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A UCLA law professor is petitioning the Nebraska Supreme Court to review a case involving e-mails sent to Sen. Bill Avery of Lincoln when he was a candidate for office. In June, the state Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of UNL student Darren Drahota, who had been found guilty of disturbing the peace and fined $250 for e-mails he sent to Avery in January and February of 2006. At the time, Avery was also a UNL political science professor. Eugene Volokh, a UCLA Law School professor who specializes in First Amendment law through teaching, writing and textbooks, filed the...

ESPN.com: College Football Tuesday, December 30, 2003 Mulkey arrested for marijuana possession Associated Press SAN ANTONIO -- A Nebraska football player was arrested early Tuesday on marijuana possession and other charges following the Cornhuskers' 17-3 win over Michigan State in the Alamo Bowl. Grant Mulkey, a redshirt freshman receiver from Arlington, Texas, was also charged with resisting arrest and evading arrest, said San Antonio police spokeswoman Sandy Gutierrez. Mulkey did not play in Monday's bowl game. Mulkey, 19, was also issued a citation for failing to identify himself to officers who took him into custody after a brief struggle in...