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• Energy-environment panel approved by city

  Created: Tuesday, 03 October 2006 18:28

  By DAVID FORBESThe formation of a Sustainable Advisory Committee on Energy and the Environment was approved 5-2 by Asheville City Council on Sept. 26.The committee will hear proposals and complaints from citizens in matters relating to energy and the envi...

• Sports Briefs October 4, 2006

  Created: Tuesday, 03 October 2006 18:27

  No. 2 ASU thumps Elon 45-21 before record crowd BOONE ÇƒÏ A Kidd Brewer Stadium-record crowd of 26,620 witnessed No. 2 Appalachian State University football extend its home winning streak to 21 with a resounding 45-21 homecoming victory over Elon on Sa...

• Advice Goddess: Perhaps his midlife isnët a crisis

  Created: Tuesday, 03 October 2006 18:24

  The Advice GoddessAmy AlkonHow does one ease a man through a mid...

• Police Blotter For October 4, 2006

  Created: Tuesday, 03 October 2006 18:13

  Weaverville woman hurtduring burglary of her homeWEAVERVILLE ÇƒÓ A Weaverville woman suffered cuts to her face after her boyfriend allegedly broke into her apartment last week, Weaverville police reported.In the aftermath, Gene Cornelius Ettison Jr., 3...

• Bad script dooms ǃÚBlack Dahliaë

  Created: Tuesday, 03 October 2006 18:08

  Meg HaleBecause the latest film version of the true Hollywood murder mystery, "The Black Dahlia" is so horribly written, convolute...

• Planet's Opinion: Torture must not be legalized

  Created: Tuesday, 03 October 2006 18:05

  A bill on the treatment of detainees just passed by Congress goes against Americaës  founding principles and will cause irreparable damage to its reputation abroad and its freedoms at home if it becomes the law of the land.The bill, even in its new,...

• Despite controversy, Mozart opera gets backing

  Created: Tuesday, 03 October 2006 18:03

  John NorthEditor & PublisherArtistic freedom is a value that I cherish and it bothers me greatly when certain Western interests seem to conti...

• Though his words offended, Chavez offered valid critiques

  Created: Tuesday, 03 October 2006 18:01

  Roland MartinCHICAGO ÇƒÓ You gotta admit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has got some guts.In a stinging speech at the United Nations in New York, the fiery leader denounced President George W. Bu...

• Perhaps itës time for liberals to consider fundamentalism

  Created: Tuesday, 03 October 2006 17:59

  Carl S. Milsted, Jr.In reading this newspaper over the past year or so, I have come across many articles critical of "fundamentalism." Fundamentalists have been described as hate...

• Tragic maglev train accident wonët deter new technology

  Created: Tuesday, 03 October 2006 17:57

  Mark WestThe recent and tragic wreck of the maglev train in Germany wonët stop research and it wonët stop the eventual deployment of the technology that will someday replace both environmentally ruin...

• ǃÚRed Victoryë details wisdom to be gleaned from Russian Civil War

  Created: Tuesday, 03 October 2006 17:54

  David ForbesThe Russian Civil War, which lasted from 1918-1921 and ended with the creation of the Soviet Union, is often overlooked as a historical footnote or sideshow.Thatës a shame because, as W. Bruce Lincolnës vividly written history "Red Victory" ...

• Students tell of peasantsë woes after return from Columbia trip

  Created: Tuesday, 03 October 2006 17:50

  By JEREMY MORRISONIn Columbia, government and corporate interests trump those of citizens, three UNC Asheville students reported Sept. 6, following a humanitarian mission taken to the country  earlier this year.The students presented their findings t...

• Can the ǃÚhundredth monkey theoryë apply to human beings, too?

  Created: Tuesday, 03 October 2006 17:48

  Janese JohnsonOver the years, many platforms of political candidates have been flowered with a lot of great ideas and pr...

• Praising immoderation, unbalance as spiritual virtues

  Created: Tuesday, 03 October 2006 17:42

  Marc Mullinax"I know you inside and out, and find little to my liking. Youëre not cold, youëre not hot ÇƒÓ far better to be either cold or hot! Youëre stale. Youëre stagna...

• Islam poses ǃÚexistential threat,ë retired general says

  Created: Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:38

  By JIM GENAROIn its war against terror, the United States is facing an existential threat ÇƒÓ one that parallels the confrontation with Nazism in the 1940s, according to Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney. The retired Air Force commander and Fox News military a...

• Colorful dancers

  Created: Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:34

  Dancers Susan Butler (left) and Serevina Gober perform traditional flamenco dances at UNC Ashevilleës quadrangle last Thursday. The afternoon performance was sponsored by UNCAës Multicultural Events and Organizations Office. Staff Photo by JIM GENARO...

• Mayor breaks tie; Woodfin to negotiate for its 1st ABC store

  Created: Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:32

  By DAVID FORBESWOODFIN ÇƒÓ A new Alcoholic Beverage Control store, Woodfinës first, may end up located on the site of the townës old public works building, as the Board of Aldermen on Sept. 19 voted 3-2 to begin negotiations with the townës ABC comm...

• Asheville ponders cutting water rates for 150 customers

  Created: Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:30

  By DAVID FORBESSome residential customers of the Asheville water system may see their new improvement fee drop to a $3.50 flat rate as many City Council members favored such a move in discussion on Sept. 19.The decrease, which would cost the city roughl...

• Police Blotter for September 27, 2006

  Created: Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:28

  Baby dies from brain injury;mother charged with killingA seven-week-old infant died of a brain injury last Friday after having been taken to Mission Hospitals on Sept. 19. The childës mother was subsequently charged with murder and felony child abuse.And...

• Shots offered for coffee drinkers exposed to hepatitis A

  Created: Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:25

  Public health officials announced last week that patrons of Larryës Earth Bar at Earth Fare in South Asheville still have time to receive immune globulin shots to prevent a hepatitis A infection, following confirmation last Friday that an employee of the...