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• Shorter College stretches for 10 late points to burn BC

  Created: Wednesday, 05 September 2007 09:53

  BREVARD ó Shorter College rallied to beat Brevard College 30-21 in football at Brevard Highís Memorial Stadium last Saturday night. With 6.8 seconds and the game tied 21-21, Shorterís Lucas Gonzalez drove a stake into the Tornadosí hearts with ...

• Samuel L. Jackson shines as homeless former boxer

  Created: Wednesday, 05 September 2007 09:50

  Roger Ebert In the news business, there is an intoxication in making a big story your own. In ìZodiac,î a cartoonist strays off his beat and tries to solve a string of serial killings. In Rod Lurieís ìResurrecti...

• Low-fat doughnuts are still junk food

  Created: Wednesday, 05 September 2007 09:48

  Dunkiní Donuts is going low-fat. No, this isnít the start of a joke. The company announced recently that it is making the switch to recipes that contain less than half a gram of trans fat across its menu, effective Oct. 15. What is the worl...

• Video flashcards to produce ëBaby Einsteinsí? Yipes

  Created: Wednesday, 05 September 2007 09:47

  John North Editor & Publisher One of the latest crazes in raising babies is the use of video flashcards in an attempt to turn them into little Einsteins, at least according to an Aug. 10 column in The New ...

• Americaís drug war fails due to flawed economics

  Created: Wednesday, 05 September 2007 09:24

  Last month I announced that I was switching over to the Republican Party in order to support Ron Paul. I recommended that other peace and freedom lovers do likewise, that we could in theory create a new alignment, with hippies and conservatives wo...

• Advice Goddess: Soldier has bigger worries than wifeís desires

  Created: Wednesday, 05 September 2007 09:22

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon Iím a sergeant in the 82nd Airborne, serving in Iraq. My wife of a year, whom I love and adore, has recently begun telling me sheís lonely. Itís understandable, as Iím on month...

• Local reads? Check out these 10 North Carolina books this fall

  Created: Wednesday, 05 September 2007 09:20

  by D.G. Martin How about a look at a new list of North Carolina-related books to consider for your reading this fall? Like the summer reading list that I gave you a couple of months ago, these 10 suggestions will appeal to different kinds of r...

• Abu Ghraib is nothing new; U.S. has a history of torture

  Created: Wednesday, 05 September 2007 09:16

  Janese Johnson Up until 2005 when the United States government admitted to the United Nations that it had been involved with torture, most Americans would not have even thought that this country would partake in s...

• Police Blotter: Sept. 4, 2007

  Created: Wednesday, 05 September 2007 09:13

  Man accused of stabbing at Hendersonville motel HENDERSONVILLE ó A 26-year-old man has been charged with stabbing a disabled person at a motel last week, the Hendersonville Police Department said. Miguel Garcia Varga is charged with attemp...

• One-third of city bridges deficient, planning director says

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:29

  From Staff Reports About a third of the government-maintained bridges in Asheville are deficient and cannot handle excess weight loads or have other limitations because of age, the cityís public-works director told City Council Aug. 21. Of th...

• Rockiní in Canton

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:28

  The Beach Boys, featuring the groupís original lead singer Mike Love (fourth from left in foreground), perform before more than 5,000 people in Canton during a fund-raiser last Saturday night. A review of the concert appears on Page 12. Staff Ph...

• Woodfin board hears update on comprehensive plan

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:27

  By JIM GENARO WOODFIN ó The Woodfin Board of Aldermen got its first look at the beginnings of a consolidated master plan for the town on Aug. 21. Gerald Green, an urban planner who has previously worked with both Asheville and Brevard, discus...

• County board OKs 50-cent increase

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:25

  By JIM GENARO County residents will soon see an increase in their trash collection fees, as the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a 50-cent increase in collection fees Aug. 21. The request for an increase was made by ...

• City settles lawsuit with immigrant group over march

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:24

  The City of Asheville has changed its law that set fees for public demonstrations following a challenge by an immigrant rights group that was charged a $1,500 city fee for demonstrating on public streets. The city also said it would return $1,300 of th...

• State alcohol authorities shut down Woodfinís liquor freezer

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:23

  WOODFIN ó The town ABC store will no longer be able to serve chilled drinks to go. The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission ruled recently that the new store was in violation of state rules, which do not authorize the town to sell chilled l...

• Tourists ignite for five runs in 7th to rip GreenJackets

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:19

  AUGUSTA, Ga. ó Sparked by a career-high three doubles by Bret Berglund, the Asheville Tourists scored five runs in the seventh inning to surge past the Augusta GreenJackets 7-4 in front of 1,431 fans on Sunday. Asheville trailed 4-2 entering the s...

• Maybin named top player on baseball prospect list

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:19

  Former Roberson High star Cameron Maybin recently was named the top player on Baseball Americaís latest ìProspect Hot Sheet,î† a list the publication uses to rate the ability of minor league players. Maybin, a center fielder for the Detroit Ti...

• Cavaliers tame Tornados 41-23 in ë07 football opener

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:18

  WISE, Va. ó The University of Virginiaís College at Wise beat Bernard College 41-23 in a season-opening, rain-drenched, seesaw battle last Saturday night. The Tornados took a 7-0 lead by driving 51 yards on 14 plays in the opening drive. However,...

• Other WNC colleges to begin football seasons Saturday

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:17

  Western North Carolinaís college and universities will open their football seasons this weekend ó except for Brevard College, which got a jump on its neighbors with an opener last Saturday. (See adjoining story for the gameís results.) Appalachi...

• Grizzlies rip Vikings 23-7 to regain 1st place in division

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:17

  INMAN, S.C. ó The Asheville Grizzlies ripped the Upstate Vikings 23-7 to regain first place in the South Division of the North American Football Leagueís Southeastern Conference late Saturday night. Asheville scored first on a blocked punt in the fir...