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\          Congratulations to the Lincoln IGA. From left, owners Bill Campbell and Charlie Lee receive the chamber's "Small Business of the Year" award from chamber director Andi Hake. Another chamber award-winning business is pictured in today's Community section.   Picture by Mike Fak
Chamber lays out new structure for 2010 to better serve members and community Community Action Head Start Fulton County recruitment Lincoln firm keeps records safe and secure Part 2: What’s inside; how are documents handled; and what are the coming trends in protection and storage? LCHS talks to community: Administrators explain why cuts need to be made, solicit input Railers falter on road, fall to Southeast 67-55 -- in Sports Ill. gov might want to run from his running mate Bicentennial time capsule to be sealed Feb. 12 at presidential library Snow piles up, paralyzing nation's capital Gov't buys $2.5M in Super Bowl ads to boost census Yesterday's Top Stories Lincoln firm keeps records safe and secure Part 1: Businessman bought, saved and expanded local branch Lincoln VFW adds to area Abraham Lincoln celebrations Logan County support for Salvation Army relief work in Haiti continues State police to step up Super Bowl Sunday patrols Blagojevich charged in fresh corruption indictment House agrees to $1.9 trillion more debt Job losses from Great Recession about to get worse CLOSE UP: Feb. 5th LCHS FFA, Carroll Catholic honors, Justin Knauer, Kelsey Laugel, United Way and weekend event reminders all in Close Up Zooming in on the people, places and things that make this community interesting! sponsored by CHRIS COYNE, Agent -- State Farm Insurance World, National News More... Recent Top Stories Index	Looking for a great recipe? Check out Grab Your Fork Sponsored by CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS TO 10 YEARS OF STORIES IN THE LDN ARCHIVES
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Local Chamber lays out new structure for 2010 to better serve members and community Community Action Head Start Fulton County recruitment Lincoln firm keeps records safe and secure Part 2: What’s inside; how are documents handled; and what are the coming trends in protection and storage? LCHS talks to community: Administrators explain why cuts need to be made, solicit input Railers falter on road, fall to Southeast 67-55 -- in Sports CLOSE UP: Feb. 5th LCHS FFA, Carroll Catholic honors, Justin Knauer, Kelsey Laugel, United Way and weekend event reminders all in Close Up Zooming in on the people, places and things that make this community interesting! sponsored by CHRIS COYNE, Agent -- State Farm Insurance   State Ill. gov might want to run from his running mate Coroner: Babies found in trunk likely female National Snow piles up, paralyzing nation's capital Police: Boy found dead in luxury Manhattan hotel Teen shot at Ala. middle school dies; student held Judge wants Edwards sex tape 'under lock and key' Ex-NY newsman out of jail in wife assault Employees of sweat lodge leader granted immunity Charges to be filed in Michael Jackson's death Police: Sheen vehicle stolen, crashed in ravine Politics & Government Obama admits health care overhaul may die on Hill Obama, GOP sparring over job creation proposals Defense chief disputes deal on Iran's nuke program Alito objected to Obama's history claim Gov't buys $2.5M in Super Bowl ads to boost census Where is 'tea party' heading? Leaves are unclear Palin e-mails suggest husband's role in governing International Militant video shows abducted American in Iraq US missionary freed by NKorea starts journey home NATO putting more optimistic face on Afghan war Western officials dismiss Iranian nuclear proposal Chinese envoy arrives in North Korea Thousands pack funerals for Pakistan bomb victims Lebanese fear stall in tribunal on Hariri slaying Bolivia tackles gender equality in government Whaler, activist ship collide again off Antarctica ODD & Extraordinary Ill. kitten pulled from dash gets new home, name Cow tips man and steps on him at UT campus Sledder, 62, hurt when improvised rocket blows up Police: say fake Pa. Kmart employee was thief Pot smoker accused of trying to bribe urine tester Mumbling, fumbling, bumbling robber fails twice Don't eat the grass: you may face new charge Youngest Ore. Zoo orangutan likes Colts Science, Technology and the Environment Space shuttle Endeavour cleared for Sunday launch Feds: Status of pika will still need watching	Upcoming Civic Events
