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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Edward Colimore / The Bulletin
April 14, 2009
PHILADELPHIA — One hundred and forty-four years ago today, Abraham Lincoln was watching a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington when John Wilkes Booth slipped into the president’s box and shot him.
Lincoln died the next morning, and now his blood and brain matter....