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MAIN News Archives for November 2007

 11/30 -  Seven rulings on endangered species revised
 11/30 -  WNC jobs: Manufacturing out, entrepreneurs in
 11/30 -  Who will be 2008's Willie Horton?
 11/30 -  Banking on guns over green economics
 11/30 -  Coal's true cost
 11/30 -  Google confirms bid for broadband wireless spectrum
 11/30 -  Edwards, Clinton vie to define the '90s
 11/29 -  Bush set to saddle next president with permanent Iraq bases
 11/29 -  Torture and America's crisis of faith
 11/29 -  Civil libertarians warn of new Patriot Act
 11/29 -  A budding market for food less traveled
 11/29 -  Giuliani's mayoral expenses under scrutiny
 11/29 -  NC foreclosure rate exceeds national average
 11/29 -  Latinos take up English the old-fashioned way
 11/29 -  NC GOP scapegoating the best of our youth
 11/28 -  WNC physician finds calling in serving the poor
 11/28 -  Talking back to Prozac
 11/28 -  Blackwater guards pumped on steroids, suit alleges
 11/28 -  Writers' strike is bellwether for US workers
 11/28 -  Naomi Wolf warns of America's slow descent into fascism
 11/28 -  Democrats' health plans echo Nixon's failed GOP proposal
 11/28 -  Head of Rove inquiry under suspicion for misconduct
 11/28 -  Study: NC students spend too much time on tests
 11/27 -  Feds obtaining cell phone records without probable cause
 11/27 -  Shameful 'journalism' by Time magazine's Joe Klein
 11/27 -  Lott set to cash-in as lobbyist
 11/27 -  Shallow wells running dry in NC
 11/27 -  AT&T seeks rate hikes in NC despite stiff opposition
 11/27 -  Shuler's immigration bill is the wrong approach
 11/26 -  In hit Iranian TV drama, the holocaust is no 'myth'
 11/26 -  Edwards sets July 2009 deadline for universal health care
 11/26 -  Study to assess 'inland port' for WNC
 11/26 -  The Bush family's rules of evidence
 11/26 -  Don't use tax policy to entrench aristocratic dynasties
 11/26 -  Trent Lott to resign from Senate by year's end
 11/25 -  Taking the temperature in Iowa
 11/25 -  Smithsonian, a museum acting strangely
 11/25 -  Testing the waters for war on Iran
 11/25 -  Drug giant accused of trying to intimidate critic, UNC prof
 11/25 -  Studs Terkel, at 95, still working
 11/24 -  When average Americans had a friend in the White House
 11/24 -  Pentagon orders wounded vets to return enlistment bonuses
 11/24 -  Electronics recycling firm to settle in Old Fort
 11/24 -  9/11 group challenges Giuliani's claims
 11/24 -  Bush's cover-up of CIA leak unravels
 11/24 -  Drought devastates WNC farmers, businesses
 11/24 -  Iowa is up for grabs, despite media obsession with Clinton, Obama
 11/24 -  Why can't home furnaces be more efficient?
 11/24 -  Will conservatives tackle decline of upward mobility?
 11/24 -  'Lions for Lambs' offers pro-war and anti-war views
 11/21 -  Ex-White House rep says he was told to lie about CIA leak
 11/21 -  Whose rules apply to the Web?
 11/21 -  Senate Dems aim to block Bush's back-door appointments
 11/21 -  Supreme Court to hear right-to-bear-arms case
 11/21 -  Mercury pollution at proposed WNC coal plant under review
 11/20 -  Freeborn-Russell votes to get hand recount
 11/20 -  Exposing the fiction of Fox News
 11/20 -  America should lead on conservation
 11/20 -  Do conservatives owe their 27-year reign to racial politics?
 11/20 -  Insurance firms still key in Democrats' health care plans
 11/20 -  How not to bring liberty to Cuba
 11/20 -  Politics undercut endangered species act?
