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• Global warming fix? Tweak capitalistic system, activist says activist

  Created: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:57

  By JOHN NORTH Global warming is democracy’s greatest challenge requiring major changes in energy policies for the survival of human beings, local activist Richard Fireman told the Ethical Society of Asheville on July 20. However, for n...

• UNCA named best buy for 15th consecutive year

  Created: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:55

  UNC Asheville continues to stand with some of the nation’s finest colleges in popular college rankings. The annual “Fiske Guide to Colleges” released its 2009 list of Best Buys of American and Canadian colleges earlier this month. UNC...

• WWC rated 2nd on ëgreenestí list

  Created: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:54

  SWANNANOA — Warren Wilson College recently placed No. 2 on a list of “10 of the Greenest Colleges in America” as rated by TheDailyGreen.com, an online publication of Hearst Communications.  In its feature subtitled “The...

• Buckerettes light up last Concert on Quad

  Created: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:54

  The Buckerettes, who played “free-ranging, trail-blazin’ hometown cowgirl swing” on July 14, concluded the 2008 Concerts on the Quad Summer Music Series. The Asheville-based band is led by Robin Cape, bass and vocals; Deb Criss, guit...

• The Reflections sparkle with golden rock classics

  Created: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:52

  The Reflections band performed oldies, rock and beach music in the Music on Main Street Summer Concert Series on July 18. Among the hits performed by the five-piece group from Greenville, S.C., were “Save the Last Dance for Me,” &ldqu...

• Advice Goddess: Trauma queen: Stop carrying cross for wounded woman, man advised

  Created: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:51

    The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon I’m a 40-year-old guy seeing a 29-year-old woman for four months. I seem to have a pattern of dating women with serious problems. Sure enough, weeks...

• ëThe Dark Knightí: Engrossing turmoil, obsession make film fantastic

  Created: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:49

    Roger Ebert “Batman” isn’t a comic book anymore. Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” is a haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes an engrossing trag...

• Asheville Area Cinema Listings

  Created: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:46

  Showtimes subject to change without notice. We recommend calling ahead. Wednesday, July 23, through Thursday, July 24 Carmike 10 - 298-4885 The Dark Knight (PG-13) 11:20am 12:30 1:00 1:45 2:30 3:45 4:15 5:00 6:00 7:00 7:30 8:15 9:15 10:10 Ma...

• Guerilla gardening movement merits praise for its beautifying of public land

  Created: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:45

  One of the more interesting Green trends that have captured the limelight recently is the illegal phenomenon known as “guerilla gardening.” It likely already is sprouting around Asheville, where such a concept surely would be welcome in...

• Chess boxing? So bizarre, it just might be a knockout

  Created: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:44

    John North Editor & Publisher I thought I had seen — and heard — everything until I did a bob and weave upon reading about a new hybrid sport that combines boxing and chess. Th...

• Letters: July 23, 2008

  Created: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:43

  Parkside’s developer draws wrath from client I am an owner and resident of a condo developed by S.B. Coleman at 21 Battery Park Avenue. I am writing this letter to strongly urge county and city officials to block the construction of the propo...

• Police Blotter: July 30, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 22 July 2008 19:48

  Man’s body found in river ID’d as Honduran worker The body of a homicide victim found in the French Broad River on July 20 was later identified as Neptali Hernandez Guervara, 24, a Honduran worker living in East Asheville. Guervar...

• Asheville collapses in extra innings again

  Created: Tuesday, 22 July 2008 19:39

  The Asheville Tourists and Lakewood BlueClaws once again battled into extra innings and, for the second night in a row, Lakewood battled back to win – this time by a 6-5 margin on July 21 at McCormick Field. Behind clutch hitting, Lakewood scored...

• Clawsís HR clips Tourists

  Created: Tuesday, 22 July 2008 19:39

  Matt Rizzotti’s home run to lead off the 11th inning spelled doom for the Asheville Tourists on July 20, as the home team fell by a 4-3 score in the opener of a four-game set with the Lakewood BlueClaws at Asheville’s McCormick Field. T...

• After hiatus, Mumpower returns

  Created: Tuesday, 22 July 2008 19:38

    Carl Mumpower Republican congressional candidate Carl Mumpower reinstated his campaign on July 18 after receiving assurances of a recommitment to Republican principles, he says, from the party leadership in...

• Letís make changes that will improve the quality of our life

  Created: Tuesday, 22 July 2008 19:36

    Janese Johnson Change is an inevitable experience that we all have at least a few times throughout our life. Some of these changes are welcomed and even desired, while others can feel difficult and eve...

• Activist fields questions about New World Order, armageddon

  Created: Tuesday, 22 July 2008 19:31

  Richard Fireman From Daily Planet Staff Reports Local activist Richard Fireman fielded questions for about 45 minutes after his address on the possible cataclysmic impact on humanity of global warming on Ju...

• Survivorís tale of Hiroshima A-bombing horrors includes warning

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:51

    Miyoko Watanabe By JOHN NORTH Miyoko Watanabe, a survivor of the American atomic-bomb drop on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II, spoke poignantly of the horrors she and those close to her suffere...

• Dancing to the beat of the oldies

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:49

  The Caribbean Cowboys (above) performed classic rock and soul music on July 7 in the Music On Main Street oudoor concert series in downtown Hendersonville. Daily Planet Staff Photos ...

• Iranian threat of nuke war triggers tour

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:47

    Steve Lieber From Daily Planet Staff Reports The threat of nuclear annihilation in a war started by Iran, Israel and others in the Middle East has escalated to alarming levels, a Hiroshima Memo...