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LDN - Top Stories
It's
always busy at the chamber office. New employees Jennifer Lovett
and Kelsey Nye, in foreground, along with Rachel Smith at the far desk, are
new staff members at the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce.
See the story in today's Top Stories.
Picture by Mike Fak (Click on
picture for larger image.)
In
this Dec. 14, 2010, photo, retiree Bob Scamen stands near a
discharge pipe for the Braidwood Nuclear Power Station, about 300
feet from his property in Braidwood, 50 miles southwest of
Chicago. In 1998 the pipe poured out 3 million gallons of water, but
at first, Scamen did not realize it was radioactive.
Radioactive
tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear
power sites, often into groundwater, from corroded, buried piping, an
Associated Press investigation shows. The number and severity of the
leaks has been escalating, even as federal regulators extend the
licenses of more and more reactors across the nation.
AP
photo by Charles Rex Arbogast
See story "Tritium leaks found at
many nuke sites" below in State
Simonson Painting spruces up the marquee at the Lincoln Theater.
The movie house continues to get repairs and improvements under
the local ownership of David Lanterman.
Picture by Karen Hargis (Click on picture for larger image.)
Protect your financial future by thwarting
identity theft now; The Best Way to Avoid Telephone Scams Is Also
the Easiest: Just hang up; Seniors face Medicare cost barrier for cancer
meds; A handsome gift for dad;
News & information for
the seniors in our community
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LDN - Entertainment
T
his
film publicity image shows a scene from "Toy Story: Hawaiian Vacation." Woody the cowboy, Buzz Lightyear and their "Toy Story" pals are back on the big screen in a
new adventure. The voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Michael Keaton
and
Joan Cusack are featured in a "Toy Story" short film that runs
before the Pixar Animation sequel "Cars 2," which debuts in U.S.
theaters Friday.
St. Louis
Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols grabs his left wrist after
being injured on a play at first base during the sixth inning of an
interleague baseball game against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday in St. Louis. Pujols will miss
four to six weeks with a
fractured forearm.
