District police on Sunday morning were investigating a death in a park near the Lincoln Memorial that officials believe was a suicide. U.S. Park Police were initially handling the investigation after a U.S. Park Service employee made an emergency call early Sunday. Park police handed the investigation over to District police just before 10 a.m., D.C. police spokesman Officer A. Clay said. Read full article > >

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Police investigate death near Lincoln Memorial

An Illinois lawyer who had a way with words once characterized a particular argument as weaker than soup made from the shadow of a pigeon that died of starvation. The argument for Mitt Romney benefiting from South Carolina’s voting is almost as weak as Lincoln’s soup, but here it is: Read full article > >

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Can Romney the turnaround artist do it again?

George Steel, managing director of New York City Opera, says that its move from Lincoln Center comes at a price, but he’s optimistic.

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Critic’s Notebook: Ushering City Opera Into a New Era

City Opera’s decision to bail out of Lincoln Center led to laments by company veterans and opera world officials on Monday.

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City Opera Departure Brings Questions

The 18-month, $30.7 million project to replace the 80-year-old Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which began in November, is well underway. Read full article > >

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Construction at the Lincoln reflecting pool

On the set of “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” history is being both respected and rewritten.

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Aside From the Vampires, Lincoln Film Seeks Accuracy

Public Domain/Gregg DeGuire (AP)Mary Todd Lincoln and Sally Field.Sally Field was officially in Washington Tuesday for the Vital Voices gala — and unofficially to research her role as Mary Todd Lincoln.

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Lights went out Tuesday night at the Lincoln Memorial and nearby areas after an electrical cable was apparently damaged, the National Park Service said.

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Lincoln Memorial blacked out on Civil War anniversary

Chu NguyenThe White House replica house on Towlston Road in McLean, Va. It actually survived the alien death ray in “Independence Day.” There is a full-scale, lived-in replica of the White House in McLean. The Oval Office, the Lincoln Bedroom, the Portico, everything. And the owner, who hired a historical architect to help design and build it, is unloading it for the low low price of $4,650,000. Act now!

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The White House is for sale! $4.65 M! CHEAP!

President Barack Obama stopped by the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, telling visitors that they were able to see the sights because of last night’s budget deal. (April 9)

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President Barack Obama stopped by the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, telling visitors that they were able to see the sights because of last night’s budget deal. (April 9)

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The two black Lincoln Navigators — the first was deemed unacceptable because of the color of the interior — could end up costing D.C. taxpayers more than $30,000 for just a few weeks of use.

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Kwame Brown team asked for costly SUV hours after election as council chairman, D.C. officials testify

Jon Hendricks and Jimmy Heath will open the fall season of Jazz at Lincoln Center, which will also include Cassandra Wilson and Dianne Reeves.

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A Season of Many Singers in Jazz at Lincoln Center

Several weeks after Kwame R. Brown was elected D.C. Council chairman in November, city officials were asked to order for him a “fully loaded” Lincoln Navigator L with a DVD entertainment system, power moonroof and polished aluminum wheels.

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‘Fully loaded’ SUV puts D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown on the spot

It was the largest find in Civil War history in a generation: Hours before he was gunned down at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln pardoned a Union soldier court-martialed for desertion and saved him from execution.

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Hinky date unravels Lincoln lore