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Local Lincoln firm keeps records safe and secure Part 2: What’s inside; how are documents handled; and what are the coming trends in protection and storage? Something new in your business? Click here to submit your business press release National Obama pushes Congress on small business loans Goldman CEO Blankfein gets $9M stock bonus for 09 Judge: Pratt can't move jobs out of US This year's Super Bowl ads go goofy and frugal WA among states weighing sale of liquor business Macmillan books coming back to Amazon International Japanese media criticize Toyota chief for response G-7 NOTEBOOK: Finance chiefs hear different tune Energy Australian firm strikes $60B coal deal with China Markets European crisis highlights fragile global recovery Other Recent Business News Index	Lincoln IGA MKS Jewelers NAPA
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Rick Farney, owner of Four Corners Lube, receives the chamber's Beautification Award from Andi Hake, director of the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce. Picture by Mike Fak
Personalities of the Week Veterans say thank you, thank you, thank you to all Updated list of VFW contributors VFW Post 1756 events Updated Saturday YMCA notes Library notes  Oasis notes  Park district notes  School menus Illini Central activities  (PDF) Community Calendar of Events Submit entry for LDN Calendar of Events Friends and Family in the Military  Sponsored by AMVETS Sponsors of the Veterans Honor Roll bricks Community News & Events   CLOSE UP: Feb. 5th LCHS FFA, Carroll Catholic honors, Justin Knauer, Kelsey Laugel, United Way and weekend event reminders all in Close Up Zooming in on the people, places and things that make this community interesting! sponsored by CHRIS COYNE, Agent -- State Farm Insurance	Upcoming Civic Events
Church Announcements  Couples Retreat, Blood Drive and more Announcements and news from area churches Salvation Army Reaches Haiti Support group explores divorce-related topics Our Calling Appeal for Haiti Grace Church Activities and Directories Law & Courts                                    Police reports  Court reports  Marriages   Dissolutions  Fire and rescue reports Law News Elsewhere More...   Obituaries    Most recent: Aeilts, Carol M., 65 Browning, Gladys E., 83 Loesche, Victor E. Sr., 94 LDN publishes all obituaries free of charge and accepts pictures for obits free of charge. The full text of the obituaries is available online free of charge in Logan County and across the world. E-mail condolences are available from subscribing funeral homes. Ask your funeral director to make sure the obituary of your loved one is placed in Lincoln Daily News.

This time it really isn't his fault. Actor Charlie Sheen is often in the news for something not worth bragging about. But this time the actor's SUV was stolen and found wrecked later in the day. Picture from Associated Press
Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts Sheen's SUV apparently stolen, crashed in ravine Cast from 'Jersey Shore' to appear on 'The View' Trial set for August in Anna Nicole Smith case Venus Williams getting attached to football Joe Volpe returns to Met Opera for labor talks Pete Wentz says Fall Out Boy not completely done Jesse James Hollywood gets life in murder case Today This day in history LDN Entertainment Movies & Videos Grab Your Fork -- Recipes Adopt a Pet	Revised December 31     NEW! Food & Recipes Area Restaurant Menus Guzzardo's Italian Villa Chad's Blind
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell talks about NFL players union threats of a lockout next season. Goodell said both sides need to come to the table and get a fair plan negotiated now. Picture by Associated Press
Today's Top Sports Stories Goodell hopes union is wrong about lockout chances After weeks of furor, public gets to see Tebow ad Local Sports Women Red Lions fall to Eutectics 51-37 Railer Nation Railers falter on road, fall to Southeast 67-55 Complete Railer season archives Super Bowl News QBs Brunell, Painter on Super Bowl standby Racing Earnhardt out front again and wants to stay there Danica leans on Montoya to prep for Daytona debut Golf Johnson hopes length comes in handy Stricker, Johnson tied for lead at rainy Riviera Pro Basketball Billups scores 39 as Nuggets bury Lakers 126-113 Recent Sports News Index	2009 Railer Basketball LCHS Athletics Lincoln College Athletics