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Stamp recovered after 40 years is sold
June 14, 2009
A unique U.S. stamp stolen in 1967 and recovered almost 40 years later has sold at auction for more than $400,000, the auctioneer said Sunday.
Lincoln library head sacked after arrests
October 29, 2008
The head of Illinois' Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has been fired after it emerged that he was arrested twice for shoplifting.
Candidates mucking it up nothing new
October 13, 2008
Hand-wringers who decry the amount of mud slung about during the U.S. presidential campaign might want to avoid reading about the '00 campaign, the 1800 race.
Kevin Bacon to star in new John Wilkes Booth series for Showtime
October 6, 2008
U.S. actor Kevin Bacon reportedly has signed on to star in "The Booths," a Showtime drama series about John Wilkes Booth and his brothers.
6,000 Post-its make one big Abe Lincoln
March 12, 2008
An art student at Illinois Wesleyan University has used Post-it notes -- 6,000 of them -- to create a giant portrait of Abraham Lincoln.