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MAIN News Archives for December 2005

 12/30 -  Bush and Nixon's impeachable wiretapping
 12/30 -  Survey: Many Americans still think Saddam was behind 9/11
 12/30 -  Media scholar George Gerbner dead at 86
 12/30 -  Natural gas prices could drop in NC
 12/30 -  Feds cutting sweetheart deals with corporate criminals
 12/29 -  Clinton Jencks, legendary labor organizer, dies
 12/29 -  The complex history of tourism in WNC
 12/28 -  Wal-Mart funds new nonprofit to counter critics
 12/28 -  When opinion writers are secretly paid
 12/28 -  Eavesdropping could undermine spy agency's work
 12/28 -  A veteran's Iraq message upsets Army recruiters
 12/27 -  Fear destroys what Bin Laden could not
 12/26 -  Could the NSA become Big Brother?
 12/26 -  The hidden state is uncovered
 12/26 -  Bush's use of executive power
 12/23 -  A new approach to the homeless
 12/23 -  File the Bin Laden phone leak under 'Urban Myths'
 12/23 -  Where are the voices of college presidents?
 12/22 -  Bush robs the poor to reward the rich
 12/22 -  Does NPR rely too heavily on conservative commentators?
 12/22 -  GOP forced to compromise on key votes
 12/22 -  'Impeachment' talk finally heard in corporate media
 12/22 -  Texas district adopts disputed text for Bible study
 12/22 -  NYPD infiltrate protests, videotapes show
 12/22 -  A grown-up kid sends Santa his TV wish list
 12/22 -  New EPA rules to protect coal-burning power plants
 12/22 -  Targets of illegal spying speak out
 12/22 -  Beware the supreme leader who is above the law
 12/21 -  Politicians sweat as Abramoff nears plea bargain
 12/21 -  At risk -- the Internet as we know it
 12/21 -  NC House Speaker Jim Black will forego gifts from lobbyists
 12/21 -  The collapse of globalism
 12/21 -  Spy court judge quits in protest
 12/21 -  Poor get chilly federal reception
 12/21 -  Senate passes budget cutting aid for poor, students
 12/21 -  EPA scientists oppose agency's pesticide-test plan
 12/20 -  Battle looms over prioritizing Internet speed
 12/20 -  Raising the issue of impeachment
 12/20 -  New files reveal FBI spying on activist groups
 12/20 -  Latin America veers left
 12/20 -  George Will asks: Where will Bush stop?
 12/20 -  Judge rules against 'intelligent design'
 12/19 -  Quake relief urgent as winter closes in
 12/19 -  Spying on Quakers and Grannies?
 12/19 -  Bush subverts checks and balances
 12/19 -  Sen. Robert Byrd: 'No president is above the law'
 12/19 -  Bush money network rooted in Texas, Florida
 12/19 -  Fight over oil drilling in Arctic refuge erupts
 12/19 -  Did Bush break the law with domestic spying?
 12/19 -  GOP senators challenge Bush on domestic spying
 12/19 -  Cheney's cheerleading falls flat
 12/19 -  Martin Eakes named 2005 Tarheel of the Year
 12/18 -  Let Iraq's Sunnis chase Al Qaeda out
 12/16 -  Report: Congress doesn't see same intelligence as Bush
 12/16 -  Planned billboard for NC angers Arab-Americans
 12/16 -  Haywood schools concerned over lead, copper in drinking water
 12/16 -  Bush authorized NSA spying on Americans after 9/11
 12/16 -  Rick Maas, a legacy of environmental service
 12/15 -  Bush feels pressure on secrecy
 12/15 -  Cities adopt cheaper, simpler recycling
 12/15 -  The bipartisan 'rule' of scandal
 12/15 -  Hacker changed election results in Fla. vote test
 12/15 -  Appeals court to weigh evolution disclaimer
 12/15 -  Study puts Iraq civilian death toll at 100,000
 12/14 -  Is the Pentagon spying on Americans?
 12/14 -  The media hears the sermon
 12/13 -  Torture debate reveals collective amnesia
 12/13 -  Senators Feingold and Sessions debate the Patriot Act
 12/13 -  Southeastern reps attended global warming talks
 12/13 -  Top senator returns tribes' donations
 12/13 -  Lead found in holiday decorations
 12/13 -  UNCA mourns passing of Rick Maas
 12/13 -  Go slow on Henderson County cable deal
 12/12 -  Richard Pryor, laughter from pain
 12/12 -  States, cities act on global warming
 12/12 -  Bush claim of Iraq-Al Qaeda link tied to torture
 12/12 -  Rumsfeld's information war
 12/12 -  Congressional races take shape in NC
 12/11 -  Some celebrate Christmas victimhood
 12/11 -  Raleigh's twist on gentrification
 12/11 -  The death of New Orleans
 12/09 -  Feds drop charges against Denver bus protester
 12/09 -  NC lottery staff hit the jackpot
 12/09 -  North Carolina sued over voting machines
 12/08 -  Remembering Rumsfeld's handshake deal with Saddam
 12/08 -  Is US foreign policy hurting American business?
 12/08 -  Scientists say Greenland glaciers melting fast
 12/08 -  If America left Iraq
 12/08 -  Deal reached to extend Patriot Act four years
 12/08 -  Old ice gives new clues to climate change
 12/08 -  Conservatives seek end of birthright citizenship for immigrants
 12/08 -  Truth for our troops
 12/07 -  The real price of propaganda
 12/07 -  Business as usual: corrupt
 12/07 -  Are shoppers starting to shun Wal-mart?
 12/07 -  First-responders, activists oppose pollution reporting rules
 12/07 -  9/11 panel says US still unprepared for terror threat
 12/06 -  Supreme Court sympathetic to military recruiting at colleges?
 12/06 -  Tobacco money helps grow new ventures
 12/06 -  Debate over cable TV choice ignited
 12/06 -  Let Rumsfeld go
 12/06 -  British MP says UK may have broken torture law
 12/06 -  Jousting with Wal-Mart over America's future
 12/05 -  Wishing someone 'Happy Holidays' can get you in trouble
 12/05 -  BellSouth withdraws New Orleans donation over city's wireless plans
 12/04 -  The religious isolation of George W. Bush
 12/03 -  The right-wing takeover of PBS
 12/03 -  High death rate for Latino pedestrians in the South
 12/03 -  Groups launch holy war against 'Happy Holidays'
 12/02 -  BellSouth considers preferential treatment for some websites
 12/02 -  A culture of bribery in Congress
 12/02 -  Today's scandals rival the Gilded Age, experts say
 12/02 -  Taxpayer-funded trees illegally cut in Haywood
 12/01 -  Lieberman backs Bush on Iraq War
 12/01 -  Did Roberts tip his hand during high court argument?
 12/01 -  US military pays Iraqis for positive news stories on war
 12/01 -  Alito memo outlined stealth strategy against Roe