LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — University of Nebraska-Lincoln students are building cars for an upcoming competition — and then they have to eat them.

The Incredible, Edible Vehicle Competition will take place Tuesday in the Great Plains Room of the Nebraska East Union from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Students are required to make cars out of food, and nothing else. Teams will roll their cars down a sloped track to see which one travels farthest while staying in one piece. They also have to make a poster explaining how they created the car.

The students are from an introductory class on biological systems and agricultural engineering.

The food used includes vegetables, sausage, cheese and candy. This year’s competition limits each vehicle to 1,300 calories.

NEW YORK (AP) — After a New York commuter train derailment killed four people, two federal lawmakers want trains to be outfitted with cameras pointed at engineers and at the tracks.

Sens. Charles Schumer of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut held a news conference Sunday at Grand Central Terminal, one week after the derailment in the Bronx. The Democratic lawmakers are urging the Federal Railroad Administration to implement the cameras.

The National Transportation Safety Board has suggested it.

The railroad administration hasn’t immediately responded to messages seeking comment on the idea. There’s also no immediate comment from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. It runs Metro-North, the railroad involved in the crash.

A lawyer and union leader for the derailed train’s engineer have said he briefly nodded or experienced a daze at the controls.

More than 60 people were injured.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 20-year-old Lincoln man accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl after they met on Facebook has been charged with first-degree sexual assault of a child.

Michael Del Carter was arrested Monday after investigators interviewed the girl.

The girl told police that she ran away from home in October and stayed with Carter. She told officers she and Carter had sex several times while she was staying there.

Carter remains in a Lancaster County jail on $25,000 cash bail and could not be reached for

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lancaster County judge has declared a mistrial in the assault case of an inmate accused of punching a prison guard in the face.

40-year-old Timothy Schrader does not deny punching the guard, but has maintained that he did so to protect himself after he learned of a plan by other inmates to stab him.

Schrader’s attorney says Schrader knew if he hit a guard, he would be put in segregation away from other inmates.

But prosecutors argued that his choice to punch a guard — even to ensure his own safety — was still a crime.

Jurors began deliberating the case Friday morning, and by late afternoon came back deadlocked. The judge then declared a mistrial.

DILLON, Colo. (AP) — A runaway reindeer broke free from Santa Claus at a Colorado mall Thursday while the Big Man was inside visiting with children.

The reindeer escape happened outside the La Riva Mall in Dillon.

While Santa was inside listening to children’s Christmas wish lists, the reindeer jumped over its enclosure, leading police officers on a healthy jog through town.

The reindeer was located on the other side of a nearby reservoir. The Summit County sheriff’s office brought in another reindeer to lure the runaway and get it back into a trailer.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A U.S. district judge has sentenced a Lincoln man to five years of probation for tax evasion

Dung Le also was ordered Friday to perform 150 hours of community service and pay $33,332 in restitution, plus a $100 special assessment fee

Le pleaded guilty in September to evading about $33,000 in income taxes.

Federal prosecutors indicted Le in April, alleging he had provided false information in documents and statements to the Internal Revenue Service.

Assistant U.S. Attorney William Mickle said Le reported owing $515, instead of the actual amount of $33,332 for calendar years 2004 through 2006.

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — Prosecutors will charge a teenage girl in Sarpy County juvenile court for an October crash that killed a 15-year-old Omaha boy.

The crash happened around 6:30 p.m. Oct. 11 when an eastbound pickup on Highway 370 hit a Jeep traveling south on 180th Street collided at the intersection of the roads, killing 15-year-old Nate LaFave. The crash also seriously injured two teenage girls in the Jeep.

Investigators say the driver of the Jeep, 16-year-old Madeline Shely, of Omaha, failed to yield to oncoming traffic at the intersection.

The three were on their way to a local pumpkin patch when the crash occurred.

Sarpy Attorney Lee Polikov says Shely will be charged in juvenile court with misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide, failure to yield and violation of her driver’s permit.

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — Central Community College officials expect to begin their Hastings campus renovation project in February.

The $8.2 million project includes work on the Campus Center and connecting Hall Building. The dining hall will be turned into a modern cafeteria.

The Hall Building houses the dining hall. It was built in the 1940s when the U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot occupied the space. The adjoining Campus Center was built in 1983. Neither building has received major updates since being built.

The plan is to start by remodeling the Campus Center with the goal of creating more natural gathering spaces for students. The Veterans Service Office will be enlarged and the snack bar will be upgraded.