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MAIN News Archives for July 2006

 07/31 -  States' collection of DNA samples raises civil liberties alarms
 07/31 -  NY Times endorses Lieberman opponent
 07/31 -  Election protesters erect tent city in Mexico City
 07/31 -  Cutting the estate tax by stealth
 07/31 -  Trio captures French Broad gator
 07/30 -  Mideast tumult is wind in Iran's sails
 07/30 -  Medicare recipients angry over gap in drug coverage
 07/30 -  Oakland police spies helped lead war protest
 07/30 -  Israel declares 48-hour ceasefire after bomb kills 54
 07/30 -  God's will and the black vote in Ohio
 07/30 -  Some evangelical Christians see risks in political activism
 07/30 -  NC lobbying reforms are a start, not a cure
 07/30 -  Audit says feds hid rising costs of Iraq projects
 07/29 -  India granted US nuclear secrets despite ties to Iran
 07/29 -  Bucky Fuller lab envisions 'green' WINC
 07/28 -  3rd annual Rant & Rave set for July 29
 07/28 -  How Democrats can lead the victory over terrorism
 07/28 -  Israel's contribution to conflict ignored by US media
 07/28 -  Iran -- the next war
 07/28 -  Barrage crushes Baghdad district
 07/27 -  Christian right steps up pro-Israel lobby
 07/27 -  Chicago orders 'big box' stores to pay living wage
 07/27 -  Mindless in Iraq
 07/27 -  The many prisms of Mideast media coverage
 07/27 -  Report says Homeland Security mishandled contracts
 07/27 -  Purple haze in Raleigh
 07/27 -  NC makes sweeping changes to DUI laws
 07/26 -  Taylor banks on earmarks in reelection race
 07/26 -  The roots of global warming denial
 07/26 -  Middle class isn't middle ground
 07/26 -  Fear-mongering won't solve immigration issues
 07/26 -  Corporations launch 'green' marketing campaigns
 07/26 -  Another journalist heads for the dark side
 07/26 -  Democrats testing southern waters
 07/25 -  On Capitol Hill, the rolling pork barrel is picking up speed
 07/25 -  In Mexico, social unrest reflects rising expectations
 07/25 -  Bill Moyers for president?
 07/25 -  News from inside the pork barrel
 07/25 -  Is making the Mideast worse part of the Bush plan?
 07/25 -  Stock option outrage
 07/25 -  Centrist Democrats urge focus on middle class values
 07/24 -  Does America's press believe in freedom of the press?
 07/24 -  Netroots activists rock the Democratic Party boat
 07/24 -  The phone companies still don't get it
 07/24 -  Internet companies under fire for aiding China's online censorship
 07/24 -  Proposal to circumvent Electoral College gains steam
 07/24 -  IRS to reduce audits of wealthy estates
 07/24 -  Legal scholars raise alarm about erosion of checks and balances
 07/24 -  Health coverage bill for chronically-ill stalls in Raleigh
 07/23 -  Army officer faces court-martial for refusing Iraq deployment
 07/23 -  Iraq prisoner abuse was routine
 07/23 -  The difference between academic freedom and free speech
 07/22 -  CIA worker says message on torture got her fired
 07/22 -  Stock options fraud may overwhelm prosecutors
 07/22 -  US speeds up bomb shipments to Israel
 07/22 -  Right-wing using immigration to divert and distract
 07/22 -  NC cohabitation ruling doesn't apply statewide
 07/22 -  From garage to street -- Toyota's new hybrid push
 07/22 -  Politics and the pulpit
 07/21 -  Social integration in US is surging
 07/21 -  Incubating World War III
 07/21 -  Scientists seek the secret of our success via Neanderthal DNA
 07/21 -  Neo-Cons: Forget the Constitution, attack Iran
 07/21 -  Israel's perilous overkill
 07/21 -  Judge allows privacy lawsuit against AT&T to move forward
 07/21 -  Judge strikes down NC cohabitation law
 07/21 -  California boosts stem-cell research
 07/20 -  GOP's cut-and-run fiscal policy
 07/20 -  Violence soaring despite growing number of Iraqi forces
 07/20 -  Politics of global warming heat up Congressional hearing
 07/20 -  Katrina relief purchases: iPods and beer-brewing kit
 07/20 -  A move to lift veil on US spending
 07/20 -  Buncombe bans burning due to ozone risk
 07/19 -  Asheville's flavor too spicy for newcomers?
