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MAIN News Archives for July 2007

 07/31 -  Asheville to vote on partisan elections
 07/31 -  How US psychologists shaped CIA torture methods
 07/31 -  No 'third pipe' -- FCC votes to protect cable/telco broadband duopoly
 07/31 -  House member to seek Gonzales impeachment
 07/31 -  Reuters: Bancroft family accepts Murdoch's offer for Dow Jones Co.
 07/31 -  How could anyone oppose children's health care?
 07/31 -  Remembering Joe Wilson's War
 07/31 -  Bush ditches Mideast 'democracy' goal in favor of arms sales
 07/31 -  Politicians go on holiday, but there's no vacation for our troops
 07/31 -  It's time for an independent counsel
 07/31 -  CNN allows Iraq War booster to pose as 'war critic'
 07/31 -  Federal agents raid home of top GOP senator
 07/31 -  NC bill would boost clean government
 07/30 -  Local 'earth-friendly' transit service launched
 07/30 -  Searching for TV's progressive pundits
 07/30 -  Bill Moyers responds to PBS criticism of impeachment coverage
 07/30 -  All Rupert, all the time
 07/30 -  Albert Ellis, influential psychotherapist, dead at 93
 07/29 -  Growing rich-poor gap could hobble US economy
 07/29 -  More restaurants are going green by going local
 07/29 -  Taxing the poor and middle class to reward the rich
 07/29 -  Congress vs. White House stand-off: To the courts or not?
 07/29 -  Global warming forces Forest Service to reconsider strategy
 07/27 -  A blurry line between propaganda and news
 07/27 -  Goodbye to newspapers?
 07/27 -  Court throws out city's illegal immigration law
 07/27 -  A conversation with energy guru Amory Lovins
 07/27 -  NC budget hinges on land-sale tax option
 07/27 -  NC lawmakers make the right call on Internet access
 07/26 -  Asheville rejects immigration enforcement
 07/26 -  Sen. Durbin breaks new ground on broadband policy debate
 07/26 -  Penland developer faces civil lawsuit, criminal probe
 07/26 -  Gore, Bono risk blurring the lines between political and commercial speech
 07/26 -  Alarm raised on disappearing open space in NC
 07/26 -  House panel votes for contempt charges against Bush aides
 07/26 -  Calls for perjury probe rise as memo contradicts Gonzales testimony
 07/26 -  Free speech or flag desecration?
 07/25 -  A dark side to the ethanol boom?
 07/25 -  Justice Department drops massive corporate fraud case
 07/25 -  A new history of the CIA
 07/25 -  Contemptible conduct at US Justice Department
 07/25 -  Bush's use of Endangered Species Act investigated
 07/25 -  Real estate lobby flexes muscles in Raleigh
 07/25 -  Top GOP senator warns Gonzales of perjury risk
 07/24 -  Why the US military loves Ron Paul
 07/24 -  Easley lauded for stand against real estate lobby
 07/24 -  NC energy bill passes hurdle
 07/24 -  Time running out for farmland preservation
 07/23 -  Asheville election referendum too close to call
 07/23 -  Binary America: Split in two by the Digital Divide
 07/23 -  Charting the $480 billion US spectrum giveaway
 07/23 -  NC lawmakers have long to-do list
 07/23 -  Open Library launches public domain book collection
 07/22 -  Washington Post blames Democrats for Iraq gridlock
 07/22 -  Will Congress censure Bush and Cheney for Iraq lies?
 07/22 -  Ex-Justice Department attorney changes his testimony
 07/22 -  Mystery shrouds NC lawmaker's resignation
 07/22 -  Is stage being set for martial law?
 07/22 -  Bush 'executive privilege' theory would gut power of Congress
 07/22 -  Anxiety grows over Bush plans for next terrorist attack
 07/21 -  From the grave, a senator exposes bloody hands on Capitol Hill
 07/21 -  US Senate moves to fix student loan program
 07/21 -  Why Bush must be impeached
 07/21 -  Tom Tomorrow: 'How the news works'
 07/21 -  Aiding legal aid in NC
 07/21 -  Major holes found in state's renewable energy bill
 07/21 -  Easley challenges lawmakers to buck real estate lobby
 07/21 -  Study: US has given away billions of the public airwaves
 07/20 -  Can Google enforce 'net neutrality' via spectrum auction?
