Updated: 8:29 AM - Lincoln Police are investigating a possible robbery attempt that led to a crash. Just after 3am Monday, the driver told police he was approached by three men while parked at a stop sign.

Updated: 8:23 AM - The idea of being a mystery shopper sounds like a dream job -- shopping or eating out on someone else's dime. But don't always believe what you hear. Scammers are out to trick you.

Posted: 1:52 PM - The superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol says law enforcement is increasing its presence in Whiteclay after activists attacked two beer trucks and threatened one driver with a knife.

Updated: 7:45 AM - A new study finds that 70% of young professionals mix Facebook and work. Some of the people who mix the two end up being fired.

26 mins ago - Authorities in Omaha have launched a task force to investigate any connection between last week's killings of a Creighton University professor and his wife and the 2008 slayings of an 11-year boy and his family housekeeper.

Posted: 1:50 PM - A Nebraska man convicted for the third time of having sex with young girls has been sentenced to at least 20 years in prison.

Posted: 1:48 PM - A Nebraska company's purchase of a northwest Iowa manufacturer has saved 30 jobs. Thurston Manufacturing Co. of Thurston, Neb., says it has purchased Simonsen Iron Works of Spencer, Iowa, and plans to reopen the plant Monday morning.

34 mins ago - The White House says White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was first informed about an audit of the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conservative groups on April 24

Posted: 2:27 AM - Authorities say a tornado that severely damaged a mobile home park southeast of Oklahoma City killed a 79-year-old man whose body was found in an open area of the neighborhood. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth also said that six people who lived in the mobile home park were injured. Between 30 and 35 homes had significant damage, and number of frame homes in the neighborhood also sustained damage.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - Sunbathers this summer will find new sunscreen labels that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. But despite those long-awaited changes, many sunscreens continue to carry SPF ratings that some experts consider misleading and potentially dangerous, a consumer watchdog group says.

37 mins ago - The best-of-three series between Nebraska and Oregon will begin on Saturday at 7 p.m. (Central), with game two set for 2 p.m. on Sunday and the if-necessary game slated to begin at 5 p.m. Sunday.

Updated: 05/19/2013 - Nebraska's Jordan Hooper earned a position on USA Basketball's 12-player roster for the Women's World University Games, USA Basketball announced on Sunday.

Updated: 05/19/2013 - The 14th-seeded Nebraska softball team fought through three weather delays and a tough 13th-ranked Stanford squad to win its first regional championship since 2002 with a 10-5 victory over the Cardinal in the NCAA Lincoln Regional championship game on Sunday at Bowlin Stadium.

Updated: 7:45 AM - A new study finds that 70% of young professionals mix Facebook and work. Some of the people who mix the two end up being fired.

Posted: 05/18/2013 - Lawmakers are planning to review why few Nebraska students who receive free and reduced-price lunches also participate in the federal funded breakfast program.

Updated: 7:36 AM - For those at Relay for Life in Seward, the event meant more than simply putting an end to cancer. Hundreds gathered to raise funds and awareness for cancer research.

Posted: 05/17/2013 - Authorities in Eastern Oregon say a fleeing man tried to use a backstroke to get across the Columbia River but, exhausted, said he couldn't swim and pleaded with officers to retrieve him. They did.

Posted: 05/17/2013 - A principal in southeast Nebraska spent part of the day on the school's roof to reward students for their good test scores.

Posted: 05/16/2013 - A chef in Connecticut is looking forward to the upcoming cicada invasion, and the chance to try out a few recipes for the insects.