By Amy L. Csipkes
Student Web Editor
OMAHA, Neb. --Tomatoes, once inexpensive, now fetch higher prices at the local grocery store.
Tomato prices have been impacted by California floods, Florida hurricanes and Mexican bugs, and these events have led to higher prices. [full story].
OMAHA, Neb. -- Veterans were honored in the annual ceremony at Memorial Park in mid-town Omaha.
Mike Slezak reported that more than 200 dignitaries and others attended the gathering. [full story]
OMAHA, Neb. -- Douglas County voters faced long lines at polling places, and some spent more than an hour waiting to cast ballots.
Some voters arrived more than one hour before the polls opened at 8 a.m. [full story]
OMAHA, Neb. -- Omaha's westward neighborhood expansion has spawned new business development.
The Omaha News reporter Samuel Bellanti says the Village Pointe shopping center, at 168th and West Dodge Rd., offers shoppers a new experience. [full story]
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia. -- They are a dog breed that originated in the United Kingdom and are now banned there: Pit Bulls.
Heather Alexander reports that a proposed ordinance to ban pit bulls may be coming just across the Missouri River. [full story]
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OMAHA, Neb. -- University of Nebraska at Omaha students in the School of Communication covered Election 2004.
The American Democracy Project at UNO continues with reporting from around the metro. [full story]