 11/20 -  Effort to bridge race gap among teens cited
 11/19 -  Study links drop in test scores to decline in reading
 11/18 -  Uninsured children creating headaches for schools
 11/18 -  Medical-supply fraud target of whistleblower suit
 11/18 -  State seeks details on loans from former House Speaker
 11/18 -  Kids' waistlines versus schools' bottom line
 11/18 -  USA Today cuts 45 newsroom jobs
 11/18 -  World's top climate experts unite in global warming alert
 11/17 -  Google readies bid for auction of public airwaves
 11/17 -  Olbermann: How to really support our troops
 11/17 -  Court rejects Bush fuel economy standards
 11/17 -  US House passes bill to regulate mortgage brokers
 11/17 -  Recount confirms Asheville council vote
 11/17 -  Senate GOP blocks latest war funding bill
 11/16 -  Democrats cowed by GOP scare tactics on immigration
 11/16 -  Obama, played for a sucker
 11/16 -  Southern Co. called 'top polluter,' linked to Bush
 11/16 -  Eric Alterman: 'Rock 'n' roll' and the 'official version of events'
 11/16 -  Consumer anger over credit cards sparks congressional action
 11/16 -  Overbilling of $45 million found in NC mental health program
 11/16 -  Former NC House Speaker pocketed campaign funds
 11/16 -  With Iowa a toss-up, Southern primaries loom large
 11/15 -  House GOP sustain Bush veto of health, education bill by two votes
 11/15 -  Senate panel passes spying bill, but no telecom immunity
 11/15 -  Edwards: Congress will pass universal healthcare, or lose its coverage
 11/15 -  Giuliani's ties to Bernard Kerik could derail White House bid
 11/15 -  Bush moves to protect abusive lenders from lawsuits
 11/15 -  NC lawyers show solidarity with Pakistani peers
 11/15 -  It's time to close the cocaine gap
 11/15 -  Bush vetoes college aid programs
 11/15 -  Poll: Edwards tied with Hillary, Obama in Iowa
 11/14 -  $1 trillion for war? How about $1 trillion for humanity?
 11/14 -  Fund manager says it's 'high time' to raise his taxes
 11/14 -  Democrats challenge Bush on Iraq War funding
 11/14 -  Freeborn requests recount in Asheville council race
 11/14 -  This is your brain on politics
 11/14 -  What's up with Tim Russert and global warming?
 11/14 -  Will the Senate agree to close massive tax loophole?
 11/14 -  Poll reveals class divide among black Americans
 11/14 -  Will NC realtors renew bid to limit home inspections?
 11/14 -  Justice Department resumes domestic spying probe
 11/13 -  FBI says Blackwater killed 14 Iraqis without cause
 11/13 -  'Hidden costs' double price of two wars, Democrats say
 11/13 -  Why torture is a 'stupid strategy'
 11/13 -  NC schools to offer Spanish to native speakers
 11/13 -  Are neo-cons preparing a new 'stab-in-the-back' myth?
 11/13 -  Secrets of recycling
 11/13 -  Subprime scandal yields golden parachutes instead of accountability
 11/13 -  Bush vetoes health, education and jobs bill
 11/13 -  Employer-provided insurance continues decline
 11/13 -  Warren Buffet challenges billionaires to pay more taxes
 11/13 -  NC Baptists set to cast out Charlotte church
 11/13 -  Why the Democrats failed to stop the war
 11/13 -  Challenging the neo-con narratives
 11/13 -  Wind turbines off the Outer Banks?
 11/12 -  When writers strike, silence falls
 11/12 -  Can Gates and the military block Cheney's push for war on Iran?
 11/12 -  The bitter fruit of deregulation
 11/12 -  With Supreme Court's blessing, Swift Boat money will surge in '08
 11/12 -  Top intel official: Get used to a new kind of privacy
 11/11 -  Krugman says erosion of middle class signals political shift
 11/11 -  Cosby, Pouissant call on blacks to overcome victimhood
 11/11 -  A broken vow, a soldier's torment
 11/11 -  Frank Rich: The coup at home
 11/11 -  Radical right's 'dead Constitution' vision of America
 11/10 -  US Postal Service cancels 200-year tradition
 11/10 -  Edwards wins key progressive endorsement in Iowa
 11/10 -  Bush's contempt for Congress
 11/10 -  Seattle crowd blasts FCC on big media
 11/10 -  FCC tosses a bone to critics of media consolidation
 11/10 -  Despite conservative attacks, Redford upbeat about 'Lions for Lambs'
 11/10 -  Keep broadcasters' hands off our newspapers!
 11/10 -  Veterans and homelessness
 11/10 -  Without land transfer tax, property taxes could rise
 11/10 -  Real estate industry fails in bid to limit NC home inspections
 11/10 -  Norman Mailer, outspoken novelist, is dead
 11/09 -  Defying crackdown on media, Pakistani bloggers spread the news
 11/09 -  Anti-nuke activists sing a new green tune
 11/09 -  Krugman's 'The Conscience of a Liberal'
 11/09 -  The truth behind 'Lions for Lambs'
 11/09 -  House closes huge Wall Street tax loophole
 11/09 -  What happened to the Senate's '60-vote' requirement?
 11/09 -  Big Brother spying on Americans' Internet data?
