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The infallible Washington Times reports that up for sale is one of the most famous scenes of infantilism in the 20th century, "Woodstock." Actually, what is on the block is the late Max Yasgur's New York farm, 38 acres of which were used for the 1969 Woodstock music festival that hagiographers for the "1960s Generation" have ever since boomed as a pivotal event in American history. Such rock singers as Jimi Hendrix and Richie Havens got together before a stupefied crowd of some 500,000 eternal children to sing of peace, and freedom, and mind-numbing substances, even the most feeble of...

AMARILLO (AP) - An Amarillo woman who mailed 78 pounds of marijuana to herself was sentenced to 21/2 years in federal prison Monday. Tiffany Joy Kelly, 28, pleaded guilty in October to one count of illegal use of a communication facility, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Dallas said in a news release. She has been in custody since her arrest in July, after a postal inspector in El Paso became suspicious of two Express Mail parcels. A search warrant allowed officials to open the packages, which were then resealed and sent to Kelly at a motel in Amarillo. Kelly was...

The United States said on June 22 it would give North Korea 50,000 tonnes of food aid, saying its decision was based on humanitarian need and was not linked to efforts to end Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. 'The United States will be donating, in response to the World Food Program appeal, 50,000 metric tonnes of agricultural commodities for North Korea,' State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said, adding it was not designed to lure North Korea to six-party talks on ending its suspected nuclear arms programs.

Voters - We're in more trouble than I imagined! While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, "Does the sun rise in the North?" When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, (and has for some time), she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff." . . . . . She votes! I used to work in technical support for a 24x7 call center. One day I got...

Feb. 2, 2003 Israeli Arabs protest US stance on Iraq; call for attacks on US embassies By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF Leaders of the Israeli Arab Islamic Movement protested Saturday against the possible US – led war against Iraq, calling on Arabs and Muslims to attack American embassies in the Middle East. Leaders told the gathering that they should go into the streets and attack US embassies, reports Channel 1. "Push the US out of Arab and Muslim lands. Attack their embassies. Bush is the only terrorist. America is the only terrorist", said a leader at the rally.