University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Finally, a spotlight will be shone on a widespread business practice that forces unhappy customers to settle disputes through binding arbitration — rather than by telling their story in court. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now is seeking...

Tom Dosch is seeing plenty of strides during spring ball. The Wolves are in the middle of their spring football season and currently had their ninth out of 15 practices that the NCAA allows during the spring. NSU will have its spring football game at...

Aberdeen: The funeral service for Donald William Vogt, 80, of Aberdeen will be 2 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Pastor Deb Grismer will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Memorial Park. Donald died Monday, March 19,...

"Titanoboa: Monster Snake" sounds like the title of a new Saturday creature feature on Syfy network. Forget Mega Python, Titanoboa was a living, breathing giant snake and it's coming to Smithsonian Channel April 1. The remains of the largest snake to...

HARTINGTON, Neb. - During her "Farmyard Facts" lesson on soil, Jackie Steffen encouraged the youngsters to eat the dirt without worrying they would get sick. "It was edible dirt," explained the Cedar County Extension educator. The "ingredients" for...

The Northern State track and field team will start its indoor season Sunday. The Wolves will compete in the North Dakota State Bison Invite in Fargo. The NSU men were picked to finish sixth in the NSIC preseason conference poll, while the women were...

David "Dave" and Sharon Peters celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary on Dec. 3, 2011. Both were Midwestern transplants to the Washington, D.C., area and, "on a lark," each decided to try out a computer dating service in 1966, using bulky computer...

Forages, using livestock to control Kentucky bluegrass, cover crops for grazing, evaluating vaccine efficacy in beef cattle and artificial insemination in a commercial beef herd are among the topics for the Jan. 25 Grass-N-Beef Research Review program....

BROOKINGS - The South Dakota State University iGrow Radio Network will feature a weekly cattle and corn market outlook and commentary featuring Dr. Darrell Mark. Mark also will contribute to SDSU Extension's iGrow website. "I'm excited to work with...

For the second year in a row, the Danville-Boyle County Chamber of Commerce celebrated the business year with a bang, honoring local leaders while also cutting loose on the dance floor. After years of holding a traditional dinner and awards program,...

Inside the Biorobotics Laboratory at the University of Washington live seven ravens. They each have two winglike arms and tiny claws, but unlike other ravens, these are highly sophisticated robots that have the ability to perform surgery on a simulated...

The state Board of Regents is scheduled to discuss Dec. 16 a report whose bottom line is stunning. The report looks at where South Dakota high school graduates from the class of 2007-08 chose to continue their educations that fall. That our largest...