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MAIN News Archives for December 2006

 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'