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Foreclosure Money
11:30 am
Thu October 25, 2012

State Lawmaker Says Foreclosure Money Should Be Spent Soon

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State Sen. Nan Rich wants state officials to end their argument over foreclosure money.

State Sen. Nan Rich, D-Sunrise, says she hopes her colleagues in the Legislature will resolve an issue with State Attorney General Pam Bondi that is currently tying up $300 million dollars meant to help Florida homeowners hurt by the state's foreclosure crisis.

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News
10:41 am
Thu October 25, 2012

"It Would Have Been A Total Holocaust"

Fifty years ago we came within a pushed-button of nuclear war with the Soviet Union. 

Dr. Henry Mack, IV remembers it well. 

The 81-year-old resident of Sunrise, Florida was one of those with a finger on that button during the Cuban Missile Crisis. 

Dr. Mack was an Army officer back then, commanding a Nike Missile base in Carleton, Michigan and an order away from launching a nuclear warhead. "It was probably the most challenging assignment that I had in my 20 years of service; knowing that I could be the single individual that started World War III."

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Ballot Measures
10:30 am
Thu October 25, 2012

Breakdown Of All 11 Ballot Measures

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Floridians will vote on 11 amendments in November.

This month, WLRN, along with the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting and other NPR affiliates all over the state, gave you close look at four proposed changes to the state Constitution that Floridians will vote on in November. You can listen to and read those stories here. However, there are another 7 ballot measures that voters will get a say on here in Florida.

So, here is a breakdown of what ALL the ballot measures mean:

Amendment 1

TOPIC: Health Care

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Amendment 6
9:15 am
Thu October 25, 2012

Salon: Florida's Amendment 6 Could Affect Public Employees

Salon profiled Florida's Amendment 6,  one of the most controversial ballot measures facing approval from Florida voters  Nov. 6.

The ballot item is aimed at removing a constitutional right to privacy currently in Florida's Constitution, but it also might cut abortion coverage in some cases for the state's public employees, Salon reports.

The amendment also has language that would prohibit the use of taxpayer money for abortions in the state.

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Listen To WLRN Miami Herald News
8:35 am
Thu October 25, 2012

Newscast: Miami Voters Run Into Trouble

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While election day is November 6, a lot of people in Florida have already voted.

Some Miami-Dade voters have had problems casting absentee ballots in person in Doral, and Miami Congressman David Rivera is accused of ethics violations.

We run down these stories and more in WLRN Miami Herald News.

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Hurricane Season
8:02 am
Thu October 25, 2012

Hurricane Sandy Kills Two, Aims At Bahamas

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Distant Threat: Hurricane Sandy was visible in neighboring Dominican Republic as it pummeled Haiti.

Category Two Hurricane Sandy is continuing on its northward path after killing two people in the Caribbean, one in Jamaica and one in Haiti. Cuba felt Sandy's maximum winds of 114 miles an hour, according to the National Weather Service.

It's still expected to hit the Bahamas, the Miami Herald reports,  as it dishes out very bad weather for South Florida and, eventually,  the U. S. east coast.

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Chuck Quirmbach is a Milwaukee-based reporter who covers developments and issues in Southeastern Wisconsin that are of statewide interest. He has numerous years of experience covering state government, elections, the environment, energy, racial diversity issues, clergy abuse claims and major baseball stadium doings. He enjoys covering all topics.

Chuck is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio and several other regional or national radio outlets. He has won several individual awards, and several as part of a collaboration with other reporters.

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Listen To WLRN Miami Herald News
7:12 am
Thu October 25, 2012

NEWSCAST: Sandy Strikes in Cuba, Jamaica

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South Florida may feel the effects of Sandy tonight.

Hurricane Sandy made landfall in Cuba overnight, and the storm is blamed for one death on the island and another in Jamaica.

Find out how the system could affect South Florida in WLRN Miami Herald News.

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Cuban Missile Crisis
8:06 pm
Wed October 24, 2012

How The Cuban Missile Crisis Shaped Miami

  • How the Cuban Missile Crisis shaped Miami.

Where were you on October 22, 1962?

If you aren’t old enough to remember, ask someone over 50. That day, when President Kennedy revealed in a national TV broadcast that there were missiles in Cuba, was life altering for many, especially in South Florida.

It was a day that inspired Miami native Charles Carter, who was 16, to skip school and go to the Army Recruiting Office. With his parents' consent, he successfully enlisted in the military and was assigned to one of the four, hastily built missile sites in the Everglades - a mere 90 miles from a potential nuclear threat.

Producer Rich Halten spoke to Carter and several other people who lived through that time, tapping their memories about the Cuban Missile Crisis,  as this week marks the 50-year anniversary. 

Archival audio is from the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives.

We were also fortunate to gather tales and memories from members of the Public Insight Network to enhance the already incredible story Halten produced. You can listen to the radio story above, and you can read what contributors remembered and thought of those two horrifying and sleepless weeks below.

Two Sleepless Weeks 

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