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MAIN News Archives for June 2010

06/30 -  ACLU study reveals US surveillance society
06/30 -  Cable, telecom firms pouring cash into Congress
06/29 -  A closer look at the rural broadband crisis
06/29 -  NC to accelerate weatherization program
06/29 -  Death of Sen. Byrd complicates Democrats' strategy
06/28 -  The big broadband providers doth protest too much, methinks
06/27 -  Will drinking water from the French Broad save the river?
06/27 -  Special Report: Who bankrolls Congress?
06/27 -  States' rights won't save Arizona's immigration law
06/27 -  36 hours that shook Washington
06/26 -  At Kagan hearings, the topic may be Obama and Roberts
06/26 -  BP disaster will only make Gulf ' dead zone' worse
06/26 -  Battle for US Senate seat in North Carolina begins
06/26 -  Big banks dodge toughest rules in sweeping financial reform bill
06/26 -  Four librarians break silence in FBI surveillance case
06/24 -  Republicans block Senate bid to extend jobless benefits
06/23 -  Utility tests 'white spaces' for smart-grid
06/23 -  Judge in drilling moratorium case held oil stocks as recently as May
06/23 -  Would Blue Dog Democrats try to oust Speaker Pelosi?
06/23 -  Lawmakers begin to push to extend Internet services to the disabled
06/22 -  FCC confirms closed-door meeting with cable, telco reps
06/22 -  Judge blocks Obama's moratorium on deep-water drilling
06/22 -  Cable, telco firms move bill to block municipal broadband to NC House
06/22 -  A battle is raging for control of the Internet, and local networks could beat Big Telecom
06/22 -  A crusade against the Internet's 'regulatory uncertainty'
06/21 -  HBO airs 'Gasland' documentary tonight
06/21 -  Congress begins telecom law review behind closed doors
06/21 -  Why Wall Street is generous to 'New Democrats' in the House
06/20 -  On Father's Day, hypocrites are all in the family
06/19 -  July 1 talk: 'Who Will Control the Internet in the 21st-Century?'
06/19 -  Duke study finds that PCs can hurt student performance
06/19 -  Do political pundits matter?
06/19 -  BP chief draws outrage for attending yacht race
06/19 -  Obama moves to diversify federal courts
06/18 -  Where is oil expert Dick Cheney when we need him?
06/18 -  Supreme Court: Messages sent on employer-owned devices are not private
06/17 -  GOP lawmaker who apologized to BP is forced to retract
06/17 -  Oil change
06/17 -  Bill to end 'secret holds' in Senate advances
06/17 -  FCC votes to move forward on reclaiming broadband authority
06/17 -  BP spill could be government plot, NC candidate says
06/17 -  FCC should rethink broadband regulation
06/16 -  BP to suspend dividend and set up fund for oil-spill claims
06/16 -  Consultant says NC law reduced URTV funding
06/16 -  EPA analysis: Senate energy bill would lower electricity rates
06/16 -  Asheville bans smoking on city property July 1
06/15 -  The Tea Party Jacobins
06/15 -  Disclosure of payments puts NC pension system under scrutiny
06/15 -  Subsidize open broadband, not journalists
06/15 -  Kerry, Snow urge FCC to expedite 'white spaces' spectrum
06/14 -  It's time for Voter-Owned Elections in North Carolina
06/14 -  NC lawmakers move to lift cap on oil spill damages
06/13 -  President Obama to address nation Tuesday on BP
06/13 -  Looking for journalism in all the wrong places
06/13 -  Florida passed on offshore oil, but stands to pay the piper
06/13 -  The dark side of medical devices
06/12 -  Senate candidates debate who is more independent
06/10 -  Feds double previous oil flow estimate for BP well
06/09 -  Activist Supreme Court continues push to make politics safe for the rich
06/09 -  At long last, Cherokee begin telling their own story
06/09 -  Loophole gives billionaires option of death with no taxes
06/09 -  With tight budget, UNC raided for faculty talent
06/09 -  Document shows feds knew of Gulf oil-spill risk in 2000
06/08 -  Key senators call for lifting oil liability caps
06/08 -  NC could divest from Massey Energy
06/08 -  Asheville-Buncombe County's public access TV deserves support
06/08 -  Inquiry subpoenas Goldman's records; vows not to be 'chumps'
06/08 -  Midwives seek to change NC home-birth rule
06/08 -  Southern Baptist leader endorses path to citizenship
06/07 -  Black Mountain church tackles the sin of racism
06/07 -  NC communities fight to preserve right to build broadband networks
06/06 -  Scientists skeptical about rush to build sand berms
06/06 -  With the nation awash in corporate scandal, will Obama seize the moment?
06/05 -  Cancer takes art gallery owner, activist Jessica Claydon
06/04 -  Where Is O'Reilly's Arizona 'crime wave' retraction?
06/04 -  Gulf oil could reach NC coast before July
06/04 -  Real people vs. corporate 'people'
06/04 -  Funding woes may cancel public access TV in Asheville
06/04 -  Logs show Coast Guard saw potential oil threat early
06/03 -  US falls behind Iceland, Hungary in broadband speed and cost
06/03 -  Obama says it's time for clean energy bill
06/03 -  Obama orders firms to change drill plans that mimic BP's
06/02 -  Anti-municipal broadband bill passes NC Senate panel
06/02 -  Diamond-tipped saw snags in oil pipe
06/02 -  Supreme Court sides with NC on failed nuclear waste dump
06/01 -  Holder announces criminal probe of Gulf oil disaster
06/01 -  From rape and wrongful conviction . . . to forgiveness