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Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014
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Sunday evening some wild winds blew through Lincoln, and the world's largest wagon was knocked right off its wheels. According to the Facebook page of the Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County, the wheels are already in motion to get Abe upright again. The tourism bureau will have its monthly meeting this evening at the Hampton Inn. No doubt the subject of the wagon will come up.

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Cancellations for Tuesday

Chester-East Lincoln School
Hartsburg-Emden School
Lincoln District 27 Schools
Logan Head Start Classrooms 1, 2 and 3
New Holland-Middletown
Warrensburg-Latham
West Lincoln-Broadwell School

Lincoln YMCA activities canceled
The Jolly Seniors club at Lincoln Christian Church

BloNoSmoke named New Business of the Year, and Prairie Engineers, Distinguished Business of the Year
- Album 1 | Album 2
A secret in Logan County: Live-ammo police training site recognized nationally in the profession
Part 2: How 'The Range' came to be
Mount Pulaski gives it up to Delavan on homecoming night
- Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3
  By Teena Lowery
Peak wind gusts from Sunday night (NWS)
LCHS second-quarter and first-semester honor rolls
December unemployment falls to 8.6 percent
Park and Recreational Facility Construction program accepting grant applications
Free opportunities for fun and education

Day Planner

Logan County Board and committee meeting schedule for January — revised

Lincoln City Council 2014 meeting schedule

Tuesday

9 a.m. -- Free blood pressure screenings at ALMH

5 p.m. -- Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County monthly board meeting

7 p.m. -- LAMS Chorale rehearsal

7 p.m. -- Logan County Herb Guild meeting

Wednesday

Noon — Breastfeeding support group

6:30 p.m. — Humane Society of Logan County general membership meeting

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Yesterday's Top Stories

IDOT winter crews ready for whiteout conditions, high winds, cold temperatures statewide
Motorists reminded: 'Ice & Snow, Take it Slow'

A secret in Logan County: Live-ammo police training site recognized nationally in the profession
Part 1: A tour of 'The Range'

Logan County Highway Department celebrates 100 years

Visitors to ALMH encouraged to take precautions to prevent spread of influenza

Railers crowned champions of County Market Classic
By Jeff Benjamin

Railers vs. Rochester
- Album 1 | Album 2
  By Debbie Olden
Railers vs. Chatham Glenwood
- Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3
  By Debbie Olden

Mayfield's Mutterings: Illini slump reaches six games
By Jeff Mayfield

Hartem FFA seeking consignments for annual auction

Park district notes

Health care workforce report released
Group makes recommendations for more health care providers to meet demand due to Affordable Care Act

IEMA encourages people to test homes for radon during Radon Action Month in January

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BloNoSmoke named New Business of the Year, and Prairie Engineers, Distinguished Business of the Year

Album 1 | Album 2

A secret in Logan County: Live-ammo police training site recognized nationally in the profession
Part 2: How 'The Range' came to be

Mount Pulaski gives it up to Delavan on homecoming night

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Peak wind gusts from Sunday night (NWS)

LCHS second-quarter and first-semester honor rolls

CLOSE UP: Jan. 28

Low Vision Support Group, Herb Guild, Spring for Tea tickets, Abraham Lincoln's birthday, Relay For Life kickoff, HSLC meeting

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National

Over 600 passengers, crew fall ill on Royal Caribbean cruise

Brutal cold shuts schools, delays travel in U.S. Midwest
Road access to Alaskan port of Valdez cut off by avalanches
U.S. Marines will retry sergeant accused of killing Iraqi civilian
California students challenge teacher tenure rules in lawsuit

Politics, Government & Elections

Obama to lay out go-it-alone approach in big speech

Obama to lift minimum wage for federal contractors: White House

Congressional negotiators reach deal on U.S. farm bill

Bipartisan flood Insurance bill clears Senate hurdle

Three Republican senators offer Obamacare alternative

U.S. Senate subcommittee sets hearing on consumer data security

U.S. anger over Afghan prisoner release deepens divide

Joint N.J. legislative committee probing Christie's 'Bridgegate'

Florida congressman Radel resigns after cocaine charge

Republicans, Democrats unite in bid to save California beach bonfires

Bid to provide condoms to California prison inmates clears hurdle

International

Gunmen kill senior Egyptian Interior Ministry official

Ukraine PM Azarov offers to resign 'to help end conflict'

