http://www.newstin.com/us/nebraska Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57618620 OMAHA, NE, May 16 / MARKET WIRE/ -- West Corporation ("West") announces that the French Autorit? des march?s financiers ("AMF") today published the final results of the offer of West International Holdings Limited ("WIH"), its wholly-owned subsidiary, for Genesys SA ("Genesys"). These results... Fri, 16 May 2008 15:39:05 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57618620 2008-05-16T15:39:05Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57599601 Friday May 16, 12:32 pm ET Midwest, Plains bankers survey suggests weather, higher energy prices hampering economies OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The Rural Mainstreet Index declined to 42.6 from April's reading of 47.5. Nevertheless, record farm income is propelling farmland prices higher and farm... Fri, 16 May 2008 17:49:50 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57599601 2008-05-16T17:49:50Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57607913 Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:00 CDT OMAHA, Neb., May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- A new campaign crossing the country, the Campaign for Healthy Weight, is rallying Americans behind the healthy weight cause and urging people to think more about their "health" instead of simply a number on the scale.... Fri, 16 May 2008 17:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57607913 2008-05-16T17:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57606768 The federal government has been hard at work in Iowa lately. In May, federal officials quietly leased a huge cattle complex in Waterloo, Iowa. On May 12, federal agents raided the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant in the tiny nearby town of Postville, hauling in 390 immigrant workers, the... Fri, 16 May 2008 17:50:49 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57606768 2008-05-16T17:50:49Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57617202 A Nebraska commission designed to fight discrimination has decided to delay legal action to force the state attorney general to prosecute its cases The Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission is trying to win back federal funding. The money stopped in April, in part because of Attorney General Jon... Fri, 16 May 2008 20:01:49 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57617202 2008-05-16T20:01:49Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57611373 CINCINNATI --(Business Wire)-- Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. (WHI), one of the country's top hotel management companies, stepped into the world spotlight once again at the Gallup Great Workplace Summit held Wednesday, May 14, 2008, in Omaha, Nebraska and received the 2008 Gallup Great Workplace... Fri, 16 May 2008 14:44:19 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57611373 2008-05-16T14:44:19Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57643416 Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 18:00 CDT By David Hendee, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. May 16--LINCOLN -- Kansas' water czar said Friday he will push his state's grievance with Nebraska over use of Republican River water to a new level. David Barfield said he would invoke his state's right to take... Fri, 16 May 2008 23:00:19 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57643416 2008-05-16T23:00:19Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57588466 WASHINGTON - President Bush’s apparent criticism of Sen. Barack Obama while addressing the Israeli Knesset has sparked an election year furor. Sen. Chuck Hagel, the Nebraska Republican who has long been critical of Bush’s Iraq policy, gave one of the most interesting reactions — interesting in... Fri, 16 May 2008 16:19:45 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57588466 2008-05-16T16:19:45Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57642369 With U.S. crop prices soaring to historic levels, times are seemingly good for grain farmers and agribusiness firms. So why are lenders worried about the U.S. farm economy? A truck driver unloads his cargo of corn into a chute at an elevator plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, May 5, 2008. Despite the... Fri, 16 May 2008 23:29:42 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57642369 2008-05-16T23:29:42Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57587992 Nebraska officials have confirmed the sighting of a mountain lion in northeast Nebraska. Tom Welstead of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is northeast Nebraska's manager of the commission's wildlife management section. He said Friday that he'd gotten notice of the confirmation a day earlier... Fri, 16 May 2008 16:29:29 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57587992 2008-05-16T16:29:29Z