News & Public Affairs

Healthy food; alternative cancer treatments

01/05/09 Dr. Carol L. Roberts
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Sigrid Tidmore, executive director of the [Healthy Together Foundation](http://www.Healthy-Together.org) will talk about the upcoming showings of the movie *Food Matters* with a panel discussion afterward moderated by WMNF's Dr. Carol Roberts. She will also discuss other programs and projects of Healthy Together. Our second guest is Annie Fonfa, cancer survivor and founder of the [Annie Appleseed Project](www.AnnieAppleseedProject.org) This organization is dedicated to bringing information...

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Minnesota's Keith Ellison on situation in Gaza

01/05/09 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Mideast conflict, Gaza, Palestine, Israel, poll

A recent Rasmussen poll shows the American public far less indulgent of Israeli aggression than many previously believed. Opinion on the bombing of Gaza is fairly evenly divided, showing 44 percent support Israel's military action against the Palestinians and 41 percent saying it should have tried to find a diplomatic solution to the problems. A majority of Democrats – 55 percent - say Israel should have tried to find a diplomatic solution first; a view shared by just 27 percent of Rep...

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150 protest Israel's attack on Gaza

01/05/09 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Mideast conflict, Gaza, Palestine, Israel

On Saturday night in downtown St. Petersburg, a crowd of approximately 150 people stood on the BayWalk complex between First and Second streets to protest the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Protests have been held across the country, and the world, for the most part condemning the Israeli government for its incursion into Gaza a week ago Saturday. It was the second such protest in the Tampa Bay area in a week. Last Tuesday, an estimated 400 to 500 people protested off Dale Mabry ...

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Bill Heller looks ahead to Legislative session

01/05/09 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: State budget, deficit, cigarette tax, Legislature, Charlie Crist

For the third time in 10 months, state lawmakers today began making major cuts in the budget, which has been shattered by a drop in revenues due to a struggling state economy. The budget cuts will likely be a stopgap measure. During the regular session that begins in March, there will likely be another round of trims, perhaps as large as $4 billion, to balance the coming year's spending plan. Last week, Gov. Charlie Crist and Republican legislative leaders said that a source of potentia...

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Castor supports Israel’s attack on Palestinians in Gaza listen

01/05/09 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Mideast conflict, Gaza, Palestine, Israel

Much of Israel’s military hardware, including the Apache helicopters and F-16 fighter jets used in the aerial bombardment of Gaza, is built in the United States and is included as part of several million dollars per year in military aid from this country to Israel. This morning WMNF’s Seán Kinane asked [U.S. Representative Kathy Castor](http://castor.house.gov/), a Democrat from Tampa, whether she will take action in Congress to cut off military aid or to condemn Israel’s attacks on Gaza....

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Sansom steps down from controversial college post

01/05/09 Mitch E. Perry
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Tags: Ray Sansom, Northwest Florida State College

Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom today announced that he is stepping down from a $110,000 job at Northwest Florida State College. Sansom took the job at the school the same day he was sworn in as speaker in November. He was offered the position after he put $25.5 million into last year's state budget for the school. He has been repeatedly criticized for taking the job amid questions of whether he was rewarded for helping the school during tough budget times. In a statement to House m...

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Castor previews economic stimulus package listen

01/05/09 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Economy, economic stimulus package

One of the most pressing priorities of the new Congress after it begins session tomorrow is to pass the largest economic stimulus bill in history. Tampa Democrat [U.S. Representative Kathy Castor](http://castor.house.gov/) held a press conference in South Tampa this morning to announce how the state and the Tampa Bay area might benefit from the recovery package. Castor predicted the U.S. government will send Florida $2 billion for Medicaid. Castor called the funding for Medicaid “the ...

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Women's political agenda for change

01/03/09 Mary Glenney
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Tags: NOW, women's issues

Olga Vives, executive vice president of NOW, talked about NOW's agenda for women in the new administration. Topics included the percentage of women in high level government, economic effects on women, reproductive rights, health care, violence against women. Vives also alerted us to the change in direction in HHS regarding conscience regarding women's ability to get the reproductive health care they desire and the hope that it will change under the new administration. For more inform...

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Genesis of 'Shock Doctrine' by Naomi Klein

01/03/09 Mary Glenney
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Tags: Naomi Klein, Harold Pinter

An excerpt from the November 2007 interview with Naomi Klein, author of *Shock Doctrine.* in which she discussed the genesis of the book, particularly the influence Harold Pinter's Nobel acceptance speech had on her decision to write the book. For more information, visit [NaomiKlein.org](http://www.naomiklein.org) and [HaroldPinter.org](http://www.haroldpinter.org).

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Book finds beauty in a broken world

01/03/09 Mary Glenney
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Tags: Terry Tempest Williams

Mary read selections from Terry Tempest Williams' extraordinary new book, *Finding Beauty in a Broken World* interspersed with musical interludes. Williams is a seeker in a troubled world. For more information, visit[CoyoteClan.com](http://www.coyoteclan.com/). You can order books on the WMNF website.

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