Thailand to go ahead with Feb. 2 election, despite warnings of chaos

U.N. convoy awaiting green light to deliver food to Homs

Iraq says Syria war spillover hinders oilfields, pipelines

Exclusive: Libyan port rebels see deal possible within weeks

Bosnian Serb allies Mladic, Karadzic side by side in war crimes court

Japan revises teaching manuals, says islands its territory

Japan's former PM questions Abe's energy policy, diplomacy

EU meets Russia for 'clear the air' talks with Putin

British PM Cameron's ex-media chief knew of phone-hacking, court hears

ODD & Extraordinary

Flatulent cows start fire at German dairy farm: police

Science, Technology and the Environment

NASA puts out call for commercial lunar landers

Cosmonauts make repeat spacewalk for Canadian video venture
Kenyan court fines Chinese ivory smuggler $233,000 under new law
Uganda considers developing drought-resistant coffee beans

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State

December unemployment falls to 8.6 percent

Caterpillar tops estimate, sees gains in 2014; stock up

National

Since postage is not enough, add debit cards, loans: USPS watchdog

Prominent Bitcoin entrepreneur charged with money laundering
U.S. frees tech companies to give more spying data
New home sales fall, but private sector expands

U.S. safety regulators open probe of hybrid Camry braking

Tighter regulation of money market funds needed: SEC member
Ex-strategist must arbitrate whistleblower claim against UBS: U.S. judge

SAC's Cohen wins partial dismissal of ex-wife's fraud lawsuit

Comcast, Charter near pact on Time Warner Cable deal: report
AT&T rules out Vodafone bid for now
U.S. Steel wins Supreme Court labor fight

Swatch loses to Bloomberg over analyst call: U.S. court

International

China's top diplomat wants free-trade deal with Europe

Samsung sets new smartphone sales record in fourth quarter, widens lead over Apple: report
Sony falls 3.3 percent to two-month low, Moody's cuts debt rating to junk

Analysis: Emerging markets as vulnerable to contagion as ever

Lion Air to cancel order for five Boeing 787s
Germany to feel brunt of 5,291 Airbus job cuts: source

Liberty Global buys Ziggo to expand European cable empire

Energy

Oil loses $1 as emerging markets struggle, U.S. Fed weighs

Markets

S&P 500 drops for a third day; Apple down after the bell
Nasdaq cancels trades in erroneous transactions
NYSE short interest up 3 percent in early January

Apple's iPhone sales, revenue forecast fall short; shares slide

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Mount Pulaski High School students enjoyed their annual homecoming events Friday evening.

Among the activities included in the special evening was the crowning of a new queen and king.

The two chosen to serve as local royalty for the next 12 months are seniors Cady Lowery and Jordan Luczaj.

See more great photos in the Teaching & Learning section below.

Picture by Teena Lowery
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Lincoln Low Vision Support Group to meet Feb. 10
January Herb Guild meeting Tuesday at 7
Ticket sales start Feb. 3 for 31st annual Spring for Tea
2014 Relay For Life kickoff party Feb. 3
Mount Pulaski Courthouse will celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday Feb. 8
HSLC general membership meeting Jan. 29

Community News & Events

Lincoln City Council meeting schedule (PDF)

Logan County Board and committee meeting schedule for January (PDF)

911 / ETSB scheduled meetings for 2014

Park district notes

Library notes

YMCA notes

Community Calendar of Events

Submit entry for LDN Calendar of Events

Mount Pulaski gives it up to Delavan on homecoming night

Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3
By Teena Lowery

LCHS second-quarter and first-semester honor rolls

Free opportunities for fun and education

Hartem FFA seeking consignments for annual auction

High schoolers invited to register early for Vine Conference

Prospective performing arts students invited for a day of discovery at Lincoln College

Emma Stewart is January Senior-of-the-Month at Mount Pulaski High School

School websites

Head Start: Breakfast, snacks | Lunch (PDFs)

District 27: Breakfast | Lunch (PDFs)

Carroll Catholic School calendar (PDF)
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Senior Life

Article update Jan. 17

Peripheral artery disease: Screening and early treatment can save your legs and your life ... Alzheimer's caregivers: Tips to take care of yourself, too ... Three New Year’s resolutions that will enrich your retirement ... Social Security column: Ring in the new year with a COLA ... Are you prepared for what you'll find when you visit your parents this holiday season? ... In observance of Caregivers Awareness Month, state reminds families about resources to assist them ... Financially surviving the golden years ... 'Gravity' and the long-term care crisis
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Marriages, civil unions
Dissolutions
Fire and rescue reports

Obituaries:
Most recent:
- Cook, Margaret R., 87

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Musician Pete Seeger performs with Toshi Reagan and Warren Haynes during a concert celebrating Seeger's 90th birthday in New York in May 2009.

