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Rocking out at apple fest
Monday, 01 September 2008
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Among the headliners at the three-day Apple Festival 2008 in downtown Hendersonville were The Mighty Kicks! (above), who performed on the evening of Aug. 30; and Too Much Sylvia (below), who entertained a crowd of hundreds on the night of Aug. 31. The festival is held annually to honor Henderson County farmers’ apple crop, which is the biggest in the state. Besides live music, features included food, children’s games and activities and crafts. The Mighty Kicks!, an Orangeburg, S.C., band, plays soul and funk music, as well as oldies, beach, shag and Motown tunes. Meanwhile, Too Much Sylvia, based in Charlotte, plays a variety of music from the 1950s and ‘60s to today’s top hits. A TMS highlight was a performance by one of its members dressed up as Boy George, clad in his vintage — and surreal — 1980s Culture Club-era outfit.  Asheville Daily Planet Staff Photos
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Bombing specialist now sets sights on peace
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
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Marc Garlasco

By JOHN NORTH

The United States went to war with Iraq on flimsy — if not manufactured — evidence of Saddam Hussein’s links with al-Qaeda, according to Marc Garlasco, who is now the senior military analyst for Human Rights Watch.

After the 9/11 terrorist attack on the U.S., “I was asked to see if there was a link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda,” Garlasco said of his role as a senior analyst for the Department of Defense for Iraqi targeting. “We found no link — no way” was there any connection.

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News
Judge signs ruling to block condo project on parkland
Buncombe debaters
No McCain shirts seen anywhere at Goombay!
Entertainment
Goombay grooves
Concert, car show prove to be people-pleasers
Jazzing it up
Rocking the city
Just a hunka burnin’ love?
UNCA
Audience fires barrage of questions at former strike specialist
Opinion
Guerilla gardening movement merits praise for its beautifying of public land
Chess boxing? So bizarre, it just might be a knockout

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