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MAIN News Archives for June 2008

 06/30 -  Bush's top general quashed torture dissent
 06/30 -  Will GOP pay price for Senate logjam?
 06/30 -  US freezes solar energy projects
 06/30 -  AT&T whistleblower: Telecom immunity sets stage for police state
 06/30 -  Bush steps up secret moves against lran
 06/30 -  Does Obama's rise mean less clout for centrist Democrats?
 06/30 -  US advised Iraqis on deals with Big Oil
 06/30 -  Bush delays cuts in doctors' Medicare payments
 06/30 -  PSNC gets 15 percent rate hike on natural gas
 06/29 -  Credit ripoff: How a $100 purchase turns into a $1,000 debt
 06/29 -  If terrorists rock the vote in 2008
 06/29 -  Obama and the black church
 06/29 -  Will cash shortage hobble the 'right-wing attack machine'?
 06/29 -  Easley rips legislators' budget on teacher pay and tax cuts for wealthy
 06/29 -  Even more waste, fraud and abuse
 06/28 -  The radical who made us laugh
 06/28 -  McCain, Obama promise to push immigration reform
 06/28 -  It was about oil, all along
 06/28 -  Politics and the lies of our brains
 06/28 -  NC-GOP trumpets immigration issue
 06/27 -  Court's conservative majority links wealth, free speech
 06/27 -  Behold, the right-wing's theory of an all-powerful president
 06/27 -  Study: Will this be the first 'Internet election'?
 06/27 -  Federal agents seize Blackwater firearms
 06/27 -  What's next after Supreme Court gun decision?
 06/27 -  Media banned from NC budget meeting
 06/26 -  The subprime swindle of black America
 06/26 -  Alaskans call oil-spill payment 'tragic'
 06/26 -  America's next moon shot: Internet for everyone
 06/26 -  Netroots feel jilted about Obama's FISA stand
 06/26 -  Tempers flare over offshore drilling
 06/26 -  In landmark ruling, Supreme Court strikes down DC handgun law
 06/26 -  Calls for instant runoff elections spike after Tuesday's turnout
 06/26 -  Swain County citizens consider 'Road to Nowhere' cash
 06/25 -  NC study calls for new broadband policy for US
 06/25 -  Dems: ICE should focus on criminals, not workers
 06/25 -  Wiretap law completes Bush cover-up, harms civil liberties
 06/25 -  Fired US attorneys case hits judicial snag
 06/25 -  Study: Youth swimming in alcohol ads, cable TV cited
 06/25 -  Army ripped for giving $298 million contract to 21-year old on 'watch list'
 06/25 -  WNC nonprofits feel the pinch with surge of clients in need
 06/25 -  Report assails political hiring in Justice Dept.
 06/24 -  George Carlin on civil liberties, social hysteria, and the media
 06/24 -  Why the Bush tax-cuts should be reversed
 06/24 -  McCain sees campaign edge in threat of terror attacks
 06/24 -  George Carlin, the comedian who spoke truth to power
 06/24 -  Raleigh, Charlotte newspapers cut staff, combine coverage
 06/24 -  Supreme Court to hear sonar's effects on whales
 06/24 -  Why has the media lost interest in Iraq War?
 06/24 -  New poll: Obama could win Florida
 06/24 -  Critics say NC utilities could produce more power via conservation
 06/23 -  George Carlin: Subversive comic, enemy of euphemism
 06/23 -  Study: Big Media's pro-business bias
 06/23 -  Why did local TV broadcasters ignore June 3?
 06/23 -  Workers' rights key to Tuesday's runoff for labor post
 06/22 -  The dirty truth about 'clean' coal
 06/22 -  Bloomberg, in Florida, blasts rumor about Obama
 06/22 -  Former AG accused of ousting torture critic
 06/22 -  Corruption charges grow, like KBR's bankroll
 06/22 -  Bush invokes executive privilege in EPA air-quality probe
 06/22 -  Facing history of violence, labor unions renew efforts in NC
 06/22 -  Hagan ties Dole to Bush policies
 06/22 -  Mountains-to-the-Sea Trail takes shape
 06/22 -  House Democrats legalize Bush's crimes
 06/22 -  Poll: Four in 10 voters see Obama's run improving race relations
 06/21 -  Small donors matter more than outdated laws
 06/21 -  Gen. Taguba: Torture orders came from White House
 06/21 -  Why don't we know more about what killed Tim Russert
 06/21 -  Obama says he will fight telecom immunity in FISA bill
 06/21 -  Southern Baptist Convention signals support for McCain
 06/21 -  Obama says GOP will try to win on fear
 06/21 -  Obama's SSI plan would ask more of those earning over $250,000
 06/20 -  House Democrats cave on telco immunity
 06/20 -  McClellan: White House avoiding accountability in CIA leak case
 06/20 -  Israel preparing for attack on Iraq
 06/19 -  Where will Scott McClellan's testimony lead?
 06/19 -  Inevitable pandering to Big Oil
 06/19 -  The greatest story never told
 06/19 -  The audacity of insiders
 06/19 -  Big Oil back in Iraq
 06/19 -  Impeach Bush now to prevent war with Iran?
