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The program required planting a mix of native grasses. Grasses that once covered Nebraska have now spent another 50 years growing and flourishing in Wagner's pasture, the Norfolk Daily News reported . With patience, Wagner said, the grass eventually began to grow and would produce its own seeds to help the pasture expand and thicken. Despite the program ending, he kept the native grasses and managed them through grazing. The native grasses include a mixture of warm- and cool-season grasses. At 88 years old... Читать дальше...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Highway Patrol seized about 72 pounds (32 kilograms) of marijuana after stopping a Georgia man who was speeding in an Interstate 80 construction zone near Cheyenne. The man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of felony possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. He was jailed in Cheyenne. The trooper stopped the man for traveling 54 mph in a 45 mph zone (87 kph in a 72 kph zone). A drug-detection dog indicated there were drugs in the vehicle. The patrol said... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — An old construction barge planted with vegetables, apple trees and fragrant herbs is giving apartment-dwelling New Yorkers a chance to pick something and eat it. Part floating garden, part artwork and part community organizing project, the barge called Swale is currently docked on a river in the South Bronx and will move to Hudson River Park in lower Manhattan from Sept. 15 to Nov. 15. Founder Mary Mattingly created Swale in part to give New Yorkers an opportunity to forage for food... Читать дальше...

Venezuela's newly installed constitutional assembly has voted unanimously to remove chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega and replaced her with a government loyalist. Human rights groups and foreign governments have denounced attacks by government officials on Ortega, the nation's top law enforcement official. Venezuela's chief prosecutor says she is being barred from entering her offices by security forces that surrounded the building as a pro-government constitutional assembly is expected to consider removing her. Читать дальше...

Maybe he thought he was being harassed by a strange two-legged giant, who raised a big finger to count the five or six growth rings on the turtle's underbelly. The giant pointed to the turtle's bright yellow throat and mouth, always curled upward in a permanent grin. In Nebraska it is designated a Tier I species, the state's highest protection, meaning it is illegal to handle them or take them from the wild without a special permit. With an estimated more than 100,000 turtles calling the area home... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The latest research on the ability to bounce back after bad things happen shows that being grateful, hopeful and realistically optimistic are among key traits in resilient people. At home most evenings, John unbuttons and removes his white dress shirt and — counting his steps and remembering which way to turn — carefully walks with a tall white cane from the living room to the dining table. Marcia goes to the laundry room where plastic containers of water with wriggly leeches are stored. Читать дальше...

(AP) — An employee of Truman Medical Centers is charged with sexual crimes against a patient in long-term care who cannot speak. Prosecutors say Soliz was charged after a nurse reported seeing him sodomizing a female patient in the long-term care unit of Truman Medical Centers' Lakewood campus.

In December 2016, he purchased a Casey's General Store (which had closed down when a new one opened nearby) on adjoining property, with the intention of using the building to expand his business. In the span of 30 years, the mortician has amassed a collection of over 5,000 items, ranging from antique caskets and coffins, hearses, embalming equipment, mourning wreaths made from human hair, wrappings from mummies, old photographs, product samples, and more — many pieces on display in the museum. Various displays are set up... Читать дальше...

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Weird Harold's in Burlington has been selling music since 1972, and a good portion of that has been classic rock from the 1960s. Bessine feared the demise of record stores when digital music started replacing CDs in the early 2000s, but a funny thing happened a few years ago. Vinyl became cool again, and '60s music — along with other decades of classic rock — was in high demand. Bessine sells CDs as well, but the demand for those plummeted with the advent of digital music. Читать дальше...

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The Courier reports that 7-month-old Liam Mwanje died Wednesday night when a minivan he and eight other people were in collided with a pickup truck at a Waterloo intersection. The crash happened in the midst of Highway 63 renovations and heavy traffic can occur in the area.

Sousa was the president of the Portuguese Hall, and Eonu was a construction worker doing renovation work. Police say other construction workers were outside but didn't hear what led up to the shooting.

