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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announces today that due to a steady decrease of activity, the Disaster Loan Outreach Centers located in Lincoln, Knox and Oxford counties will close Thursday, June 21 at the close of business.

The magnificent Abbey Lincoln tackles the most vital songbook yet: her own (By Francis Davis)

Well to all those who own a Lincoln LS…GET RID OF IT NOW!!! My wife and I purchased one about a year and a half ago. Then it happened the little man with the air bag kept flashing at us. Took it to the shop no one could figure what was going on with it. This would go in for weeks and then months.

Executives of the Weinstein Company said ?Sicko? would open Friday on a single screen at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square theater in New York.

Lincoln County commissioners on Monday narrowly approved a roughly $119.6 million budget for the 2007-08 fiscal year, which starts July 1. The 3-2 vote came after multiple budget work sessions, and with one commissioner, Jim Klein, voicing concern about the county using too much of its cash reserves to balance the budget. The other commissioner who voted against the budget, Alex Patton, said he ...

HAMLIN, W.Va. — Loretta Lynn is returning to the Mountain State.

Lincoln Police are looking for suspects in connection with a Tuesday morning burglary.

DECATUR When John McClarey was given the task of designing a new award featuring Abraham Lincoln, he wanted to portray pieces of Lincoln s life that most people know little about.

Schalke midfielder Lincoln still looks on course to move to Galatasaray, despite confusion surrounding the deal. The Turkish club prematurely announced a transfer on their website but later changed the name of Lincoln to that of Ismail Bouzid, who has joined from Kaiserslautern.

Schalke have revealed that they will not stand in the way of playmaker Lincoln leaving to join Galatasary.

Tenor and soprano saxophonist Walter Blanding believes in the positive power of music.

Lincoln City have been linked with a move for Scunthorpe left-back Lee Ridley.

Lynn's people actually contacted Lincoln County about making a return appearance this year.

Lincoln City have been linked with a move for Scunthorpe left-back Lee Ridley.

(AP) - Everyone knows about Abraham Lincoln: 16th president of the United States, saved the Union, freed the slaves. And, oh yes, war criminal, depressive, secular saint, homosexual and business management guru.

Fred Rahmer has always claimed that the next win is the most important to him. During his long and storied racing career, Rahmer has always looked forward. The win just scored wasn't the one that counted the most. The next win was the one he wanted the most.

Another week has gotten off to a bad start at Springfield’s Lincoln Library, as electrical problems Monday again forced closure of the building at 326 S. Seventh St.

Schalke midfielder Lincoln still looks on course to move to Galatasaray, despite confusion surrounding the deal. The Turkish club prematurely announced a transfer on their website but later changed the name of Lincoln to that of Ismail Bouzid, who has joined from Kaiserslautern.

This little-known plan took shape 11 years after the president was assassinated. When it comes to Abraham Lincoln, apparently there's no such thing as enough.

Brandon Prine describes his ascension from Lincoln’s junior varsity to top-line varsity pitcher with an undeniable truth. "It’s better than sitting,"...

This little-known plan took shape 11 years after the president was assassinated. When it comes to Abraham Lincoln, apparently there's no such thing as enough.

SPRINGDALE -- A Lincoln man was arrested Sunday in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

The earth will not move. Or at least those notorious swaying ramps at the Linc ought to stay put. Braces and electronic vibration monitors have been added to two freestanding exit ramps at Lincoln Financial Field that undulated uncomfortably when mobbed with departing fans.

LINCOLN - Graduation requirements for high school seniors here just became much more difficult. Evidently, however, they were not unanticipated by those affected.

The Lincoln County Planning and Zoning Commission voted Monday to postpone a decision regarding a petition that would place a hog confinement near a water pipeline.

LINCOLN — Residents interested in whether the Lincoln area’s five school districts should consolidate soon can hear the results of a six-month study on the question.

LINCOLN — A $1.4 million complex for a group that helps people with disabilities is planned for Lincoln and is awaiting formal approval from the City Council.

NATCHEZ — The Cathedral Green Wave used a strong performance from pitcher Patrick McDonough and timely hitting to make quick work of West Lincoln Tuesday night.

In a town as small as Lincoln, a simple structure can become a focal point for so many things — weddings, funerals, reunions, church services, dances.

