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MAIN News Archives for February 2009

 02/26 -  Pentagon may end photo ban on return of war dead
 02/26 -  Ag subsidy cuts to target large farms
 02/25 -  San Francisco Chronicle may close its doors
 02/24 -  Study: Mobile Internet a necessity, not a luxury
 02/24 -  Broadband stimulus rules being written for local networks?
 02/23 -  Philly newspapers file for bankruptcy
 02/23 -  Banking on credit unions
 02/20 -  How will $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus be used?
 02/17 -  Charter cable prepares chapter 11 filing
 02/17 -  MAIN apologizes to radio listeners
 02/17 -  Tanker spills hazardous waste on I-240 near Charlotte St.
 02/16 -  MAIN names interim manager for WPVM
 02/16 -  Rare mountain bog preserved near Brevard
 02/15 -  Why are underpaid workers bailing out overpaid bankers?
 02/15 -  Researchers find pollution link in the womb
 02/15 -  In NC, a new wind blows on energy policy
 02/15 -  Do we need a new Internet?
 02/14 -  Looting Social Security?
 02/14 -  Venezuela's choice: Return to oligarchy or Chavez forever?
 02/14 -  Sex, death and fre spch in NC legislature
 02/14 -  Stimulus provides new aid to many workers
 02/14 -  Stimulus bill limits TARP executive pay
 02/13 -  Kerry to head new Senate telecom subcommittee
 02/13 -  WLOS to delay DTV transition until June 12
 02/13 -  Lawmakers tout projects in stimulus bill they opposed
 02/13 -  Obama Wan Kenobi using Jedi mind tricks?
 02/13 -  WNC community newspapers win journalism awards
 02/13 -  Shuler one of seven Dems voting against final stimulus bill
 02/13 -  GOP seethes over Crist's support for stimulus
 02/13 -  House passes revised stimulus bill
 02/13 -  How stimulus could boost 'green' technology
 02/13 -  It's time for major reform of FCC
 02/12 -  Judd Gregg withdraws as Commerce nominee
 02/12 -  Let's go on rural broadband
 02/11 -  Congress agrees on $789 billion stimulus package
 02/11 -  Technology's fingerprints on the stimulus bill
 02/10 -  Senate passes stimulus bill 61-37
 02/09 -  Big tax break for Verizon still in Senate stimulus bill
 02/09 -  Shuler slams Democratic leadership on stimulus bill
 02/08 -  Chamber-backed I-26 project would destroy dozens of homes, businesses
 02/08 -  Use 'smart stimulus' for local broadband networks
 02/07 -  NC debates using industry-funded broadband study
 02/07 -  More bad news for NC journalism
 02/07 -  Woman sues hospital over access to dying partner
 02/05 -  Why did Citi get bailout money meant for 'healthy' banks?
 02/05 -  Is there life after newspapers?
 02/05 -  How about some 'think-tank' accountability?
 02/04 -  Dean Baker: 'Rationalize the banks'
 02/04 -  Climate justice movement heats up
 02/04 -  Obama calls for 'common sense' on executive pay
 02/04 -  Google and the future of books
 02/04 -  Will stimulus spur new broadband path, or more of the same?
 02/03 -  Activists blast Senate stimulus for coal, nuclear industries
 02/02 -  David Cay Johnston: Corporate tax breaks are not 'smart stimulus'
 02/01 -  How the Senate and House differ on broadband stimulus
 02/01 -  Study reveals growth of community-based networks
 02/01 -  To nudge, shift, or shove Supreme Court to the left