Новости за 12.02.2016

Spring training is a time for optimism, when players bask under the warm sun of Florida and Arizona while fans dream about their team reaching the bright lights of October.

This should surprise no one: Chris Weber is now a scholarship Husker. It was confirmed on Friday by an NU spokesperson.

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Charl Schwartzel made a charge up the leaderboard at the European Tour's Tshwane Open on Friday, going 6 under in his second round to sit two shots off the lead.

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Two safety organizations will move into space at Nebraska Innovation Campus, the research park said Friday.

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn point guard Kareem Canty has left the team and is turning pro.

Nebraska men's basketball coach Tim Miles said senior forward Shavon Shields is making some improvement from his concussion and neck strain injury but won't play in Saturday's game against Penn State.

While most motorists are focused on the tumbling price of unleaded gasoline, what is going unnoticed is diesel prices that have plummeted to their lowest levels in more than a decade.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Injured NASCAR star Tony Stewart is out of bed and walking again, entertaining fans while live-streaming from a treadmill Friday.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Matt Forte won't be returning to the Chicago Bears for a ninth season.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self expects his Jayhawks to have their hands full Saturday dealing with Buddy Hield and the rest of the sharp-shooting Oklahoma Sooners.

RAPID CITY, S.D. — South Dakota-based Black Hills Corp. says it has completed its purchase of Colorado-based SourceGas Holdings.

OMAHA — A judge set bail at $10 million for a man accused of shooting up an Omaha bar and firing at police after fleeing to his apartment complex.

TORONTO (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has opened All-Star weekend by paying homage to the league's history in Toronto.

A new vegan restaurant called High Vibe Cafe opened last month in a building at 1314 O St. The same building is home to the Doughnut Hole and Lotus House of Yoga.

It began in front of a TV -- as Olympic dreams occasionally do -- fueled by a group of friends, stone cold sober.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An attorney for Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy says he's been told no decision will be made until next week on charges over a Philadelphia nightclub brawl that left two off-duty police officers injured.

Ground Zero staffers offer up their entertainment best bets for Feb. 12-18.

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Someone call the fire department. It's about to get hot at the White House.

GERING — A western Nebraska woman has been accused of billing a Scottsbluff business for food but then selling the food to other businesses or using it herself.

Michael "Mike" A. Breiner, 82, husband, father, grandfather, doctor, golfer, farmer and friend, passed away on February 9, 2016. Mike was born in Norton County, Kansas, on November 19, 1933, to Joseph and Florence Breiner. He was a proud Bradshaw…

Roger "Tiny" Bartels, 71, of Tecumseh, died February 10, 2016. He was born to Orvin and Irene (Laue) Bartels on May 19, 1944.

Chester Allen McClain, 86, departed the earth on Feb. 8, 2016.

Leona M. Parde, 95, of Sterling died February 10, 2016. She was born December 28, 1920, at rural Adams and graduated from Sterling High School in 1938. She married Alvin Parde May 18, 1941. She taught many years for Sterling…

Ray Quimby-Putney, 71 of Lincoln, died Wednesday, February 10, 2016.