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• Incomprehensible story line, pathetic aliens mire ëInvasioní

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:16

    Roger Ebert ìThe Invasionî is the fourth, and the least, of the movies made from Jack Finneyís classic science fiction novel ìThe Body Snatchers.î Here is a great story born to be creepy, an...

• Free speech should be free for everyone

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:14

  A common adage these days is ìFreedom isnít free.î A law that was recently repealed by the city might be interpreted similarly: ìFree speech isnít free.î That was the interpretation of one group of demonstrators who sued the city over its pol...

• The Beach Boys in Canton? Odd mixture rocked

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:13

  John North Editor & Publisher ìWell she got her daddyís car And she cruised through the hamburger stand now. Seems she forgot all about the library Like she told her old man now. And with the radio bla...

• Letter to the Editor: August 29, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:11

  Prosperity-theology critique called unfair to those who strike it rich EDITORíS NOTE: The following letter is in response to John Northís column in last weekís Daily Planet headlined ìCoachís ëprosperityí priorities strike me as impoverish...

• Distinguished, dedicated APD K9 Nero dies dies

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:08

  Asheville Police Department K9 Nero, who helped to track and apprehend criminals, as well as to bring Alzheimerís patients and children back home to their families, died this past Saturday after a long illness. Nero, who had worked with his partne...

• Police Blotter: August 29, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:05

  Man killed in hit-and-run crossing Merrimon Avenue Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident on Merrimon Avenue early last Saturday. Travis Allen Bryant, 28, was crossing the street between Staples and Greenlife Grocery about 2:20 a.m...

• Advice Goddess: If you love someone, donít try to trap them

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:02

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon My husband of 10 years has an old friend he dated for a few years before we met. She comes into our lives about once a year when sheís in town. Her e-mails sometimes seem flirty, ...

• ëLittle Childrení takes humorous look at adult-child relations

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 11:00

  By Kristin Erhard The regressive lives of bored adults living in cookie-cutter, suburban America is not a typically captivating storyline in a bestseller book. But then again, Tom Perottaís novel ìLittle Childrenî (St.Martinís, 355 pages, $13.9...

• Cleaning out the unclean specks from our own eyes

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 10:57

    Janese Johnson My focus in writing this column has been to alternate between worldly events and our personal self-exploration. Oftentimes I feel that the lines between the two are not so distinct. ...

• Voice of the Beach Boys

  Created: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 10:56

  Mike Love waves to an appreciative crowd in Canton during a concert by the Beach Boys at Pisgah Memorial Stadium last Saturday night. Love, who played the saxophone in the bandís early days, was mainly the co-lead singer in the 1960s, along with ...

• Tensions flare again between RiverLink, racing fans

  Created: Wednesday, 22 August 2007 04:03

  By JIM GENARO Old tensions between race-car fans and the nonprofit group RiverLink flared up again last week after the organizationís executive director sent a letter to city officials complaining about a recent rally at which cars were driven aro...

• Dancer swirls

  Created: Wednesday, 22 August 2007 04:01

  Diana of World Spirit bellydance troupe performs at the Rockiní River Festival at the French Broad River Park Aug. 11. Thousands attended the daylong festival, which raised money for the nonprofit organization RiverLink. Staff photo by MATTHEW D...

• City delays decision on Merrimon Ave. construction rules

  Created: Wednesday, 22 August 2007 04:00

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Council voted Aug. 14 to delay an overhaul of building requirements along the Merrimon Avenue corridor that would have made the area more pedestrian-friendly. Council voted 6-1 to further study the proposed c...

• Weaverville delays decision on uniting with Asheville ABC

  Created: Wednesday, 22 August 2007 03:58

  By JIM GENARO WEAVERVILLE ó A proposal for the Town of Weavervilleís Alcoholic Beverage Commission to join forces with its Asheville counterpart is temporarily on hold while the two municipalities wait to work out some details. Though Town C...

• Police Blotter: August 22, 2007

  Created: Wednesday, 22 August 2007 03:47

  Man flees police on foot, cuts off handcuffs with saw A man who was being arrested on a fugitive warrant managed to escape from an officer last Thursday afternoon, cut off his handcuffs with a hacksaw and elude police for about three hours. G...

• Reynolds Mtn., YMCA team up to build Woodfin facility

  Created: Wednesday, 22 August 2007 03:44

  WOODFIN ó The Town of Woodfin will get its first YMCA facility in 2008, as a plan announced Aug. 10 calls for a center to built in the townís new downtown shopping district. The Asheville-based YMCA of Western North Carolina said that the facilit...

• Catfish fillet Tourists 7-3 to capture 3-of-4 in series

  Created: Wednesday, 22 August 2007 03:38

  COLUMBUS, S.C. ó† The Columbus Catfish widened their division-leading margin to 2-1/2 games with a 7-3 victory in the series finale over the Asheville Tourists in front of a minuscule crowd ó just 313 fans ó this past Sunday. Columbus won 3-of...

• Touristsí owners sell Tampa Bay hockey team

  Created: Wednesday, 22 August 2007 03:37

  TAMPA, Fla. ó The owners of the Asheville (N.C.) Tourists have sold the Tampa Bay Lightning, a National Hockey League team, and the St. Pete Times Forum to a group of investors. Palace Sports & Entertainment released no selling price in the sa...

• After 0-for-4 MLB debut, Maybin slams home run

  Created: Wednesday, 22 August 2007 03:35

  NEW YORK ó Former Roberson High (N.C.) standout Cameron Maybin made his major-league baseball debut last Friday night at Yankee Stadium, finishing 0-for-4 with two strikeouts for the Detroit Tigers, but he rebounded by slamming his first big-league hom...

• Generals chew up Grizzlies 31-27 to end winning streak

  Created: Wednesday, 22 August 2007 03:35

  ATLANTA ó The Atlanta Generals handed the Asheville Grizzlies their first defeat of the season 31-27 in the North American Football League last Saturday night. The previously undefeated Asheville team now is in a three-way tie in the Southeastern ...