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On the February 11, 2005 edition of Radio 116, calls for accountability after the Chambers Street subway fire; a hot political controversy on the west side; the death of playwright Arthur Miller, and much more.
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Newscast
Michael Rice has a look at today's news.
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Playwright Arthur Miller dead at 89
Arthur Miller, the Pulitzer-prize winning playwright, died at his home in Connecticut last night. He was best known for his play, "Death of a Salesman." Rebecca Castillo spoke with Jennifer de Poyen, of the San Diego Union-Tribune, about Miller's life and influence.
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The Iraqi Election on American Soil
Millions of Iraqis voted in the country's first democratic election in more than half a century. Thomas Grove was in Washington, D.C., where 2,000 expatriate Kurds showed up to vote, and filed this report.
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Translating Education
More New Yorkers today are foreign-born than at any other time in the city's history. George Spencer reports on a proposal before the City Council that would require schools to translate educational material for non-English speaking parents.
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Interview with Ed Sullivan
One in three American high school students thinks the First Amendment allows too many freedoms. Rebecca Castillo asked Ed Sullivan, director of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, about the origins of this thinking.
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Reviving the Death Penalty?
Last June, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that capital punishment was out of keeping with the state's constitution. Today, the New York State Assembly closed weeks of hearings on whether or not to reinstate the death penalty. Priya Ganapati reports.
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The Monthly Struggle: Section 8 Cuts
The federal government's Section 8 Housing subsidy was intended to help low-income Americans make rent each month. But some New Yorkers fear that recent cutbacks at the national level will create major problems for renters in the city. Kristin Espeland reports.
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MTA: Metropolitan Transportation -- Accountability?
As the fallout continues from January's crippling fire at the Chambers Street subway station, Sarah Dalsimer takes a closer look at who can be held accountable at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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The Subway's Technological Future
Above ground, New York is one of the most technologically advanced cities in the world -- but you would not know it to look at our pre-World War II subway. Cyrus Farivar reports on plans to update the subway system.
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Newscast
Kristin Espeland updates today's headlines.
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Interview with Mark Fass
Last week, a New York State judge ruled that a state ban on same-sex marriage would violate the constitution. Valencia Grant sat down with Mark Fass, a lawyer and staff reporter from the New York Law Journal, to talk about the ruling.
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Social Insecurity
President Bush recently unveiled his plan for the most ambitious overhaul of social security since the Roosevelt administration. Thomas Randall reports on the questions and risks associated with privatization.
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Miles of Gates
"The Gates" project, billed as one of the largest public art exhibits ever, opens on Saturday. Adelia Harrison visited Central Park today and filed this report.
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The West Side's New Story
Building a sports arena on the far west side of Manhattan has become a central focus of the Bloomberg administration and the centerpiece of the mayor's Olympics 2012 bid. Michael Rice reports on New York's hottest political controversy: the price of air rights over a west side rail yard.
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