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MAIN News Archives for September 2004

 09/30 -  Election winner may shape the Supreme Court for decades
 09/30 -  Now on DVD: The Passion of the Bush
 09/30 -  Federal court strikes down Patriot Act provision
 09/30 -  Debate's likely charges may not square with the facts
 09/30 -  Past deeds of former NC GOP rising star catch up in Colorado
 09/30 -  After promises of help, some flood victims are disappointed
 09/30 -  Neo-Conservative takeover of party pushing GOP stalwarts to Kerry
 09/29 -  Easley and Ballantine agree to two debates
 09/29 -  "Guest visa" farm workers in NC win long-sought union victory
 09/29 -  In devastated Canton, rebuilding may not be an option for some
 09/29 -  American slain in Iraq was Hendersonville native
 09/29 -  NC residents warned of possible voter registration scam
 09/29 -  Al Gore: How to debate Bush
 09/29 -  Why hold a news anchor to a higher standard than a president?
 09/28 -  Krugman: Cross your fingers for better coverage of 2004 debates
 09/28 -  Europeans follow a different strategy against terrorists
 09/28 -  $1 million grant will aid WNC recovery efforts
 09/28 -  Sharp words in Bowles-Burr debate
 09/28 -  Mountains see little serious damage from Jeanne
 09/28 -  Jimmy Carter fears Florida vote trouble
 09/27 -  Reactions to CBS/NY Times failures explode liberal bias myth
 09/27 -  Poverty up as welfare enrollment declines
 09/27 -  Taylor's tax payments appear to violate federal election law
 09/27 -  The economic theory of rebuilding Iraq
 09/27 -  State of emergency declared from Asheville to Raleigh
 09/27 -  Stakes are high in NC senatorial debate
 09/27 -  Jeanne to bring more rain and wind to WNC
 09/25 -  CBS cancels Iraq war report, frustrating story producers
 09/25 -  Ballantine ditches debate with Easley
 09/24 -  How the media marginalize grassroots activism
 09/24 -  Watergate reporter says journalists are no longer serving the public
 09/24 -  Sponsorship a sticking point in plan for WNC gubernatorial debate
 09/24 -  $10 million grant will help storm-displaced workers
 09/24 -  Keever, Taylor spar over national sales tax proposal
 09/23 -  WNC farmers drowning in storm losses
 09/23 -  How volunteers are trying to boost election turnout - one door at a time
 09/23 -  NC congressman's bill would open churches to electioneering
 09/23 -  Complications hamper rebuilding efforts
 09/23 -  Governor, legislators consider special session for disaster response
 09/22 -  Will the CBS document flap scare the news media off big stories?
 09/22 -  Wet weather will dampen leaf season, expert says
 09/22 -  Beware of storm-related scams
 09/22 -  One terrifying night on Peeks Creek
 09/22 -  Storm damage could reach $200 million in Buncombe
 09/21 -  Muck and debris remain as Ivan recedes
 09/21 -  Critics say GOP convention protesters were subjected to unlawful arrests
 09/21 -  Who's better in the economic driver's seat?
 09/21 -  Navy investigator validates Kerry's Vietnam medals
 09/21 -  Stop the media mergers
 09/21 -  Key swing states may be seeing efforts to suppress minority votes
 09/20 -  Bill Moyers: Journalism under fire
 09/20 -  The vanishing middle-class job
 09/20 -  Abduction, murder and mayhem in Iraq
 09/20 -  Search continues for storm victims in Macon County
 09/20 -  Government, local agencies offer help to storm victims
 09/19 -  How FCC 'word games' lead to corporate broadband domination
 09/19 -  Edwards: No draft if Kerry wins
 09/18 -  Recovery doubly hard for wounded reservists
 09/18 -  NC job outlook dims for 2005
 09/17 -  As Halliburton CEO, Cheney undercut sanctions on rogue regimes
 09/17 -  Carnage in Iraq is so common it's faded from view
 09/17 -  Asheville doctor: Air pollution is a killer
 09/16 -  Republican senators see "deep trouble" in Iraq
 09/16 -  Flood damage to crops likely to pump up grocery prices
 09/16 -  Governor warns residents of flood zones to "get out"
 09/16 -  WNC braces for Ivan
 09/15 -  WNC shut out of flood map update
 09/15 -  Kerry campaign hires woman who was fired for her Kerry bumpersticker
 09/15 -  Why Bush left Texas
 09/15 -  Tribal newspaper editors push for free press protections
 09/15 -  Mitchell County to lose 350 jobs in Henredon shutdown
 09/15 -  Swannanoa man, nearly burned to death as an infant, publishes story of his ordeal
 09/15 -  How "tax relief" means higher taxes on wages
 09/14 -  Media should probe bigger questions about Bush's record
 09/14 -  Will NC pass its own assault weapons ban?