Molly Lanham, the 5-year-old who was hit by a car before school nearly four weeks ago, is returning to Lincoln today. The Prescott Elementary kindergartner was hit by a car at 19th and Harwood streets on the morning of May 23 as she headed to the school bus.

What better way to spend third period than talking about FAFSA forms and such? Some Lincoln Northeast students were kind enough to indulge the Journal Star on Wednesday and tell their stories of applying to college.

Bosch Security Systems announced Monday it will consolidate all of its North American repair work at its Lincoln location and plans to hire more than 60 additional employees over the next year.

LINCOLN - A 1.4 million complex for a group that helps people with disabilities is planned for Lincoln and is awaiting formal approval from the Lincoln City Council.

LINCOLN — Residents interested in whether the Lincoln area’s five school districts should consolidate soon can hear the results of a six-month study on the question.

LINCOLN -- A $1.4 million complex for a group that helps people with disabilities is planned for Lincoln and is awaiting formal approval from the City Council.

LINCOLN — A $1.4 million complex for a group that helps people with disabilities is planned for Lincoln and is awaiting formal approval from the City Council.

As Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing 2007 opens tonight with a battle of the swing bands on Josie Robertson Plaza, the complex itself is kicking off a brand new program. Beginning today, in cooperation with Nokia Siemens Networks, free wireless access is available in all outdoor areas of the Lincoln Center campus.

LINCOLN — Residents interested in whether the Lincoln area’s five school districts should consolidate soon can hear the results of a six-month study on the question.

LINCOLN -- A $1.4 million complex for a group that helps people with disabilities is planned for Lincoln and is awaiting formal approval from the City Council.

LINCOLN — A $1.4 million complex for a group that helps people with disabilities is planned for Lincoln and is awaiting formal approval from the City Council.

"What then is the American, this new man?" This question has echoed through our history since J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur asked it in "Letters From an American Farmer" in 1782. For decades canny Ben Franklin suited the role, with the noble Washington glancing protectively over his shoulder.

A suspended Lincoln High School student who took a gun to school in May has pleaded guilty.

At Culler Middle School, Police Chief Tom Casady said, a custodian was at work on Saturday and found broken windows, damaged ceiling tiles and water fountains and blood.

If you're heading to Lincoln Center tomorrow night, don't forget your laptop. Tomorrow's opening of the dance show "Midsummer Night Swing" on Lincoln Center's Josie Robertson Plaza will mark the launch of free wireless internet access across 6.3 acres of Lincoln Center ’ s outdoor public space.

A 5-year-old Lincoln girl hit by a car nearly four weeks ago scheduled to come back home Tuesday.

SPRINGFIELD The home where the nation’s 16th president and his family lived for 17 years is getting the dents, scratches, scrapes and spills of more than 350,000 visitors a year fixed up this spring, including a fresh coat of exterior paint, plaster repairs, repainting interior trim and replacing wallpaper and drapes that, in some cases, are 20 years old.

A battered old hat, a pair of stained gloves, a child’s silly rhyme — hardly the stuff of history. All three items are part of an immense private collection put together by a Lincoln fan over 35 years.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A battered old hat, a pair of stained gloves, a child’s silly rhyme — hardly the stuff of history.

When John McClarey was given the task of designing a new award featuring Abraham Lincoln, he wanted to portray pieces of Lincoln's life that most people know little about.

Car ownership in the United States used to be part of the socioeconomic climb. Depending on which brand they were loyal to, drivers moved from Ford to Mercury to Lincoln, or from Chevrolet to Buick to Cadillac.

Springfield, June 18: Gloves stained with former President Abraham Lincoln's blood are part of an immense private collection about Lincoln's life that is about to go public.

LINCOLN -- A $1.4 million complex for a group that helps people with disabilities is planned for Lincoln and is awaiting formal approval from the City Council.

Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have discovered a novel nanomachining process that will help manufacturers produce superior nanoscale devices to perform important functions such as detecting DNA and precisely controlling drug release.

The mother of three children who were killed in last week's row house fire in Lincoln-Larimer met with police today just two days after her childrens' funeral. KDKA's Alison Morris reports.

