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Presenting...The top 20 home remedies A witches' brew of elixirs and potions that work! For more than 25 years, Joe and Teresa Graedon have provided lifesaving medical advice and health commentary through their King Features nationally syndicated newspaper column, "The People's Pharmacy," and their radio show. Here are their top 20 home remedies. Hot Water for ItchesModerate itching (the sort you get from a mosquito bite or mild case of poison ivy without blisters) often responds to a hot water application. The water needs to be hot enough to be slightly uncomfortable but not so hot it burns (120-130...

<p>Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "fully supports" President Bush's Iraq policy, her office said last night - on the eve of her visit today to an upstate arsenal that makes military hardware like mortars and howitzers for U.S. troops. "Sen. Clinton fully supports the steps the president has taken to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction," said Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines.</p>

Europe's first school for witches and wizards opens in AustriaEurope's first school for witches and wizards has opened in Austria.Students can take a six-semester course, including learning to make potions and cast spells, ending in a "sorcerers' diploma."The school is located in the mountains of Klagenfurt in southern Austria."Wizardry is very close to nature and is in no way a form of religion," said school director Andreas Starchel, who also calls himself Dakaneth."The school's aim is to pass on witches' and wizards' ancestral knowledge, which is gradually being forgotten," says the school's website.The school caters for three classes of students....