| 12/31 - | Retiree challenges Verizon and NSA wiretapping | 
| 12/31 - | Ideology trumps economics in US health care | 
| 12/30 - | Edwards rejects 'surge' of troops in Iraq | 
| 12/30 - | The repeatedly re-elected autocrat | 
| 12/30 - | The tyrant we created and destroyed | 
| 12/30 - | Democratic majority tackles key issues | 
| 12/30 - | NC panel offers prisoners new avenue of appeal | 
| 12/30 - | Middle-school girls gone wild | 
| 12/30 - | How old is the Grand Canyon?  Park Service won't say | 
| 12/29 - | Canadian ice shelf breaks free in 'dramatic and disturbing event' | 
| 12/29 - | At glacial speed, US policy on global warming is changing | 
| 12/28 - | Let's toast 10 good things about 2006 | 
| 12/28 - | Revisiting the myth of GOP dominance | 
| 12/28 - | A grassroots plan for a 'low-carbon' footprint | 
| 12/28 - | GOP corporate allies in Congress's crosshairs | 
| 12/28 - | Report reveals Ford's opposition to Iraq War | 
| 12/28 - | The new John Edwards | 
| 12/27 - | UNCA prof says US must return to human rights leadership | 
| 12/27 - | Why we still need the estate tax | 
| 12/27 - | Bush administration mellows on Latin America | 
| 12/27 - | Give the lasting gift of an independent media | 
| 12/27 - | Edwards takes campaign to YouTube | 
| 12/27 - | BellSouth seeks end to free 411 calls | 
| 12/27 - | Telemarketers take big cut from NC charities | 
| 12/26 - | Cooper may challenge NC Supreme Court ruling against homeowners | 
| 12/26 - | US military may recruit foreigners | 
| 12/26 - | Bloggers to reveal sponsored posts | 
| 12/26 - | Boston ready to go green | 
| 12/26 - | Why not oil from Venezuela? | 
| 12/26 - | NC tax revenues up, but budget shortfall looms | 
| 12/26 - | Two great American towns | 
| 12/26 - | Democrats move to rein in earmarks | 
| 12/25 - | Pork no longer paves the road to re-election | 
| 12/24 - | Hooked on the drug of military might | 
| 12/24 - | Blue's bid for speaker's post gets boost | 
| 12/24 - | Taxpayers bear war risk while insurance firms reap profits | 
| 12/24 - | Echo from the end of a dolphin species | 
| 12/24 - | 'They' more than 'you' are revolutionizing the media | 
| 12/24 - | Congress set to probe Bush policies | 
| 12/24 - | Dykeman leaves literary, civic legacy | 
| 12/23 - | Author Wilma Dykeman dead at 86 | 
| 12/23 - | Asheville public access TV names new ED | 
| 12/22 - | America's broken covenant and a warning from Jesus | 
| 12/22 - | A bigot  in Congress | 
| 12/22 - | RiverLink seeks watershed experts | 
| 12/22 - | Bloomberg's brave bet on innovation | 
| 12/21 - | Bringing Congress into the daylight | 
| 12/21 - | Court cites weak federal oversight of power industry | 
| 12/21 - | IRS cuts audits of major corporations | 
| 12/21 - | NC House speaker pick near | 
| 12/20 - | Jimmy Carter, out on a limb | 
| 12/20 - | How about a Contract with Corporate America? | 
| 12/20 - | Critics call new EPA rule a loophole for big business | 
| 12/20 - | Tryon man named NC's top librarian | 
| 12/20 - | Neo-cons wanted Israel to attack Syria | 
| 12/20 - | Ga. school district drops evolution warning | 
| 12/20 - | New forest policy limits public input, environmental scrutiny | 
| 12/19 - | Franklin OKs Super Wal-Mart without seeing plans | 
| 12/19 - | Cheney to be defense witness in CIA leak case | 
| 12/19 - | FCC official declines to vote on AT&T merger | 
| 12/19 - | Report calls Iraq War a 'terrible mistake' | 
| 12/19 - | NC House might limit speaker's job | 
| 12/19 - | 'Sustainability' gains status on US campuses | 
| 12/19 - | The immorality of more troops in Iraq | 
| 12/18 - | Unprogressive Democrats? | 
| 12/18 - | Democrats promise interest relief on student loans | 
| 12/18 - | No shared sacrifice in Iraq War | 
| 12/18 - | Domino's Pizza mogul backs social conservative for White House | 
| 12/18 - | Will new Congress end Big Oil's free ride? | 
| 12/18 - | Business leaders oppose more coal-burning plants | 
| 12/17 - | The right side of Latin America's left | 