 11/09 -  Easy stereotypes mask a complicated South
 11/09 -  Associates' troubles raise doubts about Giuliani's judgment
 11/09 -  In reversal, Justice Department to enforce voter laws
 11/08 -  Mukasey confirmed as attorney general
 11/08 -  Fox News cashes in on indecency
 11/08 -  America's moral torture test
 11/08 -  Warren Buffet's call for fairness: higher taxes on the rich
 11/08 -  Some cities reach out to illegal immigrants
 11/08 -  Senators call for 90-day delay in media ownership rules
 11/08 -  Aid workers brace for rise in homeless veterans
 11/08 -  California sues Bush over greenhouse-gas inaction
 11/08 -  Journalism and its discontents
 11/08 -  When a media critic runs out of topics
 11/08 -  House votes to protect gay, lesbian workers
 11/08 -  Arts educators battle No Child Left Behind
 11/08 -  Jim Neal's senate bid stirs NC Democrats
 11/08 -  Defeat of land-transfer tax begs the question: How to pay for growth?
 11/07 -  Immigration chief apologizes for 'offensive' costumes at her party
 11/07 -  Restaurants go green with compost, recycling
 11/07 -  A vote for Mukasey is a vote for torture
 11/07 -  Manhattan tofu maven does Asheville
 11/07 -  Fast lane or dirt path? Corporate media, democracy & the FCC
 11/07 -  Former AT&T worker tells inside story on wiretapping
 11/07 -  NC to continue landmark TVA air pollution lawsuit
 11/06 -  Land-transfer tax voted down across NC
 11/06 -  WNC election results
 11/06 -  MySpace, Facebook trade users' privacy for profits
 11/06 -  Kucinich moves to impeach Cheney with tactical boost by GOP
 11/06 -  A free press belongs to . . . those who can afford lobbyists
 11/06 -  Development issues highlight WNC voting
 11/06 -  Henderson County vote includes land-transfer tax
 11/06 -  Voters head to the polls for city and county races
 11/06 -  Is wind energy in NC's future?
 11/05 -  Ashley Furniture destroyed by fire
 11/05 -  Raleigh lobbyists accused of 'astroturfing'
 11/05 -  The $915 billion bomb in Americans' wallets
 11/05 -  'Before the Music Dies' documentary to be screened Nov. 8
 11/05 -  How corporate media would cover Jesus
 11/05 -  US falls to 15th on income scale
 11/05 -  Experts: No evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons program
 11/05 -  Who pays for development? Land-transfer tax gets first test
 11/05 -  Big media swallow White House denials of fake reporting
 11/04 -  Moyers on FCC's new push for more media consolidation
 11/04 -  Identity of Bush's WMD 'expert' revealed
 11/04 -  Why Mukasey is (much) worse than Gonzales
 11/04 -  Hendersonville complex threatens wetlands
 11/04 -  Green housing not just for the rich
 11/04 -  Retired JAGs confirm that waterboarding is torture
 11/04 -  Haywood, Swain elections set
 11/04 -  Asheville City Council election guide
 11/04 -  Noun + Verb + 9/11 + Iran = Democrats' Defeat?
 11/04 -  New Yorkers give Giuliani mixed reviews on race
 11/04 -  Key Thompson donor is convicted drug dealer
 11/04 -  Real estate money dominates Asheville election
 11/03 -  Review: 'The Braindead Megaphone'
 11/03 -  Musharraf declares Pakistan emergency, suspends constitution
 11/03 -  Donors reveal much about Asheville council candidates
 11/03 -  Why financial CEOs make more money than real-economy CEOs
 11/03 -  Main Street Democrats versus Wall Street Democrats
 11/03 -  Key Dems waffle on Mukasey and torture
 11/03 -  Contaminated land raises development concerns
 11/02 -  'White space' spectrum could solve rural broadband problem
 11/02 -  Teddy Roosevelt was right: waterboarding is wrong
 11/02 -  How Dennis Kucinich could make history
 11/02 -  US military considers waterboarding to be torture
 11/02 -  Giuliani's bogus diagnosis
 11/02 -  Crackdown urged on new credit card abuses
 11/02 -  Wal-Mart asks court to seal files in NC tax-dodge case
 11/02 -  New census data: More parents monitor kids' TV viewing
 11/02 -  NC's recycled water laws outdated
 11/01 -  Edwards says Democrats need to 'show a little backbone'
 11/01 -  Online privacy groups call for 'Do Not Track' list
 11/01 -  MTV and Victoria's Secret target preteens
 11/01 -  Former NPR host cites loss of local radio voices
 11/01 -  Amy Goodman: For whom the Bell's palsy tolls
 11/01 -  FCC slammed for silencing local voices with media ownership rules
 11/01 -  Inexorable march toward war with Iran?
 11/01 -  Workers slam DOT in survey