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• Comedian Carlin pokes fun at religion, societial norms

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:47

  By LORI BURDETTEGeorge Carlin questioned what society accepts as normal in his over-the-top, vulgar-style performance last Thursday night at the Asheville Civic Center.About 1,000 fans showed up to see Carlinës latest show. He has performed several tim...

• Sports Briefs October 18, 2006

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:44

  Dramatically, Brevard College wins 1st gameMURFREESBORO ÇƒÓ With dramatic flare, Brevard College won its first football game in 56 years by edging Chowan College 10-5 last Saturday.The Tornados staged a successful, last-minute goal-line stand to secure...

• ǃÚCabaretë musical proves to be a smashing success at UNCA

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:40

  Meg HaleThe UNC Asheville directorial debut of Drama Department professor Da...

• Proliferation of nukes must stop

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:36

  The media is abuzz  these days with the most recent developments in North Korea ÇƒÓ specifically claims made by the communist government here that it had successfully conducted an underground test of a nuclear bomb.While politicians, pundits and b...

• Air America Radio bankruptcy raises questions

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:34

  John NorthEditor & PublisherI was surprised last Friday to learn of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing for Air Ame...

• Religious Right largely silent throughout Foley sex scandal

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:32

  Roland MartinCHICAGO ÇƒÓ If a Democratic member of Congress, who later admitted to being gay, resigned his post because he sent sexually explici...

• Letters to the Editor - October 18, 2006

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:30

  Restaurant owner respondsto ban on dancing chickenTwo weeks ago, a representative of the City of Asheville stopped by Picnics and asked us to remove our Chicken mascot from the sidewalk outside our Merrimon Avenue location. This came as a shock to us be...

• Phase, the final frontier

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:26

  Carl S. Milsted, Jr.An organic grocery store nestled into a dense residential neighborhood ... What could be more politically correct? The food is healthy,...

• Reduced to Third World status, New Orleans offers us lessons

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:24

  Mark WestThe annual meeting of the Southern Association for Public Opinion Research always ends with a banquet, at which someone who has done interesti...

• ǃÚFablesë recounts post-fairy tale lives of classic characters

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:22

  David Forbes"Some topics are best never brought up. Never discuss personal hygeine with a bridge troll. Never trade casser...

• Advice Goddess: Number one? How about only one?

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:12

  The Advi...

• Bloodthirsty bandits ǃÚtwice as trustworthyë as lawmakers, survey says

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:10

  Andy BorowitzIn a troubling omen for the upcoming midterm elections, a new poll on ethics released today indicates that the public for the first ...

• Police Blotter For October 18, 2006

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:09

  UNCA police charge manwith handgun possessionUNC Asheville campus police charged David Matthew Bibb, 23, with possession of a handgun on school property last Friday afternoon.Bibb, who lives at 2760 Icard School Rd. in Connelly Springs, is not a student a...

• Long fought-for right to vote now taken for granted by most

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 11:00

  Janese JohnsonIn this past month I have talked with hundreds of people about this upcoming el...

• Opinion: Money? It may be a legal drug, but a deadly addiction

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 10:54

  Marc Mullinax"Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money ...

• County votes not to pave N.C. 197 after public input

  Created: Tuesday, 10 October 2006 15:31

  By JIM GENAROAfter a long and often heated public comment period, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 to refrain from recommending that the North Carolina Department of Transportation pave a 4.5-mile section of N.C. 197 that runs throug...

• Climbing the walls

  Created: Tuesday, 10 October 2006 15:29

  Vincent Brennan of Sarasota, Fla., climbs the wall at ClimbMax on Wall Street recently. Brennan was visiting Asheville with Betsie Daniel, who expressed appreciation for how ecologically the city has grown since the pair last visited 20 years ago. Staff P...

• Intellectual honesty by thinker earns UNCA profës praise

  Created: Tuesday, 10 October 2006 15:28

  By JOHN NORTHHENDERSONVILLE ÇƒÓ American philosopher Hilary Putnam, known for frequently changing his own positions, drew praise for his intellectual honesty from Keya Maitra during her Oct. 3 lecture at UNC Ashevilleës Kellogg Center.Maitra, an assis...

• Greenway proposal given final review by Black Mountain

  Created: Tuesday, 10 October 2006 15:26

  By JIM GENAROBLACK MOUNTAIN ÇƒÓ The Town of Black Mountain will soon have a new green-way that will provide valuable educational opportunities for schoolchildren at a nearby primary school, town officials said Monday.The plans for the new Primary Sch...

• U.S. actions in world reflect its power, political scientist says

  Created: Tuesday, 10 October 2006 15:23

  By Jim GenaroThe United States-led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan should be seen not as an extension of President Bushës will, but rather as part of an overall tendency of powerful nations seeking to effect change, according to political scientist Gle...