 07/20 -  Bush claims broad immunity from Congressional oversight
 07/20 -  Report: Iraqi insurgents mostly Saudi, but Bush fingers Iran
 07/20 -  Oil supply to trail demand by 2030, study predicts
 07/20 -  Security report card gives Bush a failing grade
 07/20 -  Power-plays plague NC energy bill
 07/20 -  Small donors surge in presidential campaigns
 07/19 -  Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran
 07/19 -  Bush-appointed judge rejects Valerie Plame lawsuit
 07/19 -  Georgia election stuns GOP establishment
 07/19 -  Lax US laws send flood of guns to Mexico
 07/19 -  NC energy bill too flawed to pass
 07/19 -  In-home personal care strains NC budget
 07/18 -  Accidents boost doubts over nuclear power
 07/18 -  New Nixon tapes reveal closer ties to Billy Graham
 07/18 -  Do you really want to grill a fish?
 07/18 -  WNC dam removal splits enviros
 07/18 -  King George W: James Madison's nightmare
 07/18 -  Industry's role in Cheney's energy task force emerges
 07/18 -  Cindy Sheehan stirs passions in Charlotte
 07/18 -  John Edwards bets it on all on Iowa
 07/18 -  On the Internet, everyone may find you're a dog
 07/18 -  Democrats ponder next move after Senate all-nighter
 07/18 -  A landmark in corporate welfare
 07/17 -  Scaife-owned newspaper calls for Iraq withdrawal, questions Bush's mental state
 07/17 -  Democrats push all-night debate on Iraq
 07/17 -  Bill Kristol: On the train to Delusionville
 07/17 -  Harry Reid finally starts to fight smart
 07/17 -  How to earn $1 million by not watching TV
 07/16 -  FCC auction should allow open wireless network, lawmakers say
 07/16 -  John Edwards starts poverty tour
 07/16 -  The hidden truth behind Bush saving Libby from prison
 07/16 -  A highlands disaster in WNC
 07/16 -  Bush's Iraq plan: Pass the war on to the next president
 07/16 -  Consumer advocates slam credit card rules
 07/16 -  The Bush presidency: Was nothing real?
 07/16 -  Edwards unveils 'green collar' jobs plan
 07/16 -  UNC system ban on lottery ads applauded
 07/14 -  Michael Moore: An open letter to CNN
 07/14 -  I.F. Stone, best blogger ever
 07/14 -  Ex-general says 'support the troops,' bring them home
 07/14 -  US poor hit by housing crunch
 07/14 -  Bush's contempt for Congress could undermine separation of powers
 07/14 -  Done with preaching to the choir, Cindy Sheehan tours red states
 07/14 -  Bush distorting Al Qaeda link between Iraq and 9/11
 07/13 -  Surgeon General nominee says he would resign over political meddling
 07/13 -  FCC to sell portion of public airwaves
 07/13 -  Abandoned Mills Gap factory continues toxic emissions
 07/13 -  Heat-related deaths on NC farms draw little notice
 07/13 -  When telecom companies write NC laws
 07/12 -  House passes bill to bring troops home in '08
 07/12 -  National parks face climate threat
 07/12 -  Novak continues misinformation about CIA leak case
 07/12 -  Big Business invades your mailbox
 07/12 -  Will Congress defy Wall Street and close tax loophole for fund managers?
