KEEPING HISTORY ALIVE.

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The weather can be tough in Nebraska. And then there are the vandals. Many of the state's more than 400 state historical markers are now history--faded, pockmarked, rotted. "Generally speaking, it's like a lot of things, the state established the historical marker program, but there's never enough money to do the maintenance on these things," Jim Potter, who oversees the program, told the Omaha World-Herald. Now, financial help is on the way, more is being sought, and volunteers are pitching in. The Nebraska State Historical Society recently received a...