Q: What exactly does a county commissioner do? How much time does it take? How much do they get paid? Do they get health benefits? I might run for one of the seats, but I don’t know what the job entails
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Reader wants to be a commissioner, needs job info (York News-Times)
LINCOLN (AP) — The state’s chief medical officer is reminding Nebraskans to get a second dose of the swine flu vaccine for children younger than 10.
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Nebraskans reminded that children under 10 need second H1N1 vaccination (Grand Island Independent)
Is feeding antibiotics to food animals contributing to the increase in resistant bacterial infections of humans?
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The Arguments Over Animal Antibiotics (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
MINNEAPOLIS – University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks says he has early-stage prostate cancer. RUGBY, N.D. – A Canadian man is injured and eight head of cattle that were en route to Nebraska are dead after a crash in northern North Dakota.
Sending or receiving text messages while driving may soon be illegal in Nebraska. State Sen. John Harms of Scottsbluff introduced a bill Thursday to ban texting while driving.
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Bill would ban texting while driving in Nebraska (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The North Platte Telegraph The Nebraska, South Dakota and southwest Iowa chapter of the Better Business Bureau processed more than 32,000 consumer complaints in 2009. To remind businesses and consumers of common schemes to watch out for, the BBB has released a list of the top 10 scams and rip-offs of 2009.
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In 2009, scams were rampant (North Platte Telegraph)
The snows of December will likely be a distant memory come August, when they’ll be replaced by powdered sugar on funnel cakes and a storm of confetti as the Nebraska State Fair opens in Grand Island.
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UPS & DOWNS: Top stories of 2009 (Grand Island Independent)
For decades, health care costs have threatened the stability of our nation’s middle class, small businesses and economy.
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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen: A foundation for better American health care (New Hampshire Union Leader)
Severe winter storms in the US have produced record amounts of snow. With blizzard warnings being put in place for North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, citizens are preparing for further heavy falls.
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Snow continues to fall on US Midwest (Calcutta News)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Another Nebraskan sickened by the swine flu has died.
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Latest Neb. Death Tied To H1N1 Reported (Yankton Press & Dakotan)