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MAIN News Archives for October 2009

 10/31 -  A growing trend of personal attacks and group polarization?
 10/31 -  WNC lawyer gets high marks for Easley probe
 10/30 -  Did coal lobby CEO lie under oath?
 10/30 -  Easley asks Board of Elections to refer probe to DA
 10/30 -  Blue Dogs still hanging back on healthcare reform
 10/30 -  CBO says healthcare bill would reduce federal deficit
 10/27 -  Wall Street's naked swindle
 10/26 -  BlueCross/BlueShield of NC using robo-calls to block public option
 10/26 -  Rock slide near TN-NC line could close I-40 for weeks
 10/25 -  Scientists find link between skin color and smoking
 10/24 -  CNN deletes criticism of Lou Dobbs for 'Latinos in America' special
 10/23 -  Nation's first open-source election software released
 10/23 -  McCain moves to block 'net neutrality'
 10/23 -  Rural radio, where art thou?
 10/23 -  Senate passes hate-crimes bill covering sexual orientation
 10/22 -  FCC approves 'net neutrality' rules; now the fight begins
 10/22 -  First 'white spaces' wireless network launched
 10/21 -  Why FCC vote on 'net neutrality' matters in rural America
 10/21 -  Key lawmaker endorses FCC action on 'net neutrality'
 10/21 -  DOT shifts stance on I-26 connector option
 10/20 -  White House sidesteps Chamber, speaks directly to business leaders
 10/20 -  AT&T, other telecoms fund lawmakers against 'net neutrality'
 10/19 -  Amazon, Facebook and Google back FCC on 'net neutrality'
 10/18 -  Telecom lobbyists enlist Blue Dog Democrats to block 'net neutrality'
 10/15 -  North Carolina's rising tide of despair
 10/15 -  Making clean-energy industry local
 10/15 -  Saying goodbye to the arctic ice cap
 10/15 -  Journalism's class divide?
 10/15 -  Finland makes broadband access a legal right
 10/14 -  Maine daily endorses public option. Olympia, are you listening?
 10/14 -  Foreign policy hawks launch new campaign against Obama
 10/14 -  Cherokee immersion school aims to save language
 10/14 -  What civilized country operates like this?
 10/14 -  When our cell phones and laptops converge
 10/13 -  NY Times public editor: Coverage short-changed single-payer
 10/12 -  NY Times: Fox News coverage of Obama is 'at times skeptical'
 10/12 -  Educators push for 'net neutrality'
 10/12 -  Coleman withdraws Parkside condo project
 10/12 -  As rental occupancy soars, county seeks affordable housing
 10/12 -  NC health insurers allowed to charge women more
 10/11 -  After Iraq, why should anyone listen to the hawks now?
 10/11 -  Tough choices for feds giving out broadband money
 10/11 -  AT&T calls foul on Google Voice, spurs FCC probe
 10/10 -  Have the banks no shame?
 10/09 -  Kelly Miller drops out of Asheville City Council race
 10/09 -  President Obama's response to winning the Nobel Peace Prize
 10/09 -  Krugman: The uneducated American
 10/09 -  Big lobbying budget pays off for Duke Energy
 10/09 -  In rebuke of Bush-Cheney, Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Obama
 10/08 -  House panel votes 15-1 to pass LPFM radio bill
 10/08 -  Solar shingles are latest green innovation
 10/08 -  Recession spurs spike in use of local libraries
 10/07 -  Sen. Al Franken speaks out on 'net neutrality'
 10/07 -  Iraq all over again?
 10/07 -  US consumer credit: Where the poor subsidize the rich
 10/07 -  Local Community Radio Act set for House committee vote
 10/07 -  In NC, companies can deny health insurance to domestic violence victims
 10/07 -  First batch of H1N1 flu vaccine arrives in NC
 10/07 -  NC to impose 'fat tax' on state employees
 10/06 -  Asheville primary results
 10/06 -  On healthcare and other hot issues, follow the independents
 10/06 -  FTC to bloggers: Identify your sponsors
 10/06 -  Sotomayor shows that she is no Clarence Thomas
 10/05 -  Southeast drought study ties water shortage to population, not climate change
 10/05 -  Toxic coal ash: Coming to a golf course or kitchen counter near you
 10/04 -  Hamburger from Hell
 10/03 -  Latin America pioneers anti-poverty program that works
 10/03 -  Former Senate leader Bill Frist endorses Dems' healthcare plan
 10/01 -  Why is rural America's death rate so high?

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