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...There are other Lincoln sites in and around Springfield well worth seeing - the train station where he gave his moving farewell address to his friends and neighbors; the home of Ninian Edwards, where the Lincolns met and courted; the reconstructed village of New Salem, where Lincoln launched his political career. Springfield also has been commemorating the 100th anniversary of a brutal race riot that terrorized the city's black residents...
...tale behind the canisters is indeed deeply disturbing. They hold the remains of 5,121 people who languished in the psychiatric hospital in Salem, Oregon - many of them for their entire adult lives - for reasons that nowadays might require nothing more than a Zoloft prescription and some couch time. The patients' conditions listed in hospital records include "worries about sex" and "worries about money" - "things everyone walks around with today," Maisel says. When these patients died, their relatives either had no money for a burial or no interest in claiming the bodies...
...want Fergie to join the Black Eyed Peas? Were you ever concerned that critics would deride you for selling out? Justin Castillo SALEM...
...sleepy college students. On his way to work, Rob Holmes says he's not worried. "North Carolina is a state that's changing demographically, and a lot of North Carolinians are excited about a change," he said, confident that his state will go blue. - By Rachel Davis-Johnson / Winston Salem...
...It’s nice,” she said, adding that she wants to be a lawyer or a doctor when she grows up. But the students’ trip up to Boston was not just confined to the gates of Harvard Yard. They also traveled to Salem, Mass. to celebrate Halloween and, on Saturday, the group walked the Freedom Trail, attended a college information session run by Harvard’s Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Programs, and went candle pin bowling. On Sunday, the students concluded their trip with a visit to Lexington and Concord before heading back home...