(AP) — A virus never before seen in the U.S. has killed millions of baby pigs in less than a year, threatening pork production and pushing up prices by 10 percent or more.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says a pound of bacon averaged $5.46 in February. That’s 13 percent more than a year ago. Ham and chops have gone up too, although not as much.

Scientists believe porcine epidemic diarrhea came from China, but they don’t know how it got into the United States.

Agricultural economist Steve Meyer estimates the virus has killed nearly 6.8 million pigs in 27 states since last May. Meyer says Americans expect cheap food, but PED has shown how much an outbreak can cost and how important disease prevention is to the food supply.

(AP) — Authorities say a 9-year-old Omaha girl who was injured after a dog bit her in the face is out of the hospital.

Omaha police say the girl was hurt in her apartment Saturday after a family friend brought over a 1-year-old English bulldog.

Officials say the dog bit the girl in the face when she bent down to pet it. The girl will need reconstructive surgery around her mouth and lips. Additional information was not released.

The Nebraska Humane Society says the dog remains in quarantine.

(AP) — Police in East Texas have arrested a woman after she called them to complain about the quality of the marijuana she had purchased from a dealer.

Lufkin police Sgt. David Casper said Monday that an officer went to the home of 37-year-old Evelyn Hamilton to hear her complaint that the dealer refused to return her money after she objected that the drug was substandard.

Casper says she pulled the small amount of marijuana from her bra when the officer asked if she still had it.

She was arrested Friday on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Hamilton said Monday that she spent $40 on “seeds and residue.” She says she called police when she got no satisfaction from the dealer’s family.

(AP) — Investors who buy stocks with TD Ameritrade remained heavily invested and active in March.

TD Ameritrade said Monday that its Investor Movement index increased to another all-time high of 5.87 in March from February’s 5.74.

TD Ameritrade’s Nicole Sherrod says it was a busy month with many investors taking profits early after the S&P 500 hit new records, and then reinvesting later in March.

The six-point index is based on what TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.’s 6 million clients were buying and selling. Inactive accounts are excluded.

Technology and health care stocks were popular with TD Ameritrade investors, especially Gilead Sciences and Facebook.

Dividend-paying stocks, such as Kinder Morgan Inc. and Verizon, were also popular buys for TD Ameritrade investors.

(AP) — A proposed ballot measure that could allow betting on previously recorded horse races has been passed by the Nebraska Legislature.

Lawmakers voted 30-17 in a second attempt to approve the proposed constitutional amendment. Last week, lawmakers fell short of approving the measure.

The measure by Sen. Scott Lautenbaugh of Omaha, allows voters in November to decide if Nebraska should license and regulate wagering on the races.

If approved by voters, the amendment would only allow the installation of video betting terminals at race tracks.

Supporters argue that allowing the bets would help the struggling horse racing industry and increase attendance at live racing events. Opponents say the measure amounts to expanded gambling.

(AP) — Actor Mickey Rooney will always be remembered fondly at Boys Town for his Oscar-winning role in the 1938 movie about the Nebraska home for troubled youth.

Rooney, who died Sunday at the age of 93, was named Mayor for Life at Boys Town in 2003.

Rooney won a special Oscar for his role in the movie “Boys Town.” He played Whitey Marsh who was taken in by the home for wayward boys.

Spencer Tracy won an Oscar for portraying the home’s real-life founder, Father Edward J. Flanagan, and the film immortalized the Nebraska home.

Boys Town noted Rooney’s passing on its Facebook page Monday, and the movie is celebrated in its Hall of History.

(AP) — Lincoln City Council members are considering a measure that would require training, testing and certification of anyone who checks public swimming pools for quality standards.

Last year the city had to close 133 pools during inspections because the water didn’t meet quality standards.

City inspectors think that people doing the testing often don’t do it correctly or don’t know what to do when a problem surfaces.

The City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing Monday on the proposed changes in pool regulations.

(AP) — A 28-year-old Grand Island man has died after his pickup struck an oncoming semitrailer.

The Nebraska State Patrol says the accident occurred around 5 p.m. Saturday on U.S. Highway 30 near Lockwood Road, east of Grand Island.

The patrol says Korey McHenry was driving east when his pickup crossed the center line and hit the westbound big rig. The semitrailer driver was taken to hospital for treatment and soon was released.

The accident is being investigated.

(AP) — Authorities say a three-alarm fire has heavily damaged an Omaha business.

The fire at Mary’s Books in north-central Omaha was reported just after 11 p.m. Sunday. The building once housed a drugstore. No injuries have been reported.

Officials say the building’s roof has collapsed. A nearby apartment was evacuated as a precaution.

The fire cause is being investigated.

(AP) — A 42-year-old Omaha woman is facing charges in connection with a man’s death, but police aren’t saying much about what happened.

Omaha police say they arrested Colleen Cannon Saturday in connection with the death of 43-year-old Darryel Fields.

Police say Fields’ body was found Saturday morning inside a home in the 6100 block of Park Lane Drive in Omaha.

Investigators determined Fields’ death was a homicide, but they haven’t said how he died.

Cannon is suspected of criminal homicide and using a weapon to commit a felony. As of Sunday, Cannon hadn’t appeared in court or had a lawyer appointed.