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  • Powerball hits $360M for Wednesday's drawing

    on Nov. 12, 2012, split by winners in Arizona and Missouri , followed by a $365 million jackpot in 2006 won by one person in Nebraska .No one matched Saturday's winning numbers -- 6, 13, 19, 23, 43 plus the Powerball of 16. Two tickets in New York, though,   Read more »

  • Jets add another kicker

    Brett Maher, according to his agent Robert Roche.Roche tweeted his congrats via Twitter . The 6-foot, 186-pound Maher attended Nebraska, where he was 20-of-27 from field-goal range in 2012. Maher also handeld the punting duties the past two seasons, averaging   Read more »

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About Nebraska

Nebraska is a Great Plains state of the United States. Nebraska gets its name from a Native American (Oto) word meaning "flat water", after the Platte River that flows through the state. Once considered part of the Great American Desert, it is now a leading farming state. Nebraskans have practiced scientific farming to turn the Nebraska prairie into a land of ranches and farms. Much of the history of the state is the story of the impact of the Nebraska farmer. Nebraskans are sometimes colloquially referred to as "Cornhuskers" (which is derived from the state nickname).

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