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MAIN News Archives for December 2004

 12/31 -  AARP campaigns against privatizing Social Security
 12/31 -  Don't blame "Uncle Sam' for Bush policies
 12/31 -  Lessons for Democrats
 12/31 -  Obesity epidemic hits toddlers
 12/31 -  Pledges of relief reach $500 million
 12/31 -  Legal cloud over NC ag revote
 12/31 -  GOP to weaken House ethics rules
 12/31 -  David Cohen, the man behind the cartoons
 12/30 -  Railroad crossing failures raise concerns
 12/30 -  Is the US 'stingy'?
 12/29 -  NC elections board orders new vote for ag post
 12/29 -  Susan Sontag, dead at 71
 12/29 -  Tsunami toll could top 100,000
 12/27 -  Realists rebuffed, as Neo-Cons remain in charge
 12/27 -  Bush wants to break promise of Social Security
 12/27 -  Storm still torments WNC community
 12/26 -  Hackers target new computer owners
 12/24 -  MAIN launches national Internet service
 12/24 -  Judge's ruling burns tobacco farmers
 12/24 -  New coal plants will bury Kyoto Treaty
 12/24 -  Drug risks raise doubts about ads
 12/23 -  With Michael Moore on their case, drug firms feel sick
 12/23 -  Bush cuts Pell grants for college students
 12/22 -  New forest rules trouble conservationists
 12/22 -  A radio revolution in Asheville?
 12/22 -  The GOP's sabotage of Social Security
 12/22 -  Appeal to concede ag race draws suspicion
 12/22 -  As lawmakers exit Congress, many cash in on connections
 12/21 -  The politics of the Christmas story
 12/21 -  FBI memos implicate Bush in torture scandal
 12/21 -  Time's Man of the Year: 'All hat, no cattle'
 12/21 -  Wall Street's quiet campaign to privatize Social Security
 12/21 -  Punishing the press?
 12/21 -  Offering a way back to hopes for college
 12/21 -  Paul Krugman on Social Security, healthcare and the dollar's decline
 12/21 -  "Who's your daddy?" adoption game show: Are we disgusted yet?
 12/21 -  Raleigh lawyer is Easley's choice to head Democratic Party
 12/21 -  Judge rules against UGA cheerleading coach fired for religous teaching
 12/21 -  Sinclair's long history of deceptive practices
 12/21 -  Catawba River trout designation heads to court
 12/20 -  Campaign of deception pushed patriotic song up charts
 12/20 -  Guardsman says Rumsfeld question was his own
 12/20 -  Plott Creek residents angered by DOT road plan
 12/20 -  Witness views Plan Colombia in different light
 12/20 -  NC officials shopping for new voting machines
 12/20 -  "Shrewd" is the word on NC House Speaker Jim Black
 12/19 -  Is Bush gambling with Social Security?
 12/19 -  NC judge responsible for weakening ethics rules
 12/19 -  Woman's civil rights work could end up hurting black farmers
 12/19 -  Bush discovers a new issue: deficits
 12/18 -  Report: Bush legal reform plan full of lies, distortions
 12/17 -  Cost of war exceeding estimates
 12/17 -  The journalist's question that saved lives
 12/17 -  Snow, arctic blast to hit Sunday
 12/17 -  Citing technicality, Ohio judge dismisses election lawsuit
 12/17 -  US continues stonewalling global warming rules
 12/17 -  Ivins: Bush Social Security plan is 'looney, bizarre and irresponsible'
 12/17 -  Does media consolidation promote indecency?
 12/16 -  The genius of Wal-Mart: Making money off poverty
 12/16 -  'Irresponsible debt' or 'turning a corner on deficits'?
 12/16 -  'Good old boy' homeland security?
 12/16 -  Many baby-boomers facing lean retirement
 12/16 -  'Presidential Medals of Failure'
 12/16 -  Discontent growing among US military
 12/16 -  Teflon tyrants? After Pinochet, indict Kissinger
 12/16 -  Rumsfeld gets hit from right flank
 12/16 -  Study pegs NC water needs at $15 billion
 12/15 -  2005 war funding may hit $100 billion
 12/15 -  $83 million 'Star Wars' missile test fails
 12/15 -  AOL settles fraud charges
 12/15 -  Selling North Carolina cheap
 12/14 -  Google plans huge online library
 12/14 -  Dems nominate Black as speaker of NC House
 12/14 -  'Religion is to God what the clock is to time'
 12/14 -  Collaboration tackles childhood obesity in WNC
 12/14 -  CBS, CNN mislead on Social Security
 12/14 -  Duke prof speaks out on Pinochet indictment
 12/14 -  Moyers: 'The delusional is no longer marginal'
 12/14 -  'End-times' views shaping US environmental policies?
