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a Tall Order: Lincoln Note Saving Teen Soldier Up for Sale
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When a city, or a state, loses its daily newspaper, something of its soul is lost with it.
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Asked about their recent history as Oscar rivals, Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee look at each other hesitantly before Spielberg graciously offers, "After you." The two have come to the Cannes Film Festival just months after facing off as the two favorites for best director at the Academy Awards.
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Immaculata students consider the Lincoln-Douglas debate
Considered by many to be one of the most famous political Senate contests in US history, the Lincoln-Douglass debates of 1858 in Illinois, conducted over a three month period, drew huge audiences and centered on the vital issue of the survival of the Union and viability of slavery.
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Six months after winning an impressive reelection, Barack Obama finds himself in some kind of trouble - battered by semi-scandals and bombarded by foreign policy challenges he can't possibly manage.
Want a sculpture? A new jaw? Pizza? Just print it
Blue head Adam Metalo with the Smithsonian Institution Digitization Program Office holds an ABS plastic 3D print from an affordable printer.
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Bill Clinton Urges Illinois House To Approve Gay Marriage
Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday released a statement in favor of marriage equality in Illinois, urging the House to approve the stalled bill.
Civil War commemorative program set
"Marching Orders," a program of Civil War music with narration using words of Abraham Lincoln, will be presented at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Great Hall at Trinity Lutheran Church, 600 S. Water St.
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Our democracy is endangered. Not by the Russians, North Korea, the Iran regime, or even terrorists.
Gusty winds and an incessant locomotive horn did little to tamp down the festive mood Sunday in the Wellsville High School football stadium where hundreds of family members, students, teachers and friends gathered to watch 47 seniors pick up their diplomas.