80 around 2 p.m. Sunday on suspicion of driving erratically while under the influence of drugs.

Radcliff says the cause of death has not officially been determined, but authorities suspect Crespi died of a drug overdose.

A grand jury will review the death, as required by state law anytime someone dies in police custody.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Court of Appeals rejected the appeal of a man serving life for the 1984 shooting death of his wife in Omaha.

David Harrison had filed a writ of habeas corpus, claiming he is being unlawfully imprisoned. Harrison said in claim that his trial judge improperly met with several jurors in his case before jury deliberations, which he said violated his right to due process and should have nullified his conviction and sentence.

A Douglas County court dismissed his claim, saying it didn’t have jurisdiction because Harrison is imprisoned in Tecumseh in Johnson County.

On Tuesday, the state appeals court upheld the dismissal, but said the lower court should have dismissed Harrison’s claim for improper venue, not lack of jurisdiction.

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A competitive eater from Nebraska has set a record by devouring a 72-ounce steak at an Amarillo steakhouse, and then decided to chase it down with another 72 ounces.

The Twitter page for the Big Texan Steak Ranch say Molly Schuyler on Monday downed the 4 ½-pound slab of beef in 4:58.

She then took a more pedestrian time of 9:59 to finish the second.

The restaurant invites anyone to a free meal if they eat not just the 72-ounce steak, but also a baked potato, shrimp, a salad and bread roll in less than an hour.

The previous record was 8:52.

In February, Schuyler, a 5-foot-7, 125-pound mother from Bellevue, Nebraska, ate 363 chicken wings in 30 minutes to set a record in Philadelphia.

COLLBRAN, Colo. (AP) — The search for three ranchers who disappeared after a huge mudslide in a remote part of western Colorado has been called off as authorities watch for another potential slide.

Mesa County Sheriff Stan Hilkey said the slide remains too unstable to continue looking for the men.

The three men were checking on problems with an irrigation ditch caused by an initial slide Sunday when a large chunk of a ridge broke off, sending soggy earth spilling like wet cement for 3 miles. The slide is about three-quarters of a mile across and several hundred feet deep at the center.

A depression created by the slide has been filling up with spring runoff since Sunday’s big slide, and it is unclear whether it will be able to contain all of it.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have confirmed an arrest in the death of a man who died after being punched in the face, falling and hitting his head on concrete.

Police say 33-year-old Willie McIntyre was arrested Thursday on suspicion of first-degree assault. Investigators believe he punched 26-year-old Benjamin Moore early Wednesday morning at a party in north Omaha.

Moore died from his injuries Sunday. Police said Tuesday that the Douglas County Attorney’s Office will determine whether to increase the charge against McIntyre in the wake of Moore’s death.