Good morning. Today is Friday, Aug. 19, 2011.
Sunny today with a high temperature of 85. A low of 68 tonight, with a 60 percent chance of rain tonight into Saturday morning. A high Saturday of 82 and a high Sunday of 86.
News of note:
• Computer hackers broke into MECA's computer and payroll systems last month and stole $217,000, with MECA acknowledging that it was the victim of an "Eastern European-based cyber scheme.''
• Hail, heavy rain and high winds batter parts of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa on Thursday night, with Omaha's Eppley Airfield taking a heavy beating.
• Omaha City Council member Ben Gray is making plans to revive a controversial proposal to ban discrimination against homosexual and transgender people in the city.
• Viola Herms Drath, a 91-year-old socialite and acclaimed writer with strong ties to Nebraska, was killed last week in her Washington, D.C.-area home, and her middle-aged husband stands accused of her slaying.
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