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                    <![CDATA[Omaha police carried shock gloves at 29 of 34 schools, used them twice]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Centennial City Council asks voters to raise its own sales tax rate 40 percent]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Grand Lake volunteers open 15th U.S. Constitution Week with Rosen keynote]]>
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