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Med Valley wrestlers tops at NPSP tourney
(High School Sports ~ 12/18/08)
NORTH PLATTE -- Medicine Valley's wrestling team won the St. Pats invitational Saturday in North Platte. Vince Chancellor earned the outstanding wrestler award and Nick Romeo was named the top pinner for the Raiders. Hitchcock County-Wauneta-Palisade also competed in the invite and finished fifth and Southwest's wrestlers were fourth...
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Nebraska puts the fun back in volleyball
(College Sports ~ 12/18/08)
OMAHA -- Nebraska put the fun back in volleyball this season, and that attitude has carried the Cornhuskers to the NCAA semifinals. Senior defensive specialist Rachel Schwartz said she and her teammates are playing with the passion of a third-grade team...
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Stanford, Penn State star spikers lead All-America team; NU players make squad
(College Sports ~ 12/18/08)
OMAHA -- Stanford's Foluke Akinradewo and Penn State's Nicole Fawcett head the list of American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America selections announced Wednesday. Akinradewo and Fawcett have been honored by the AVCA four years in a row. They are on the first team for the third straight year. They were second-team picks as freshmen...
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Penn State seeks volleyball perfection, NCAA championship
(College Sports ~ 12/18/08)
OMAHA -- Penn State hasn't lost a match this season. Not even a set. But for all the Nittany Lions have accomplished, they know it won't mean much if they don't finish the most dominating run in women's college volleyball with an NCAA championship. The top-seeded defending champions (36-0) need two more wins, starting with Thursday night's national semifinal at No. 4 Nebraska (31-2). The other semifinal features No. 2 Stanford (30-3), the 2007 national runner-up, against No. 3 Texas (29-3)...
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NCTA's Stroup named Player of the Week
(College Sports ~ 12/18/08)
CURTIS -- Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture-Curtis player Josiah Stroup of Benkelman has been named the USCAA Men's Basketball Division II player of the week. Stroup scored 60 points in two games this week. He scored 28 in a losing effort against Calvary Bible College in Kansas City, Mo., 32 points in a winning effort against the NCTA Alumni...
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Sheridan R. Magnani
(Obituary ~ 12/18/08)
Jan. 5, 1933 - Dec.15, 2008 BENKELMAN - Sheridan R. Magnani, 75, died Monday (Dec. 15, 2008) at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born Jan. 5, 1933, to Sheridan "Ray" and Anna (Pettit) Magnani, in Cheyenne County, Kan., near the farm where he grew up and spent most of his life. He attended elementary school in a small country school near his home. He attended and graduated from Benkelman High School in 1951...
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Huff bond upped to $2 million cash
(Local News ~ 12/18/08)
By CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor LEXINGTON -- Furnas County District Court Judge James Doyle IV Wednesday morning set a new bond amount of $2 million cash for the man who has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death Oct. 3, 2007, of an Arapahoe woman...
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Chamber seeks nominations for Ag Builder
(Local News ~ 12/18/08)
The McCook Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for the prestigious Ag Builder Award which will be presented at their 84th Annual Banquet scheduled for Feb. 7. The criteria for this award are as follows: 1. The candidate must have, or have had, a successful farming or agribusiness operation. The operation should represent agriculture in Southwest Nebraska. Diversification is desired but due to the changes in agriculture, specialization can also qualify...
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Massive U.S. economy can pull us through
(Editorial ~ 12/18/08)
Listening to all the gloom-and-doom about the U.S. economy, it's easy to think the worst. Anyone with money in the stock market -- and thanks to 401Ks, mutual funds and other retirement accounts, that's the majority of us -- has seen their net worth take a serious hit...
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One good thing about winter
(Column ~ 12/18/08)
If there is one good thing about winter, its the wide selection of celestial objects to view. Too bad the cold temperatures don't allow extended viewing time! Take the Double Cluster in the constellation Perseus for example. The almost-twin open star clusters are located about 7,000 light years away between the constellations of Perseus and Cassiopeia in the northeastern sky...
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