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MAIN News Archives for October 2004

 10/31 -  Does Osama help Bush?
 10/31 -  Negative ads fill NC airwaves
 10/31 -  Halliburton and accountability
 10/31 -  Kerry likely to be tough on media concentration
 10/30 -  Missing the evidence on missing explosives
 10/29 -  WCU summit focuses on community-building in WNC
 10/29 -  Speech criticizing Bush sparks probe of NAACP's tax-exempt status
 10/29 -  GOP economist endorses Kerry
 10/29 -  Sinclair's goal: Building a political empire around TV?
 10/29 -  Video shows U.S. soldiers at Iraq explosives dump
 10/29 -  Election officials say some voters confused by district changes
 10/29 -  Mid-America responds to Edwards' background
 10/29 -  Efforts aim to guard N.C. votes
 10/28 -  Did the U.S. really let bin Laden get away?
 10/28 -  Law-abiding protesters arrested at Bush events
 10/28 -  Secret GOP plan to suppress black vote in Florida?
 10/28 -  Theft of political signs hits local communities
 10/27 -  Bush to request $70 billion in emergency war funding
 10/27 -  GOP ex-governor endorses Kerry
 10/27 -  Amendment One takes public out of development decisions
 10/27 -  Embedded reporter saw no search for explosives
 10/27 -  Election by litigation?
 10/27 -  Bush fiddles in flu-shot fiasco
 10/27 -  I-26 evening detour at Fletcher set
 10/27 -  How to make sure your vote counts
 10/26 -  Tobacco buyout puzzles younger farmers
 10/26 -  Some conservative papers choose not to choose
 10/26 -  American Conservative endorses Kerry
 10/26 -  Media owner donates airtime to GOP candidates
 10/26 -  How Big Media lobbies Congress
 10/26 -  Religious fraternity sues UNC
 10/25 -  Whistleblower asks for Halliburton probe
 10/25 -  Kerry cites 'incredible incompetence' of Bush administration over missing explosives
 10/25 -  Portrait of a country on the verge of a nervous breakdown
 10/25 -  Critics of Sinclair keep the pressure on advertisers
 10/25 -  Tons of explosives looted in Iraq, report reveals
 10/25 -  Follow the money: Burr versus Bowles
 10/25 -  Early voting ends Saturday
 10/23 -  Poll: Keever, Taylor in statistical tie
 10/23 -  Sinclair's softened strike
 10/22 -  Michael Copps: An FCC commissioner taking on Big Media
 10/22 -  CIA refuses to release 'dynamite' 9/11 report
 10/22 -  Restraining order issued in GOP suit
 10/22 -  Local ties could decide control of U.S. Senate
 10/22 -  Winston-Salem pulls plug on public access TV
 10/22 -  Bush is key to N.C. senate race
 10/22 -  The case that Kerry cracked
 10/22 -  GOP group sues state over ad
 10/22 -  America's hidden vote
 10/21 -  Bush's war on workers
 10/21 -  Report warns of 'budget deficit' with nature
 10/21 -  The election and America's future
 10/21 -  UNCA study finds eating fish increases mercury intake
 10/21 -  Teens learn to analyze media
 10/21 -  Politics invade the cinema
 10/21 -  Edwards takes the gloves off
 10/21 -  "Stolen Honor" transcript
 10/21 -  The art of stealing elections
 10/21 -  GOP calls ad refusal unfair
 10/20 -  Report: Hispanics face more health risks
 10/20 -  Pat Robertson says he warned Bush about Iraq casualties
 10/20 -  Queen, Presnell in key state senate race
 10/20 -  The quicksand of polling
 10/20 -  Small towns see risks in tax breaks to lure businesses
 10/20 -  Second thoughts at Sinclair
 10/20 -  Paying a little more would cut mercury a lot, group says
 10/19 -  Creeping fascism at Sinclair
 10/19 -  Sinclair takes a beating on Wall Street
 10/19 -  Time for a 'Digital Fairness Doctrine'
 10/19 -  GOP pressures 'Rock the Vote' to stop talking about the draft
 10/19 -  How Bush, Kerry differ on Social Security
 10/19 -  Sinclair fires staffer who criticized anti-Kerry program
 10/19 -  Taylor refusing to debate Keever
 10/19 -  Gore: Bush arrogance feeds incompetence
 10/19 -  State grants aim to combat obesity
 10/18 -  Trust voters to see through Sinclair's hypocrisy
 10/18 -  Haywood voters get cable access to candidates
 10/18 -  Veteran files suit against producer of anti-Kerry film
 10/18 -  Sinclair employee decries plans to air anti-Kerry program
 10/18 -  Will FCC rule result in higher Internet prices, less broadband?
