(AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has rejected the arguments of a convicted killer who says he was too heavily medicated on anti-psychotic drugs to be competent to stand trial.

Todd Baker appealed after his request for a hearing on his post-conviction relief motion was denied last year by a Lancaster County District judge. Baker wants a chance to show that his convictions were unconstitutional.

The 50-year-old Baker was convicted in 2006 in the 1996 killing of Anne True after Baker’s ex-wife went to police with information in the case. In 2007, while already serving a life sentence for True’s death, Baker was convicted of killing 15-year-old Missy Schmidt.

Police say Baker randomly attacked both women with a hammer and dumped their bodies in rural ditches.

(AP) — A traffic stop on Interstate 80 in eastern Nebraska has led to the seizure of 30.5 lbs. of marijuana and the arrest of two men from Massachusetts.

The Nebraska State Patrol says a trooper stopped an eastbound car near Milford Thursday afternoon on suspicion of following another vehicle too closely.

The patrol says the trooper searched the car after smelling an odor of marijuana coming from it, and found the drugs in the trunk.

The 42-year-old driver, from Westfield, Mass., and a 31-year-old passenger, from Springfield, Mass., were arrested and jailed in Seward County on suspicion of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver.

(AP) — A man and wife who were married for more than seven decades died hours apart this week at a hospice in northern Illinois.

Family members say Robert and Nora Viands were always together during their 71 years of marriage. Their son calls their deaths — 16 hours apart at a Rockford retirement center— a “blessing” because each would have been heartbroken without the other.

92-year-old Robert Viands died around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. Nora Viands died at 4:45 p.m. She was hospitalized with pneumonia in December.

The Viands’ children decided to put their parents in the same room at the hospice for their final hours.

A joint funeral will be held Sunday.

(AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett turns 83 on Friday, and he’s not saying whether he’s planning to surprise his Berkshire Hathaway shareholders with a big acquisition to celebrate.

On his last birthday, Buffett announced plans to significantly increase the amount of Berkshire stock he will give to each of his three children’s charitable foundations.

In most years, the investor prefers to celebrate with a day at the office reading business reports and hunting for deals. Buffett has said he enjoys running Berkshire too much to consider retiring.

Buffett has had a relatively quiet summer since Berkshire acquired half of the ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co. in June. Berkshire spent $12.25 billion on the Heinz deal, but still had $35.7 billion on hand at the end of June.