Follow the latest news on the major headlines of the day. The firm repairing and painting the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has secured a substantially inflated profit margin, adding at least $850,000 to the cost of the project, The New York Times reported Wednesday citing federal documents. The typical profit margin for federal construction contracts reportedly sits between 6% and 12%. In this case, though, the margin is 20%. The government has agreed to pay the firm doing the repairs $13.1