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Wife’s persistence helps save Private Ryan

As an active duty soldier, Ryan LeCompte spends most of his days sleeping at his home on the Lower Brule Reservation in South Dakota.
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Fatality reduction is a reachable goal

As the summer travel season winds down, I want to share with you that several Nebraska state agencies are working hard to save lives on Nebraska roads. The great news is that it’s working. Our state’s highway fatality rate is at its lowest in 60 years. Not since 1949 have fewer people died in traffic crashes on Nebraska roads.
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Pakistan faces an uncertain future

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf, the longtime military dictator who resigned last week, was an ambivalent ally in the fight against radical Islamists.
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Those bells means its testing time

Listen! The first school bells of the year are echoing.
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The importance of who is No. 2

Time to discard the John Nance Garner jokes comparing the vice presidency to "a warm bucket of spit" and calling taking the position "the worst damn fool mistake I ever made." The job matters.

COMMUNITY FORUM: Let us entertain you

The Fremont-Midland Entertainment Series board of directors recently launched its annual membership campaign. We have six exciting offerings of live, professional entertainment that is nearby and family-friendly in every way. We would like you to think of it as "Broadway Close to Home!"
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Are political conventions still worth it?

At my first political convention, Adlai Stevenson unexpectedly left his vice-presidential choice to the delegates. It led to an exciting two-ballot battle but saddled him with a running mate he didn’t much like.