NTK (Need to Know)

Good morning. Today is Thursday, March 18.

Roll down those car windows. Take a walk during your lunch break. Play ball with the kids.

After a chilly start to the morning - temperatures are in the mid-30s just before 6 a.m. - the mercury is expected to shoot through the 40s and 50s and settle somewhere in the low 60s.

Live it up. The metro's spring break is going to be short lived. Overnight temperatures are expected to plummet as we head into a Friday marred by rain and snow.

News of note:

• Nebraska's U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson could face yet another thorny vote, this one involving a proposed overhaul of the college aid system. Nelson has concerns about the bill's impact on Lincoln-based Nelnet. College-aid add-on could put Nelson back in hot seat

•Drawing on his college major and the blood-curdling debates of the Legislature, Lincoln Sen. Colby Coash has embarked on a new career - horror movie actor. Senator's new role: Horror movie

• Check out this year's NCAA basketball tournament preview section, "Swish upon a star," to get full coverage of both the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments. Among the features: Interactive NCAA men's and women's brackets. Tournament Central: NCAA Basketball Preview Section

• For decades, homeowners have doused and spritzed walls to get ride of coverings deemed to tacky to live with. Now wallpaper is back, in all its 1960s and '70s glory. Folks flocking to wallpaper

Some of the day's happenings:

• The NCAA Division I wrestling championships open today for a three-day run at the Qwest Center Omaha. All sessions have sold out.

• It's Medical Match Day for soon-to-be graduates at Creighton University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Fourth-year med students across the country will gather this morning to learn where they will do their residency programs.

• Nebraska high school students are in Kearney for the state speech championships. Speakers flock to Kearney

• Round two of the state budget debate is on the schedule for the Nebraska Legislature, followed by consideration of a bill to boost job training in rural areas and high-poverty urban areas.

- Compiled by Judith Nygren

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