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Omaha police investigate 2 fatal shootings

Police say it's unclear whether the shootings are related.

Records

Sex offender registry, 11/30

Information from the sex offender registry shall not be used to retaliate against the registrants, their families or their employers in any way, warns the Nebraska State Patrol on its Web site. Vandalism, verbal or written threats of harm are illegal and will result in arrest and prosecution.

National

Man who taught boy to drive arrested after crash

Authorities have arrested a California man who they say was teaching a sixth-grader how to drive when his car crashed into another vehicle, killing the boy, his mother and younger sister.

Complaint claims mayor uses mute button on speakers

Los Angeles County prosecutors are looking into a complaint that the mayor of Carson cuts off public speakers at City Council meetings if he doesn't like what they're saying. David Demerjian of the district attorney's office said the complaint claims that Mayor Jim Dear hits the mute button on speakers before the three-minute time limit is up.

World

AP: Haitian government gets 1 penny of every U.S. quake aid dollar

Less than a penny of each dollar the U.S. is spending on earthquake relief in Haiti is going in the form of cash to the Haitian government, according to an Associated Press review of relief efforts.