 10/18 -  Bush's Social Security plan would be "disaster," Kerry says
 10/18 -  Risks seen for Sinclair in airing anti-Kerry film
 10/18 -  More than 10,000 in WNC seek storm-relief aid
 10/16 -  Michael Moore cable program axed
 10/16 -  Easley, Ballantine spar over schools, money
 10/16 -  WLOS broadcast sparks WNC debate
 10/15 -  Watershed pact protects Reems Creek headwaters
 10/15 -  Amendments to state constitution on ballot
 10/15 -  Sinclair station in Portland loses advertising
 10/15 -  When government intimidates the press
 10/15 -  GOP group told not to run ads
 10/14 -  Wendell Berry: Economic WMDs strike America
 10/14 -  Ballantine used office to obtain business
 10/14 -  Sinclair action puts spotlight on media ownership rules
 10/13 -  A chance to kick the leaf habit in N.C.
 10/13 -  Wally Bowen discusses Sinclair move on 'Democracy Now'
 10/13 -  Bob Barr's agonizing choice
 10/13 -  Voter registration forms possibly trashed
 10/13 -  Are Sinclair's business interests behind anti-Kerry film?
 10/13 -  Bush health care ads are misleading
 10/13 -  Local citizens react to Sinclair broadcast
 10/12 -  FCC fines Fox $1.2 million for indecency
 10/12 -  Pulitzer-winning journalist Seymour Hersh speaks out on Iraq War
 10/12 -  NC voters to tap supreme court justice
 10/12 -  Leaf buyout tolls end of an era
 10/12 -  Sinclair under fire for misuse of public airwaves
 10/12 -  Tobacco buyout to change WNC farming
 10/11 -  CIA 'old guard' at war with Neo-Cons
 10/11 -  Cheney's lamest excuse yet?
 10/11 -  Bowles, Burr boosted by outside groups
 10/11 -  Report says guerrilla war was Hussein's strategy
 10/11 -  Biltmore Village shops re-opening
 10/11 -  Sinclair orders TV stations to air anti-Kerry film next week
 10/10 -  Insane reality spins the head
 10/10 -  FBI seizes alternative news network servers
 10/10 -  House earmarks $3 billion for N.C. storm damage
 10/09 -  Sinclair Broadcasting, owner of WLOS, to broadcast anti-Kerry film
 10/09 -  Distortions plague second debate
 10/08 -  Textile leaders break tradition, support Democrat in S.C.
 10/08 -  Today is the last day to register to vote!
 10/07 -  Warning signs: thinner glaciers, saltier oceans
 10/07 -  Global warming treaty moves forward
 10/07 -  House ethics panel rebukes GOP's Delay again
 10/07 -  Easley, Ballantine will not debate in WNC
 10/07 -  New air ambulance to improve response time in western counties
 10/07 -  New voters 'coming out of the woodwork' as WNC deadline nears
 10/07 -  Florida ruling disenfranchises some new voters
 10/07 -  Election Day anti-terrorism plans draw criticism
 10/06 -  Hispanic Heritage Month continues in western counties
 10/06 -  WNC flood relocation aid may run millions short
 10/06 -  Debate was not first meeting for Cheney, Edwards
 10/05 -  "Dear Mike" -- GI letters from Iraq
 10/05 -  Can malpractice lawsuits improve health care?
 10/05 -  White House refuses to say if Bremer requested more troops
 10/05 -  WNC chicken processor settles labor complaint
 10/05 -  Push for limits on citizen lawsuits ignores reality
 10/05 -  Ten questions for Dick Cheney
 10/05 -  CBS owner endorses Bush
 10/04 -  Easley, Ballantine spar over education
 10/04 -  Retired GOP leader endorses Kerry
 10/04 -  Edwards can look to Harry Truman for blunt talk on cronyism
 10/04 -  Past foes say Edwards is prepared for Cheney
 10/04 -  Ballantine, Easley debate today
 10/02 -  Probe of financial firm that targets military officers nixed
 10/02 -  Fox News apologizes for false story on Kerry
 10/02 -  GOP strongman Delay target of ethics probe by U.S. House
 10/01 -  Debate's biggest surprise: conservative pundits give win to Kerry
 10/01 -  TV networks reject Fahrenheit 911 DVD ads
 10/01 -  FactCheck.org review of debate
 10/01 -  Poorest NC counties to get $20 million to create jobs
 10/01 -  Parkway pushes restoration, but some sections will remain closed for months
 10/01 -  Finding Fault on Both Sides Can Be False Balance