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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.-led military coalition in Afghanistan incorrectly reported a decline in Taliban attacks last year, and officials said Tuesday that there was actually no change in the number of attacks on international troops from 2011 to 2012. The corrected numbers — from the original reports of a 7 percent decline to one of no change — could undercut the narrative promoted by the international coalition and the Obama administration of an insurgency in steep decline. A coalition spokesman, Jamie Graybeal, attributed the misco...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama is arguing that looming government-wide spending cuts could idle military resources like naval aircraft carriers, while Republicans are criticizing the president for taking his arguments outside Washington instead of staying to work out a plan before Friday’s deadline. The president planned to appear Tuesday at Virginia’s largest industrial employer, Newport News Shipbuilding, which would be affected by cuts to naval spending. Obama warned Monday that if the so-called sequester goes into effec...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and his officials are doing their best to drum up public concern over the shock wave of spending cuts that could strike the government in just days. So it’s a good time to be alert for sky-is-falling hype. Over the last week or so, administration officials have come forward with a grim compendium of jobs to be lost, services to be denied or delayed, military defenses to be let down and important operations to be disrupted. Obama’s new chief of staff, Denis McDonough, spoke of a “devastating list of horr...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI will be known as “emeritus pope” in his retirement and will continue to wear a white cassock, the Vatican announced Tuesday, again fueling concerns about potential conflicts arising from having both a reigning and a retired pope. The pope’s title and what he would wear have been a major source of speculation ever since Benedict stunned the world and announced he would resign on Thursday, the first pontiff to do so in 600 years. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev...
Centenarian marathon runner Fauja Singh, 101, center, originally from Beas Pind, in Jalandhar, India but who now lives in London, runs in a 10-kilometer race, part of the annual Hong Kong Marathon, in Hong Kong Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. Singh will retire from public racing after competing in the marathon....
Irrigators in southeast Deuel County will have fewer management requirements to abide by beginning in 2013, following a change approved by the South Platte NRD board of directors at its February meeting. The change results from lower nitrate/nitrogen levels found through the District’s monitoring program, which showed that for the third consecutive year, nitrate/nitrogen averaged below 8 parts-per-million (ppm) in the South Platte Valley Ground Water Quality Management Area. Those levels show marked improvement from the 1990s when the m...
Once we made the commitment to adopting a no till crop production system we needed to learn residue management with our equipment. We also had to determine a cropping rotation for our farm that would give us the best chance for success. Needless to say we had a few bumps along the way. We adapted our combine to manage the residue at harvest by adding chaff spreaders to evenly distribute the chaff coming out of the back of the combine. Eventually we also adapted a stripper head to better manage the amount of residue entering the combine and...
The founders of our American Republic deliberately designed a federal government with three separate but equal branches; the legislative branch to pass laws, the executive branch to enforce laws, and the judicial branch to interpret and review laws. Through a system of checks and balances, the founders sought to prevent any one branch of government from having too much power. During the past several decades, however, Congresses and administrations from both parties have expanded the power and scope of the executive branch at the expense of the...
These past 30 years have been marked by many blessings for Stephanie and me. Being granted the tremendous privilege to represent a state I love and address issues important to Nebraskans has been one of the greatest honors of my life. As the seasons change, there is a time to plant and a time to reap what has been sown. And while I have decided not to seek reelection in 2014, we are far from the harvest. This Congress is just getting started and we have plenty to accomplish in the next two years. In the Senate, I will continue to push for a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate cleared the way Tuesday for confirmation of Chuck Hagel to be the nation’s next defense secretary after Republicans dropped their unprecedented delay of President Barack Obama’s choice to head the Pentagon. On a vote of 71-27, the Senate ended a Republican filibuster, setting the stage for the widely expected confirmation of the former two-term Republican senator from Nebraska later in the day. Eighteen Republicans joined 51 Democrats and two independents to move forward with the contentious nomination. If confi... Full story
BALTIMORE (AP) – Otis “Damon” Harris, a former member of the Motown group The Temptations, has died of prostate cancer. He was 62. Chuck Woodson, a cousin serving as family spokesman, confirmed that Harris died at a Baltimore hospice last week. Harris performed with the celebrated Motown act The Temptations from 1971 to 1975 and sang on hits including “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” and “Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are).” Woodson says joining The Temptations was “the realization of a dream” for Harris. Harris formed a new group...
Kendall A. Wittig 1957 to 2013 Kendall A. Wittig, 55, of Sidney, passed away in Chappell, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor Dave Hall officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Wednesday from 1 to 7 p.m. with family present from 4 to 6 p.m. You may view Kendall’s Book of Memories, leave condolences, stories and photos at w...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The second major snowstorm in a week battered the nation’s midsection Tuesday, dropping up to a foot or more of heavy, wet snow that strained power lines and cut electricity to more than 100,000 Midwesterners. At least three deaths were blamed on the blizzard. Gusting winds blew drifts more than 2 feet high and made driving treacherous for those who dared the morning commute. About 105,000 homes and businesses in northwest Missouri, northeast Kansas and western Oklahoma wer...
Sidney artist Chuck Borcher has been named the Cheyenne County Art Guild’s Artist of the Month. He has been elected artist of the month four different times by the guild and has received many different awards and much recognition for his paintings and photography over the years, according to a press release by Judy McElroy, a Cheyenne County Art Guild representative. Borcher has received numerous Best of Show Awards at the Cheyenne County Fair, as well as the Holyoke Art Show. One of his paintings was even selected by the Association of N...
Pheasants Forever High Plains Chapter #278 members are holding their 23rd annual banquet this Friday, March 1 at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds. This year also serves as the 30th anniversary of the National Pheasants Forever organization and Brad Lines, High Plains Chapter President, said that it will be a banquet to remember. “It was my goal when I took over as president in March to highlight the milestone year of Pheasants Forever by having the largest banquet in Sidney’s history,” said...
Director and organizer Jordan Ball will be presenting the Heritage Chorale and Orchestra’s debut performance of Cantata No. 140, Sleepers, Wake by Johann Sebastian Bach at the First United Methodist Church Saturday, March 2. The Sidney Fine Arts Center is sponsoring the formation of the chorale and orchestra. The church is located at 2622 11th Ave. and the performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are $10 for adults and $5 for students and can be purchased at the Jordan M. B... Full story
SCOTTSBLUFF — It didn’t take long for Sidney High School boys’ basketball coach Erik Kohl to realize what his team was in for at Monday’s District B-6 semifinals against McCook. “On our first possession, we ran an offensive set that had been good for us all season,” Kohl said. “We typically have up to six looks on it. Tonight, we had none, and I turned to our assistants and said, ‘It might be a long night for us.’” And a long evening it was: Sidney struggled to score all evening, and the Bison p... Full story
For both Leyton and Potter-Dix, it’s apparently win or go home this evening in their respective Class D District finals. In Class D2-6, Leyton’s Warriors will carry a 20-1 record into the Sutherland finals against Sandhills/Thedford (22-4), while Potter-Dix (9-13) has the rugged task of taking on top-ranked Paxton (24-0) in the Creek Valley D1-6 finals in Chappell. LEYTON ON EDGE During volleyball season, LHS caught a break after being upset in the District finals, earning a wild-card bid. Tha...
