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• Advice Goddess: Hags to riches: Boyfriendís new female roomie raises concern

  Created: Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:38

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon My boyfriend of a year has his own home, as do I. He needs a roommate to help pay bills, and only a woman has responded. She’ll have her own bedroom, but they’ll share ...

• Raising children with clear boundaries helps self confidence

  Created: Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:36

    Janese Johnson When I was growing up, I had very few boundaries as a child. In essence, I could do pretty much whatever I wanted to do. So unfortunately, because of the lack of guidance, I made some pr...

• Sports: May 21, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:32

  UNCA wins regular-season finale UNC Asheville ended its regular season with a 10-8 victory over Winthrop University in Big South Conference baseball at McCormick Field last Sunday. Asheville (23-33, 6-15) scored eight runs in the first inning ...

• Battle bigotry, discrimination, UNCA grads urged

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:31

  Johnnetta B. Cole By JOHN NORTH Fight against bigotry and discrimination, UNC Asheville’s class of 2008 was urged by Johnnetta B. Cole in a commencement address last Saturday morning. In a whirlw...

• Citizen uprising

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:29

  About 60 people protested plans to build a hotel on city-owned land in downtown Asheville at the “Save the Basilica” rally in front of the Civic Center last Thursday evening, prior to a public meeting on a new downtown master plan. Th...

• Obama carries N.C.; Mumpower gets GOP backing to face Shuler; Jones, Dunn lead field in commission p

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:27

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports Democratic front-runner Barack Obama swept to victory in the North Carolina presidential primary on May 6, while his rival Hillary Clinton narrowly won in Indiana. Returns showed Obama winning 56 percent of the ...

• Police Blotter: May 14, 2008

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:26

  Police release sketch of downtown rape suspect Asheville police last Thursday released a sketch of a man believed to have committed a rape against a woman in the downtown area recently. A 25-year-old woman told police she was walking on B...

• 140 MHC students receive diplomas at commencement

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:22

  Members of the class of 2008 move their tassels to ceremonially mark their graduation from Mars Hill College. Photos courtesy of Mars Hill College MARS HILL — Spring commencement exercises were held at Mars ...

• ëThe Counterfeitersí too good at fitting Nazi horror into format

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:18

  Funny-money master Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics) is jailed in a Nazi concentration camp. By JIM EMERSON Even if you didn’t know that Stefan Ruzowitzky’s “The Counterfeiters” wa...

• Advice Goddess: A walk in the clods: Tell stalker clearly to back off

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:16

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon This co-worker guy, who I hardly know, has been stalking me at work. I don’t want to cause trouble for him, but ... he’s creepy. He’s been asking co-workers about...

• Myanmarís junta makes bad situation worse

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:14

  As of our press deadline, Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is on the brink of a second disaster, potentially larger than the first, but this time self-inflicted by its ruling military junta. That is an opinion we share with officials from the Unit...

• Despite its simplicity, ëDames at Seaí sails with elegance

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:13

    John North Editor & Publisher FLAT ROCK — The musical “Dames at Sea,” now playing at Flat Rock Playhouse, provides a delightful — and elegant — respite from real-l...

• Letter: Economistsí rosy forecasts? They need to be held to account

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:09

  Dr. James F. Smith I enjoyed the coverage given Drs. (James F.) Smith and (David W.) Berson (Daily Planet, 5/7/08). Given the usual fear-mongering of the media, this news was really soothing, all the more so since...

• Letter: Argentinaís ëbullet trainí termed boondoggle; beneficiaries would be a gaggle of ëgraftersí

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:06

  On April 29, (President of Argentina) Cristina Kirchner signed the contract to build a “Bullet Train” from Buenos Aires to Cordoba in the amount of US$3,900 million ($3.9 billion). The problems are evident. The two more obvious are: ...

• Americaís economic policy hamstrings her foreign policy

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:04

    Bill Walz America is boxed into a foreign-policy corner with the rising tensions and conflict in Tibet. An historic, peaceful and noble independent people, conquered, occupied and brutally suppre...

• Consider joys of democratic process; appreciate differences

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:01

    Janese Johnson Life without watching regular T.V. has helped me maintain a more positive view of politics during this primary. I do get my news online so I have heard about the negative ads and sound b...

• Charleston Southern top UNCA

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:59

  Charleston Southern broke a 4-4 tie by erupting for six runs in the seventh and five runs in the ninth en route to a 15-8 win over UNC Asheville in a Big South baseball game at UNCA’s Greenwood Field this past Saturday afternoon. Highlights f...

• Tourists stomp RiverDogs to take 1st place in league

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:59

  The Asheville Tourists snatched first place away from the Charleston RiverDogs with an 8-0 shutout of the previous frontrunners at McCormick Field last Saturday. Asheville starter Jhoulys Chacin threw for seven scoreless innings to propel the Touri...

• Larry Brown named Charlotte Bobcats coach

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:58

  Larry Brown recently signed a four-year contract to coach the Charlotte Bobcats, a National Basketball Association team. His signing marks his return to North Carolina, where he played for and coached at the University of North Carolina under Dean ...

• Bulldogs hang tough to avoid series sweep

  Created: Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:58

  UNC Asheville amassed 22 hits to win the final game of its Big South Conference series with Charleston Southern University 11-7 at Greenwood Field this past Sunday. UNCA (22-30, 5-13) was paced by Justin Schumer, Chris Freeman and Catlin Carter, wh...