Omaha’s new mayor will drive hybrid car

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha’s new mayor says she’s leasing a hybrid gas-powered engine for official city business.

Mayor-elect Jean Stothert says she’s paying for the lease on the 2013 Ford Fusion Energi herself and also will buy her own gas, even though she’s entitled to a taxpayer-funded vehicle.

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