Cleveland.com reports (http://bit.ly/2fhmBcP ) that 42-year-old Andre Boynton and 39-year-old Anika George were found guilty Friday of human trafficking, conspiracy and multiple counts of child rape and pornography. Prosecutors say Boynton, serving a life sentence for child rape, ordered George, of North Royalton, over a prison phone to abduct boys in Cleveland and record her having sex with the boys and the boys having sex with a 14-year-old girl developmentally disabled girl.

Media reports say Cookeville police officers found Randall Kendall dead at the scene on Thursday after receiving a call reporting a man lying in the street bleeding. Police say Kendall and Murphy were involved in an argument that escalated to a physical fight and that, at some point, Murphy grabbed a long gun from his home, returned to Kendall's location and shot Kendall.

The Sun Sentinel reports that the lawsuit was filed against the Pi Kappa Phi, alleging the fraternity failed to protect the girl from sexual assault by one of its members. The girl told authorities that after a night of drinking on Oct. 1 at a University of South Florida fraternity, she awoke in a hospital bed, soaked in blood from the waist down.

Authorities say an explosion at a mosque near Minneapolis damaged one room and caused smoke but it didn't hurt anyone. The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are involved in the investigation. Bloomington police tweeted that the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are assisting in the investigation.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A death row inmate who killed himself in March didn't want to make a planned move to a new prison and was upset about a recent legal setback, records show. Inmate Patrick Leonard was visited regularly by prison mental health services, including a check two days before his suicide, and it was determined he didn't need any services at that time, according to a State Highway Patrol file obtained by The Associated Press through a records request. There were no signs of foul play... Читать дальше...

"We're going to be looking at this event with unprecedented eyes," promises Alex Young, a solar physicist who is coordinating NASA's education and public outreach. Eclipse Fests, StarFests, SolarFests, SolFests, Darkening of the SunFests, MoonshadowFests, EclipseCons, Eclipse Encounters and Star Parties are planned along the long but narrow path of totality, where the moon completely blots out the sun. Vineyards, breweries, museums, parks, universities, stadiums — just about everybody is getting into the act. Читать дальше...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a reported explosion at mosque in a Minneapolis suburb. WCCO-TV reports that police say no one was injured in the Saturday blast at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington. Bloomington police tweeted that the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are assisting in the investigation.

A statement from the school said it completed the 2016-17 campaign with gifts and commitments from more than 7,000 contributors, including 564 first-time donors to the university.

(AP) — A judge granted a temporary restraining order barring Northern Illinois University from continuing to make payments on a former president's severance package. Haji-Sheikh claims trustees violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act when they didn't post a June 15 meeting agenda that adequately described the item "presidential employment."

The Sabino, billed by the Mystic Seaport maritime museum as the nation's oldest coal-fired steamboat in regular operation, resumed public cruises Wednesday from the maritime museum. "To feel the moist heat on your face as you are approaching the engine, to smell the coal fire and feel the relatively quiet smooth operation of the original steam engine is exciting," said Quentin Snediker, the director of the museum's preservation shipyard. The more than $1.1 million restoration was paid for with public and private grant money... Читать дальше...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — As questions about the Trump administration's direction on race and college admissions swirled this week, the new president of Duke University said his tenure would seek to expand diversity at the elite private campus while preserving fairness. The department later said it had no broad plans to investigate whether university admission programs discriminate against students based on race, but was focused on an administrative complaint by Asian-American associations against Harvard University. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Alabama Sen. Luther Strange got his appointment to Congress earlier this year from a governor who later resigned under the cloud of an ethics scandal. The sex-tainted scandal that ended Bentley's political career is dragging into the U.S. Senate race as rivals try to capitalize on what they see as Strange's Achilles heel. "Luther Strange, Mr. Corruption himself," Dr. Randy Brinson, a Montgomery doctor, who is running in the crowded GOP field, said during a recent press conference. Legislators... Читать дальше...

With no “Suicide Squad” or “Guardians of the Galaxy” to give the summer box office season a late boost, an opening of less than $20 million could be enough to win the first weekend of August this year as Columbia/MRC’s “The Dark Tower” is currently estimated to make $18.8 million from 3,450 screens. [...] in eighth is Annapurna’s first distribution release, Kathryn Bigelow’s “Detroit,” which is estimated to make $7 million this weekend against a $30 million budget. With its brutal depictions of racism and police violence... Читать дальше...