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MAIN News Archives for June 2005

 06/30 -  Shortchanging our vets
 06/29 -  Class warfare from the top down
 06/29 -  Business contributors to GOP reap big rewards
 06/29 -  Debate on Big Cable's control of the Internet heats up
 06/29 -  Endangered Species Act under attack
 06/29 -  An energy bill for Big Business
 06/29 -  Bush continues linking Iraq to 9/11
 06/28 -  Court decision is good for cable, bad for America
 06/28 -  Latino growth not reflected at polls
 06/27 -  Accident claims the life of Haywood County desegregation pioneer
 06/27 -  Privatized social security - take 2
 06/27 -  Simulation demonstrates US vulnerability to oil shocks
 06/27 -  Supreme Court ruling strengthens cable monopoly
 06/27 -  Supreme Court issues split ruling on Ten Commandments displays
 06/27 -  Turning PBS into GOP-TV
 06/26 -  Court redefines 'eminent domain'
 06/25 -  Court sides with Bush on air pollution rules
 06/25 -  NC lawmakers drop ball on voting reform
 06/25 -  The president who wanted a war
 06/25 -  US doctors linked to POW abuse
 06/25 -  How Big Media interlocks with Corporate America
 06/25 -  When going gets tough, House panders to patriotism
 06/23 -  Justices uphold taking property for development
 06/23 -  Privacy groups protest Pentagon recruiting database
 06/23 -  Democrats demand Rove apology for 9/11 remarks
 06/23 -  Are conservatives using 'liberal bias' claim to kill PBS?
 06/23 -  $2.4 billion in cash, weighing 28 tons, shipped to Iraq
 06/23 -  Effective propaganda is invisible, expert says
 06/23 -  Let's defend PBS, but demand something better in return
 06/22 -  Senate witnesses testify that Abramoff defrauded Indian tribes
 06/22 -  Radical right nears goal of removing public broadcasting's independence
 06/22 -  Scientists debate corporate influence on health research
 06/22 -  Some Republicans seek prison abuse probe
 06/22 -  GOP senator abandons bill to cut emissions
 06/22 -  PBS funding fight heats up
 06/21 -  Document: US wants climate statement 'watered down'
 06/21 -  Frist reverses himself, will push for Bolton vote
 06/21 -  Republicans give up on Bolton vote
 06/21 -  Klan leader convicted of 1964 murder of civil rights activists
 06/21 -  CPB chairman's email cite White House authority
 06/21 -  Judges question use of Quran in taking oaths
 06/21 -  Public broadcasters fight budget cuts
 06/20 -  Elite media scramble to explain silence on Downing Street Memo
 06/20 -  Supreme Court sides with city in 'takings' case
 06/20 -  What were the Supremes smoking in one-size-fits-all decision?
 06/20 -  Witness says he was pressured to water-down tobacco testimony
 06/20 -  WNC man runs power tools on solar energy
 06/20 -  Washington Post fumbles on Downing Street
 06/20 -  Stem-cell research can't be decided on faith alone
 06/19 -  Privatizing Social Security could lead to market manipulation
 06/19 -  Rich man's war, poor man's fight
 06/19 -  NC balks at DuPont's donation of contaminated plant site
 06/18 -  Why not let Africa's wealth benefit Africa?
 06/18 -  'Let them eat war' -- Why the working-class supports Bush
 06/17 -  The sad saga of investigative reporter Gary Webb
 06/17 -  Destroying PBS
 06/17 -  How religion and politics can blend
 06/17 -  Small stores, big impact
 06/17 -  US Rep. Walter Jones pushes for Iraq exit plan
 06/17 -  Bush pressed to answer "Downing Street Memo'
 06/16 -  Using power to manage the news media
 06/16 -  Right-wing powerhouse flexes its muscle
 06/16 -  House votes to repeal part of Patriot Act
 06/16 -  General Electric co-authors legislation proposed by Taylor
 06/16 -  Congressman holds forum on Downing Street Memo
 06/16 -  Exxon hires Bush aide who doctored global warming report
 06/16 -  Frist: Schiavo autopsy results ends case
 06/15 -  Downing Street Memo comes to Washington
 06/15 -  'Security' is missing from Social Security debate
 06/15 -  Deep Throat of Downing Street?
 06/15 -  Washington's 'unprecedented corruption'
 06/15 -  Growing gap between rich and poor gains attention
 06/15 -  The South's response to a lynching apology
 06/15 -  GOP senators consider raising retirement age to 69
 06/15 -  NC House budget cuts proposed cigarette tax
 06/15 -  Teachers use gardens to grow young minds
 06/15 -  Top ISPs host most infected computers, report says
 06/14 -  Republicans urge shift in Iraq War plan
 06/14 -  Spanning the new digital divide
 06/14 -  Is Jesse Helms' autobiography rewriting history?
