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MAIN News Archives for March 2007

 03/31 -  Guiliani feeling heat from Kerik's ties to organized crime
 03/31 -  Inhofe may block Gore's 'Live Earth' concert at US Capitol
 03/31 -  The myth of voter fraud
 03/31 -  Why White House staffers use an alternative email system
 03/31 -  As foreclosures rise, scam artists flourish
 03/31 -  Threads of a scandal lead to Karl Rove
 03/31 -  Science historian to discuss anti-evolution crusade April 3
 03/31 -  Will new farm bill make room for fruits and vegetables?
 03/30 -  GOP, whistling past the graveyard
 03/30 -  Report says Bush official altered scientific data on endangered species
 03/30 -  Iraq deadline: An extraordinary political moment
 03/30 -  The paradox of confidence
 03/30 -  GOP launching email attack on Shuler
 03/29 -  Senate votes for Iraq withdrawal; showdown with Bush looms
 03/29 -  Ex-aide implicates Gonzales in attorney firings
 03/29 -  Mixed reviews for sudden closing of Job Corps in Cherokee
 03/29 -  Global warming threatens more than ice caps and tropics
 03/29 -  Petroleum-based grocery bags under fire
 03/29 -  VA can't account for $35 million in computer purchases
 03/29 -  Justice Dept. apologizes for inaccuracies in letter to Congress
 03/28 -  Bill McKibben: Less carbon, more community-building
 03/28 -  US terrorist watch-list flags 'ordinary people' in error
 03/28 -  Judge calls torture 'horrifying' but blocks suit against Rumsfeld
 03/27 -  FBI chief slammed for invading Americans' privacy
 03/27 -  In close vote, Senate retains Iraq pullout deadline
 03/27 -  Could the Communications Workers of America block 'net neutrality'?
 03/27 -  Getting serious about the 'I' word
 03/27 -  Virginia's new populist senator
 03/27 -  James Madison on the purge of US attorneys
 03/27 -  Who is Monica Goodling?
 03/27 -  Respected US prosecutor faces right-wing backlash
 03/27 -  Metro papers' new recipe for success -- hyper-localism
 03/27 -  The Great Economic Barbecue: Who's getting roasted and who's porking out?
 03/27 -  More industries going green
 03/26 -  Blue Ridge Paper sale possible
 03/26 -  Few Americans share Iraq war sacrifices
 03/26 -  'War on Terror' -- How three words undermine America
 03/25 -  John and Elizabeth Edwards on '60 Minutes'
 03/25 -  Three GOP senators question Gonzales' credibility
 03/25 -  Political activists targeted for surveillance
 03/25 -  While soldiers die, corporate criminals fly high
 03/25 -  Cracks in the House of Rove
 03/24 -  New documents contradict Gonzales' claim on US attorney firings
 03/24 -  With US forces in Persian Gulf growing, Iran seizes 15 British sailors
 03/24 -  Bush's shadow army, based in NC
 03/24 -  Shuler's vote for Iraq deadline draws GOP fire
 03/23 -  MAIN launches new website to promote sustainability
 03/23 -  With narrow vote, US House moves to end Iraq war
 03/23 -  NC film industry is booming again
 03/23 -  Critics say NC hog farms sidestep the law
 03/22 -  A messy desk can be a sign of creativity
 03/22 -  Trust-busting the prosecutors
 03/22 -  The man-crushes of NBC's Chris Matthews
 03/22 -  Southern Baptist leader is rethinking sexual orientation
 03/22 -  A politician who disdains the 'culture of obedience'
 03/22 -  Elizabeth Edwards' cancer returns; campaign will go on
 03/22 -  The problem with building an embassy fit for an empire
 03/22 -  Asheville planning director to resign
 03/21 -  Gore implores Congress to save the planet
 03/21 -  'Why I was fired'
 03/21 -  New book offers essays on Appalachia
 03/21 -  Edwards lays out green agenda in Iowa
 03/21 -  Report questions benefits of incentives to attract companies to NC
 03/21 -  Senate bill would force disclosure of government data mining
 03/21 -  IRS agents pressed to end some corporate cases
 03/21 -  US attorney scandal raises question about Charles Taylor probe
 03/21 -  Lawmakers warn FBI about domestic spying
 03/20 -  Did GOP lawyer mislead Congress about Plame case?
