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• Police Blotter: July 16, 1008

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:44

  Trooper killing suspect faces six more indictments WAYNESVILLE — Six new charges have been lodged against a suspect in the killing of a N.C. Highway Patrol trooper, including attempted murder of a Haywood County sheriff’s detective. ...

• Mumpower mothballs campaign to unseat Democrat Rep. Shuler

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:42

  Carl Mumpower Carl Mumpower, the Republican challenger for the seat of Rep. Heath Shuler, D-Waynesville, announced July 12 that he is suspending his campaign until at least half of the Republican leaders in the 11...

• Ferocious ëMongolí: Overwhelming visually, but flawed by interminable, constant carnage

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:38

    Roger Ebert “Mongols need laws. I will make them obey -- even if I have to kill half of them.”  — Genghis Khan • Sergei Bodrov’s “Mongol” is a ferocious...

• Asheville Area Cinema Listings: July 16, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:35

  Showtimes subject to change without notice. We recommend calling ahead. Wednesday, July 16, through Thursday, July 17 Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. - 254-1281 Speed Racer (PG) 1:00 4:00 7:00 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (R...

• Playhouse Listings: July 16, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:33

  Montford Park Players — 254-5146 Henry VIII — July 16-20 Asheville Community Theatre — 254-1320 I Hate Hamlet — July 16-20 Diana Wortham Theatre — 257-4530 Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy Festival  —...

• Advice Goddess: Tender is the nightmare: Friends often offer best relationships

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:32

  Women these days think they have the luxury of being picky about men, and you encourage them. You ran a letter from “Almost A Bride,” the woman whose fiance has difficulty dealing with conflict. She said, “I’m in my late 4...

• Is increase in starvation related to corporate or government control?

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:28

    Janese Johnson Food shortages and food riots are becoming a growing problem with each new day. World food prices rose by 39 percent in the last year. Many who were already struggling to live are n...

• Tourists sweep 2 from Captains

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:27

  EASTLAKE, Ohio — The Asheville Tourists swept a doubleheader with the Lake County Captains 4-1 and 2-0 on July 13. The Tourists allowed just one run and six hits in the two games. The doubleheader was the result of the rainout of a July 12 g...

• Georgia Mustangs muzzle Asheville Grizzlies 28-7

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:26

  The Georgia Mustangs stomped the Asheville Grizzlies 28-7 in football in the Grizzlies season-opener on July 12 at Asheville’s Memorial Stadium. The Grizzlies’ score occurred in the third quarter of the North American Football League&rs...

• U.S. energy independence requires look at Pickensí wind, natural gas plan

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:24

    T. Boone Pickens Given that the United States is sustaining major economic damage through its dependence on foreign oil to meet its energy demands, and that the situation promises to get only worse, we...

• Pre-movie ads ruin the cinematic experience

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:22

    John North Editor & Publisher As an avid film-goer (and apparently a masochist), I am disappointed with the ever-increasing advertising messages that are displayed just before the showing of th...

• Letters to the Editor: July 16, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 15 July 2008 17:21

  A smell of corruption permeates county sale Folks, you are aware that there is a rapidly accelerating and increasingly angry public reaction surrounding the county sale of public park land to Stewart Coleman for a private development. This has...

• Music, festivities rock region

  Created: Tuesday, 08 July 2008 17:05

    With the arrival of warm weather, a number of free outdoor concerts are being staged throughout Western North Carolina. Dana and Susan Robinson play folk music at the Summer Concert Series on the back deck of Little Rainbow Row in Flat Rock ...

• ëWanted:í Lacking in brains, loaded with brawn

  Created: Tuesday, 08 July 2008 17:00

    Roger Ebert “Wanted” slams the pedal to the metal and never slows down. Here’s an action picture that’s exhausting in its relentless violence and its ingenuity in inventing new ...

• Asheville Area Cinema Listings: July 9, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 08 July 2008 16:57

  Showtimes subject to change without notice. We recommend calling ahead. Wednesday, July 9, through Thursday, July 10 Carmike 10 - 298-4885 Hancock (PG-13) 1:00 1:15 1:45 2:00 3:15 3:30 4:30 4:45 5:30 5:45 7:00 7:15 7:45 8:00 9:30 9:45 10:00 10:...

• In a busy, active life, make time daily to cultivate peace, stillness of mind

  Created: Tuesday, 08 July 2008 16:52

    Janese Johnson This morning I woke up with clarity and peace about writing on clarity and peace. All morning, I was enjoying a wonderful clarity. I went through work with that clarity — and conti...

• Police Blotter: July 9, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 08 July 2008 16:51

  Man, 48, charged in fatal stabbing outside cinemas Asheville police arrested a local man in the Fourth of July stabbing death of a Jamaican native in the Beaucatcher Cinemas parking lot on South Tunnel Road. Steven Gordon Shultz, 48, of Ro...

• Asheville sacks Rome for 6th win in row

  Created: Tuesday, 08 July 2008 16:49

  The Asheville Tourists ripped the Rome (Ga.) Braves 4-1 to complete a series sweep in baseball on July 6 at McCormick Field in Asheville. Robinson Fabian (2-2) pitched six innings as Asheville secured the four-game sweep and registered its sixth co...

• Rain postpones Touristsí road opener

  Created: Tuesday, 08 July 2008 16:49

  HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The opener to an eight-game road trip was postponed July 7 by rain, and the Asheville Tourists will have to wait one more day to try and extend their six-game winning streak. The game was rescheduled as part of a doubleheade...

• African leaders need to encourage regime change in dying Zimbabwe

  Created: Tuesday, 08 July 2008 16:47

    Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is far from being the only despot on the African continent. But that doesn’t take him off the hook from criticism by other Africa...