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My bucket list includes a visit to every American state capital city. I decided to take advantage of a recent business trip to Washington, D.C., to make a pit stop in capital No.

That's OK. Most people don't, but soon they might. Filmmaker Ken Burns is challenging Americans to learn the famous speech Abraham Lincoln delivered 150 years ago.

I had never understood why the farmlands of the US had been settled in such a sparse and isolated way, whereas the farming communities in Europe seemed closer, more convivial, centered around village life.

The performance, open to the public, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at Community Church, N6717 Streblow Drive.

Actress Sienna Miller is reportedly in talks to join American Sniper , which will star Bradley Cooper and will be directed by Clint Eastwood.

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Columbia University announced Thursday that it has joined edX, the online education platform co-founded by Harvard and MIT, becoming the organization's 33rd "charter member."

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.