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• Media continues to trivialize stories from the motherland

  Created: Tuesday, 13 June 2006 20:00

  Roland Martin CHICAGO ?? A few days after ABC named Charlie Gibson as the sole anchor of its ?®World News Tonight?∆ franchise, the veteran newsman found himself in the middle of a brouhaha after New York magazine published an inflammatory commen...

• Three ministers recognized for commitment to gay rights

  Created: Tuesday, 13 June 2006 20:00

  From left are Howard Hanger, Joe Hoffman, Mark Ward, ACLU WNC Treasurer Alan Scott Robinson and Steve Runholt. Robinson presented the certificates.By JIM GENAROThe actions taken by three local ministers to promote equal rights for gays and lesbians refl...

• Black Mountain board approves tax increase, moves ahead on pool

  Created: Tuesday, 13 June 2006 20:00

  BLACK MOUNTAIN ?? The Black Mountain Board of Aldermen approved the town??s 2007 budget last Monday night, settling on a tax rate of 32 cents per $100 of property value.According to Assistant Town Manager Bo Ferguson, this rate is two cents higher than a ...

• County budget plan draws fire from citizens, sheriff

  Created: Tuesday, 13 June 2006 20:00

  By DAVID FORBESThe newly proposed Buncombe County budget drew criticism from county residents, who assert that it imposes too high a tax burden ?? and from Sheriff Bobby Medford, who attacked a memo attached to the budget that raises the possibility of ...

• Bush doctrine poses threat to U.N., scholar says

  Created: Tuesday, 13 June 2006 20:00

  Dr. Jerry PubantzBy JIM GENAROThe Bush administration??s doctrine of pre-emptive war has created a dangerous divergence from the practice of collective security on which the United Nations is based, Dr. Jerry Pubantz told a meeting of the Western North ...

• Reduced to mere rubble

  Created: Tuesday, 13 June 2006 20:00

  A back hoe is used to demolish a building on Haywood Street  across from the St. Lawrence Basilica last Thursday. The property is owned by the Basilica and is being cleared to make way for additional parking. ...

• ?Â¥Da Vinci Code?? based on half-truths, minister says

  Created: Tuesday, 06 June 2006 14:41

  Rev. T. ThreadwellBy JIM GENAROChristians who would attack the ideas behind Dan Brown??s novel ?®The Da Vinci Code?∆ should learn to pick their fights, according to the Rev. T. Threadwell. Threadwell, who is the director of the Hebron School of Minis...

• Future development discussed by citizens at City Council forum

  Created: Tuesday, 06 June 2006 14:19

  From STAFF REPORTS?®Where do you want to see us go??∆ was the question Mayor Terry Bellamy posed to the citizens of Asheville on May 2. ?®How are we going to get there??∆Bellamy addressed an assembly of about 80 concerned residents and public offici...

• Circus draws criticism from animal rights activists

  Created: Tuesday, 06 June 2006 14:18

  Animal-rights activists demonstrate outside of the Asheville Civic Center last Wednesday evening, where the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus was performing. The protesters, who alleged that animals were being abused by the circus, held p...

• Ringling Bros. spokesperson disputes animal abuse allegations

  Created: Tuesday, 06 June 2006 14:14

  By JIM GENAROThe Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is ?®very proud of its efforts?∆ to ensure the welfare of the Asian elephants in its herd, according to Amy McWethy, a spokeswoman for the circus.McWethy spoke to the Daily Planet during ...

• Police For June 7, 2006

  Created: Tuesday, 06 June 2006 13:51

  Composite drawing suggests the appearance of the suspect in last Thursday??s rape.Asheville police probing abduction, sexual assaultThe Asheville Police Department is investigating an abduction and rape that occurred early last Thursday.Police were noti...

• Contributions of veterans hailed at Memorial Day ceremony

  Created: Tuesday, 06 June 2006 13:42

  Dr. Carl Mumpower salutes the veterans of each U.S. war since World War I.By JIM GENAROIn a time of war, America??s fighting men and women endure many horrors because they believe in giving themselves to a greater cause, Asheville City Councilman Carl M...

• New vice chancellor for finance and operations chosen by UNCA

  Created: Tuesday, 06 June 2006 13:37

  Patricia HuntPatricia W. Hunt, director of finance and facilities for the West Virginia Higher Education System, has been named vice chancellor for finance and operations at UNC Asheville. The appointment was made by the UNCA Board of Trustees at its me...

• Sports News June 7, 2006

  Created: Tuesday, 06 June 2006 13:35

  UNCA drops two games; KO??d from NCAA tourneyCLEMSON, S.C. ?? UNC Asheville was eliminated from the NCAA baseball tournament last Saturday after losing its first- and second-round games.It was only the second appearance ever by any UNCA team in the NCAA t...

• Annual Stoneleaf Theatre Festival proves to be ?Â¥A Beautiful Thing??

  Created: Tuesday, 06 June 2006 13:29

  Meg HaleI love the Stoneleaf Theatre Festival! For those of you who have been living under a rock since before the first annual festival last year, it is a week-long series of performances by theatre companies from across the state in all of the many li...

• Kindness is dead? Let??s get real

  Created: Tuesday, 06 June 2006 13:23

  It is with a heavy heart that we must report that kindness is dead in Asheville ?? sort of.In a press release dated May 31, a spokesperson for the Kindness Campaign announced that the group??s Asheville division ?®will be scaling back its operations?âˆ...

• Top 50 conservative rock songs? Yeah, right

  Created: Tuesday, 06 June 2006 13:19

  John NorthI was rather intrigued when I learned that in its latest issue, National Review is offering a list of the ?®top 50 conservative rock songs of all time.?∆When I think of rock music, ?®conservative?∆ would be among the least likely concept...

• Let??s treat white-collar crime the same as other offenses

  Created: Tuesday, 06 June 2006 13:15

  Roland MartinCHICAGO ?? Comedian Dave Chappelle has a hilarious skit on the DVD, ?®Chappelle??s Show: Season 2 Uncensored,?∆ that reverses the way violent criminals are treated compared to their white-collar counterparts.Instead of being hauled down ...

• Are U.S. voters ready to tar and feather Bush, GOP for their deceits?

  Created: Tuesday, 06 June 2006 13:06

  Bill WalzI??m glad to see that the polls show that the American people have had enough of the continuing deceptions of the Bush administration and the Republican Party.These ideological holdovers from the Nixon administration seemingly didn??t learn any...

• Standing-room-only air flights

  Created: Tuesday, 06 June 2006 13:02

  Mark WestThe airlines have finally gone too far.Airbus, the gigantic and heavily subsidized European aircraft maker, has apparently been quietly pitching the notion of standing-room-only jets to some of its Asian clients.To those of us who have to trave...