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By Katie SchubertOmaha, NE – The Nebraska Legislature begins committee hearings this week.Committee hearings are scheduled to begin Tuesday. Last week,…

By Katie SchubertOmaha, NE – The Midlands Mentoring Partnership estimates 35,000 youth in the Omaha metro need mentors.January is National Mentoring…

By Katie SchubertOmaha, NE – The Omaha Public Schools board is opposing two measures that would cut the size of school boards.Senator Scott Lautenbaugh's…

By Cheril Leehttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kios/local-kios-1000435.mp3Omaha, NE – Did your favorite website look different today?…

A nonprofit group that's trying to get doctors and other health professionals to be more thoughtful about health costs just named winners in an essay contest. Two essays by patients suggest haggling over prices and questioning the necessity of some care can pay off.

Though blurred by steam and radiation, the images provided some information about the conditions inside the reactor.

In 2010, a set fetched $11.5 million. At Friday's sale, it's expected that someone will bid even more. The four volumes were created between 1827 and 1838.

Yusef Reza Gilani defended himself against contempt charges. The fact that he showed up, said one justice, made it a "great day" for Pakistan.

The spot isn't just a defense of the president's energy policy, including loan guarantees to green energy companies like the failed Solyndra. It's also a defense of his ethics.

If there's ever been a presidential debate with as much news happening in the hours before the event, it's hard to remember when. Within hours we've learned that Texas Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of the race; that Rick Santorum may actually have won the Iowa caucuses; that Newt Gingrich's second wife alleged he demanded an open marriage, and that Gingrich was also gaining on Mitt Romney in polls.