 03/20 -  Descent into 'March Madness'
 03/20 -  Documents show how White House censored climate reports
 03/20 -  E-mail shows power struggle behind US attorney firings
 03/20 -  Edwards calls for capping greenhouse gas emissions
 03/20 -  Why conservatives can't govern
 03/20 -  Affirm students' right to free speech
 03/20 -  Rescuers find Boy Scout lost in mountains
 03/19 -  US military spending soars to highest level since World War II
 03/19 -  White House searching for Gonzales' replacement, source says
 03/19 -  Supreme Court hears 'Bong Hits for Jesus' free speech case
 03/19 -  US public's support of Iraq war declining faster
 03/19 -  If cigarettes affect movie ratings, will Hollywood change?
 03/18 -  Were CIA subpoenas linked to firing of San Diego attorney?
 03/18 -  Democratic principles making businesses more transparent
 03/18 -  Congress eyes billions lost to war profiteering
 03/18 -  Questions raised about NC's surplus property office
 03/18 -  Wilmington churches embrace growing diversity
 03/17 -  Buncombe commissioners wrestle with high-elevation development
 03/17 -  Free speech case divides Bush and religious right
 03/17 -  How the press can prevent another Iraq
 03/17 -  Security chief: White House did not investigate CIA leak
 03/17 -  Mountain Voices Alliance hosts forum on clean energy, Woodfin power plant
 03/17 -  Many 'guest workers' in US treated like chattel
 03/17 -  Politics of US attorneys under microscope
 03/16 -  Ex-CIA agent says White House leak severely hurt US intelligence
 03/16 -  Report questions value of military spending in NC
 03/16 -  Justice Department scandals reveal disdain for rule of law
 03/16 -  Prosecutor of public corruption called 'real problem' by Gonzales aide
 03/16 -  US House passes bills to roll back government secrecy
 03/16 -  White House targeted US attorney in Charlotte
 03/16 -  NC considers indoor smoking ban in public places
 03/15 -  Fraudulent firings
 03/15 -  Editorial pages call for attorney general's ouster
 03/15 -  E-mails reveal involvement of Rove, Gonzales in US attorney firings
 03/15 -  NC coast vulnerable to climate change
 03/15 -  Obscure revision of Patriot Act led to US attorney firings
 03/15 -  The neo-liberal war on democracy
 03/15 -  "The VA is waiting for us to die"
 03/15 -  Philosopher cited for work on conflict-resolution and spirituality
 03/15 -  Desperate Army is scraping the bottom
 03/15 -  FCC accused of overstepping its authority
 03/14 -  Rudolph Guiliani law firm tied to Hugo Chavez
 03/14 -  Group alleges conservative bias on TV talk shows
 03/14 -  Telecom firms wait nervously for $20 billion federal contract
 03/14 -  'It Can Happen Here' author on US attorneys and Bush power grab
 03/14 -  A new plan for North Carolina's energy future?
 03/14 -  President and Congress have long struggled over power to make war
 03/14 -  Climate change has parched Aussie farmers looking to move
 03/14 -  NC panel to consider presidential caucuses
 03/14 -  The purse isn't Congress's only weapon against Iraq War
 03/13 -  Why Gonzales should resign
 03/13 -  Consultant says he pushed Edwards to vote for Iraq War
 03/13 -  E-mail reveals plan for firing US attorneys
 03/13 -  Edwards is first candidate to call for Gonzales' resignation
 03/13 -  Cheney continues to link Iraq to 9/11 attack
 03/13 -  Internet access via TV spectrum could benefit rural areas
 03/13 -  Jimmy Carter, Israel and the A-word
 03/13 -  GOP voters voice anxiety over party's fate
 03/13 -  More than 180,000 Iraq and Afghanistan vets file injury claims
 03/13 -  Immigrants gain little from Medicaid, study shows
 03/12 -  Big Business seeks limited liability, weaker regulations
 03/12 -  Is Halliburton move to Dubai a tax and legal dodge?
 03/12 -  Reporters must demand more of their anonymous sources
 03/12 -  'Fair trade' food booming in Britain
 03/12 -  Land dispute brews in Madison County
 03/12 -  Haywood pushes to refine the science of development
 03/12 -  Why did Buncombe commissioners avoid public input on oil-fired power plant?
