MAIN News Archives for April 2002

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	HEADLINE
	Opinion: Taking the Commons
	Who pays for corporate tax breaks?
	Opinion: Turn off the TV!

	WHALE in the car can save kids' lives
	Net change: from free to fee
	N.C. gets grant to remove billboards
	Big Tobacco used Patriot Act to block lawsuits
	Probe links Big Tobacco to drug trade
	Bush v. Gore on Earth Day
	Local church offers Earth Day sermon
		WNC and Earth Day 2002
	U.S. media celebrated coup in Venezuela
	Opinion: Burger King uncowed
	Blue Ridge launches aging partnership
	Paving the way for Wal-Mart
	Opinion: Poor get audited; rich go offshore
	Is Wal-Mart profiting from dead employees?
	Teen anti-smoking campaign advances
	Lawsuits target email spam
	UNCA fosters lifelong learning
	GOP "greens" lobby Bush on clean water
	Small towns build their own broadband Internet
	IRS tips for last-minute filing
	Asheville lures high-tech workers
Smoking guns in Presidential papers
RFK Jr. promotes forest plan
	Internet portals loosen privacy protection
	Study: Economic loss from smoking is $7 a pack
		Neighborhood stops DOT road trimming
	Opinion: Pine plantations are not forests
	Opinion: River preservation and profit
	WNC nonprofit links at-risk youth and technology
	Court order would require "certified" teachers
	Cold snap worries WNC farmers
	Farmers sue Big Tobacco
	State Patrol investigates Hispanic profiling
	Families feel pain of health services cuts
	Stamps designed by Franklin artist issued
	Nantahala logging contract challenged
	Fruit trees for wildlife workshops
	"Road to Nowhere" studies to begin
	Waynesville leads in land-use planning

Local News

•	Mission Foundation takes over operations at the Rathburn Center
•	Biking the sharrows
•	Hedging the budget
•	'X' marks the spot
•	Paying the piper

•	Mock crash sends message to students before prom
•	Hendersonville Bike Park opens to public
•	City tackles downtown parking, funding for parks
•	Asheville couple claim $1 million Powerball prize
•	Former Navy captain shares history of submarines