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Americans Subsidize All Energy Sources, Not Just Renewable Ones

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/17/2025 - 6:00am

Folks can get animated when it comes to discussions of climate science and energy production. Rather than the facts alone, confirmation bias and ideological rigidity can creep in to one’s seemingly common-sense position.

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A Pipeline Company Filed Hundreds Of Lawsuits Against Landowners. Now Its Project Is Threatened

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/17/2025 - 5:00am

Jared Bossly walks past feed on his ranch in Mansfield, S.D., on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in one of the counties that a proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline would cut through.
(Nicole Neri / AP Photo)

MANSFIELD, S.D. (AP) — Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a sheriff’s vehicle parked at the corner of his property. He had a hunch it wasn’t a social visit.

“I’m like, ‘Well, I doubt he’s just being a friendly neighbor, giving a guy a beer at eight o’clock at night,’” said Bossly, 43.

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Osaka Expo Opens In Japan Offering A Vision Of The Future. Here's What To Know

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/17/2025 - 3:00am

People wait in line to enter the Nordic pavilion, representing Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, on the opening day of the Expo 2025 in Osaka, central Japan, Sunday, April 13, 2025.
(Hiro Komae / AP Photo)

OSAKA, Japan (AP) — The Expo 2025 opened in Osaka on Sunday with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of the six-month event that Japan hopes will unite the world divided by tensions and wars.

Here is what to know about the Expo 2025 Osaka:

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Historical Marker Dedicated For Lincoln-Born Eiseley, A “Modern Thoreau”

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 04/16/2025 - 5:00am

LINCOLN — While growing up in south Lincoln, Loren Eiseley would often venture down to a small stream near his home to gather specimens for his homemade aquarium.

Once, the story goes, he almost drowned while exploring at a nearby pond, a pond now located on the Lincoln Country Club golf course grounds.

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Spinning Round And Round: Vinyl Albums Enjoy Popularity Resurgence

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/10/2025 - 7:00am

Homer’s Records has been a mainstay in Omaha’s Old Market since 1971. Record Store Day is this weekend on Saturday, April 12th!
(Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)

The crackle of the needle as he places it on a favorite album sends Cory Damgaard down memory lane. Classic artists - Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Guy and Pink Floyd among them- are best remembered on vinyl, he said. A fan of the classic sounds emanating from speakers with older vinyl, Damgaard enjoys the experience.

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Pride Before Destruction

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/10/2025 - 6:00am

Sometimes when a person loves something they will water down or ignore the bad qualities of the thing. Having worked in childcare for a decade, I have seen firsthand parents who love their children but accept (and then attempt to rectify) the negative behavior their child exhibited that I or a colleague reported to them.

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State Funds Spark Larger ‘Project Game On’ With New YMCA, Omaha North Sports Stadium

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/10/2025 - 5:00am

Terence “Bud” Crawford was among speakers at the event Friday in North Omaha.
(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — A $2 million state grant originally slated to rehab a YMCA community center helped spark “Project Game On” — a campus featuring a new YMCA as well as a football and soccer stadium for Omaha North High School.

Officials did not provide a price tag Friday when announcing the broader development that one official described as a “defining moment” for North Omaha.

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More Homes For Sale And Easing Rates Favor Homebuyers This Spring, But Affordability Hurdles Remain

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/10/2025 - 4:00am

LOS ANGELES (AP) — This spring homebuying season is shaping up to be more favorable for home shoppers than it's been in recent years — as long as they can afford to buy.

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Can One Of Africa's Largest Refugee Camps Evolve Into A City?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 04/10/2025 - 3:00am

General view part of Kakuma refugee camp in Turkana county, Kenya, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025.
(Jackson Njehia / AP Photo)

KAKUMA, Kenya (AP) — Windswept and remote, set in the cattle-rustling lands of Kenya’s northwest, Kakuma was never meant to be permanently settled.

It became one of Africa’s most famous refugee camps by accident as people escaping calamity in countries like South Sudan, Ethiopia and Congo poured in.