 07/12 -  Hustler publisher seeks to expose 'family values' hypocrisy
 07/12 -  Nuclear ruse reveals holes in US security
 07/12 -  Ex-Surgeon General describes political meddling
 07/11 -  CNN versus 'Sicko'
 07/11 -  After destroying Iraq, Bush blames the victims
 07/11 -  Former House Speaker Jim Black gets five years in prison
 07/11 -  A different type of porn
 07/11 -  Erwin uranium spill cloaked in secrecy
 07/11 -  Worker-owned business conference set for Asheville
 07/10 -  Well-trained, lapdog press snoozes on Libby case
 07/10 -  Bill would honor labor leader Cesar Chavez
 07/10 -  CNN catches the 'Sicko' wave
 07/10 -  Michael Moore blows the whistle on Wolf Blitzer
 07/10 -  Save the airwaves for democracy
 07/10 -  FBI documents contradict Gonzales' testimony
 07/10 -  Counseling Democrats to go for the gut
 07/10 -  The incredible lightness of early polls
 07/10 -  PSNC seeks rate adjustment
 07/09 -  Bush blames Iraq civil war on Al Qaeda, and US media follow suit
 07/09 -  How Cheney would limit the authority of Congress
 07/09 -  As expected, Bush denies Congress access to aides
 07/09 -  Talk radio under attack
 07/08 -  What happened to the George Bush who insisted on honest government?
 07/08 -  Sicko in the White House
 07/08 -  The road home from Iraq
 07/07 -  CEOs panic as so-called 'free trade' deals falter
 07/07 -  It's easy to see why Bush threw the fall guy a bone
 07/07 -  NC bill would benefit public access TV channels
 07/07 -  Bill Moyers talks with E.O. Wilson
 07/06 -  Blue Cross secret memo, re: 'Sicko'
 07/06 -  The psychology of talk radio?
 07/06 -  The shameful story of forced sterilization in NC
 07/06 -  Join Live Earth's call to help save our planet
 07/06 -  Structural racism in the US housing market
 07/06 -  US citizenship applications soar
 07/06 -  Another top GOP senator breaks with Bush on Iraq
 07/05 -  Why Libby's 'get out of jail' card is indefensible
 07/05 -  WNC counties share land-use ideas
 07/05 -  In apple country, discovering your juice is made in China
 07/05 -  Apple's iPhone, little bro' to AT&T's Big Brother
 07/05 -  Why we still need 'net neutrality'
 07/05 -  Bush saves Libby from jail -- coincidence or criminal conspiracy?
 07/05 -  Scare stories in NY Times set stage for US strike on Iran
 07/05 -  Open up the talk-radio market to competition
 07/05 -  NC energy bill would stick it to ratepayers
 07/05 -  Live Earth concerts set to boost action on global warming
 07/04 -  Private contractors exceed number of US troops in Iraq
 07/03 -  American Green TV launches on the Web
 07/03 -  Joseph Wilson: Bush bought Libby's silence by commuting sentence
 07/03 -  Bush makes Paris Hilton a martyr
 07/03 -  'Shame on you Mr. President'
 07/03 -  Enviros to sue over damage in Nantahala from off-road vehicles
 07/03 -  Native Americans share common struggle with immigrants
 07/02 -  Bush saves Libby from prison
 07/02 -  Leahy says he may seek criminal contempt charge against Bush
 07/02 -  Court won't delay Libby prison sentence
 07/02 -  Barbara Ehrenreich: 'This land is our land'
 07/02 -  The Fairness Doctrine fight that wasn't
 07/02 -  The problem of too many impeachable offenses
 07/02 -  NC energy office faces dismantling
 07/02 -  Freedom of Information Act requests can take years
 07/01 -  A Goldwater conservative sees the demise of the GOP
 07/01 -  The structural imbalance of political talk radio
 07/01 -  Cheney's genius: Allowing Bush to think he's the real president
 07/01 -  Alternate I-26 plan deserves independent review
 07/01 -  Immigrants in WNC struggle, but succeed in business
 07/01 -  Will biotechnology go non-corporate?
 07/01 -  Was campaigning against voter fraud a GOP ploy?
 07/01 -  More NC companies go green
 07/01 -  Bill would broaden public financing of NC elections
 07/01 -  Cheney and the Constitution