Lawmakers eye state's many tax exemptions

World-Herald News Service LINCOLN - If you drive across the river to Iowa to get your car repaired, be prepared to dig deeper into your pocket.

A China Newly Rich and Still Quite Poor

China has had an amazing 30-year sprint to wealth for many of its people. But the distribution of wealth is nowhere near equal.

City's DPW Chief Hale gets 20-percent raise

The city has approved a 20-percent pay raise for Public Works Director Michael Hale, boosting the job's salary from the current $96,374 maximum to $116,252.

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Sri Lanka: Dengue's Human Cost

Around 192 people have died from dengue fever in the first seven and a half months of this year. The total number of infected people is more than 26,824 and there can be no doubt that the entire population of Sri Lanka is in critical danger.