Nebraska's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 12th Annual National Awards Program
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Andrew Leibel, 18, of Superior and Spencer Farley, 13, of Lincoln today  were named Nebraska's top two youth volunteers for 2007 by The  Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring  young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
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By Anna Lognonn  AN agricultural charity has appointed two new officers to help farming families in need in the North of England.
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Roger Barta, who built a high school football powerhouse in tiny Smith Center, Kan., was named national coach of the year by the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Committee.
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ATHENS -- When the last on-track event of the XXVIII Olympiad ended last night with an American rout in the men's 4 x 400-meter relay, the symbolism seemed appropriate. There was 20-year-old Jeremy Wariner, already a gold medal winner here, handing off to anchor Darold Williamson, Wariner's 21-year-old teammate from Baylor University.
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By Nancy Gaarder, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 22--The boats are ready. So are the life jackets, trash bags, snacks -- even the T-shirts and banner.   The only thing missing for Saturday's cleanup of the Missouri River at Omaha and Council Bluffs is you -- the volunteer.
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Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns will likely be leaving for Washington to be the next secretary of agriculture. President George W. Bush names Nebraska Gov.
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Jon Scieszka, the author of witty and subversive childrenâs favorites, is to be named the countryâs first national ambassador for young peopleâs literature.
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For the fourth year the two sister clubs The Babylon Rotary Club and the Rotary Club Budapest (Hungary) as a joint project honor two outstanding Hungarian High School teachers.
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The National Park Service gave Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Superintendent Woody Smeck the Director's Award for Superintendent of the Year for Natural Resource Stewardship, the NPS announced last week.
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Sam Keller threw for 258 yards and a touchdown in his first road start for Nebraska and Zackary Bowman had a critical interception in the end zone, leading the 16th-ranked Cornhuskers past Wake Forest, 20-17, yesterday at Winston-Salem, N.C.
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Houston&#39;s Roger Clemens and Arizona&#39;s Randy Johnson finished 1-2 in the National League Cy Young Award voting. The Giants&#39; Jason Schmidt didn&#39;t even finish first in the under-40 division.
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By Heather J. Carlson, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun. 2--Three area teenagers are being honored with an award and scholarships by the U.S. State Department for their work on a Web site.
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Marlon Lucky upstaged the debut of quarterback Sam Keller by running for a career-high 233 yards and three touchdowns and catching a pass for another score as No. 20 Nebraska routed Nevada 52-10 on Saturday.
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A University student and alumnus were awarded Rhodes Scholarships Saturday evening, marking the first time in University history that two representatives from the University were awarded the scholarship in the same year.
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David Harvey had never started a high school football game when he arrived in Lincoln, Neb., this summer to attend the Cornhuskers' football camp. Simply hearing an assistant coach from Division I-AA Eastern Illinois tell him he was going to recommend the Panthers' head coach offer Harvey a scholarship was exciting.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 16--The Sierra Club saluted Charlotte-Mecklenburg elected leaders and volunteers Friday for environmental accomplishments that were featured in the club's national magazine.
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Southern California's Reggie Bush and Utah's Alex Smith are believed to be the first pair of high school teammates ever invited to New York as finalists.