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MAIN News Archives for August 2005

 08/31 -  Did federal aid cuts set stage for New Orleans disaster?
 08/31 -  As worker pay drops, CEO pay rises
 08/31 -  States sue White House over forest plan
 08/31 -  Poverty up for fourth straight year
 08/31 -  Katrina's real name
 08/31 -  NC Senate passes lottery; Easley to sign bill today
 08/31 -  Climate-change scientists claim GOP witch-hunt
 08/30 -  New Orleans 80 percent under water
 08/29 -  Washington asleep at the energy switch
 08/29 -  Is global warming causing more devastating hurricanes?
 08/29 -  Media starting to ask pro-war officials if their children will enlist
 08/29 -  Rural bus passengers get last boarding call
 08/29 -  Did the Cindy Sheehan vigil succeed?
 08/29 -  Time to kick the Internet into high speed?
 08/29 -  Strategizing a Christian coup d'etat in upstate SC
 08/29 -  Army official critical of Halliburton's no-bid contracts is demoted
 08/29 -  Destroying our national parks
 08/28 -  Democrats duck and cover amid anti-war protests
 08/27 -  Oil's peak -- is the end nearer than we think?
 08/27 -  Nature and the war machine
 08/27 -  Creationists sue University of California
 08/27 -  Will Justice Roberts leave you alone?
 08/27 -  FBI demands library records
 08/27 -  NC Senate may revisit lottery vote
 08/26 -  Military mothers rally around Cindy Sheehan
 08/26 -  Did Easley-Basnight feud scuttle the lottery?
 08/26 -  Democrats fumble Iraq policy
 08/26 -  Oil fat cats versus Hugo Chavez
 08/26 -  A CIA cover blown, a White House exposed
 08/24 -  Earthquake rattles WNC
 08/24 -  Hybrid cars shine in the shadow of rising gas prices
 08/24 -  Who is Pat Robertson and why does he say these things?
 08/24 -  Another poll finds Bush sinking
 08/24 -  Cindy Sheehan comments on her return to Crawford
 08/24 -  Mars as big as the Moon?
 08/24 -  Johnson City, ground zero of media ownership clash
 08/23 -  Death of estate tax means more taxes for most Americans
 08/23 -  Pat Robertson calls for the assassination of Hugo Chavez
 08/23 -  Henderson County pushes for strong cable franchise renewal
 08/22 -  The Swift Boating of Cindy Sheehan
 08/22 -  Freedom Walk registration policy raises privacy concerns
 08/22 -  Public access TV channels build community
 08/22 -  Synthesizer innovator Bob Moog dies at 71
 08/22 -  Pentagon's Freedom Walk takes a wrong turn
 08/22 -  Are military recruits being told the truth?
 08/22 -  No-fly zones for military recruiters
 08/22 -  Frustration with 'No Child Left Behind' grows
 08/22 -  NC senators feel heat on lottery vote
 08/22 -  Mainstream media suffer collateral damage in Iraq War
 08/22 -  Don't prettify our history
 08/22 -  Politicized scholars meld science and religion
 08/21 -  Is Cindy Sheehan the tipping point?
 08/19 -  Study shows racial health gap in US
 08/19 -  The future of rigged elections
 08/19 -  Lobbying reform bill stalls in NC Senate
 08/19 -  Radio Free America
 08/19 -  Court sides with Navy in abortion case
 08/18 -  Ruling lets BellSouth force bundling of phone and DSL
 08/18 -  Texas protest changes columnist's opinion
 08/18 -  Army officer says 9/11 warning ignored
 08/18 -  NC gun bill irks victims' advocates
 08/18 -  New school beverage policy called a 'PR stunt'
 08/18 -  Will reporters challenge the chicken hawks?
 08/18 -  Secret prewar memo warned of gaps in Iraq War plans
 08/17 -  Trade group calls for soft drink limits in schools
 08/17 -  Laptop sale creates chaos in Virginia
 08/16 -  The Wal-Mart thought police?
 08/16 -  Washington Post cuts ties to Pentagon event linking Iraq War and 9/11
 08/16 -  Who's really screwing up America?
