<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Nebraska</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/states/ne?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><description>Nebraska</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Reinsurance Abuses At End, Buffett Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30260-2005May2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30260-2005May2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  OMAHA, May 1  --  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chief executive Warren E. Buffett and his investing partner, Berkshire Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, said they thought recent investigations and enforcement actions have cleaned up abuses in the reinsurance industry.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chafee Signals a Shift on Bolton Confirmation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6101-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6101-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The key Republican senator is now less likely to support John R. Bolton to be United Nations ambassador and plans to discuss with colleagues whether President Bush should withdraw Bolton's name.]]></description><author> Charles Babington and Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel Set to Vote on Bolton Nomination]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64142-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64142-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans scheduled the vote for Tuesday after rejecting Democrats' request for more time to review allegations against Bolton.]]></description><author> Charles Babington</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poet Laureate's Prized Words]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26665-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26665-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two Washington authors  --  a reporter and a poet  --  were awarded Pulitzer Prizes Monday.]]></description><author> Linton Weeks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big-Game Hunting Brings Big Tax Breaks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26324-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26324-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A charitable giving loophole allows wealthy hunters to go on expeditions, often for endangered and exotic animals, and yield hefty income tax deductions for their trophies.]]></description><author> Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republicans Float Ideas For Social Security]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10396-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10396-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A handful of Republican lawmakers are pushing alternatives to Bush's plan to change Social Security, broadening the debate over the administration's top domestic priority and hoping to soften Democratic opposition.]]></description><author> Charles Babington  and Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brokerage Leaves Coalition]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17563-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17563-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A large Midwest brokerage withdrew from a business coalition that backs President Bush's Social Security proposals after the AFL-CIO staged protests at the firm's offices and attacked it on the Internet.]]></description><author> Jeffrey H. Birnbaum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Century-Old Disservice Gets Honorable Revision]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12392-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12392-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The offense that led the Army to dishonorably discharge Henry Vinton Plummer seems trivial now. At a desolate post on the Nebraska plains, Plummer, an officer, violated regulations by fraternizing with enlisted men.]]></description><author> Eric Rich</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Heartland, a Social Security Battlefield]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nebraska, four other states and dozens of congressional districts are being targeted by the White House, Democrats and interest groups engaged in the Social Security debate.]]></description><author> Peter Slevin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush's Address Wins Over Few, if Any, Democrats]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59269-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59269-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush devoted a fifth of last night's televised address to his call to change Social Security, but he appeared to win few, if any, Democrats to his side, and even some key Republicans said they still want more details about his plans.]]></description><author> Chuck Babington and Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Nod and A Wink From Bright Eyes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36829-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36829-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[At the tender age of 24, Bright Eyes ringleader Conor Oberst has the reputation of an artist twice his age, with more than a few so-called critics racing to anoint the Nebraska native the latest in a long line of new Dylans.]]></description><author> Shannon Zimmerman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roe Still a Lightning Rod]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29474-2005Jan22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29474-2005Jan22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Chilled opponents and supporters spent Saturday marking 32 years since the Supreme Court's decision that legalized abortion.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hill Serves Up Bipartisanship]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24910-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24910-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As they do every four years, congressional leaders played polite, quiet hosts to the president Thursday, letting him address the nation from the Capitol steps, then feeding him lunch in the lavish old House chambers.]]></description><author> Mike Allen and Charles Babington</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Red Sea]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1881-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1881-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Early in December, with a photographer and his assistant, I drove from Nebraska, near the geographical center of the United States, to the heart of Texas -- more than 700 miles, through empty spaces and sprawling cities and all or part of four states. We headed pretty much due south, no dodging or weaving. And never did we pass within 100 miles of a county that voted for Democrat John F. Kerry in the recent election.]]></description><author> David Von Drehle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Add Sunshine, Be Stirred]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10232-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10232-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[SANTA MONICA<br>It's hard to love a convertible in wind and rain, hard to enjoy it in a land of sodden hills ready to tumble with the next downpour.]]></description><author> Warren Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lott Criticizes Rumsfeld]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4794-2004Dec16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4794-2004Dec16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The former Senate majority leader joined a growing chorus of Republicans criticizing the Pentagon chief's failure to call for more troops in Iraq and to properly equip troops.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei and Thomas E. Ricks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mike Johanns: A Farm-Raised USDA Choice]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53510-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53510-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bush's nominee to head the Department of Agriculture is a man who, by all accounts, is risk-averse and knows his beef and corn as leader of one of the nation's largest agricultural states.]]></description><author> Lois Romano</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[IntelSat Regains Control Of Key Satellite]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34113-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34113-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Intelsat Ltd. has regained communications with a satellite that it lost track of last weekend, but engineers do not know if they will be able to fully restore service. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Michael S. Rosenwald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satellite Failure May Jeopardize Intelsat Deal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20835-2004Nov29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20835-2004Nov29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ne</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 22:02:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Commercial satellite operator Intelsat Ltd. lost use of one of its satellites Sunday -- a mishap that left some Internet customers without service and could thwart a proposed $5 billion deal to sell the company to a group of four venture capital firms. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Mike Musgrove</author></item></channel></rss>