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Remote control racers gather on the track to receive instructions before the beginning of the annual Toys for Tots races at RJD Raceway in Lincoln on Saturday. Participants brought in toys as their entry fee and filled the room with more than a hundred great gifts for area youth. Picture by Mike Fak  (Click on picture for larger image.)
The following schools will be closed Monday due to extreme cold: Lincoln Community High School, West Lincoln-Broadwell, Zion Lutheran, Chester-East Lincoln, New Holland-Middletown, Carroll Catholic, Illini Central, Hartsburg-Emden, CIEDC Head Start in Logan and Menard counties, YMCA activities, Mount Pulaski, and District 27 all closed. 20-car pileup in Logan County works emergency response system and local agencies Whiteouts and slick conditions cause day of multiple accidents I-55 has series of weather-related accidents Shopping locally: 3rd in a series Gift certificates to park district or Y make great gifts RJD Hobbies and Raceway hosts Toys for Tots races -- Album 1 RJD Hobbies and Raceway hosts Toys for Tots races -- Album 2 This day in history  NEW : FOR MATURE AUDIENCES -- in Community Weekend Top Stories Karen Myers: Christian Village Employee of the Year Mount Pulaski American Legion Ryman-Fuiten Post 447 'Adopt an Apartment' WL-B youngsters help with Angel Tree -- album 5th annual food pantry drive looking at big numbers Railers start conference play with 43-22 win over Rochester -- in Sports Double financial ouch set for state's Medicaid system next year This day in history This Week's Top Stories CLOSE UP:  Dec. 10 Coats for kids, Mount Pulaski waste pickup, Emma Nobbe, Tori Hoban and Lincoln Youth Wrestling in Close Up Zooming in on the people, places and things that make this community interesting! sponsored by CHRIS COYNE, Agent -- State Farm Insurance	Grab Your Fork  Sponsored by
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News...    sponsored by      Workers shovel snow off the roof of Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis on Sunday. The inflatable roof of the Metrodome collapsed Sunday after a snowstorm that dumped 17 inches on Minneapolis. No one was hurt, but the roof failure sent the NFL scrambling to find a new venue for the Vikings' game against the New York Giants. AP photo/Ann Heisenfelt
Local   The following schools will be closed Monday due to extreme cold: Lincoln Community High School, West Lincoln-Broadwell, Zion Lutheran, Chester-East Lincoln, New Holland-Middletown, Carroll Catholic, Illini Central, Hartsburg-Emden, CIEDC Head Start in Logan and Menard counties, YMCA activities, Mount Pulaski, and District 27 all closed. 20-car pileup in Logan County works emergency response system and local agencies Whiteouts and slick conditions cause day of multiple accidents I-55 has series of weather-related accidents Shopping locally: 3rd in a series Gift certificates to park district or Y make great gifts RJD Hobbies and Raceway hosts Toys for Tots races -- Album 1 RJD Hobbies and Raceway hosts Toys for Tots races -- Album 2 CLOSE UP:  Dec. 10 Coats for kids, Mount Pulaski waste pickup, Emma Nobbe, Tori Hoban and Lincoln Youth Wrestling in Close Up Zooming in on the people, places and things that make this community interesting! sponsored by CHRIS COYNE, Agent -- State Farm Insurance National Hundreds safe after winds ground Mo. showboat Woman in child deaths case booked into Ala. jail Madoff son's suicide followed battle with trustee Failure of 9/11 health bill could hurt NY clinics Moms, dads of gang kids ordered to parenting class Hunting traditions sag as land, desire disappear Recalls announced Politics & Government Obama expected to sign child nutrition bill Obama political aide expects no Dem rival in 2012 Fore! Boehner waiting to play 18 holes with Obama 1st Senate vote expected on Obama-GOP tax deal Cooperation or partisanship? Watch Biden, Issa Axelrod optimistic about fate of Russian treaty Afghan, Pakistani presidents call Holbrooke Payroll tax cut worries Social Security advocates Ex-US intel chief: SKorea may act against North Weather Midwest in deep freeze after storm cancels flights Heavy rains cause flooding in Washington state The nation's weather International NKorea threatens SKorea with nuclear war SKorea boat sinks in Antarctic sea; 22 feared dead Bomb kills bus driver, wounds 2 kids in Pakistan Somali pirates hijack cargo vessel near India Children hostages freed in French school Police: Stockholm attacker wore explosives Arrests in Afghan attack that killed 6 US troops Joint Chiefs chair in Iraq, meeting prime minister Dutch arrest suspected serial child molester Celebrities call for release of Iran stoning woman Ukraine to open Chernobyl area to tourists in 2011 ODD & Extraordinary Feds: Ky. man, fearing world's end, built bombs LA police: Crash leaves car wedged between houses 'Strippermobile' delivers Christmas donations Missing NC woman found in Va. after 200-mile walk Girl returns $2,000 taken from Florida handyman Wayward sea lion gets trooper escort off highway Science, Technology and the Environment Saturn's rings: Leftovers from a cosmic murder? Russia's Soyuz soon to be only lifeline to space Small climate deals forged outside int'l talks Analysis: On climate, the elephant that's ignored	Upcoming Civic Events
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A family of soldiers. Teresa Schrader is an army nurse stationed at Camp Lincoln in Springfield. On the left is her son Petty Officer 3rd Class Wesley Schrader, who is in the U.S. Navy's nuclear program and will be transferred to New York after the new year. On the right is her other son, Petty Officer 3rd Class Noah Schrader, who is stationed in Gulfport, Miss., where he is attached to the Seabees. The Schraders were able to get together this Thanksgiving and we want to thank them for their service to us and our nation.    Picture supplied by Marlene and Wayne Schrader
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In this film publicity image, Mila Kunis is shown in a scene from "Black Swan." The Broadcast Film Critics Association gave the film 12 nominations, more than any other movie, for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards.  AP photo/Fox Searchlight, Niko Tavernise
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Snow falls onto the field from a hole in the collapsed roof of the Metrodome in Minneapolis on Sunday. The inflatable roof of the Metrodome collapsed Sunday after a snowstorm that dumped 17 inches on Minneapolis. No one was hurt, but the roof failure sent the NFL scrambling to find a new venue for the Vikings' game against the New York Giants. AP photo by Ann Heisenfelt
Today's Top Sports Stories Roof collapse moves Giants-Vikings game to Detroit Dome disaster: Snow wrecks Vikings' home Brady, Patriots pound Bears 36-7 Local Sports LC basketball Red Lions defeat Cougars Logan Lanes: Rollin 66ers Pro Basketball Bryant scores 32 as Lakers beat Nets 99-92 Cavs drop 8th straight heading into LeBron rematch Streaks alive for Stoudemire, Knicks Pro Football Jets trainer trips Dolphins' Carroll during punt Ryan considered benching QB Sanchez Rivers, Chargers beat Cassel-less Chiefs 31-0 Jackson's big plays lift Eagles over Cowboys 30-27 Recent Sports News Index	2010-2011 Railer Basketball (Click Here)

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