 07/19 -  Minimum wage, maximum politics
 07/19 -  UK considers unique carbon trading system
 07/19 -  Protecting the 2006 vote
 07/19 -  Taylor used earmark for Russian business connection
 07/19 -  Bush stem-cell veto could backfire
 07/19 -  NC moves on safer water from wells
 07/18 -  UN reports more than 3,000 Iraqi civilians killed in June
 07/18 -  Resurgent neo-cons say Israel's fight is America's fight
 07/18 -  Bolton questions 'moral equivalence' of civilian deaths in Lebanon and Israel
 07/18 -  Gonzales says Bush blocked eavesdropping probe
 07/18 -  The suicide of capitalism
 07/18 -  Macon County native makes Supreme Court history
 07/17 -  The real agenda at the White House
 07/17 -  Study finds backdating of stock options widespread
 07/17 -  Who owns Christianity?
 07/17 -  NeoCons arising from Mideast conflagration?
 07/17 -  Internet 'tubes' speech turns spotlight, ridicule on Ted Stevens
 07/17 -  Bush expletive caught on mike
 07/15 -  Ferry trip for elected officials ran big tab
 07/14 -  Mexico's tiger awakens
 07/14 -  Ethics reforms pass NC House
 07/14 -  NC House steps into local building heighth dispute
 07/13 -  A politics of the common good
 07/13 -  Plame sues Cheney, Rove and Libby over leak
 07/13 -  GOP delays renewal of Voting Rights Act
 07/13 -  GOP veteran doubts fairness of Bush economic policy
 07/13 -  The hole at the heart of Medicare's drug plan
 07/13 -  Federal judge rules Georgia voter ID law illegal
 07/13 -  NC House OKs bill limiting cell phone use by younger drivers
 07/12 -  US halts Halliburton's no-bid Iraq contract
 07/12 -  Blowing the whistle on the failure of conservatism
 07/12 -  With nation at war, estate tax repeal hard to justify
 07/12 -  Feeding the greedy while the poor go hungry
 07/12 -  Raining on Bush's deficit-reduction parade
 07/12 -  Pro-war advocates seek scapegoats for Iraq debacle
 07/11 -  Minimum wage increase passes in NC
 07/11 -  Roof-top plantings lead green revolution
 07/11 -  Rove says Bush will veto stem-cell bill
 07/11 -  Safety of imported tuna questioned
 07/11 -  White House spins the deficit numbers
 07/11 -  When media aim for balance, some views and facts get lost
 07/10 -  Feds awaken to wasteful light bulb
 07/10 -  America's dated carbon policy
 07/10 -  FBI pushes sweeping Internet surveillance law
 07/09 -  Gore movie reaching red states too
 07/09 -  Down East county illustrates voting rights law
 07/09 -  Edwards calls on Ohio to increase mnimum wage
 07/09 -  America the beautiful, or a looting opportunity?
 07/09 -  GOP leader questions legality of domestic spying
 07/08 -  Vet arrested at VA hospital for wearing peace T-shirt
 07/08 -  Hate groups infiltrating US military?
 07/07 -  Wal-Mart seeks $30 million tax refund in NC
 07/07 -  Hike in NC minimum wage in jeopardy
 07/07 -  2004 presidential election should be investigated
 07/06 -  Baby steps toward green power in WNC
 07/06 -  Senior military officials oppose Bush plans for war on Iran
 07/06 -  Bush told Cheney to discredit diplomat critical of Iraq policy
 07/06 -  How one Iraqi family copes with war
 07/06 -  Army charges officer for refusing Iraq deployment
 07/06 -  More lapdogs than watchdogs
 07/05 -  Enron founder Key Lay dies in Colorado
 07/05 -  Why so much produce comes from so far away
 07/04 -  Secrecy expands as democracy shrinks
 07/03 -  This year, lots of fireworks over Founding Fathers' faith
 07/03 -  Judge bars Navy's sonar use in Pacific
 07/03 -  Lieberman to run unaffiliated if he loses Democratic primary
 07/03 -  History under construction in Florida
 07/03 -  NY Times defends banking surveillance story
 07/03 -  Big organic dairy operations raising hackles
 07/01 -  House gives go ahead on offshore drilling
 07/01 -  Bush's grab for power
 07/01 -  Newspaper hedges on report of phone companies and data
 07/01 -  NC budget deal cuts taxes, raises spending