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MAIN News Archives for July 2004

 07/31 -  Al Qaeda-Iraq link recanted
 07/31 -  U.S. economy slows dramatically
 07/31 -  Veterans divided over Bush and Kerry
 07/31 -  How the media ignore where Kerry stands on issues
 07/30 -  "Smother Teresa": Dirty tricks aimed at Kerry's wife
 07/30 -  Michael Moore promises to "put spotlight" on Florida voting glitches
 07/30 -  Appalachia through the eyes of her people
 07/30 -  Did Kerry pass credibility test?
 07/30 -  Challenged by Franken, Hannity admits he "misspoke"
 07/30 -  Oil and gas galore in Washington
 07/30 -  The unbearable costs of American empire
 07/30 -  Study: Medicare drug card doubts grow
 07/30 -  Tobacco company officials raise eyebrows with donations
 07/30 -  Judge welcomes Easley's action on poor schools
 07/29 -  Are Democrats out of touch with the mainstream?
 07/29 -  Edwards: "Hope is on the way."
 07/28 -  The convention speech Big Media will not allow you to hear
 07/28 -  Whose lies hurt more?
 07/28 -  Medicare cuts may alter cancer care
 07/28 -  Projects aim to restore N.C.'s piedmont prairies
 07/28 -  In a tight vote, council approves controversial watershed plan
 07/27 -  Duping the working-class with fears of a "liberal elite"
 07/27 -  Kerry's key cabinet choices?
 07/27 -  Jimmy Carter: "Our nation's soul" is at stake
 07/26 -  Purity versus profit: Asheville to vote on watershed plan
 07/26 -  WNC groups oppose logging Asheville watershed
 07/26 -  The passion of a grieving mother
 07/26 -  Ratings can mask poor child care
 07/26 -  N.C. delegates in convention spotlight
 07/26 -  Clinton to keynote tonight
 07/26 -  Don't rely on networks for TV coverage of Democratic Convention
 07/25 -  Invasion of the Wal-Martians
 07/23 -  Congress acknowledges genocide in Sudan
 07/23 -  Ted Turner speaks out on Big Media
 07/23 -  For those who read it, 9/11 report is bad news for Bush
 07/23 -  "Fahrenheit 9/11" making GOP nervous
 07/23 -  Shame on UNC for dumping ad-free tradition
 07/23 -  Local testing for sudden oak death needs your help
 07/22 -  Ronstadt may return to Las Vegas with Michael Moore
 07/22 -  Vinroot stuns GOP by dropping out of governor's race
 07/22 -  Thoreau fan in free-speech spat at Walden Pond
 07/22 -  Let consumers choose their cable channels!
 07/22 -  Why Neo-Cons fear John Kerry
 07/22 -  Local air-quality board gets whiff of politics
 07/22 -  UNC's Dean Dome to get ads
 07/22 -  Economic gains have not trickled down
 07/21 -  Experts challenge DOT's call for 8 lanes through Asheville
 07/21 -  Different news for different views
 07/21 -  Lawyers who heal?
 07/21 -  Paving paradise for a parking lot
 07/21 -  Right-wing smear aims to divert attention from CIA leak
 07/21 -  When elections are cancelled
 07/21 -  Bush policy will allow higher phone rates
 07/21 -  Bush support among military families may be softening
 07/21 -  Keever wins primary, will face Charles Taylor in fall
 07/21 -  Vinroot, Ballantine in GOP runoff
 07/20 -  Cobb leads Gilmore in Ag Commissioner race
 07/20 -  Buncombe Dems pick Ed Hay to oppose Nathan Ramsey for County Commission chair
 07/20 -  America's new song of censorship?
 07/20 -  Video sheds light on police shooting of Latino man in Hendersonville
 07/20 -  Turning back the clock on advertising to children
 07/20 -  Poll shows N.C. still split over Iraq War
 07/19 -  How Big Oil dodges taxes
 07/19 -  Special interests dominated legislative session
 07/19 -  N.C. college building projects hit by rising costs
 07/19 -  Crafts putting WNC on the map
 07/18 -  Queen knights inventor of World Wide Web
 07/17 -  Former GOP strategist maps Kerry victory
 07/17 -  Fox News: Outed at last?
