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Medieval News Archive01-Jan-2007
LYNDHURST -- For one night, North Jersey became host to the sick and unfortunate for the holidays, where free family entertainment with dinner was the gift to many who probably wouldn't be able to attend theater. Global travel experts weigh in on the best places to wander in the New Year. Hawaii is putting big bucks into renovating the tourist area of Waikiki. Goodbye to all that concrete. Hello to open spaces. Honolulu ? THE heart of Waikiki has long been a hodgepodge of high-end boutiques and crummy shops, luxury resorts and low-rent hotels, its main drag dominated by a boxy stone shopping mall with the aesthetic appeal of a medieval keep. Cruel despots tend to die violently, but when the U.S. handed Saddam Hussein over to his Iraqi executioners, the feeling was both medieval and barbaric. Perhaps--just perhaps--this act would have felt morally right if it had happened years ago. Before Abu Ghraib, the secret CIA prisons, suicides at Guantanamo, and the abandonment of basic rights for 'enemy combatants' like Jose Padilla. As it ... FRANKFORT -- What a way to end a basketball tournament week. Plainfield South High School avoided disaster on Friday by pulling out a 72-67 overtime win over Oak Forest in the annual Medieval Classic Holiday Basketball Tournament.
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