Ramona Deitemeyer, now 92, will meet Kim Daniels of Omaha, the reigning Mrs. Nebraska, who will compete in the national pageant Aug. 23-29 in Tucson, Ariz.

Mitt Romney’s high school freshman year report card was made public. So we don't know who Romney’s running mate is, we haven't seen his tax returns, and he lacks public positions on issues. This is the first election where we have to decide based on a candidate’s ninth grade mark in social studies.

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President Obama just celebrated his birthday. In lieu of belated gifts, please send dirt on Mitt Romney.

President Obama is now referring to Mitt Romney as “Romney Hood,” and Romney is referring to Obama as “Obamaloney.” If these guys spent half as much time developing credible job creation plans as they do thinking up stupid nicknames for their opponent, we'd be in better shape.

Controversy drew a standing-room crowd to the Omaha school board, its 12 members sitting in front of the district's logo — OmahA+ Public Schools.

What happened eight years ago could go down as one of those weird coincidences. Or simply really delicious karma. Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook was in Hooper, Neb., one day in the summer of 2004. He just got the news that former Husker Nancy Metcalf had made the 2004 U.S. Olympic women's volleyball team.

In Olympic equestrian competition, Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter won silver. I'm a little suspicious of favoritism because she didn't use a horse.

An Oregon dairy farmer has installed water beds for his cows, because they allow less bacteria. Now he's thinking of also putting in Magic Fingers and TVs that run on quarters, so the cows can have the entire Motel 6 experience.

As Olympic coverage continues, NBC viewers have been spotted running from their television sets screaming, “No! Please! No more synchronized diving!”

The economic impact of this year's Trials has been estimated at more than $30 million. But frequent mentions of Omaha in the Olympic coverage, on NBC and in news media around the country, are priceless.

The boy band 98 Degrees is reuniting. The members' careers have cooled so much that now they're known as 49 Degrees.

There was no announcement of a new UNO hockey arena on Monday night, at the annual Director's Cup golf tourney dinner at Omaha Country Club. If Athletic Director Trev Alberts was going to break the news, this room of heavy hitters would be among the first to know.

On Saturday, Sarah Palin was in the Omaha area to lunch with Deb Fischer. The two women have much in common. Palin is the former governor of Alaska, and Fischer’s ranch is the exact same size as Alaska.

Nebraska fall football practice began Saturday. This is sort of like the Summer Olympics, only bigger.

Haunted by sexual abuse from his youth and fearful that his baseball career was dying, pitcher R.A. Dickey hatched a bizarre plan — swim between Council Bluffs and Omaha.

Hungry for some sports chat? Replay “Lunch with Tom” to get World-Herald sports columnist Tom Shatel's take on the biggest sports stories.

There. And back again. And back again.

The revelation hit them. You could see it in Will Compton's eyes. Hear it in his voice. The Nebraska senior linebacker was talking about his conversation over dinner with teammates Rex Burkhead and Kyler Reed before Big Ten media days. As he spoke, Compton had this amazed look on his face.