 08/16 -  How Bush would gain from war on Iran
 08/15 -  Broadband is too important to be left to cable/phone duopoly
 08/15 -  Robert Novak, blinded by the light
 08/15 -  Iraq vet to challenge US. Rep. Robin Hayes in 8th District race
 08/15 -  Antiwar sentiment gets a champion
 08/15 -  Latinos rally for change in NC
 08/15 -  Which is the party of Big Government?
 08/15 -  Evangelicals rally to 'Save the Court'
 08/12 -  Social Security marks 70th anniversary
 08/11 -  DeLay ally indicted in Florida
 08/11 -  Junk food nation
 08/11 -  Pentagon to link 9/11 and Iraq War with concert and rally
 08/11 -  Is US preparing to go nuclear against Iran?
 08/11 -  Feds recommend fruits, veggies but subsidize meat, milk, eggs
 08/11 -  Money woes plague reservists
 08/11 -  Heavy truck bill gutted in NC Senate
 08/11 -  Grieving mother continues vigil at Bush ranch
 08/10 -  The Rich Get (Much) Richer
 08/10 -  ABC's one-sided Wal-Mart report
 08/10 -  How the NY Times won a Pulitzer Prize for government propaganda
 08/09 -  Activists object to military sponsoring hip-hop concert
 08/09 -  Error at Los Alamos lab spreads nuclear radiation to four states
 08/09 -  Specter presses judicial nominee Roberts for specifics
 08/09 -  Energy Bill: Fueling corporations, depleting native lands
 08/09 -  Iraq War mom encroaches president's space
 08/08 -  The twilight era of petroleum
 08/08 -  Judith Miller's tale under scrutiny . . . at her own paper
 08/08 -  FCC action solidifies cable-telco 'duopoly' over broadband
 08/08 -  Poll: Fewer Americans think Bush is honest
 08/08 -  Congress flips a big switch for power companies
 08/08 -  What does 'green' mean?
 08/08 -  Energy independence sacrificed for 'Texas greed'
 08/08 -  After 140 years, Bill of Rights returns to NC
 08/08 -  Interstate 3 study stirs WNC protest
 08/07 -  Public access TV would air more voices in Henderson County
 08/07 -  Army whistleblower draws fire
 08/07 -  WNC protesters decry use of nuclear weapons
 08/07 -  Gold Star mothers, Iraq War veterans march on Bush's ranch
 08/05 -  The swift boats of science seek muddy water
 08/05 -  Shortages stifle boom in solar energy
 08/05 -  Theremin lovers gather to play ethereal music
 08/05 -  CNN suspends Novak after he walks off set
 08/04 -  Can whistleblowers preempt attack on Iran?
 08/04 -  Ohio families struggle with their losses
 08/04 -  Frist, Santorum flip-flop off the high dive
 08/04 -  Waynesville considers watershed's future
 08/04 -  Henderson County worried about broadband timetable
 08/04 -  Libaries are focus of effort to amend the Patriot Act
 08/04 -  FCC ponders move to broadband 'duopoly'
 08/04 -  'Death tax' label is slick PR
 08/04 -  Mysterious changes hit Pacific coast
 08/03 -  Obedient U.S. media trumpet nuclear threat in Iran
 08/03 -  Aides to Karl Rove testify in CIA leak probe
 08/03 -  Bush steps into debate over teaching evolution in schools
 08/03 -  In-person BellSouth payments to rise
 08/03 -  NC budget proposal targets candy, liquor, cable TV for tax hike
 08/02 -  Bible course becomes a test for public schools in Texas
 08/02 -  Don't do Al Qaeda's work for it
 08/02 -  World turning its back on Brand America
 08/01 -  Payola, the price of fame?
 08/01 -  DeLay slipped last-minute pork into energy bill
 08/01 -  Novak defends naming CIA officer
 08/01 -  Operation Withdrawal Scam
 08/01 -  As planet warms, storms grow stronger
 08/01 -  Consumer boycotts have long pedigree as political activism
 08/01 -  Leaked emails claim Guantanamo trials rigged