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Video shows Omaha man’s dog ‘executed’ by police
A home surveillance camera in Omaha, Nebraska filmed police officers earlier this year arresting a man for walking too close to a search area, then shooting and killing his dog in what the man now calls an execution. Chris Schulte, a neighbor of the man whose security camera caught the…
Obama’s DREAM Act-lite runs into more trouble as Nebraska, Arizona go rogue
Obama’s DREAM Act-lite runs into more trouble as Nebraska, Arizona go rogue (via The Christian Science Monitor) Two days after Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer declared her state won’t confer driver’s licenses and other state benefits to newly-documented immigrants under Obama’s “deferred action” immigration policy, Nebraska, too, put its foot down.…
Masked men carve ‘dyke’ into lesbian woman, then set house on fire
The recent home invasion and vicious attack on a lesbian woman in Lincoln, Nebraska is being described by the Human Rights Campaign as “truly horrific.” The LBGT rights organization is calling on federal authorities to investigate the alleged hate crime. CNN reported that three masked men allegedly broke into the…
Republican state attorneys general sue Obama over birth control rule
Seven state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration that seeks to block the implementation of new federal government rules regarding contraception coverage. The attorneys general of Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas, along with some Catholic organizations, said in their lawsuit that the…
Nebraska Democrats blast ‘voter suppression’ bill
The Democratic Party of Nebraska on Wednesday slammed a proposed voter ID law, which they claimed would deter low-income, elderly, disabled, and minority citizens from voting. “This bill is a blatant attempt to prevent Nebraskans from exercising their constitutional right to vote,” said Jim Rogers, Executive Director of the Nebraska…
Keystone pipeline project has Montana approval, governor says
(Reuters) – Montana has given final approval to the controversial Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline, even though the project still faces obstacles with the federal government and Nebraska, the governor said on Thursday. Governor Brian Schweitzer told Reuters that an important component of the project for Montana is an “on-ramp”…
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