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: Featured; A rare sight: Cranes in January; A rare and spectacular thing has happened along the Platte River west of Grand Island: People have seen and heard flocks of sandhill cranes in January.

City gets $148,800 to help renovate Pioneers Park Trail

The city of Lincoln will use the money to replace a 30-year-old, 4,200-foot asphalt trail segment with concrete, said Terry Genrich of the Parks and Recreation Department. "Trails in Pioneers Park are just unbelievably used throughout the year and in the summertime, too," he said.

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Epilogue: Marching on Freedom Day, according to the gospel

Ninety-five year old former minister, Nye Bond, recalls his historic trip to Mississippi to march for civil rights in the 1960s.

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Interns contribute to arena project

Interns have helped design the plans, maintain the website, audit the contracts, double-check the spreadsheets and construct the 16,000-seat arena.

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Steven M. Sipple: NU men's hoops loss to Ohio State alarming

The disparity in talent between Nebraska and Ohio State was alarming, as was the Huskers' inability to get anything going offensively in their 78-45 loss before a season-high 11,439 spectators at the Devaney Sports Center, writes Steven M. Sipple.

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Pilot program means ACT for all

Lincoln Public Schools juniors will all take the ACT as part of a study on whether the college prep exam should replace current statewide tests.

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Buffett again calls for higher taxes on the rich

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Police looking for pick-pockets

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Johanns would permanently ban earmarks
Drunk driver sentenced to prison for killing young couple Updated: 7:50 pm
Omahan files as Democratic Senate candidate
Arson suspected in fire on South 27th Updated: 7:35 pm
Bill would tighten rules on alcohol checks
Longtime South Sioux City editor dies

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Toy and Buckle Show

Photos from the 26th annual Husker Toy and Buckle Show at the Lancaster Event Center on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012.
Stromsburg, a town on the rise

Fourteen miles north of where the expressway dimensions of U.S. 81 narrow to two lanes, things are popping faster than a bowl of microwave popcorn.
Photos: Cranes overwinter

Sandhill Cranes at the Rowe Sanctuary, south of Gibbon, on Monday, Jan. 16th, 2012. The cranes usually spend the winter further south.
New at JournalStar.com: Opinion animations

The Journal Star has a new online-exclusive offering: Video cartoons by Jim Morin of The Miami Herald.
Archive photos: Martin Luther King Jr.

Library photos of Martin Luther King Jr. visiting Lincoln, and memorial services and demonstrations after his death.
Photos: Kris Reiswig's snowflakes

Kris Reiswig of Lincoln photographed these snowflakes with a special camera lens.

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: Buffett again calls for higher taxes on the rich; OMAHA -- Billionaire Warren Buffett says it's Congress' fault that he and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney both pay much lower tax rates than middle-class workers pay.

8:15 pm Police looking for pick-pockets
8:00 pm Johanns would permanently ban earmarks
7:45 pm Drunk driver sentenced to prison for killing young couple
7:30 pm Omahan files as Democratic Senate candidate
7:15 pm Arson suspected in fire on South 27th
7:00 pm Bill would tighten rules on alcohol checks
6:45 pm Longtime South Sioux City editor dies
6:30 pm Man gets 10 years for Lincoln meth conspiracy

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Tell us: What do you watch on Netflix streaming?

For a story later this week, we're wanting to know: How do you use Netflix streaming?

Politics / Legislature

: Johanns would permanently ban earmarks; Sen. Mike Johanns said Monday he is co-sponsoring legislation to permanently ban appropriations earmarks by members of the Senate.

7:30 pm Omahan files as Democratic Senate candidate
7:00 pm Bill would tighten rules on alcohol checks
5:45 pm Senate confirms Gerrard as U.S. District Court judge
4:30 pm Committee kills hydroelectric dam study
2:00 pm Robocall bill likely dead

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Lee refinancing takes effect in a week

A federal bankruptcy judge confirmed the reorganization of Lee Enterprises, publisher of the Lincoln Journal Star and 47 other newspapers, at a hearing Monday.