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MAIN News Archives for August 2003

 08/31 -  Petition to stop sale of Pack Square property circulated
 08/30 -  Who's behind Citizens for a Sound Economy?
 08/29 -  Canary Coalition urges opposition to weakening Clean Air rules
 08/29 -  Granny D takes on the Neo-Cons
 08/29 -  Small-donor political action committee launched in Asheville
 08/29 -  From democracy to lootocracy
 08/28 -  U.S. Rep. Myrick blasts Bush on job losses
 08/28 -  Gas price spike linked to federal policy
 08/28 -  When leaders believe their own propaganda
 08/27 -  Rupert Murdoch and the future of Big Media
 08/27 -  Legislators' "listening tour" long on speeches, short on citizens
 08/27 -  Politicizing the Marine Corps?
 08/27 -  Ivins: Tilting at windmills and the Bush energy plan
 08/27 -  GAO report: Bush rollback of Clean Air rules not supported by data
 08/27 -  ICC board votes to save WNCW
 08/27 -  Saga of a Forest Service whistle-blower
 08/27 -  Norman Solomon on Howard Dean and the Greens
 08/25 -  Asheville should re-consider Grove Park Inn proposal
 08/25 -  Watching our air get worse
 08/25 -  The Pillowtex problem
 08/25 -  Bush guts Clean Air rules
 08/25 -  Music invigorates WNC economy
 08/25 -  Grandfather Mountain watershed to be protected
 08/22 -  Does the Constitution hate God?
 08/22 -  Edwards blasts Ashcroft, calls for Patriot Act reforms
 08/22 -  Easley vetoes banking bill that would have allowed higher consumer fees
 08/22 -  Henderson farmer gains Southeast's first organic apple certification
 08/22 -  Return the power to public utilities
 08/22 -  After threats and abuse, Dixie Chicks remain outspoken
 08/22 -  Printer manufacturers using 'smart chips' to boost profits, forbid recycling
 08/21 -  Expo to look at relationship between energy and environment
 08/21 -  Montreat community working to preserve wilderness
 08/21 -  Buncombe county educators question impact of No Child Left Behind law
 08/21 -  With attacks increasing, Afghan officials say Taliban/Al Quaeda have regrouped
 08/21 -  Chief Justice Moore: Demagogue Down South
 08/20 -  Beetles may be the last hope for hemlock forests
 08/20 -  Democrats ponder tactics against Teflon Taylor
 08/20 -  Peace activists barred from 4th of July parade plan lawsuit
 08/20 -  Bush league science
 08/19 -  Judge tosses out Taylor/Ashcroft link
 08/19 -  Developers plan $6.2 million renovation of "The Block"
 08/19 -  WNC universities to receive technology transfer help
 08/19 -  Unanimous governors demand budget responsibility
 08/19 -  Inquiry reveals top British officials knew Iraq was not an imminent threat
 08/19 -  Will the CIA protect Bush on agent's blown cover?
 08/18 -  Off-track on trails?
 08/18 -  A fair and balanced look at Fox News versus Al Franken
 08/18 -  MAIN strengthens ties with Polk County
 08/18 -  Biltmore Co. opposes Grove Park Inn plan to develop public property
 08/18 -  Veterans speak out against "military-industrial complex"
 08/17 -  Is the power industry trapped by a theory?
 08/15 -  "Together We Read" kicks off Sunday in Sylva
 08/15 -  Military families launch "Bring Them Home Now" effort
 08/14 -  British probe of Iraq War claims on fast-track
 08/14 -  Fox News goes to court
 08/14 -  Ecusta sale is step forward; new owner rebuffs local union
 08/14 -  Group seeks Taylor probe
 08/14 -  Common Cause on Big Media
 08/14 -  Study links forest fires and old-growth logging
 08/14 -  Defending the public's right to know in Haywood County
 08/13 -  Cultures clash in Cary, N.C.
 08/13 -  N.C.doctors join call for universal health insurance
 08/13 -  Some rural post offices may close
 08/12 -  China trade, local job losses linked
 08/12 -  Traffic guru questions Sylva by-pass proposal
 08/10 -  Grove Park Inn seeks high-rises on City-County Plaza
 08/08 -  Latinos concerned about consolidation of Spanish-language media
 08/08 -  Biodiversity at Hickory Nut Gap Farms
 08/08 -  N.C. awards $64 million for biotech effort
 08/08 -  Al Gore speech to MoveOn.org
 08/07 -  The FCC's ghost from Watergate?
 08/07 -  Florida's personal-information database gets fed's OK; abuse feared
 08/07 -  Legal scholars cite 'grave threat' to U.S. Constitution
 08/07 -  Pentagon moves to contain complaints from U.S. troops in Iraq
 08/07 -  Barber Orchard clean-up could run $15 million
 08/07 -  WNC tomato growers face changing market
 08/06 -  Citizens should have free access to taxpayer-funded medical research
 08/06 -  Senate Democrats out-foxed on energy bill
 08/06 -  Freedom of Information Act under seige
 08/06 -  Census: Newcomers flocking to N.C. New Yorkers lead the parade
 08/05 -  High crimes in the White House
 08/05 -  Stealing the Internet
 08/05 -  The color of campaign money in N.C.
 08/05 -  Tennessee official cites DOT for poor air quality
 08/05 -  Hidden GM crops found in Italy
 08/05 -  Should national parks be privatized?
 08/04 -  Five indicted for Caldwell County vote-buying
 08/04 -  Did White House leak name of CIA agent in retaliation against whistle-blower?
 08/04 -  Woodfin debates watershed logging plan
 08/04 -  Madison's landscape forever changed by I-26
 08/04 -  Mercury warning issued for S.C. lakes, rivers
 08/03 -  Madison, WNC brace for I-26 opening
 08/01 -  Don't mess with the CIA
 08/01 -  Report: Iraq War may have boosted al Qaida
 08/01 -  GOP's power play
 08/01 -  Is the FBI watching you?

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