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KING GEORGE, Va., July 25 (UPI) -- A Virginia manor house where John Wilkes Booth sought medical help after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln is heading for auction, officials say.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Descendants say they support exhuming actor Edwin Booth to determine if his brother was really shot after assassinating Abraham Lincoln.
DRY TORTUGAS, Fla., July 18 (UPI) -- Descendants of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned for treating Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, gathered near Key West, Fla., to commemorate him, they said.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The bullet used to kill U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is on display in Washington as part of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial, a museum official says.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Robert Redford has signed on to direct "The Conspirator," a big-screen drama about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, The Hollywood Reporter said.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Kevin Bacon reportedly has signed on to star in "The Booths," a Showtime drama series about John Wilkes Booth and his brothers.
UPI Almanac for Monday, July 7, 2008.
PHILADELPHIA, April 26 (UPI) -- Two distant relatives of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth want a chance to prove the family legend that he was not killed in a Virginia tobacco barn.
UPI Almanac for Monday, April 14, 2008.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage, who had never made a sequel before, said he couldn't resist signing on for the follow-up to his 2004 hit "National Treasure."
