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• Asheville schoolteacher, 28, sets course record in S.C.

  Created: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:38

  MYRTLE  BEACH, S.C. ó Jenny DeWeese, 28, of Asheville, N.C., set a course record last Saturday in winning the womenís open division of the Dasani Half-Marathon, part of the 10th annual Bi-Lo Myrtle Beach Marathon.DeWeese, a teacher at Fairview Elem...

• Forbidden lust turns frightening in ëNotes on a Scandalí movie

  Created: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:36

  By KRISTIN ERHARDAmericans are all too familiar with schoolteacher sex scandals, the fodder for the plot of British filmmaker Richard Eyreís latest thriller ìNotes on a Scandalî (adapted from the novel ìWhat Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandalî by ...

• City Council needs more focus

  Created: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:34

  Asheville City Council recently issued a laundry list of intentions for the coming year after spending an afternoon retreat exchanging ideas about what each member thought were the highest priorities for 2007.What came out of the retreat was a diverse ran...

• Sherlock Holmes phenomenon proves intriguing

  Created: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:32

  ìCome, Watson, come! The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!îó ìThe Adventure at the Abbey GrangeîïAs a lifelong enthusiast of the works of Sherlock Holmes, as penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), I jumped at the chance t...

• Obama canít win presidency on a black-focused agenda

  Created: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:30

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• Letters: Feb. 21, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:16

  Billboard occupation storytermed wrong on 2 countsI enjoy the Daily Planet and read it every week. Iím concerned about a couple of recent errors in the Feb. 14th issue and wish to help correct them.First, (staff writer) Jim Genaroís piece covering the R...

• Beware of ëstar-searchí media election coverage

  Created: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:14

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• Fixing global warming demands global effort

  Created: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:12

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• True American originals, Part I: Robert Anton Wilson

  Created: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:09

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• Advice Goddess: Slippery when unwed ....

  Created: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:07

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• Who decides whether or not an animal is a pet

  Created: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:05

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• On boxes, imagination, religions and making things sacred

  Created: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 15:58

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• Pair arrested in protest of proposed diesel plant

  Created: Tuesday, 13 February 2007 19:00

  By JIM GENAROWOODFIN ó The controversy over a proposal by Progress Energy to build a new power plant in Woodfin intensified last week when two activists vandalized a billboard to protest the plan.Micah Lee and Abigail Singer were arrested on charges of m...

• Haitiís child labor

  Created: Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:58

  A Haitian child working in the agricultural industry carries bananas up a mountain. In his Feb. 6 address on Haiti to the World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina, lecturer Tom Plaut outlined several of the ways in which the countryís extreme pove...

• Impact of Haitiís poverty on childrenís health discussed at forum

  Created: Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:57

  By JIM GENAROCenturies of abuse and exploitation by industrialized countries, as well as internal conflicts, have left Haiti devastated economically and the ones who suffer most are the children, Tom Plaut told an audience of about 150 people at UNC Ash...

• After public input, Blk. Mtn. opposes interchange plan

  Created: Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:55

  BLACK MOUNTAIN ó The Black Mountain Board of Aldermen on Monday night passed a resolution formally asking the N.C. Department of Transportation to drop plans for a proposed interchange that would have connected I-40 with the west end of the town at Blue ...

• Questions answered on history, current conditions of Haitian children

  Created: Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:54

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• Police Blotter: February 14, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:51

  Ex-Woodfin chief of policegets 30 days for hitting wifeA Buncombe County District Court judge sentenced former Woodfin Police Chief Pete Bradley to 30 days in jail last Wednesday, after finding him guilty of assaulting his now-deceased wife.Judge Sharon B...

• UNCA baseball team opens season with three defeats

  Created: Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:48

  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ó UNC Asheville opened the baseball season with three losses in a three-game series to No. 10 Florida State University this past weekend at Dick Howser Stadium.The weekend wins left FSU at 6-0 on the season and dropped UNCA to 0-3.In th...

• Bulldogs rely on bench to tame Tornados 78-70

  Created: Tuesday, 13 February 2007 18:47

  UNC Asheville withstood a second-half rally to beat Division II Brevard College 78-70 in menís basketball last Wednesday night at the Justice Center.In a game in which the Division I Bulldogsí bench scored 50 points, the Tornados cut a 13-point halftime...