A picture of the Postville Courthouse in the spring. And spring can't come soon enough. The courthouse volunteers will celebrate Abe's birthday on Feb. 6.

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Picture by Geoff Ladd 

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Lincoln historian Paul Beaver made the presentation at last year's birthday celebration for Abe at the Postville Courthouse. This year's event is planned for Feb. 6.

Picture by Geoff Ladd

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Mirroring real life. Ben Affleck (on left) stars in "The Company Men," a Sundance Film Festival premiere in which he plays a man who loses all the material wealth he has accumulated after his high-paying job as a sales executive is eliminated in a round of cutbacks at his firm.

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