Lincoln News

T here's a safer alternative to driving for anyone who has too much to drink while celebrating St. Patrick's Day in Lincoln.

"I always wanted to make another picture about sharks," Steve Spielberg joked during last night's fever dream, "and given the success of The Terminal , I wouldn't mind throwing in a couple of jets to spark inner-dialogue that you critics will later praise me for."

The next meeting of the Clarksville Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Gateway Medical Center.

Steve Bessette, who lives in Gettysburg and collects Civil War memorabilia, studies the head of an Abraham Lincoln figurine at the Civil War Wax Museum on Steinwehr Avenue in Gettysburg.

In a current television commercial lacking any wit, originality, or reverence, an actor playing Abraham Lincoln is seen chomping on a so-called "ballpark frank."

Jon Stewart had libertarian Judge Andrew Napolitano on a couple of nights ago, and the two debated Lincoln and the Civil War.

When Civil War came to the United States in 1861, it brought along with it a fear of sedition, which prompted limitations in the freedom of expression.

Following President Obama's appearance on the satirical interview show "Between Two Ferns" with comedian Zach Galifianakis, MSNBC's Chris Matthews chose to take an unnecessary swipe at Fox News.

Some of his other books include "For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War;" "The Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War;" "Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief;" "Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg;" "Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution;" and "Fields of Fury: The American Civil War."

The following information comes for a Glen Ellyn District 41 e-news update: The district will begin adding space at the elementary schools this spring.

In 1914, Mrs. Rosa Dill, pioneer woman of Dillsburg near Rantoul, is dead at the age of 72. She was the mother of 11 children.

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Nevada continues to celebrate its 150th birthday this year and state officials are announcing some fun, new plans to ring it all in! More than 100 sesquicentennial events have already happened with dozens more on the way, including enjoying a giant birthday cake.

As a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and an Oscar-nominated screenwriter for Steven Spielberg's " Lincoln ," Tony Kushner knows a thing or two when it comes to writing about historical figures.

Last night, Jon Stewart invited Fox News's Judge Andrew Napolitano on the show after ripping him a new one with Larry Wilmore over his revisionist history about Abraham Lincoln and slavery.

This quote, attributed to Abraham Lincoln, came up toward the end of a 30-minute phone conversation with Annie Clark, the guitarist and singer / songwriter behind St. Vincent .

I n honor and memory of William C. Bates Jr., the offices of Woods & Bates in Lincoln will be closed on Friday, March 14. William "Bill" C. Bates Jr. practiced law in Lincoln beginning in the 1950s.

Bill O'Reilly doesn't think President Barack Obama's appearance on "Between Two Ferns" was funny, calling it "a little bit desperate" and saying Abraham Lincoln wouldn't have done it.

With due respect to beloved Hall of Fame Saint Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith and beer mogul Budweiser, I believe that their push to establish Baseball Opening Day as a national holiday is ludicrous.

A pair of cartes de visite showing Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad, other Civil War-era cartes de visite of soldiers , and stereoview cards from prominent early photographers will be auctioned on Thursday, March 20, by Waverly Rare Books at the firm's gallery in northern Virginia.