 09/14 -  Senate candidates differ on health care
 09/14 -  Assault weapon sales are brisk
 09/14 -  First Amendment protects citizen speech, not just the media
 09/13 -  Cable TV: 'Echo chamber' for distortion and disinformation
 09/13 -  Disaster spotlights floodplain, water issues
 09/13 -  WNC asks Edwards for flood relief
 09/13 -  Some Buncombe residents still without water
 09/12 -  NRA wins on assault weapons, turns sights on election
 09/12 -  Edwards visits flood victims in Canton, Biltmore
 09/12 -  Flood leaves hazardous materials mess
 09/11 -  Cheney backs off linking Kerry with terror threat
 09/11 -  Federal disaster aid coming to WNC; Edwards to visit Canton
 09/11 -  CBS stands behind Bush-Guard memos
 09/11 -  N.C. town accuses officers of robbing Latinos
 09/10 -  Fuel spill contaminates river
 09/09 -  Playing the Iraq War numbers game?
 09/09 -  Health care premiums jump 11.2 percent
 09/09 -  Memos show strings pulled to keep Bush in Guard
 09/09 -  Rockslides close parts of Blue Ridge Parkway
 09/09 -  Bush, Kerry worlds apart on media ownership limits
 09/09 -  Dramatic rescues save two women from flood waters
 09/09 -  Asheville area struggles with water woes
 09/08 -  Kerry vows to end tax break for companies outsourcing jobs
 09/08 -  Lawsuit uncovers Bush military records
 09/08 -  Kerry: Bush set wrong course on Iraq
 09/08 -  Asheville braces for water loss
 09/08 -  Do Beslan terrorists have U.S. friends?
 09/08 -  Advisory: Asheville, Buncombe, Henderson water customers use water for emergency purposes only
 09/08 -  Ex-White House aide says U.S. is less safe
 09/08 -  Flood warning for Henderson, Polk, Rutherford
 09/08 -  Bush and Kerry on paying for college
 09/08 -  UNC lawsuit over book on Islam dismissed
 09/07 -  In Greensboro, Kerry talks jobs, heatlh insurance
 09/07 -  Bush family lies hurt all Americans
 09/07 -  Malpractice debate hides subtleties
 09/07 -  Fear and elections
 09/07 -  CBO projects largest deficit in U.S. history
 09/07 -  Bob Graham says Bush blocked investigation of Saudi Arabia's ties to 9/11
 09/06 -  N.C. worker pay lags nation, region
 09/06 -  Next shock -- not oil but debt
 09/06 -  Listening to those who lost loved ones in Iraq War
 09/05 -  Underemployed struggle in N.C.
 09/05 -  How Kerry became a girlie-man
 09/04 -  The facts behind Miller's attack on Kerry
 09/04 -  Bush omitted some facts in convention speech
 09/04 -  Hit hard, will Kerry hit back?
 09/04 -  Elderly hit with record rise in Medicare fees
 09/03 -  Fact-checking the GOP convention
 09/03 -  Zell Miller introduces John Kerry in 2001
 09/03 -  GOP, Democrats agree: It's terrorism, stupid!
 09/03 -  The South will rise again
 09/03 -  Low-income N.C. homes use earth-friendly materials
 09/03 -  N.C. Medicaid's 'spend-down' rule is not cost-effective, study finds
 09/02 -  Don't send more kids to die
 09/02 -  Philadelphia plans for giant Internet "hot spot"
 09/02 -  Kerry replies to Cheney's attack
 09/02 -  Lexington Ave. Arts Festival strikes 'all local' note
 09/02 -  Father who lost son in Iraq delivers message to GOP
 09/02 -  Zell Miller, hit man and hypocrite
 09/02 -  Kerry says the world is more dangerous due to Bush's policies
 09/02 -  GOP's harsh attacks on Kerry contrast with Democrats' restraint
 09/02 -  Companies treat convention delegates
 09/02 -  DOT shifts gears on transit strategies
 09/01 -  The power of billboards in N.C.
 09/01 -  Reviewing Bush's war promises from 2000
 09/01 -  Molly Ivins in Greensboro
 09/01 -  Anger over media ownership grows
 09/01 -  Spy probe scans Neo-Con ties to Israel
 09/01 -  Will social issues split GOP?
 09/01 -  Industry-funded RTP chemistry center stirs debate
 09/01 -  We're not in Lake Wobegon anymore