| 12/17 - | YouTube opens new frontier in copyright law | 
| 12/17 - | Inaction by Congress will hurt rural schools | 
| 12/15 - | Journalist summoned to testify against war resister | 
| 12/15 - | This do-nothing Congress did all the wrong things | 
| 12/15 - | Restaurant tests Myrick on immigration | 
| 12/14 - | US Chamber of Commerce:  The right-wing's right hand in DC | 
| 12/14 - | Local TV news slammed for deceptive practices | 
| 12/14 - | Poll:  Iowa Democrats favor Edwards in '08 | 
| 12/14 - | Dems press FCC for details on media ownership studies | 
| 12/14 - | Private land conservation booms in US | 
| 12/14 - | Lawmakers line up for NC speaker's job | 
| 12/14 - | New state law threatens public access TV funding | 
| 12/13 - | Jim Black drops out of speaker's race | 
| 12/12 - | China has US by the short purse strings | 
| 12/12 - | At Goldman Sachs, the rich get richer | 
| 12/12 - | Scientists move closer to early Alzheimers test | 
| 12/12 - | The de-carboning of American lifestyles | 
| 12/12 - | What about the corporate occupation of Iraq? | 
| 12/12 - | With Congress done, bureaucrats' work begins | 
| 12/12 - | NC coalition pushes tax relief for working poor | 
| 12/11 - | Time to re-think the war . . . on drugs | 
| 12/11 - | Green revolution sweeping US construction industry | 
| 12/11 - | Christian video shot in Pentagon prompts call for inquiry | 
| 12/11 - | Is classism the new racism? | 
| 12/11 - | Is Iraq Study Group another 'delusional milestone'? | 
| 12/11 - | FCC ignores ethics to speed AT&T-BellSouth merger vote | 
| 12/11 - | Iraq Study Group allows myths to persist | 
| 12/11 - | Oil producers begin shunning dollar | 
| 12/11 - | Poll shows residents of Latin America hopeful about future | 
| 12/11 - | New aide to Edwards seen as populist pit bull | 
| 12/10 - | Jimmy Carter:  'How I see Palestine' | 
| 12/10 - | Former Chilean dictator Pinochet leaves controversial legacy | 
| 12/10 - | 109th may be real 'do nothing' Congress | 
| 12/09 - | French launch news channel to counter US media hegemony | 
| 12/09 - | GOP Congress leaves fiscal time-bomb for Democrats | 
| 12/09 - | GOP senator calls Iraq policy 'absurd,' maybe 'criminal' | 
| 12/09 - | Impeachment:  morally right but politically wrong? | 
| 12/09 - | Page news dismays NC House, clouds Black's bid for speaker | 
| 12/07 - | Don't wait to 2008; leave Iraq now | 
| 12/07 - | Thank you, Jimmy Carter | 
| 12/07 - | Buncombe planning board under scrutiny | 
| 12/07 - | Judge upholds roadless rule protecting federal lands | 
| 12/07 - | Macon County considers high-rise moratorium | 
| 12/07 - | States revolt over new federal mercury law | 
| 12/07 - | Study group says Iraq violence is underreported | 
| 12/07 - | Local AIDS funding may get boost | 
| 12/06 - | Americans try to shift to 'carbon-neutral' | 
| 12/06 - | Official Iraq War costs don't tell whole story | 
| 12/06 - | Proposed war budget gives Democrats leverage | 
| 12/05 - | Isn't it time for public transit? | 
| 12/05 - | Co-habitating with toxic chemicals? | 
| 12/05 - | Can the Democrats deliver for middle-class and working poor? | 
| 12/05 - | US panel rejects plan for paper ballots | 
| 12/04 - | Calculating the true cost of Iraq War | 
| 12/04 - | A CIA insider's take on Robert Gates | 
| 12/04 - | Cleaner, greener . . . and competitive? | 
| 12/04 - | America needs GOP to be more like Ike | 
| 12/04 - | Doctors blast ads aimed at children | 
| 12/04 - | Closing of EPA libraries worries scientists, activists | 
| 12/04 - | Is this the future of US newspapers? | 
| 12/04 - | Bolton resigns as UN ambassador | 
| 12/04 - | Clean Water Trust Fund to get new chair | 
| 12/03 - | Democratic party bigwigs overlooked Kissell | 
| 12/03 - | Blowing the whistle on Big Oil | 
| 12/03 - | As trucking rules are eased, safety debate grows | 
| 12/03 - | Local students produce TV news show | 
| 12/01 - | NC toughens DWI laws today | 
| 12/01 - | In-depth look at 'Road to Nowhere' |