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1 hr ago | The Legal Record

ISU Math Professors Discover Missing Pages from Abraham Lincoln's Ciphering Book

In 2009, Nerida Ellerton and her husband Ken Clements, both professors in the Department of Mathematics at Illinois State University, were very excited when they discovered, in the archives of the Houghton Library at Harvard University, a leaf comprising two pages from a ciphering book prepared by a teenage Abraham Lincoln.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Lincoln, Illinois State University, Harvard University, Springfield, IL

Tue Jun 18, 2013

The Guardian

Burberry's London homecoming pays homage to Hockney and Bennett

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, even in the most fickle of industries. Burberry 's return to London after a decade on the Milan menswear catwalks was always going to be a blockbuster show - but in the event, it was also an emotional homecoming.

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Related Topix: Burberry, Fashion, Designers, Short, London, Drama Movies, Essex County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Greater London County, England

IndieLondon

Man of Steel: Crafting The Score - Hans Zimmer featurette

Man of Steel is from director Zack Snyder and produced by Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas and Deborah Snyder.

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Related Topix: Immortals, Entertainment, Television, The Tudors, Henry Cavill, Superman, Animated TV, The Master, Short, Music!, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, What's Love Got to Do with It?

PennLive.com

Abraham Lincoln visits the Pa. House of Representatives

Abraham Lincoln was on the Inaugural Train when it stopped in Harrisburg so he could give the address to the Joint Session of the Legislature in 1861, shortly after being elected the 16th president of the United States in November 1860.

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Related Topix: Lincoln, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

New Yorker

The Ingredients for a Healthy Cinema

The dinosaurs are on a rampage. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, the two filmmakers who are more responsible than any others for the blockbusterization of Hollywood, now consider themselves its victims and worry that the saturation point is near.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Lincoln, Magic Mike, Black Swan, Movies, Entertainment

Ann Arbor.com

5th anniversary of OurValues: After 1,300 columns, can you guess our most popular subject?

Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values.

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Related Topix: Lincoln, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Depression, Health

Mon Jun 17, 2013

AdelaideNow...

On my command, unleash Gillard

FOOTBALL fan and occasional actor Russell Crowe has shown he has a beautiful mind for politics, unleashing his support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Twitter this afternoon.

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Action Movies, Gladiator, Cinderella Man, Adventure, Celebrities, Russell Crowe

The Virginian-Pilot

Tom Hanks narrates Nation Geographic's "Killing Lincoln" - " which was mostly filmed in Virginia

THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Channel scored big when it decided to produce and air the docudrama "Killing Lincoln" based on the popular book by Fox commentator Bill O'Reilly and travel writer Martin Dugard about the assassination of America's 16th president at the hands of thespian John Wilkes Booth.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Lincoln, Bill Campbell

Trend Hunter Magazine

68 Presidential Products - From Undead President Piggy Banks to...

Presidential products are a fun and easy way to either pay tribute to or to slyly mock past and present presidents alike.

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Related Topix: Lincoln, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Lockergnome

Replace Reading Lamps with E-Readers

Here's a fellow who could probably solve two problems at once by replacing his dim reading lamps and giant, heavy library with one simple e-reader.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Lincoln, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Hopewell News

148 years of freedom

CAITLIN DAVIS/HOPEWELL NEWS/NEWS-PATRIOT Rebecca Rose pours out water in honor of those souls of the ancestors of the slaves that have passed.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Lincoln, Petersburg National Battlefield, US National Parks

Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News

Statham hails new film's 'reality'

Snatch star Jason Statham and his model girlfriend Rosie Huntington-Whiteley put on a rare show of public affection at the world premiere of his new film Hummingbird.

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Related Topix: London, Drama Movies, Short, Jason Statham

All About Jazz

Ed Puddick Big Band / Frank Macchia /...

The late Frank Loesser wrote at least 700 songs, more than a dozen of which are included in the score for the smash musical Guys and Dolls, which, believe it or not, opened on Broadway more than sixty years ago, in 1950, with Alan Alda's father, Robert, in the leading role as the gambler Sky Masterson.

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Related Topix: The Big Band, Jazz, Frank Loesser, Short, Comedy Movies, Guys and Dolls, Crime Movies, Musical Movies

Gloversville Leader-Herald

Mary Todd Lincoln discussed in program

"Diagnosing Mary Todd Lincoln" will be presented Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Northville Public Library.

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Related Topix: Lincoln, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Loop21.com

LA Film Fest: Grace Lee Boggs is an 'American Revolutionary'

When we think of the Civil Rights Movement , images of Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X often come to mind.

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Related Topix: African-American, Malcolm X, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Sunderland Echo

Life and times of Ike and Tina Turner to be played out in Sunderland in Soul Sister

Inspired by the music, life and times of Ike and Tina Turner, the show has been nominated for Best New Musical at the 2013 Olivier Awards.

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Related Topix: Ike & Tina Turner, Pop/Rock, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Short, What's Love Got to Do with It?, Music!, Black Entertainment, Tina Turner

Metro

Sally Field: I'm no stranger to divorce

'What can I tell you, I'm not good at relationships,' says the twice-divorced Sally Field with a wry smile.

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Related Topix: Lincoln, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Mrs. Doubtfire, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Smokey and the Bandit, Forrest Gump, Entertainment, Drama, Brothers and Sisters, Television, ER, Soap Opera

Daily Star

Courteney Cox turns 49...

Hollywood actress SANDRA BULLOCK is determined to fulfil a lifelong dream by taking a theatre role in London's West End.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Courteney Cox, Short, London, Drama Movies

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Washington Times

Interview with Ron Maxwell, director, Copperhead, a Civil War parable

"Copperhead" has been in production for over a year, will be seen in a special premiere in Gettysburg, Pa.

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Related Topix: New York, Canada, World News, Entertainment, Once and Again, Drama, Television, Lincoln, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Slice of Scifi

Kathleen Kennedy, President, Lucasfilm, to Appear at Star Wars Celebration Europe

Kathleen Kennedy, the President of Lucasfilm and producer of Star Wars Episode VII, will make her inaugural Star Wars Celebration appearance in Essen this July.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Lincoln, War Horse, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Adventures of Tintin, The Color Purple, Musical Movies