Lincoln Police arrest a level three sex offender for living too close to a school

With so many Tennessee republicans pinning their hopes on former Senator Fred Thompson, congressman Lincoln Davis said he would love to see another former senator from the Volunteer State in the race, Al Gore. | | Gore spent this past week in Europe on a different sort of campaign for global warming. | | He has said he has no plans to run for the president again. | | Even so, a poll last...

A battered old hat and a pair of stained gloves hardly sound like the stuff of history. But this is a stovepipe hat, and the gloves are stained with Abraham Lincoln's blood.

NEW YORK----Summer at Lincoln Center kicks off with some fancy footwork and a high-tech mouse click into cyberspace. The opening night of Midsummer Night Swing, New York's favorite outdoor dance series on Josie Robertson Plaza, marks the launch of free wireless internet access across 6.3 acres of Lincoln Center's outdoor public space through an agreement with Nokia in cooperation with Nokia ...

Old hat, childhood poem remind people men like Abe were human

Lincoln Police arrest a man in connection with a weekend school burglary

Tenor and soprano saxophonist Walter Blanding believes in the positive power of music.

The man collecting the highest pension in Plymouth County history is not a criminal — not, at least, according to a federal jury that found him not guilty last Thursday of two counts of federal mail fraud.

Otero County and the Lincoln National Forest have split over how serious a threat the spruce budworm has become. But the two have moved closer on the subject of spraying to contain the current insect infestations.

Fred Rahmer claimed perhaps his most important milestone victory on Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway. Rahmer topped the All-Star sprints and the local posse to claim his 151st career Lincoln Speedway sprint-car win.

Formerly called "Lincoln Park Fest," the two-day celebration of blues and rock music features a roster of national acts, plus arts and crafts and kids' entertainment.

NATCHEZ — The Cathedral Green Wave used a strong performance from pitcher Patrick McDonough and timely hitting to make quick work of West Lincoln Tuesday night.

LAS CRUCES -- A wetter than usual fall, winter and spring have meant there are no fire restrictions in the Lincoln and Gila national forests, and officials say conditions are great for visitors.

The Lincoln Arts Festival will welcome summer with a rousing dance at the new pavilion at Barrett's Park on Thursday, July 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. Music will be by the Sheepscot Jazz and Swing Company, led by Bigelow Lab's own Barney Balch and his band of renown.

Gardners' Nat Tuckey earned his second straight thundercar feature win late Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway. Winning from the eighth starting position, Tuckey passed polesitter Danny Beard for the race lead on the seventh lap and earned his fourth win of the season.

With the 151st career super sprint feature win by Fred Rahmer, Saturday night became a day for the Lincoln Speedway record books.

Lincoln police arrested five men this weekend on suspicion of soliciting prostitution.

An investigation into a stolen ATM in Waukesha County led to a search in Milwaukee Monday morning. The Waukesha County Sheriff's Department said there has been a rash of ATM thefts in the past month. At about 4 a.m., the sheriff's department said three people stole a machine on Highway 164 and Lincoln. The vehicle the men were driving in was spotted and a chase began. It ended near 99th Street ...

BRAINTREE - It’s always good to be back at Braintree High School for Kirk Fredericks during the high school baseball season. His family and friends can see him in person, and it means the Lincoln-Sudbury team he coaches has made the state semifinals.

Monday The Cleveland Music School Settlement will host a benefit concert, ``Congo Square,'' featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and Yacub Addy and Odadaa at 7 p.m. at the Allen Theater in Playhouse Square.

A battered old hat, a pair of stained gloves, a child's silly rhyme -- hardly the stuff of history. Except that this hat is a stovepipe hat, the gloves are stained with a president's blood and the rhyme was written by a young Abraham Lincoln.

Shortly after Memorial Day weekend, a tractor-trailer arrived in Springfield. Two drivers had taken it from California, nonstop, from the home of Louise Taper.

The Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 Franklin County Literacy Council is inviting people who are interested in volunteering to a tutor orientation from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 27.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A battered old hat and a pair of stained gloves hardly sound like the stuff of history. But this is a stovepipe hat, and the gloves are stained with Abraham Lincoln's blood.

SPRINGFIELD — A battered old hat, a pair of stained gloves, a child’s silly rhyme — hardly the stuff of history.

