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SUPREME COURT-JUVENILE SENTENCES

WASHINGTON - Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack. Terrance Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17, was given a life sentence by a judge who told the teenager he threw his life away. By Mark Sherman. Eds: Note Nebraska mention. Moved in advance and is now available for use. Also moving on national lines.

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CHIEF RETIRES

CLAY CENTER - During his tenure as Clay Center police chief, Dee Wilkerson often used a unique penalty for juveniles. "There's a lot of adults now that he watched grow up," Mayor Steve Furman said. "Dee did not write that many tickets, but he did talk very stern to the kids." By Tony Herrman of the Hastings Tribune. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature.

FIDDLE FAN

HASTINGS - Bill Langford has embraced the challenge of adapting to the improvisation of his fellow musicians. The 70-year-old president of Hastings Equity Grain Bin Manufacturing took up playing the violin in the mid-1980s, decades after he picked up and then put down the instrument as a child. By Tony Herrman of the Hastings Tribune. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature. Previously moved in advance for weekend use.

VAN TWINS

COLUMBUS - Giving birth to fraternal twins is not a common event. When those twins are the happy result of intervention by a fertility clinic and born in the family van on the way to the hospital, the rarity of the birth enters the category of "nearly astronomical odds." Such is the story of Ian and Gianna Braziel, the newborn son and daughter of Zjon and Trish Braziel, of Columbus. By Eric Freeman of the Columbus Telegram. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature. Previously moved in advance for weekend use.

BAND PEAKS

LINCOLN - Graham Nott has rubbed shoulders with the likes of Will Ferrell, Keanu Reeves, Ty Pennington and Larry the Cable Guy. But it isn't because Nott's a Hollywood hotshot. By Brett Ellis of the Fremont Tribune. Eds: A Nebraskaland Feature. Previously moved in advance for weekend use.

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LINCOLN, Neb. - No. 20 Oklahoma goes for its fifth straight win over Nebraska, which surrendered a series-record 62 points in its loss in Norman last year. The Sooners, who cling to slim hopes in the Big 12 South, are trying to position themselves for the best bowl possible. Nebraska, meanwhile, is very much alive in the North but needs a win to keep pace. By Eric Olson.

AP Photos by Nati Harnik

ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:

- HORSE-CRUELTY CASES - A Davenport man has been found incompetent to stand trial on charges he neglected his horses.

- REMEMBERING VETS - A program aimed at middle schools is encouraging Nebraska students to show gratitude to war veterans.

- TREASURER CHARGED - A former Adams County treasurer has been ordered to serve three years' probation for evasion of sales tax on an SUV.

- UNO LECTURE - A researcher with the Environmental Protection Agency will talk about education during a lecture at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

- UP-HUNTER SAFETY - Union Pacific railroad is warning hunters to stay away from railroad tracks for their safety.

- NEBRASKA MATH DAY - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is counting on hundreds of high school students showing up for its 20th annual Math Day.

- BUCKET CORN HARVEST - It's not just farmers who are harvesting corn.

- STEWART-SECRETARY OF STATE - The May primary is getting more interesting as another Democrat announces her plan to run for Nebraska secretary of state.

The AP, Omaha.