Cornhusker State

Teresa Scanlan won a $50,000 scholarship and a yearlong run with the crown at the competition Saturday night at the Planet Hollywood casino-resort in Las Vegas, giving the Cornhusker State its first-ever win at the pageant.

Teresa Scanlan, Miss Nebraska, Wins 2011 Miss America Pageant (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Teresa Scanlan won a $50,000 scholarship and a yearlong run with the crown at the competition Saturday night at the Planet Hollywood casino-resort in Las Vegas, giving the Cornhusker State its first-ever win at the pageant.

PHOTOS: New Miss America! Hilary Moss 2011

Teresa Scanlan won a $50,000 scholarship and a yearlong run with the crown at the competition Saturday night at the Planet Hollywood casino-resort in Las Vegas, giving the Cornhusker State its first-ever win at the pageant.

PHOTOS: New Miss America! Hilary Moss 2011

Bruning is the frontrunner in the Republican primary race to win the seat in the Cornhusker State.

Citizens United Endorses Jon Bruning In 2012 Nebraska Senate Race The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

He went on to insist, still with a straight face, that California's lop-sided Democratic congressional delegation (Democrats, including the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, outnumber Republicans 34-19) "should either vote against this bill that is a disaster for California or get in there and fight for the same sweetheart deal that Sen. Nelson of Nebraska got for the Cornhusker State."

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe: Biting the Fed's Hand Won't Bring Money to California 2010

(North Carolina was last in 1993, 18 years after that bastion of progressivism that is the Cornhusker State.)

Patrick Sauer: What Is Resposnsible for Rihanna's Beating? Feminism! 2009

Last week, a judge in Nebraska threw out a 2007 lawsuit filed against God by state Sen. Ernie Chambers, who had sought a permanent injunction against the Almighty for bringing "acts of terrorism" against the Cornhusker State.

Cathleen Falsani: You Can Sue God, But You Can't Win 2008

And while ethanol has been a boon to his home state of Nebraska -- it is, after all, the Cornhusker State -- Buffett says he thinks it's not a good alternative.

CNN Transcript May 5, 2008 2008

Anyway, if things aren't working out between you and your teen son or daughter, a hasty family vacation to the Cornhusker State may be just the ticket.

Genocide Twice, Shame on Me 2008

State nicknames give insight into these respective characters, from the blessed (The Golden State,) to the agrarian (The Cornhusker State,) to the ripe for mocking (The Beaver State.)

Ted Goeglein: Florida: The Do-Over State 2008