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SPRINGFIELD, (AP) - Anyone with a birthday close to Christmas can sympathize with Abraham Lincoln.
Illinois will celebrate Lincoln's 200th birthday this week, but the buildup to the big event has been overshadowed by even bigger events - the election of another president from Illinois and the removal of the state's disgraced governor.See the full content of this document
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State Celebrates Lincoln's 200th
Budget problems mean Illinois had to pinch pennies and even close some historic sites connected to the 16th president. To top it all off, a key cheerleader for the bicentennial, the head of the Lincoln presidential libra...
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