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Lincoln (KPTM) - University of Nebraska Athletic Director Steve Pederson has been asked to resign his post. The University of Nebraska Chancellor's office tells KPTM FOX 42 News that Chancellor Harvey Perlman has asked Pederson to step down. A source close to the program tells KPTM FOX 42 News that Tom Osborne may be named interim Athletic Director. Sources also tell us that Dave Remington, a former NU offensive lineman, will be named to the football coaching staff. In Monday afternoon's press conference, Perlman said that no interim Athletic Director has been named at this point. Perlman says that former...

BAGHDAD, Aug. 14, 2007 – Fagah Al Dhahab needs money -- about $4 million, to hear him tell it. Dhahab is the director general of the Hillah textiles company. His cluster of factories in the capital of Iraq’s Babil province represents one piece of a network of state-run industries that dotted Iraq under Saddam Hussein, providing jobs and consumer goods, but also impeding competitive growth as lynchpins of Iraq’s controlled economy. Dhahab’s operations are ongoing but suffering, victims of inadequate funding, supply shortages, understaffing and a paucity of electricity. In July, the factory’s output was 450,000 meters of fabric. Before...