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Logan County Department of Public Health food inspection scores
Births at ALMH

National, International

Over 600 passengers, crew fall ill on Royal Caribbean cruise
Making music videos helps young cancer patients connect

Production snag forces worldwide hold on GSK chickenpox vaccines

DDT exposure more common in people with Alzheimer's: study
Kids' vitamins often surpass daily recommendations

Analysis: Florida Democrats may get buzz from medical marijuana

Florida's top court puts medical marijuana initiative on November ballot

Piglet-killing PED virus spreads to second Canada farm
Drug critic slams FDA over antibiotic oversight in meat production
Geron shares fall after cancer drug study update

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Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

'Marlboro Man' who later warned against smoking dies of lung disease

American folk singer and activist Pete Seeger dies at 94

McCartney, Starr sing Beatles classics to mark U.S. TV debut 50 years on

Palestine's tragic Oscar hopeful tests identity, ideas

Quentin Tarantino sues Gawker over links to leaked movie script

'Brokeback Mountain' opera gives voice to frustrated cowboy love

Food, Family and Fun

Slim Randles' Home Country
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Outdoors with Babe Winkelman
A dog's life

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Mount Pulaski Topper Beau Collier bursts through a banner being held by the Topper cheerleaders at Friday night's game against the Delavan Panthers. The Panthers defeated Mount Pulaski by a score of 57-42, bringing the Topper record to 7-13 on the season.

Photo by Teena Lowery (Click on image for larger version.)

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Local

Mount Pulaski gives it up to Delavan on homecoming night

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Logan Lanes:

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Football

Seahawks' Bennett hopes to cause Super Bowl havoc for Manning

Seahawks forced to move Super Bowl practice indoors

Broncos' Manning unfazed by Super Bowl hype
- Broncos' Moreno hopes to hold back tears at Super Bowl

Basketball

Love gets help as Wolves dump Bulls

Durant carries Thunder to victory over Hawks
Clippers end long road trip with win over Bucks
Raptors nip Nets on Patterson's steal, hoop
Hot start carries Suns past 76ers
Jazz 106, Kings 99
NBA standings

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Redbirds fall 76-62 at Indiana State
Oklahoma 88, Oklahoma State 76
No. 9 Villanova extends Georgetown's skid
Dawkins' stellar cameo carries Duke past Pitt

Hockey

Penguins continue trends against Sabres

Bruins defeat Islanders for third straight win
Perron scores hat trick as Oilers trip Canucks
Avalanche hold off Stars for 4-3 win
Hurricanes 3, Blue Jackets 2
Kings 1, Sharks 0
Preview: Blackhawks at Flames
NHL standings

Baseball

MLB player notes

More Sports

U.S. sending biggest Winter Olympics team to Sochi

Hamilton crashes as F1 starts new turbo era

Recent Sports News Index

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Monday, Jan. 27:

IDOT winter crews ready for whiteout conditions, high winds, cold temperatures statewide
Motorists reminded: 'Ice & Snow, Take it Slow'
Peak wind gusts from Sunday night (NWS)
A secret in Logan County: Live-ammo police training site recognized nationally in the profession
Part 1: A tour of 'The Range'
Logan County Highway Department celebrates 100 years
Visitors to ALMH encouraged to take precautions to prevent spread of influenza
Railers crowned champions of County Market Classic
By Jeff Benjamin
Railers vs. Rochester
- Album 1 | Album 2
  By Debbie Olden
Railers vs. Chatham Glenwood
- Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3
  By Debbie Olden
Mayfield's Mutterings: Illini slump reaches six games
By Jeff Mayfield
Hartem FFA seeking consignments for annual auction
Park district notes
Health care workforce report released
Group makes recommendations for more health care providers to meet demand due to Affordable Care Act
IEMA encourages people to test homes for radon during Radon Action Month in January
Big government logic
By Jim Killebrew
Recalls announced
P&M Communications is the Chamber Business of the Week
Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
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Tuesday, Jan. 21