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Donald Fisher Dead: Gap Co-Founder, 81, Dies

AP | SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 09.27.2009 | Style

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Donald G. Fisher, who co-founded apparel giant Gap Inc., has died at age 81 after a long battle with cancer. The company said ...

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Facebook and the Class of 1969

Denise Vivaldo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

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Denise Vivaldo

I had no intention of going to my 40th high school reunion. I thought I'd escaped my high school class. Then more invitations and information about the reunion started flowing via Facebook.

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Mafia Sons Play For Reel Cash

Jerry Capeci | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

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Jerry Capeci

Mob stories continue to be such a hit with movie audiences that you can't blame Mafia sons -- whose dads did the crimes and the time -- from trying to cash in.

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Woodstock Wisdom

James S. Gordon | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living

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James S. Gordon

I hadn't planned on going, but then another doctor as young as I was then called me up, desperate for help. That's how I found myself on a plane to Bethel, N.Y. with Joan Baez.

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Woodstock: The Minister, God and Me

Janice Taylor | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

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Janice Taylor

A young hippie-dippy minister, God bless him, and his wife move to town in the same time-vortex as we do. And he is Hell-bent on getting to Woodstock.

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Woodstock 40 Years Later: Legacy Still Present At Today's Music Festivals

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 09.14.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK — Today's robust festival culture owes much to Woodstock – lessons from both its incredible success and its logistical nightmares...

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Woodstock's 40th Anniversary

Pete Fornatale | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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Pete Fornatale

Woodstock was, without question, the high-water mark of the '60s youth revolution -- musically, politically, and socially.

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On Woodstock's 40th Anniversary, A Look Back At The Major Events Of 1969 (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.13.2009 | Home

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This week marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, a musical event that became a symbol of a generation and came to define the tumultuous year that wa...

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Women Criminals I have Known

Geri Spieler | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

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Geri Spieler

It seems it is the season for paroling women who attempt to assassinate our presidents and those who commit heinous crimes.

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Woodstock Nation: Where Were You (Or Your Parents) During the Summer of "69?

Val Brown | Posted 07.25.2009 | Entertainment

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Val Brown

All the older Reynolds kids, including Randy -- the coolest girl I knew -- went to Woodstock. I felt left out even though I wasn't quite sure what Woodstock was. I knew I was missing something monumental.

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Woodstock in Washington

Darryle Pollack | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

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Darryle Pollack

In the election of Barack Obama, the mood of fear and anger that has gripped our country for eight years seems to have vanished overnight. At least for now.

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Con Games: Party Like It's 1969

Michael Conniff | Posted 06.17.2008 | Green

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Michael Conniff

My "1969" jeans are nothing more than a sham, a fraud, a stonewashed Watergate metaphor for the previously stoned.

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