June 18 Twin City area 1. Lincoln Street between Veterans Parkway and Capen Drive will be closed until the end of July for rehabilitation.

Except that this hat is a stovepipe hat, the gloves are stained with a president's blood and the rhyme was written by a young Abraham Lincoln. All three items are part of an immense private collection put together by a Lincoln fan over 35 years.

Fred Rahmer picked up win No. 151 to pass Steve Smith on the all-time win list. Jun 18, 2007 — Ten years ago, Steve Smith's 150th and final win at Lincoln Speedway came in a May4 All-Star Circuit of Champions show.

When Eddie Knox became mayor in 1979, many of uptown's buildings were boarded up, crime was spiking and Charlotte struggled with its emerging identity as a city. By the time the personable Knox stepped down in 1983, the renaissance that continues today had started. Staff writer Jennifer Rothacker spoke with Knox, 70, and living at Verdict Ridge, the golf course community he developed in Lincoln ...

Fred Rahmer claimed perhaps his most important milestone victory on Saturday night at Lincoln Speedway. Rahmer topped the All-Star sprints and the local posse to claim his 151st career Lincoln Speedway sprint-car win.

Ford dealership Hutchings Motors at Pacific and Rucker avenues announced four factory trained Lincoln-Mercury men had been added to their service department. They were Fred Topp, Carl Unde, Lyle Wood and Frank Shattuck.

TOWN OF CORNING -- The Lincoln County Sheriffs Department found a 16-year-old boy dead early Sunday morning in a cabin in the northwestern corner of the town of Corning.

LINCOLN, Illinois -- The National Weather Service says someone has been submitting fictional reports of severe weather, causing unnecessary alerts and frightening people.

LA CROSSE Jonathan Palmer, a 2000 graduate of Lincoln High School, has been given a Graduate Thesis Award, one of the top awards given to students earning a masters degree at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

SPRINGFIELD -- A battered hat, a pair of stained gloves, a child's silly rhyme -- hardly the stuff of history. Except that this hat is a stovepipe hat, the gloves are stained with a president's blood and the rhyme was written by a young Abraham Lincoln.

Did you miss Harwich's James Hamilton Saturday at the state baseball finals in Lowell? Or Lincoln-Sudbury's Kevin Scanlon? How about Scanlon's teammate, Matt Miller?

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., got the red carpet treatment Thursday as a star of a new documentary that offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life as a female senator.

FRANKLIN — FATHERS, SONS , families and community residents of all generations and backgrounds will gather from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens for a community celebration of Fathers and Sons at 771 Somerset St.

A 28-year-old is robbed and knocked unconscious during an assault by four males in Lincoln.

SPRINGDALE -- A Lincoln man was arrested Sunday in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

The collection was pieced together over three decades by Los Angeles resident Louise Taper.

Monday The Cleveland Music School Settlement will host a benefit concert, ``Congo Square,'' featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and Yacub Addy and Odadaa at 7 p.m. at the Allen Theater in Playhouse Square, 1501 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland. Proceeds benefit the school. Tickets start at $50. Call 216-241-6000 or 800-766-6048.

Wynton Marsalis, shown at Lincoln Center in January, not only played the trumpet, but sang and danced at the Mann Center Friday night in a performance of his "Congo Square" suite.

A battered old hat, a pair of stained gloves, a youth's silly rhyme — hardly the stuff of history. Except that this hat is a stovepipe...

Letters, gloves and a stovepipe hat are part of a 1,500-piece collection purchased by the Lincoln Presidential Library.

Displaying matches 1 to 20. Chicago Summerfest in Lincoln Park Clark Street and Armitage Avenue ...[more] noon - 10 p.m. Formerly called "Lincoln Park Fest," the two-day celebration of blues and rock music features a ...[more]

Milford resident and lifelong race fan Bill Smarr is in the process of writing a book about the history of the former Lincoln Racetrack. He is getting plenty of help from his cousin Russell Bradley in what he refers to as a labor of love.

The small silhouette is a modest celebration of respect, but most North Dakotans can easily recognize the quiet dignity of one of the state's oldest landmarks.

Police are seeking information about a spate of vehicle fires north and west of Lincoln Park early Sunday morning.