 03/11 -  How big government conservatives ruined the GOP revolution
 03/11 -  Can it happen here?
 03/11 -  Let's call the coal thing off
 03/11 -  NC vet hospital slammed for poor care
 03/11 -  Rove was asked to fire US attorney
 03/10 -  FBI admits abuse of domestic spying powers
 03/10 -  Poverty, drugs, access to guns blamed for spike in violent crime
 03/10 -  Senate to probe private equity tax scheme
 03/09 -  Dems aren't urgent enough about Iraq withdrawal
 03/09 -  Rove says future presidents will embrace Bush policy of preemptive war
 03/09 -  Evangelical's focus on climate draws fire from Christian right
 03/09 -  Organic food goes corporate
 03/09 -  IRS letting tax lawyers write its rules
 03/09 -  Newsflash: Media falling short in watchdog role
 03/09 -  Bill aims to spur 'green' economy in NC
 03/08 -  Why Cheney went ballistic when Joe Wilson spoke out
 03/08 -  Jackson County passes building moratorium
 03/08 -  Senators slam credit card companies
 03/08 -  Memos tell officials how to discuss climate change
 03/08 -  March 17 peace rally in Fayetteville seeks to close gap
 03/08 -  Bush losing some spin control in Washington
 03/08 -  Officials to be subpoenaed in probe of US attorneys' firing
 03/08 -  Edwards to skip debate hosted by Fox
 03/08 -  NC military hospitals under scrutiny
 03/07 -  Local groups may sue over Progress Energy power plant
 03/07 -  Don't let the neo-cons call the shots on Iran
 03/07 -  King of Jordan urges US-led peace process
 03/07 -  Strategy to save brook trout unveiled
 03/07 -  Conservatives strive to emulate MoveOn.org
 03/07 -  How green is nuclear power?
 03/07 -  The battle over presidential power and the firing of US attorneys
 03/07 -  Report: North Carolina's power to choose clean energy
 03/07 -  NC leaders cool to call for same-sex marriage ban
 03/06 -  Outsourcing Walter Reed
 03/06 -  Scooter Libby found guilty in CIA leak case
 03/06 -  'Atlas Shrugged' fifty years later
 03/06 -  White teens take smoking cues from the movies
 03/05 -  The Democratic Party and a road less traveled
 03/05 -  Can the Web ever challenge America's political caste system?
 03/05 -  Bush family knows the value of compliant prosecutors
 03/05 -  NC lobbyists notch record pay
 03/05 -  Attack on Iran would backfire, warns report
 03/05 -  When will the candidates discuss ideas for change?
 03/05 -  Radio networks agree to $12.5 million payola settlement
 03/05 -  Why the media passes off bunk as news
 03/05 -  Afghan journalists working for AP accuse US of censorship
 03/04 -  GOP candidates criticize slur by conservative author
 03/04 -  US Comptroller warns of 'fiscal cancer'
 03/04 -  A suggestion for probing the shameful treatment of fallen troops
 03/04 -  Senator admits he urged removal of prosecutor
 03/04 -  WNC's organic market booming
 03/03 -  Pelosi seeks to make US Capitol energy efficient
 03/03 -  Voting on the question, 'Who is Cherokee?'
 03/03 -  NY Times hypes Venezuelan military threat
 03/03 -  NCSU students design affordable, efficient house
 03/03 -  As premiums rise, Blue Cross CEO gets 22 percent pay raise
 03/02 -  Wally Bowen on the state of alternative media
 03/02 -  Army Secretary fired as VA hospital scandal grows
 03/02 -  Amy Goodman interviews retired Gen. Wesley Clark
 03/02 -  Bush picks top corporate lobbyist as consumer watchdog
 03/02 -  Dems to add $4 billion in ag subsidies to sweeten Iraq bill
 03/02 -  GOP lawmakers tried to influence federal investigation
 03/02 -  How Congress got us out of Vietnam
 03/02 -  Remembering historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
 03/02 -  More American cities embrace sustainability
 03/02 -  Pension fund an issue for NC candidates for governor
 03/02 -  Easley urges new allocation of lottery funds
 03/01 -  The health care plan that could save America
 03/01 -  Perdue urges protection of NC water sources