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Slideshow: And then … Following up on the year's top stories

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Ending 2014 with the latest news from some of the year's important and interesting stories.

Little Simon living in the land of sunshine

In July, a crowd gathered at Antelope Park to celebrate a little boy with blond curls.

They donated money to help Simon and his parents move to San Diego, where cold wouldn’t trigger his seizures, and where he could get treatment not available here.

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Giving circle chooses 3 nonprofits to benefit

A new fundraising effort that allows county residents to pool donations for a bigger impact has decided where to put its first $10,000.

Earlier this year, the Lincoln Community Foundation started NextGen Lincoln for Lancaster County residents 40 and younger. The group's 35 members call the fundraising tool a giving circle.

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Student-oriented housing project on track

The bones of the Latitude Lincoln apartment complex are nearly complete, and the building is on schedule for an Aug. 18 move-in.

The wood framing is done and contractors are installing windows and doing brickwork on the six-story building on the block bounded by 10th, 11th M and N streets, said general manager Dave Brown.

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Acquitted murder suspect faces new knife allegation

A man acquitted earlier this year in the stabbing death of a man he'd been drinking with in Lincoln now faces new charges in Omaha for allegedly coming at a man with a steak knife.

Ivan Fourhorns, 48, faces three felonies -- terroristic threats, use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, and possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person -- for an incident Sept. 17.

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Inmate's legal attempt to visit, write wife fails

The inmate who sued the state, saying a prison policy intruded on his marriage, remains behind bars and unable to write or visit his wife. But that may soon change.

A Lancaster County District Court judge dismissed Scott Bonham's lawsuit over a Community Corrections Center-Lincoln policy barring him from contacting his wife, who also was an inmate there.

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Sasquatch hunter sends report to Butler Co. sheriff

Some people laughed when word spread of a possible Bigfoot sighting by a 15-year-old boy headed to a driver's ed class on an early morning near the Platte River.

But not Harriet McFeely.

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Lincoln trumps all in impermanent marks

At the start of the year, the staff at Revitalift, one of the few area places to offer laser tattoo removal, introduced us to people who’d decided it was time to move on from markings of Mickey Mouse and Snoopy, of husbands' names and wives' faces, of toe flowers and tramp stamps.

The response to the story was even more interest, co-owner Heather Swenson said soon after it ran.

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Yazidi boy slowly adjusting to life in the U.S.

Adam Ali has begun to adjust to life in Lincoln after a harrowing escape from the Islamic State in Iraq earlier this year.

His parents, Khaleel Ali and Hayfaa Beirali, were forced to leave their newborn when they fled Iraq in 2010, fearing the trip could kill the prematurely born baby.

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Lincoln man plans to attempt Everest again

The avalanche that killed a dozen Sherpa climbing guides in April also ended Robert Kay’s third attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

His second attempt in 2013 ended when he risked losing his fingers and toes to frostbite. And during his first climb, in 2010, he was turned back by lightning and extreme cold.

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No word on second moutain lion season

Nebraska's first mountain lion hunting season will end Wednesday with five hunters filling their tags, but there is no indication from the state about a second season.

"At this point, we haven’t made any decision on the next season," said Tim McCoy, deputy director of the Game and Parks Commission.

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One more hurdle to overcome

Anthony Mitchell has had a few hurdles thrown his way, and now he's trying to overcome one more.

Mitchell, who came to Nebraska from Florida a few years ago after finding out he needed a kidney transplant, had planned to open a soul food restaurant in October in a historical house on Ninth Street, a few blocks from downtown.

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Peace Corps volunteer wants to go back someday

Caitlin Moore isn’t sure when she’ll go back to Liberia, but she is determined to make it happen.

The Peace Corps volunteer and Doane College graduate was evacuated from the West African country in the midst of an Ebola outbreak and was told at the time she could return to the town of Pleebo by the end of the year.

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Man and Mars at 'peace' apart from Lincoln

Mars, the controversial Czechoslovakian vlcak, and his owner have moved to Milwaukee after they lost a legal fight with the city earlier this year.

The city deemed the dog a hybrid -- a historical cross between a German shepherd and Carpathian wolf -- making him prohibited in Lincoln.

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The TRUTH, with Dave Vrbas

His hair has grown back, and the nonprofit he started to channel his despair has grown along with it.

Dave Vrbas and his sister started the Nebraska Kids TRUTH Campaign last spring, after their father was sentenced to 15 years in prison for manufacturing child pornography.

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Nebraska airports optimistic about new service

Jet-setters in North Platte, Kearney and Scottsbluff are crossing their fingers.

Airports in their cities are awaiting federal approval of a deal that could leave them each with twice-daily flights to Denver aboard 50-seat jets.

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Low-income credit union still looking for donations

The group putting together a low-income credit union for Lincoln is still raising the $300,000 needed to get started.

“We’re almost halfway there,” said Mark Koller, a consultant working to get the credit union off the ground.

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Thousands calling the resurrected Time & Temp number

Reminding us all what news and information is most important right this minute, the restoration of the Time and Temperature telephone number appears to have satisfied faithful local dialers.

Bruce Robertson of RTI Media, a North Carolina company that picked up the 402-476-9211 number after Windstream dropped it in September, said call counts for the first month after Time & Temp returned to service in October were just over 52,000.

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Lincoln High grad making good on her dreams at Peru State

Hello college, are you ready for Je’Kerra Hopper?