 06/13 -  Supreme Court declines media ownership challenge
 06/13 -  Pressure to close Guantanamo grows
 06/12 -  Companies use loopholes to avoid pension obligations
 06/12 -  New documents go beyond Downing Street Memo
 06/12 -  British cabinet minutes stress illegality of Iraq War
 06/11 -  Bush should address Downing Street Memo
 06/11 -  Memogate hearing set for June 16
 06/11 -  GOP chairman walks out of Patriot Act hearing
 06/11 -  Losing our country
 06/10 -  Bill O'Reilly: 'We do not speculate here.'
 06/10 -  RTP drivers spend more on commuting than LA drivers
 06/10 -  Patriot Act, Part Two
 06/10 -  House panel backs big cut in public TV funds
 06/10 -  Bush and 'the memo'
 06/10 -  NC tax burden shifts from corporations to workers
 06/10 -  A timid press shies away from Downing Street memo
 06/09 -  Have feds caved to pressure from Big Tobacco?
 06/09 -  White House defends editing of climate report by former oil lobbyist
 06/09 -  When Marine recruiters go beyond the call
 06/08 -  Debate on separation of church and state set for June 9 at UNCA
 06/08 -  The back-story on African debt
 06/08 -  The corporations strike back
 06/08 -  Protesters ask: 'Did you get the memo?'
 06/08 -  Army recuiting goal for May off by 25 percent
 06/08 -  Briefing by US Army Commander of Recruiting
 06/08 -  Are there little Tom DeLays yet to come out?
 06/08 -  ExxonMobil pressured Bush on global warming treaty
 06/08 -  NC lawmakers may extend half-cent sales tax
 06/08 -  Global warming 'skeptics' serve ideology, not science
 06/07 -  ABC-Post Poll: Bush ignoring public concerns
 06/07 -  Son of anti-war legislator killed in Iraq
 06/07 -  Conservatives see liberal bias in schools -- and mobilize
 06/07 -  Cracking down on employers who ignore wage laws
 06/07 -  Dirty tricks, dirty hands
 06/07 -  Pinehurst's wealth surrounds pockets of poverty
 06/06 -  Will the Downing Street Memo lead to Bush's impeachment?
 06/06 -  Supreme Court strikes down medical marijuana use
 06/06 -  Congress set to focus on corporate agenda
 06/06 -  Is 'Intelligent Design' a scientific theory?
 06/06 -  Links between Bolton and 'Downing Street Memo' emerge
 06/06 -  If companies renege on pensions, taxpayers will foot the bill
 06/06 -  Godfather of privatization speaks out
 06/05 -  If Watergate happened today, there would be no investigation
 06/05 -  Key senator says Guantanamo prison should be closed
 06/05 -  Cross-burnings reveal deeper racial divide
 06/04 -  Lies, guts and 'Deep Throat'
 06/04 -  Air Force Academy head admits religious bias
 06/04 -  Pentagon reveals how Koran was defiled
 06/03 -  Judge orders release of Abu Ghraib videos
 06/03 -  McGovern: White House needs 'Deep Throat' today
 06/03 -  An escape valve for greenhouse gas
 06/03 -  Solving Watergate required free press plus independent judges
 06/03 -  Easley orders action on road damage by heavy trucks
 06/03 -  Golden LEAF fund considers cash grants to recruit businesses
 06/02 -  Clear Channel fakes local radio voices
 06/02 -  City leaders tackle global warming
 06/02 -  Class in America: Two elite newspapers tackle the big taboo
 06/02 -  Woodward tells how Mark Felt became 'Deep Throat'
 06/02 -  Lessons from Newsweek's retraction
 06/02 -  Big Media ask Supreme Court to review FCC ownership rules
 06/02 -  Clinton says Felt 'did the right thing'
 06/02 -  Reaction to cross burnings grows
 06/01 -  Would today's media acknowledge Deep Throat?
 06/01 -  Fox News covers Downing Street memo
 06/01 -  What does Arthur Andersen case mean for corporate America?
 06/01 -  Seeking local produce worth time and effort
 06/01 -  Watergate proves that power corrupts
 06/01 -  AAA Carolinas to tackle trucks' road abuse
 06/01 -  FBI loyalist saw illegal activity and became 'Deep Throat'
 06/01 -  National Geographic 'geotourism' map lists five WNC sites