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Tom Osborne, two ex-Microsoft execs and an astronaut walk into a bar…
Today, one of the men delivered the keynote speech at an event hosted by the school named after the other man. And, for the most part, Doug Burgum and Jeff Raikes conducted themselves with the sort of decorum expected of a couple of former high-ranking Microsoft executives. But on Thursday night, Burgum and Raikes more…
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World-Herald spotlights three very accomplished Nebraskans
Resembling a ‘where are they now’ feature, the Omaha World-Herald’s front-page story yesterday highlighted the lives of three individuals: a very early Microsoft employee, an astronaut currently in space, and an atomic physicist. The big catch, and the reason it deserved the front page: the three were childhood friends in the rural city of Ashland,…