The Lincoln Saltdogs outlasted the Blacksnakes 3-1 in 11 innings on Sunday in St. Joseph, Mo., to avoid the three-game sweep. It’s was a solid pitching duel between the starters.

The city’s annual Fourth of July celebration will feature a 22-minute fireworks display choreographed to a live concert by Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra.

Police arrested 20-year-old Joshua J. Fry, 5401 Vine St., Sunday in connection to a burglary at Culler Middle School, Lincoln Police Capt. David Beggs said.

A total of 183 nominations. More than 100 titles. And five finalists for 2007 One Book—One Lincoln.

You’re stopped at the light at 48th and Normal. You look up and see a crisp, TV-screen-like billboard touting Time Warner Cable. You look back at the stoplight. It’s still red. You look up and the billboard has changed: now it’s advertising Bellevue University.

SPRINGFIELD — A battered old hat, a pair of stained gloves, a child’s silly rhyme — hardly the stuff of history.

LINCOLN - Lancaster County Board members have agreed to hear a drag strip proposal from motor sports promoter Greg Sandford on July 31. The public hearing was originally set for July 24, but was pushed back a week due to scheduling conflicts with staff.

June 18 Twin City area 1. Lincoln Street between Veterans Parkway and Capen Drive will be closed until the end of July for rehabilitation.

What better way to spend third period than talking about FAFSA forms and such? Some Lincoln Northeast students were kind enough to indulge the Journal Star on Wednesday and tell their stories of applying to college.

Gilbert Lundstrom’s nearly $2.5 million pay package in 2006 probably looks like a lot to the average Lincolnite.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A battered old hat, a pair of stained gloves, a child's silly rhyme -- hardly the stuff of history. Except that this hat is a stovepipe hat, the gloves are stained with a...

A battered old hat, a pair of stained gloves, a child's silly rhyme - hardly the stuff of history. Except that this hat is a stovepipe hat, the gloves are stained with a president's blood and the rhyme was written by a young Abraham Lincoln. All three items are part of an immense private collection put together by a Lincoln fan over 35 years. Now the collection is about to go public after being ...

The second annual Mountain Heritage Literary Festival hosted by Lincoln Memorial University runs this weekend, and a familiar voice will lead the way for the emerging event.

Extending proper handshakes and creating spreadsheets are some of the many basic and advanced real-world business skills learned by Kathleen Johnson’s middle-school Future Business Leaders of America students at Logan and Lincoln Middle Schools.

JEROME, Idaho -- North Side Soil and Water Conservation District is sponsoring a Spring Farmer’s Meeting on Wednesday, April 4, at 5 p.m. It will be held at the Sawtooth Best Western Inn on South Lincoln in Jerome.

A battered old hat, a pair of stained gloves, a child's silly rhyme — hardly the stuff of history.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A battered old hat, a pair of stained gloves, a child's silly rhyme -- hardly the stuff of history. Except that this hat is a stovepipe hat, the gloves are stained with a president's blood and the rhyme was written by a young Abraham Lincoln.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An immense private collection with the personal effects of Abraham Lincoln compiled over decades by a history buff has been acquired by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A battered old hat, a pair of stained gloves, a child’s silly rhyme — hardly the stuff of history. Except that this hat is a stovepipe hat, the gloves are stained with a president’s blood and the rhyme was written by a young Abraham Lincoln.

The Lincoln County coroner has been asked to investigate the weekend death of a teen who was found dead after hiking with his father.

Several Dads were honored in coordination with Juneteenth Celebration on Father's Day.

Students new to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall take heed. Downloading music illegally on campus carries some serious risks. Three times UNL has been a target of the Recording Industry Association of America's waves of pre-litigation letters sent to college campuses nationwide.

The news about Waskar Ari, the pending assistant professor of history and ethnic studies, is that there is no news. In March, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, represented by Mike Maggio, sued the Department of Homeland Security to compel them to give a positive or negative response to the petition.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has a new multicultural center coming soon, but before construction starts, the architects are taking time to go over some details of the design. On Friday designers from the dlr architect group of Omaha and Nebraska Union officials came together to discuss the layout and schematics of the Jackie D.

