Morning Juice: Wexler to Resign; Teens Headed to Jail

The headlines in South Florida this Wednesday:The latest on the Michael Brewer story is that one of his attackers was angry about a videogame the 15-year-old had borrowed. Just sickening. [CBS4]U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler is leaving Congress. [Miami Herald] Stacy Ritter is contemplating a run for Wexler's seat. Is this...

By Thomas Francis

October 14, 2009

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The headlines in South Florida this Wednesday:

The latest on the Michael Brewer story is that one of his attackers was angry about a videogame the 15-year-old had borrowed. Just sickening. [CBS4]
U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler is leaving Congress. [Miami Herald]
Stacy Ritter is contemplating a run for Wexler's seat. Is this a joke? Let's go with joke, then. [Palm Beach Post]
Broward County School Board Superintendent Jim Notter wants to set up a watchdog committee. I hereby nominate Neil Sterling as chairman! [Miami Herald]

Life sentences for three convicted of the gang rape in Dunbar Village. [WFLX]
Patients who were exposed to contaminated IV bags at Broward General Medical Center by the world's worst nurse have tested positive for diseases. It's not yet known how many. [Sun-Sentinel]

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