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PHOTOS: 5 Summer Road Trips On Half A Tank

ShermansTravel | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Boston, Gas Prices, Zion National Park, Asheville, Road Trips, Summer, Lake of the Ozarks, Santa Barbara, Channel Islands, Los Angeles, Maine, Kansas City, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Over half of 2,500 Americans surveyed by the U.S. Travel Association said that an increase in fuel costs would make them rethink their summer road trip plans.

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Earth Day: Asheville Leads America's Greenest Dining Destinations (VIDEO)

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Asheville, Sustainability, Clean Energy, Mountaintop Removal, Green Living, Green Food, Video, Earth Day, Asheville Restaurants, Asheville Dining, Green News

A unique collaboration between the Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute (BRSI) and the Asheville Independent Restaurant (AIR) Association places North Carolina's mountain town into the front ranks of "America's Greenest Dining Destinations."

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Chefs' Favorite Fried Chicken Joints

Find. Eat. Drink. | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Olive and Sinclair, Susan Feniger, Nashville, Popeyes Chicken, Asheville, Boston, Slidepollajax, Marc Murphy, Ken Oringer, Prince's Hot Chicken, Marcus Samuelsson, Los Angeles, Fried Chicken, New York, Restaurants, Food News

We asked chefs around the country to share their favorite places for fried chicken, from dives to upscale.

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Top Ten College Towns For Retirees

Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Ithaca, Ann Arbor, Baby Boomers, State College, Asheville, Gainesville, Eugene, Retirement, College Towns, Fifty News

For more than a decade, retired Americans that are flocking to the culture and arts scenes and state-of-the-art medical facilities offered by college ...

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Populist Backlash Crushes Art Pope's Forces in North Carolina

Michael Carmichael | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Cultural Diversity, Chapel Hill, Lloyd Scher, Kevin Hill, Occupy Wall Street, Heather Losurdo, Ray Margiotta, Winston-Salem, Wake-County-School-Board, Christine Kushner, Wake-County-School-Board-Protests, Wake County School Board Protests, Resegregation, Fayetteville, Creationism, Durham, Greensboro, Charlotte, Right-Wing Extremism, North Carolina, Reactionary, New Yorker's Jane Mayer, Democratic National Convention, Susan Evans, Asheville, Keith Sutton, Wake County, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board, Jane Mayer, Segregation, Wake County School Board, Homophobia, Racial Diversity, Jim Martin, Diversity, Art Pope, Extremism, Tea Party, Koch Brothers, New Yorker, Koch, Politics News

North Carolina's right-wing political boss, Art Pope, is having a bad week. One week after a searing profile appeared in the New Yorker, Pope's ultra-conservative ticket fell under the crushing weight of a populist uprising.

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Police: Mother Accused Of Murder Blames 'Ghost' For Death Of Two Young Daughters

Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Murder, Jiya Patel, Video, Asheville, North Carolina Crime, Piyan Patel, Naiyana Gauri Patel, Double Murder, Crime News

North Carolina police say a mother accused of violently killing her two young daughters with a hatchet is claiming that a "ghost" committed a double-m...

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Dog Days of Summer in Toad Suck

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 09.08.2011

Read More: Albuquerque, Amarillo, Toad Suck Arkansas, Dog Parks, Oklahoma City, Toad Suck, Flagstaff, Dempsey Dumpster, Hailstorm, America, Hurricane, Nashville, Smokey Mountains, Wheaton Terriers, Route 66, Brentwood, Boating, Covered Bridge, Driving With Dogs, Asheville, Dog Days of Summer, Burns Park, Groom Texas, Driving Cross Country, Madison County, Tennessee, Blue Ridge Mountains, Vacation, Largest Cross, Dogs, Summertime, North Little Rock, I-40, Bucksnort, Travel News

I just got back from a cross-country drive with my two dogs and boy did we have a few adventures along the way. We were headed from Southern Californi...

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Another Look at Asheville

Carolyn Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dining, Healthy, Asheville, Gluten Free, Vegan, Travel, Healthy Voyager, North Carolina, Comfort Food, Macaroni and Cheese, Travel News

Here I am again, yappin' about Asheville, NC. There is just too much good food to not tell you about!

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Awesome Asheville

Carolyn Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vegetarian, Dining, Healthy, Asheville, Gluten Free, Vegan, Travel, North Carolina, Restaurants, Travel News

Asheville is one of those cities where a health nut need not worry. Amongst the greenery and clean mountain air, you will also find some of the best and healthiest food around!

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Walk, Pray, Love: New Travelogue Explores the Redemptive Power of Walking: Interview with Author Mickey Mahaffey

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bruce Chatwin, Walking, Asheville, Being the Diablo, Mexico, Glass Castle, Memoir, Travel, Travel Writing, Documentary Film, Rod Murphy, Born to Run, North Carolina, Travel News

"Walking is a virtue," celebrated author and traveler Bruce Chatwin once wrote, "tourism is a deadly sin." For author Mickey Mahaffey, who will launc...

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Obama Vacation: North Carolina Weekend Visit

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama, Obama Vacation, North Carolina, Asheville, Obama Time Off, Obama Golf, Blue Ridge Mountains, Style News

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — First stop for the first couple's weekend getaway on Friday was a roadside restaurant that President Barack Obama visited duri...

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Grove Park Inn Heightens Security As Obamas Visit Asheville, NC

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Asheville-North-Carolina, Asheville NC, Grove Park Inn Resort Spa, Obamas Hotel, Asheville, Obama Vacation, Grove Park Inn Obama, Grove Park Inn Obamas, Obama Hotel, Grove Park Inn, Obama in Asheville Nc, Obama Asheville, Obama Grove Park Inn, Politics News

Grove Park Inn, an historical hotel in Asheville, N.C. has trumpeted some special guests in the past, and there's no secret that it will be hosting sp...

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Asheville Atheism Attacked Anew

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christianity, US Supreme Court, Religion, Cecil Bothwell, US Constitution, Atheism, Asheville, Politics News

Elected officials in North Carolina are constitutionally disqualified from office if they "deny the being of Almighty God." But let us not pick on the ignorant bias of the Tar Heel state.

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The Big 'Ex-Gay' Extravaganza

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Randy Thomas, Consumer Fraud, Alan Chambers, Asheville, Flase Hope, Truth Wins Out, Ex-Gay, Former Homosexual, Exodus, Wayne Besen, Pfox, Narth, Civil Rights, Media News

Exodus Intl. may smile and tell the mainstream media they love homosexuals, but at the "ex-gay" group's glitzy annual conference in Asheville, NC., 700 confused gay people had their souls strip-mined.

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