When Jamal Husein first moved to Nebraska from Palestine in 1982, there was no falafel to be found. "I remember when I first came here I had to search it out. I had to drive miles and miles just to find falafel, in Chicago or Detroit," said Husein, an University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumnus.

Lincoln residents won't be alone anymore as they cross the 12th Street skywalk downtown. On June 5, a giant mural covering both sides of the skywalk was unveiled. The mural, titled "Larger Than Life," depicts the cultural diversity of Lincoln, which was exactly what the artist, Larry Roots, tried to portray.

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Lincoln Police arrested five men Friday night for soliciting prostitution.

Lincoln Thompson, Lemuel Randolph and Thad Helsley help dedicate the newest pedestrian bridge into Old Settler's Park. The approximately $100,000 bridge and accompanying flood control engineering were dedicated with a small ribbon cutting.

Milford resident and lifelong race fan Bill Smarr is in the process of writing a book about the history of the former Lincoln Racetrack. He is getting plenty of help from his cousin Russell Bradley in what he refers to as a labor of love.

In an effort to help curb the effects of climate change, VUWSA, Victoria University’s of Wellington Students’ Association have offset their greenhouse gas emission through the Landcare Research carboNZero programme during the New Zealand Union of Students’ Association (NZUSA) June 07 conference, hosted this year by Lincoln University Students’ Association.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A wetter than usual fall, winter and spring have meant there are no fire restrictions in the Lincoln and Gila national forests.

A custodian at Culler Middle School came to work late Saturday to find a window and glass door broken out, as well as damage ceiling tiles, light fixtures and water fountains, Lincoln Police Capt. David Beggs said.

TWO RIVERS - A woman was transported to Aurora Medical Center with injuries Saturday after being involved a two-car head-on collision at 22nd Street and Lincoln Avenue in Two Rivers, according to Two Rivers Police Lt. Scott Gerard.

Frankton police arrested Jose P. Gonzalez, 30, 2407 1/2 Lincoln St., Anderson, around 10:45 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of County Road 600 West and Indiana 128 on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Class D felony; reckless driving, a Class B misdemeanor; and resisting law enforcement, a Class D felony.

UPDATED 6/17/07 These Washington State Department of Transportation projects have traffic impacts in Spokane, Adams, Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Whitman and northeast Franklin counties.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for 11 Wisconsin counties in the north central and northeastern portions of the state until 7 p.m. Sunday. Marathon and Lincoln counties are among the 11 within the warning zone. The other counties are Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida, Shawano and Vilas. Scattered thunderstorms also are expected in these ...

Have you ever wished that your pears would keep fresh for longer? Well, scientists from Lincoln University have been trialling the use of aspirin, and, surprisingly it is showing potential to help with this problem.

Four of Lincoln County's five fatal accidents since January have occurred on state Highway 583.

Associated Press - June 17, 2007 4:05 PM ET LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A wetter than usual fall, winter and spring have meant there are no fire restrictions in the Lincoln and Gila national...

''Americans have in fact gotten rid of presidents, but only by legal means, in accordance with the constitution.'' May I remind him that Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy were all assassinated while in office.

Lincoln University scientists believe they may have found an easy way to keep juicy pears fresh for longer.

JEFFERSON CITY - The state meet here at Lincoln University is the big time in prep track and field. Thousands fill the stands, fanning themselves when it's hot; and when it's raining they pop thousands of umbrellas with colorful, rippling effect.

A La Luz geophysicist who specializes in fluid dynamics has completed a study showing not only how the Lincoln National Forest has become increasingly dehydrated over the last 10 to 15 years, but also how Alamogordo has lost a large part of its water supply.

Half of the sextuplets born prematurely to a Minnesota couple have now died, hospital officials said Saturday. A third boy, Lincoln Sean Morrison, died

The Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln more than 150 years ago prompted a celebration in Roswell Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Park on Union Avenue Saturday.

The Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln more than 150 years ago prompted a celebration in Roswell Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Park on Union Avenue Saturday.

There have been a lot of improvements to Monument Avenue in the past 20 years, but former Springfield alderman Bob Vose would like to see even more work done on the street that leads to Abraham Lincoln's tomb.