 12/14 -  Franklin, Macon County seek payback for Duke's use of rivers
 12/13 -  Watergate's lessons still relevant today
 12/13 -  McCain: 'No confidence' in Rumsfeld
 12/13 -  Roads gone wild
 12/13 -  Despite media whitewash, Kerik's problem was more than a nanny
 12/13 -  GOP hopes for power-sharing in Raleigh
 12/13 -  US to license publishers of dissident writers
 12/11 -  Unions to spotlight Wal-Mart's impact on wages
 12/11 -  Bill Moyers leaving TV journalism
 12/11 -  Bio-diesel fuel plant to help NC farmers, environment
 12/10 -  The cruel joke on former Pillowtex workers
 12/10 -  Halliburton contracts top $10 billion
 12/10 -  African woman awarded Nobel Peace Prize
 12/10 -  Some GOP Congressmen are bucking Bush
 12/10 -  Battle for Social Security has begun
 12/10 -  Church files FCC action against NBC and CBS stations
 12/10 -  US media hiding bad news about Iraq?
 12/10 -  Armor firm disputes Rumsfeld's claim
 12/09 -  Gifts fund hemlock preservation lab
 12/09 -  Bush may allow Big Media to get bigger
 12/09 -  NC school defends slavery booklet
 12/09 -  EPA accused of censoring staff on forest roadbuilding plans
 12/09 -  N.C. Guard thanks mill, lawmaker
 12/09 -  Iredell County Commission denounces Iraq editorial cartoon
 12/09 -  Waynesville vet claims unit killed Iraqi civilians
 12/09 -  Easley allocates $90 million for WNC flood relief
 12/09 -  Falwell: Per channel cable pricing threatens religious broadcasters
 12/09 -  Holy hypocrisy!
 12/08 -  DOT agrees to more detailed I-240 traffic study
 12/08 -  Second-home development brings dollars and problems
 12/07 -  The Senate speech you weren't allowed to hear
 12/07 -  Did Kerry betray his supporters?
 12/07 -  Despite cabinet shuffle, NeoCon ideology remains
 12/07 -  Corporate reformer enters NY governor's race
 12/07 -  Memos say officials who saw prison abuse were threatened
 12/07 -  Tommy Thompson exits but covers his posterior
 12/07 -  Mel Watt to head Congressional Black Caucus
 12/07 -  Destroying Social Security in order to save it
 12/06 -  Pakistani president denounces war on terror
 12/06 -  Democrats to probe election fraud in Ohio
 12/06 -  Fox to become news source for Clear Channel
 12/06 -  Annan under attack by those who would weaken UN
 12/06 -  Soldiers file suit against "stop-loss" rule
 12/06 -  Pew surveys artists, musicians on the Internet
 12/06 -  Duke Energy to reveal plans for WNC rivers
 12/05 -  The real UN oil-for-food scandal
 12/04 -  US aiming to oust Annan
 12/04 -  White House says China not rigging currency for trade advantage
 12/04 -  Supreme Court to hear Internet access monopoly case
 12/04 -  Kerry campaign monitors Ohio election cases
 12/04 -  eBay, the new fence for thieves
 12/03 -  Military media manipulation demands investigation
 12/03 -  Bhopal 20 years later: Did US firm know of disaster threat?
 12/03 -  What is the people's mandate?
 12/02 -  Military using media to spread disinformation
 12/02 -  Carteret County voters get to vote again
 12/02 -  TV networks refuse church ad
 12/02 -  Corporate reform leader ousted
 12/02 -  Edwards bill offers'Road to Nowhere' settlement
 12/02 -  Should Asheville watershed logging plan go forward?
 12/01 -  A better fix than privatizing Social Security
 12/01 -  Pennsylvania law limits municipal networks
 12/01 -  Voters to challenge Ohio election
 12/01 -  Something's fishy in Ohio
 12/01 -  US to extend tours, boost troop levels in Iraq
 12/01 -  November was the cruelest month
 12/01 -  Local guardsman speaks out