http://www.omaha.com?index.php?u_pg=61 Portal Page en-us Copyright 2006, Omaha World-Herald webmaster@omaha.com Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:48:45 CST Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:59:57 CST Omaha.com XBuild 1 http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=54&u_sid=2141289 Caspar W. Weinberger, a Republican stalwart who served in the Cabinets of Presidents Nixon and Reagan and was a central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, has died. He was 88. 2141289-1143561597629 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:52:00 CST http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1638&u_sid=2141290 State spending will increase 7.3 percent over the next 15 months under the $6.15 billion budget passed today by the Legislature. 2141290-1143561597629 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:23:00 CST http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=46&u_sid=2140952 A recent Census Bureau report shows Nebraska's Latino-owned businesses opening at a rate faster than the U.S. average. And nationally, the Cornhusker state ranked No. 1 in the percentage increase in revenue generated by Latino business owners. Sales receipts in Nebraska reached an estimated $434 million in 2002, according to the study, which covered 1997 to 2002. That's a 207 percent increase from five years earlier. 2140952-1143561597629 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:58:00 CST http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=54&u_sid=2140974 Newly declassified documents about a 1995 meeting show collaboration between Iraq and al-Qaida and give some justification for the war against Iraq, says Bob Kerrey, the former Nebraska U.S. senator and 9/11 Commission member. However, Kerrey said the documents do not show a direct link between former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. 2140974-1143561597629 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:59:00 CST http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1636&u_sid=2141067 A woman has been arrested in the fatal Monday night stabbing of a south Omaha man. Teresa Tippery was booked today on suspicion of manslaughter and weapon use in the death of her brother Richard Tippery. In another overnight incident, police were called to near 38th and Corby Streets about 3:35 a.m. today. The initial report was of shots being fired. They found a shooting victim, who later died. 2141067-1143561597629 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:45:00 CST http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1636&u_sid=2126105 2126105-1143561597629 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:54:00 CST