LINCOLN ? The muchanticipated cut in grocery taxes will take effect in Arkansas in a couple of weeks, but only if retailers figure out how to make it happen at the cash register. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)

A long-debated program aimed at managing residential growth in Lincoln County finally may win approval Monday, more than a year after commissioners rejected it. The adequate public facilities program is intended to prevent development from overwhelming such county services as schools, water and sewer. Only a handful of governments in the Charlotte region have such a measure: Cabarrus, Stanly and ...

The Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 Franklin County Literacy Council is inviting people who are interested in volunteering to a tutor orientation from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 27.

NEWARK -- When Lincoln Middle School becomes Heritage Middle School at the beginning of next school year, the building will become a melting pot for students and teachers from a variety of schools.

chalke look set to lose their Brazilian playmaker Lincoln after it was reported that representatives from Galatasary and Schalke had met on Friday.

Sitting in the driver’s seat of his blue Lincoln Navigator, Bill Self fiddles with the radio while searching for a suitable rock station. “Great song,” Self says as U2’s “Where the Streets Have No Name” is deemed an acceptable choice on the FM Dial. The streets in Lawrence have names. Kansas University’s fifth-year basketball coach knows that all too well after this week.

Bismarck Tribune By ALYSSA SCHAFBy ALYSSA SCHAFER The small silhouette is a modest celebration of respect, but most North Dakotans can easily recognize the quiet dignity of one of the state's oldest landmarks.

Pedal cars, Mr. Potato Head, Lincoln Logs vintage toys, TV shows and artifacts from the post-World War II era were the highlight of the Sheboygan County Museums Third Saturday program.

LOWELL -- As Lincoln-Sudbury took infield practice, the video screen in left-center field at LeLacheur Park was showing yesterday's Red Sox-Giants game.

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., got the red carpet treatment Thursday as a star of a new documentary that offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life as a female senator.

SPRINGDALE -- A Lincoln man was arrested Sunday in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

By Aaron Sadler Stephens Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., got the red carpet treatment last week as a star of a new documentary that offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life as a female senator.

The punchers rollicked their way into first place when they handed Teddy Price and his Wheeling outfit a 6 to 0 shut out.

NATCHEZ — The Cathedral Green Wave used a strong performance from pitcher Patrick McDonough and timely hitting to make quick work of West Lincoln Tuesday night.

Gilbert Lundstrom’s nearly $2.5 million pay package in 2006 probably looks like a lot to the average Lincolnite.

OMAHA, Neb. -- A church van full of Sudanese children were seriously hurt a month ago on Interstate 80 in Lincoln. The tire on the van blew out. Several children were thrown from the van.

Extending proper handshakes and creating spreadsheets are some of the many basic and advanced real-world business skills learned by Kathleen Johnson’s middle-school Future Business Leaders of America students at Logan and Lincoln Middle Schools.

Abbey Lincoln and Chico Hamilton (pictured) will headline the 15th annual free Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, a two-day event to be held later this summer in Manhattan neighborhoods where Parker lived and worked.

Seventy-four-year-old Shirley Maly received the 2007 Peace Corps' Lilian Carter Award, which honors her commitment to understanding people from all over the world.

MIDLAND — Forty-nine seniors graduated from Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School on Saturday in a ceremony that honored each one’s unique character and achievements.

Lincoln-Sudbury baseball players pigpile on the mound after the Warriors knocked off Algonquin to win the state championship.

MIDLAND -The Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center was built with public money but very little public oversight, and included funding from Midland School District, a process one public school solicitor described as improper.

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and technicians with the Natural Resources Conservation Service operate at opposite ends of the livestock feeding spectrum in support of one of the state’s few multi-billion dollar industries.

A two-vehicle crash at 52nd and O streets Saturday evening has left at least one person, maybe two, with life-threatening injuries, Lincoln Police Capt. Anthony Butler said.

Milford resident and lifelong race fan Bill Smarr is in the process of writing a book about the history of the former Lincoln Racetrack. He is getting plenty of help from his cousin Russell Bradley in what he refers to as a labor of love.

A laptop computer issued by the U.S. Army was stolen from a recruiter’s pickup sometime overnight Friday. There was no indication the computer contained sensitive information, Lincoln Police Capt. Anthony Butler said.

