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Support Helps Nebraska Area Agencies On Aging Help Others

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/20/2025 - 12:00am

Finding ways to support older adults during trying times is not new. In 1965, Congress passed the Older Americans Act to complement the medical role of Medicare and Medicaid.

The challenges faced by older adults were increasingly clear, especially those with limited means. However, even those with means required support.

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Challenges To High-Performance Computing Threaten US Innovation

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/20/2025 - 12:00am

The operating system of the High Performance Computing and Storage Complex II (HRSK-II) works during the official opening of the data center of the Lehmann Center (LZR) of the Dresden University of Technology in Dresden, eastern Germany, Wednesday, May 13, 2015.
(Jens Meyer / AP Photo)

High-performance computing, or HPC for short, might sound like something only scientists use in secret labs, but it’s actually one of the most important technologies in the world today. From predicting the weather to finding new medicines and even training artificial intelligence, high-performance computing systems help solve problems that are too hard or too big for regular computers.

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Strike By New Jersey Transit Train Engineers Leaves Some 350,000 Commuters In The Lurch

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/20/2025 - 12:00am

Union members from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen form a picket line outside the NJ Transit Headquarters on Friday, May 16, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey.
(Stefan Jeremiah / AP Photo)

Train engineers in New Jersey’s huge commuter rail system went on strike early Friday, leaving its 350,000 daily riders either working from home or seeking other means to transit the state or cross the Hudson River into New York City.

People who normally rely on New Jersey Transit took to buses, cars, taxis and boats for the morning rush hour after trains ground to a halt at a minute past midnight.

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Steak Town USA: Buffett’s Fave Steakhouse, Omaha Legend Gorat’s, Is Reinvesting In Its Own Future

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/13/2025 - 12:00am

Manager Ashley Blodgett, chef Josh Saligheh and his mother and manager Cathy Saligheh pictured in front of Gorat’s Steakhouse, near 49th and Center streets.
(Joshua Foo / Flatwater Free Press)

If you, like me, haven’t made your way into Gorat’s Steakhouse in years, I have a surprise for you: It’s time to go back.

Gorat’s is good again.

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How Warren Buffett’s Enormous Charitable Gifts Reflect The ‘Inner Scorecard’ That Has Guided Him Up To The Billionaire’s Planned Retirement

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/13/2025 - 12:00am

Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Greg Abel (center) checks out the flight simulators offered by one of Berkshires companies, Flight Safety as he toured the exhibit hall Friday, May 3, 2024, in Omaha, Neb. ahead of Saturday's meeting.
(Josh Funk / AP Photo)

Warren Buffett, the 94-year-old billionaire widely known as the “Oracle of Omaha” because of his investment acumen, says he is getting ready to retire as CEO and hand the reins of Berkshire Hathaway to Greg Abel, his 62-year-old designated successor.

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How Trump’s Tariffs Could Affect Nike And Its Factory Workers

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/13/2025 - 12:00am

An employee holds Nike shoe boxes at the Nike store on the 5th Avenue, Monday, April 7, 2025, in New York.
(Yuki Iwamura / AP Photo)

How Trump’s Tariffs Could Affect Nike and Its Factory Workers

by Matthew Kish, The Oregonian/OregonLive

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Amid Rodeo’s Rising Popularity, One Nebraskan Is Riding Toward The Top Of The Sport

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/06/2025 - 12:00am

Bareback competitor Garrett Shadbolt of Merriman, NE rides First Kiss while competing in the first performance of the West of the Pecos Rodeo at the Buck Jackson Arena Wednesday, June 23, 2021 in Pecos, Texas.
(Eli Hartman / Odessa American via AP)

Garrett Shadbolt grew up watching his dad chase dreams of saddle bronc stardom. Dad never caught that rodeo dream, and young Garrett never had much interest in chasing it — an interesting admission from the Nebraska native and current No. 7 bareback rider in the world.

“I remember going to a lot of rodeos when I was little, but watching him didn’t make me want to get into it,” he said.

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Snakes Have Bitten This Man Hundreds Of Times. His Blood Could Help Make A Better Treatment

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/06/2025 - 12:00am

This undated photo provided by Centivax in 2025 shows Tim Friede, who is hyper-immune to the venom of various snakes, with a water cobra wrapped around his arm.
(Centivax via AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites.

Friede has long had a fascination with reptiles and other venomous creatures. He used to milk scorpions' and spiders' venom as a hobby and kept dozens of snakes at his Wisconsin home.

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Visa Wants To Give Artificial Intelligence 'Agents' Your Credit Card

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 05/06/2025 - 12:00am

Artificial intelligence “agents” are supposed to be more than chatbots. The tech industry has spent months pitching AI personal assistants that know what you want and can do real work on your behalf.

So far, they're not doing much.

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Nebraska Unemployment Rate Ticks Down As Nation’s Inches Up

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 04/29/2025 - 7:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s latest unemployment rate ticked down a bit, to 2.9%, after having reached the 3% mark in February for the first time since during the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2020.