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Wednesday, October 02, 2002 

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[Photos by Mike Unland]
Visitors to Lincoln, Ill., often wonder why we combine watermelon emblems with Abraham Lincoln sites.  It doesn't take long to hear how Abraham Lincoln christened the city with juice squeezed from a watermelon.

• Scoop on the harvest: better than expected

• Crime Stoppers requests information in Brian Bobb death

• World/National News

• Lili strengthens, roars toward Gulf Coast

• Congressional OK on Iraq nears

• Bush Appears to Soften Tone on Iraq Action

• Powell Says U.N. Ought to Hold Up Iraq Inspections

• UN and Iraq strike deal on inspectors

• More...

• Crew completes filming of Abraham Lincoln video
  Part 2

• Agriculture News Elsewhere

• Step up agriculture protection plan now, study urges

• U.S. conducts mock foot-and-mouth outbreak

• More...

• Job Hunt

• Classifieds

• Business News Elsewhere

• U.S. Charges Ex-Enron Finance Chief

• More...

• Personal Tech News Elsewhere

• Thanksgiving baskets from Salvation Army

• Oasis update

• Carroll Catholic boys on their way to state baseball competition

• CS-8 minus 2 equals 5

• High school volleyball

• LC vs. Springfield College in men’s soccer

• Volleyball ‘Team Day’ set for Oct. 6

• ‘The Denver Johnson Show’ moves to 7 p.m. this week

• Sports News Elsewhere

• NFL off to one of craziest starts ever

• Ryder Cup winners — and losers

• CNNSI.com

• ESPN.com

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• Consumer Health News Elsewhere

• Yanking the Yuck Factor From Medicine

• Study Says Breast Self-Exams Don’t Affect Death Rate

• Scientists test blood sterilization

• New Drugs Show Signs of Helping Vision Problem for Elderly

• More...

• Law News Elsewhere

• Law, Disorder in Tort System

• SEC Central: The Courts v. Current Public Sentiment

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