Half of the sextuplets born prematurely to a Minnesota couple have now died, while the others remained in critical condition, hospital officials said Saturday. A third boy, Lincoln Sean Morrison, died Friday. Two of his brothers, Tryg and Bennet, died earlier in the week. The four boys and two girls were born last Sunday about 4 1/2 months early a Minneapolis hospital. Doctors had advised the ...

One subway performer outside Lincoln Center tailors his nightly performances to those happening inside.

Seven cardboard boxes labeled “Charles Lincoln” lined the table behind the federal prosecutors for days in Courtroom 18 at U.S. District Court in Boston.

SPRINGFIELD - The home where the nation's 16th president and his family lived for 17 years is getting the dents, scratches, scrapes and spills of more than 350,000 visitors a year fixed up this spring, including a fresh coat of exterior paint, plaster repairs, repainting interior trim and replacing wallpaper and drapes that, in some cases, are 20 years old.

WINSTON-SALEM- Thousands turned out to Rupert Bell Park in Winston-Salem to celebrate Juneteenth on Saturday. The third annual Triad Juneteenth festival commemorates the last days of slavery in the United States back in 1865, two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation.

LINCOLN - Lancaster County Board members have agreed to hear a drag strip proposal from motor sports promoter Greg Sandford on July 31. The public hearing was originally set for July 24, but was pushed back a week due to scheduling conflicts with staff.

A third sextuplet born to a St. Louis Park couple Sunday has died. Lincoln Sean Morrison died Friday, according to an announcement this afternoon by Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota.

Half of the sextuplets born prematurely to a Minnesota couple have now died, hospital officials said Saturday. A third boy, Lincoln Sean Morrison, died Friday. Two of his brothers, Tryg and Bennet, died earlier. The three remaining babies remained in critical condition Saturday in the neonatal intensive care unit at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. Parents Ryan and Brianna Morrison released a ...

So long for just awhile. I'm borrowing legendary broadcaster Jack Buck's signature signoff because, as of Friday afternoon, it applied to me. Vacation lies ahead in my native St. Louis, where I'll be spending the next week.

Dustin Lucas, 23, 305 Lincoln Drive, Port Clinton, arrested by Port Clinton police, charged with aggravated menacing, obstructing and resisting arrest, no bond.

SPRINGFIELD - The home where the nation's 16th president and his family lived for 17 years is getting the dents, scratches, scrapes and spills of more than 350,000 visitors a year fixed up this spring, including a fresh coat of exterior paint, plaster repairs, repainting interior trim and replacing wallpaper and drapes that, in some cases, are 20 years old.

Thousands of African-American slaves in Texas had no idea that Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation on Jan.

TRACY - The annual Fourth of July Day in the Park brings hot-air balloons, games, food and fireworks to Lincoln Park.

SPRINGDALE -- A Lincoln man was arrested Sunday in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

I can't see Ford dropping the Lincoln brand either. I agree that if any of it's holdings should go it should be Jaguar.

Seven cardboard boxes labeled “Charles Lincoln” lined the table behind the federal prosecutors for days in Courtroom 18 at U.S. District Court in Boston.

NATCHEZ — The Cathedral Green Wave used a strong performance from pitcher Patrick McDonough and timely hitting to make quick work of West Lincoln Tuesday night.

A Lincoln woman is grieving the death of her sister and her sister’s three children, who were found shot to death in their sport utility vehicle in Illinois on Thursday.

You’d be taken aback, too, if you saw this rare and beautiful bird in your office parking lot. You’d go home and read up and look at pictures until you discovered its name: scissor-tailed flycatcher.

Jesse Smith clearly wasn’t into being a college student, and so working construction seemed like a pretty good gig to the former Lincoln East pitcher.

What better way to spend third period than talking about FAFSA forms and such? Some Lincoln Northeast students were kind enough to indulge the Journal Star on Wednesday and tell their stories of applying to college.

To beef up its lineup, Lincoln is going by the letters. The luxury division of Ford Motor Co. revamped its new midsize Zephyr sedan for 2007, changing the name along the way to the MKZ. Then early this year, the carmaker came out with the MKX crossover sport-utility vehicle. The crossover p...

Lincoln Road in Bettendorf will be closed to through traffic from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., there will be one lane of traffic.