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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Nebraska says a law that establishes a review process for a proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline is constitutional. The state responded Monday to a lawsuit filed by three opponents of the pipeline that will carry Canadian tar sands oil across several U.S. states...

BROKEN BOW, Neb. (AP) -- A woman prohibited from practicing as a midwife in Nebraska and South Dakota has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of an infant. Judy K. Jones, 65, of Irene, S.D., was arraigned last week in Custer County Court in Nebraska. Prosecutors...

LINCOLN, Neb.

WINNEBAGO, Neb. (AP) -- A Winnebago man's remains soon will be turned over to his tribe for burial after being stored for decades at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. The Lincoln Journal Star reported Wednesday that the man was among the American...

Wagner native and University of Nebraska 174-pound wrestler Robert Kokesh won his weight class at the Cliff Keen Invitational Saturday in Las Vegas. Kokesh won a 17-5 major decision over the fourth-seeded Mathew Miller, of Navy, before winning by injury default in the championship...

ALBION, Neb.

FAIRMONT, Neb. (AP) -- Kansas-based Flint Hills Resources is buying an ethanol plant in southeast Nebraska. Advanced BioEnergy, of Bloomington, Minn., says the deal for its Fairmont, Neb., plant is expected to close later this year. In a regulatory filing Monday, Advanced...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The company that wants to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries has proposed a new route through Nebraska to avoid environmentally sensitive areas. TransCanada said Wednesday that its new proposal minimizes the potential...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The price tag for a series of blazes in northwest Nebraska and neighboring South Dakota has reached an estimated $3.2 million. Nebraska Emergency Management Assistant Director Al Berndt said Tuesday that the Douthit and West Ash fires were expected to cost $2.5...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Firefighters have contained nearly three-quarters of a wildfire that has scorched more than 120 square miles in northwest Nebraska and neighboring South Dakota. An incident report posted Monday night says the Wellnitz fire burning north of Rushville, Neb., is...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Activists who oppose beer sales in Whiteclay are planning a new effort to draw attention to the Nebraska town, which borders a South Dakota Indian reservation where alcohol is banned. The group has scheduled a rally Thursday at noon outside the Nebraska Cap...

MINDEN, Neb. (AP) -- Two South Dakota men accused of shooting at a Nebraska state trooper have made plea deals. Authorities say 23-year-old Aleksandr Voznyuk, of Sioux Falls and 19-year-old Petr Strizheus, of Harrisburg had fired at the trooper during a Kearney County vehicle chase...

BURKE -- A Nebraska woman died in a rollover accident Tuesday morning in Gregory County on state Highway 44 about 15 miles north of Burke. Carissa Poppe, 21, of Hastings, Neb., was driving a 2009 Ford F250 pickup when she lost control and the vehicle left the roadway, crossed from...