Because she’s more than ready for you, as evidenced by a 4.0 grade point average in her first semester at Peru State College.

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Stolen tortoise subjected to fat jokes after return

Captain Hook has bounced back after enduring more than a year in captivity.

But not the right kind of captivity.

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City, schools may resurrect sharing agreement

A proposed agreement spelling out how much it costs the city and public schools to use each others' ballfields, golf courses, parks and gyms has languished for six months.

But it might again see the light of day. 

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Nebraskans file 20 lawsuits against seed company

Nebraska corn producers have now filed more than 20 lawsuits against seed and agrochemical giant Syngenta.

They are just a portion of the lawsuits filed against the Swiss agribusiness claiming damages because Chinese imports of corn have dropped precipitously after inspectors there found traces of genetically modified corn sold by Syngenta, MIR 162, known as Agrisure Viptera. The communist country has banned that corn.

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Sasse bus lives on

The iconic Ben Sasse campaign bus lives.

Any thoughts of junking the 1995 RV after Sasse's successful Senate campaign were quickly dismissed and the vehicle, which was purchased a year ago for $15,000, is now undergoing a round of deferred maintenance.

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Alternative to Boy Scouts fails to expand

A national group created as a Christian-based alternative to the Boy Scouts hasn’t expanded throughout Nebraska the way organizers hoped it would.

The Boy Scouts of America’s decision in May 2013 to allow openly gay boys to join sparked the movement to establish Trail Life USA, which considers homosexuality sinful.

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Worldwide tour comes to end, another adventure about to begin

They pulled into Birmingham’s town square, horn honking, headlights on, and slowed to a stop.

Through their windshield they saw friends, strangers, the BBC, the lord mayor, a banner welcoming them back to England.

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Nebraska Nice getting noticed

The much-debated theme of the Nebraska Tourism Commission's campaign to draw visitors from elsewhere -- Visit Nebraska. Visit Nice. -- appears to have traction.

The commission has reprinted its travel guide to meet demand, it said, and it has been out of them since the end of October.

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City arena suite leased 16 times

Since Mayor Chris Beutler turned over leasing the city’s suite at Pinnacle Bank Arena to Leadership Lincoln in June, private citizens have rented the room 16 times -- for big entertainers and basketball, including five upcoming games.

The mayor's office used it once, joining the Lancaster County Board for the UNL vs. UNO game. His office has also reserved it for three men's games next year to entertain state senators.

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One Hudson puppy left

Bob Seger likes long walks, heavy petting and relaxing in bed. And he wants to go home with you.

The shy, older Maltese dog with no teeth was one of 21 dogs rescued by Hearts United for Animals, an Auburn animal shelter, from a Malcolm-area puppy mill.

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Tiny town still saving for fire hall, gym and future

The men showed up late on a September day, eight of them, with their farm tractors, dump trucks and dozer.

They worked until dark and most of the next day. They scraped, filled and leveled a piece of land on the edge of Newport. They helped lay a foundation, a future, for their town.

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Lost and found another home

Herbie was back, but he’s gone again.

The 6-month-old hedgehog and mascot of Latitude Apartments disappeared in November from the leasing office at 12th and P streets.

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Speech contest winner gained confidence from NSAA flap

Michael Barth learned a lot last April: That he can be himself, and Nebraskans are willing to accept -- and support -- him.

The Nebraska School Activities Association created a firestorm when it asked the Gordon-Rushville senior not to perform his state-championship poems on NET Television's “Best of the Best” show.

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Rains and cold delay completion of Wahoo bypass until June

Work on the long-awaited Wahoo bypass in Saunders County was going strong until heavy rains hit.

"That put us behind the eight ball. We had to fight the weather all summer to stay on schedule," said Thomas Goodbarn, a district engineer for the state Department of Roads.

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Dream slowly becoming reality at Speedway Sporting Village

It took a little longer than planned, but soccer players are now competing at Speedway Sporting Village.

The indoor field house and its 70-yard turf field opened for play and practice Dec. 1, about a month later than hoped when the project was announced in the spring.

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City ends evening bus service for party nights

City officials don’t plan to continue offering evening bus service on special nights.

Early last year, the StarTran Advisory Board approved evening bus service for March 15 -- the Saturday night before St. Patrick’s Day -- and New Year's Eve, as well as one or two undecided nights.

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Losing Jeni, and nearly losing his hand

Mike “Frosty” Faustman lost his wife Jeni in July, two days after their first baby was born.

Four months later, he nearly lost his hand.

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Hassebrook eyes future options

Chuck Hassebrook says he hasn't decided what path he will follow next in the wake of his loss in the contest for governor.

"I'm looking in a couple of different directions," Hassebrook said.

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Pilger keeps Christmas traditions alive after tornado

The camel suffered a broken leg. The sheep were scraped up.

But Jesus, Mary and Joseph were OK.

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Hole in home on Pepper patched

The owners of a home on Pepper Avenue have patched up the problem property, which has peeved neighbors for years.

“They made things look fairly nice,” said Larry Ball, the neighbor who organized a neighborhood forum in August to call attention to the eyesore next door.

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Oldest Nebraskans approaching 110th year

For his 109th Christmas, Mark Behrends wasn’t picky: Any cookie would do.

“He likes sugar cookies and he likes chocolate chip cookies,” said his daughter, Lois Bassinger. “He likes most any kind.”

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