Steve Neavling

They aren’t your typical FBI agents.

Then again, Sammy Nahorny, 4, Paul Hayes, 9, and Jack Hoffman, 7 aren’t your typical children.

Diagnosed with cancer, the children were distracted from their illnesses at the Omaha FBI office, where they became honorary members of the agency during a mock swearing-in ceremony, the Omaha World-Herald reports.

The kids also met Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead.

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The photo at the York County Fair in Nebraska was shocking.

The manipulated image showed York High School erupting in a ball of fire with a hooded figure in the foreground.

“They never seen this coming,” is impoosed on the image, reports York Times.

Now the FBI is trying to determine whether the photo was an off-colored prank or a legitimate threat.

“We consider it an act of intimidation and extremely poor decision-making,” Superintendent Dr. Mike Lucas told the York Times. “It is unclear to me who is responsible for this or how many people were involved, but it’s a real shame that this has transpired.”

By Allan Lengel

Being an FBI informant can be big bucks — even if you’re not the most angelic individual.

In a murder trial in Douglas County, Nebraska, testimony surfaced that witness Jorge Palacios, a gang member, was paid more than $300,000 over five years from the FBI to help agents investigate drug trafficking, according to the Omaha World-Herald.

The paper reported that Palacios received those payments even though the FBI knew he was a suspected accomplice in an August 2004 shooting of a rival gang member in Los Angeles and that he had been accused — but never charged — in the rape of a 13-year-old girl.

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By Allan Lengel

Two men posing as FBI agents robbed a 31-year-old man early Sunday morning in Lincoln, Neb., authorities said, according to the news website 1011Now.com.

Lincoln police said the man was walking down the street arouned 2:30 a.m. when the two men confronted him and asked to see his wallet, the website reported.

The men assaulted the victim and took off with his wallet, the website reported.

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