 06/19 -  Obama opts out of public funding
 06/18 -  Army general who probed Abu Ghraib says Bush officials committed war crimes
 06/18 -  Paying tribute to establishment journalism
 06/18 -  Fixing the vote
 06/18 -  Gay marriage losing steam as divisive issue
 06/18 -  Bush v. the Bill of Rights
 06/18 -  How to silence the Iran war drumbeat
 06/18 -  Turnout small for anti-immigration protest
 06/17 -  Dole feels the heat from Hagan's challenge
 06/17 -  How Clinton, Obama boosted feminism, civil rights
 06/17 -  Army official says he was ousted for challenging KBR billing
 06/17 -  Senate probe links Pentagon official to abusive tactics
 06/17 -  High court to examine if top officials can be sued over torture
 06/17 -  Wrongly jailed detainees found militancy at Gitmo
 06/15 -  Masking today's Gilded Age via 'hedge-fund casual'
 06/15 -  Obama calls on fathers to be there for kids
 06/15 -  Gitmo snared the poor, the unlucky, and the innocent
 06/14 -  This land is their land
 06/14 -  Maliki says Iraq could ask US to leave
 06/14 -  Families pawning goods for gas and food
 06/14 -  McCain cancels fundraiser with Texas oil tycoon who joked about rape
 06/14 -  Justice 5, Brutality 4
 06/14 -  NC Senate panel OKs repeal of land transfer tax
 06/14 -  Obama's appeal in the Muslim world
 06/13 -  NBC's Tim Russert dead at 58
 06/13 -  The Republic on a knife's edge
 06/13 -  NC set to take on TVA in clean-air lawsuit
 06/12 -  Supreme Court deals a blow to Gitmo
 06/12 -  Helping the jobless falls victim to partisan politics in Congress
 06/12 -  Obama website takes aim at 'dishonest smears'
 06/11 -  Farewell homophobes, young Americans lead new era of tolerance
 06/11 -  The dependency the Framers feared most
 06/11 -  Bill O'Reilly smears the National Conference on Media Reform
 06/11 -  Alcohol sting tactics irk restaurant owners
 06/11 -  Plan for more nuclear reactors near Raleigh gets hearing
 06/11 -  Will crying 'liberal' help GOP this year? Some think not
 06/10 -  BBC uncovers lost billions in Iraq
 06/10 -  Kucinich offers 35 articles of impeachment against Bush
 06/10 -  Moyers invites Bill O'Reilly to appear on PBS show
 06/10 -  The last battle for the public airwaves: 'White spaces' for the people!
 06/10 -  In praise of the primary slog
 06/10 -  Bush issues new order aimed at undocumented workers
 06/10 -  Young Americans, adrift
 06/10 -  Clinton's legacy for women candidates
 06/10 -  Obama signals that North Carolina is winnable
 06/10 -  Pack Square parcel sale up for non-binding vote
 06/09 -  Obama and the Iran trap
 06/09 -  Obama kicks off economic tour in Raleigh
 06/09 -  With wiretap rules set to expire, GOP snares Dems in game of chicken
 06/09 -  HRC: '18 million cracks' in the glass ceiling
 06/08 -  Fearing escalation, Pentagon fought Cheney plan for striking Iran
 06/08 -  Greening the evangelicals
 06/08 -  Did 'Facebook politics' make the difference for Obama?
 06/08 -  Obama to target GOP strongholds, starting in NC
 06/06 -  FCC urged to probe Pentagon propaganda program
 06/06 -  Senate Republicans block global warming bill
 06/06 -  Planners to present vision for downtown Asheville
 06/06 -  Amy Goodman: Obama strikes a chord with disaffected Republican
 06/06 -  Bolivia gets clean by staying green
 06/06 -  Adviser says McCain backs Bush wiretaps
 06/06 -  Despite loss, Hillary shattered political glass ceiling
 06/06 -  Report: Bush nears secret deal to keep Iraq under US control
 06/06 -  Dole and Burr split on global warming bill
 06/05 -  A new, improved media reform movement
 06/05 -  Did Iranian agents dupe Pentagon officials?
 06/05 -  Clinton campaign backs away from VP talk
 06/05 -  Easley announces midday Raleigh-Charlotte train service
 06/05 -  Clinton to end her campaign Saturday
 06/05 -  Senate committee: Bush, Cheney knew Iraq statements were untrue
 06/05 -  What Hillary did for women
 06/05 -  McCain and Obama: a stark matchup
 06/04 -  Experts revive debate over cell phone and cancer link
 06/04 -  Does Wall Street fear a populist revolt?
 06/04 -  Mass transit demand rises, costs soar
 06/04 -  Pivotal review of Pack Square condo project set for June 10
 06/04 -  Libby links Cheney to Plame leak
 06/04 -  NC House to vote on $21.3 billion budget
 06/03 -  Obama claims nomination
 06/03 -  Mapping the future of our mountains
 06/03 -  US to deport high school valedictorian
 06/03 -  Iranians warm to America again
 06/03 -  Super-delegates predict quick end to primary
 06/03 -  Who will unplug Big Media? Stay tuned.
 06/02 -  Why McCain's poor academic record may be an advantage
 06/02 -  Some conservatives go around the bend
 06/02 -  The problem with conservatism is conservatism
 06/02 -  Senate opens debate on global warming bill
 06/02 -  Toxic chemicals on US railroads draw fire
 06/02 -  Adding more super-delegates, Obama nears nomination
 06/02 -  Cluster bombs: Made in the USA
 06/02 -  America's indefensible spending
 06/01 -  Why NC needs the Racial Justice Act
 06/01 -  Former Bush donors now giving to Obama
 06/01 -  In wake of McClellan's book, media insiders' confessions leak out
 06/01 -  Obama severs ties with church
 06/01 -  Frank Rich: McCain's McClellan nightmare
 06/01 -  Dems deal Clinton a setback