 07/17 -  Neo-cons roiling GOP over foreign policy
 07/16 -  Poll finds Bush leading Kerry in WNC
 07/16 -  When the right to due process is "severely tested"
 07/16 -  Billboard industry urged to "cut a deal" with local governments
 07/16 -  U.S. Senate approves $12 billion tobacco quota buyout
 07/16 -  Obesity, smoking linked to childhood TV-watching
 07/15 -  Where are the real journalists?
 07/15 -  Will Easley sign bill for new UNC centers?
 07/15 -  The Edsel presidency?
 07/15 -  Jim Hightower on playing politics with jobs
 07/15 -  Democrats face off in Madison County
 07/15 -  Asheville should protect its watershed from logging
 07/15 -  Heavy rains bedevil WNC farmers
 07/15 -  Nader lacks signatures for N.C. ballot access
 07/15 -  Mitchell County focuses on education
 07/14 -  "My first (and last) time with Bill O'Reilly"
 07/14 -  McCain helps block gay marriage amendment in Senate
 07/14 -  Iraq War policy ignored Middle East experts
 07/14 -  Haywood Commission candidates square off in primary
 07/14 -  Will N.C. Senate cave to billboard industry?
 07/14 -  Citizens ask Asheville City Council to "get involved" in I-240 widening debate
 07/14 -  Senior CIA official says "war on terror" is making Bin Laden stronger
 07/14 -  Bush reverses roadless protections for U.S. forests
 07/14 -  Latinos get a leg up via credit union
 07/13 -  Study finds Fox News leans "right, white, GOP and male"
 07/13 -  Kerry, Edwards well-received in N.C.
 07/13 -  Big Tobacco's toll road
 07/13 -  Bush's mistakes cost hundreds of lives, Kerry says
 07/13 -  Ag commissioner race heats up
 07/13 -  N.C. House overrides Easley's billboard veto
 07/13 -  Why the press rarely calls a lie a lie
 07/12 -  MAIN cited as national model for grassroots media
 07/12 -  Smaller wind turbines may fit WNC
 07/12 -  Ron Reagan to address Democratic Convention
 07/12 -  WNC pushes to become wellness mecca
 07/12 -  Bush campaign tactics criticized by church groups
 07/12 -  Dems find a bit of GOP support in N.C.
 07/12 -  Judge pressures legislature on funding for poor schools
 07/12 -  Will Rupert Murdoch sue to keep "Outfoxed" off U.S. screens?
 07/10 -  Easley vetoes billboard compensation bill
 07/10 -  DOT still pushing for 8-lane I-240
 07/09 -  Trout stream proposal riles WNC anglers
 07/09 -  Edwards coming home Saturday
 07/09 -  Bush politics -- from class privilege to divine right
 07/08 -  Media concentration: The repudiation of Michael Powell
 07/08 -  Edwards will make North Carolina a battleground, analysts say
 07/08 -  Fahrenheit 9/11 exposes media "balance" as a cop-out
 07/08 -  Pakistanis say Bush officials pushing for Bin Laden capture during Dem. convention
 07/07 -  Swing voters - a media guessing game with no wrong answers
 07/07 -  Analysts: election winner may reshape the Supreme Court
 07/06 -  What Edwards brings to the Democratic ticket
 07/06 -  NC plans for more rural 'Telecenters'
 07/06 -  'Road to Nowhere' continues to divide Swain County
 07/06 -  WCQS to expand programming, coverage area
 07/06 -  Kerry picks Edwards for running mate
 07/02 -  Bush campaign issues "duties" for churchgoers
 07/02 -  WNC nonprofit chief urges Triad business leaders to cooperate
 07/02 -  Holocaust survivor shares pain and victory with ASU audience
 07/01 -  N.C.voting methods are a mixed bag
 07/01 -  Donation saves Parkway views