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The work of the WAMC News Team is combined each day with news and features from WAMC's National Productions, the BBC, Great Lakes Radio, and Stardate. You can also get a regional weather forecast from Paul Caiano.

The listener also can hear commentaries offered by a range of commentators who span the political spectrum such as former New York Common Cause leader Paul Elisha, former Republican Comptroller candidate Herb London, Professor of International History and Politics Steven Leibo, as well as WAMC's own political observer Alan Chartock. Highlights from the WAMC Listener Comment Line are usually aired on Friday's edition of Midday Magazine.

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September 27, 2012

12:06 PM
Bleed to Love Her
Artist : Fleetwood Mac
Album : The Dance
Composer : Buckingham
ReleaseYear : 1997
Label : Reprise
12:40 PM
Overture / Going Through the Motions
Artist : Buffy the Vampire Slayer Cast
Album : Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling
Composer : Christopher Beck/ Joss Whedon
ReleaseYear : 2002
Label : Rounder Records
12:41 PM
No Regrets
Artist : Tom Rush
Album : The Very Best of Tom Rush 1962 - 1999
Composer : Rush
ReleaseYear : 1999
Label : Sbme Special Mkts.
12:42 PM
The Circle Game
Artist : Tom Rush
Album : Circle Game
Composer : Joni Mitchell
ReleaseYear : 2008
Label : Zoom
12:43 PM
Urge for Going
Artist : Tom Rush
Album : Circle Game
Composer : Joni Mitchell
ReleaseYear : 2008
Label : Zoom
12:45 PM
Drift Away
Artist : Tom Rush
Album : What I Know
Composer : Mentor Williams
ReleaseYear : 2011
Label : Appleseed Records
12:46 PM
Jazzman
Artist : Tom Rush
Album : Wrong End of the Rainbow
Composer : Eddie Holstein
ReleaseYear : 1999
Label : Bgo - Beat Goes on
12:48 PM
Fall Into the Night
Artist : Tom Rush
Album : What I Know
Composer : Rush
ReleaseYear : 2011
Label : Appleseed Records

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North Country News
12:45 pm
Thu January 16, 2014

Vermont Governor Presents Budget Proposal

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin delivered his budget address to a joint session of the Vermont Legislature Wednesday afternoon.

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Weather
12:25 pm
Thu January 16, 2014

Meteorologist Paul Caiano's Midday Forecast

Paul Caiano
Credit WNYT

Newschannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Thursday, January 16, 2014.

New York News
3:38 pm
Wed January 15, 2014

Picture Of Casino Gambling In Capital Region Coming More Into Focus

Credit Triin Q's photostream Flickr

The picture of casino gambling in New York’s Capital Region is coming more into focus, with word that a Western New York company is seeking possible development in Albany.

According to a local attorney, the Rochester-based Capital Gaming LLC has signed a contract to purchase Tobin’s First Prize Center, the long-vacant site of a former meat packing facility located near I-90 in Albany.

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New York News
1:00 pm
Wed January 15, 2014

21st District Scrutinized As Incumbent Withdraws

New York's 21st Congressional District

The abrupt announcement Tuesday that Congressman Bill Owens will retire from his seat in Congress means the sprawling 21st district is an open race.

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Commentary & Opinion
12:49 pm
Wed January 15, 2014

Herbert London: Ideological Warfare on Campus

Recently the University of Colorado noted that political affiliation and orientation would be a protected category in the university’s nondiscrimination policy. What prompted this action were reports from conservative faculty members that their viewpoints have been stifled.

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New England News
9:00 pm
Tue January 14, 2014

Continued Lack of Congressional Action On Farm Bill Raising Concerns

Credit WAMC/Pat Bradley

The Farm Bill sets the nation’s food, nutrition and agriculture policy agenda. It’s generally a five-year bill. The overdue legislation that is being negotiated in Congress expired in 2012 and its provisions have been retained through continuing resolutions.  The new Farm Bill was expected to receive a final vote shortly after Congress returned to session, but negotiations have stalled.

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Commentary & Opinion
1:14 pm
Tue January 14, 2014

Paul Elisha: A Paucity of Language

In an ‘Armistice Day’ address, on November 11th, 1948, its last delivery under that aegis, when it was then re-titled: “Veterans Day,” to include U.S. Armed Forces participants in the Korean conflict, Army General Omar Bradley, reverently known to combatants as ‘The GI’s General, said:  “The world has achieved brilliance without conscience.  Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.”

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Weather
1:09 pm
Tue January 14, 2014

Meteorologist Paul Caiano's Midday Forecast

Paul Caiano
Credit WNYT

Newschannel 13 metereorologist Paul Caiano checks in with the Midday Weather Summary for Tuesday, January 14, 2014. 

New York News
12:48 pm
Tue January 14, 2014

Tim Kremer Responds To Cuomo's Education Plans

Tim Kremer of the New York State School Boards Association joined WAMC's Midday Magazine to discuss the education plans unveiled in New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address last week.

New York News
1:16 pm
Mon January 13, 2014

Future Of Electric Cars VS. Frigid NY Temps

This Ford Escape and utility co. bucket truck (pictured below) are two examples of electric-drive vehicles available to municipal and rural electric cooperative systems in New York State under the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) Municipal Electric Drive Program.
Credit NYPA

In December, the New York Power Authority approved $2 million in funding to help municipal and rural electric cooperative systems in New York State purchase electric-drive vehicles for use in their municipal fleets. But the future for electric cars in New York state is unclear.

Electric cars were popular during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and came back in vogue during the late 1990s, finding a spot in the marketplace as gasoline/electric hybrids. In the last year, fully-electric cars finally made a comeback in vehicles commercially produced by Nissan and Tesla.

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