Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Finding a home in language
  Somali immigrants face many challenges adjusting to life in America. As part of our Youth Radio Series, Sadiya Mohamed describes her search for home in America.3:48 p.m.
• Stress-testing the recovery: Following up
  After wrapping up the Stress-testing the recovery series, All Things Considered followed up with a couple of the people most affected by the recession.4:48 p.m.
• Novel explores the legacy of Indian boarding schools
  Bemidji-based writer Kent Nerburn writes fictional narratives based on the real stories of people he has met on reservations in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Nerburn's latest book, "The Wolf at Twilight," explores the sad legacy of the Indian Boarding schools.4:53 p.m.
• Soldier from St. Paul among 13 dead at Fort Hood
  A 23-year-old soldier from St. Paul was among the 13 people killed at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, his family said Friday.5:14 p.m.
• Health care bill with 'public option' nears vote in House
  A vote on the House version of the health care overhaul bill, which includes a so-called "public option," could come this weekend, and supporters believe the alternative would inject more competition into the health insurance market.5:20 p.m.
• Minn. to cover patients after health program ends
  The Minnesota Department of Human Services said today that low-income Minnesotans who are scheduled to lose taxpayer funded health insurance in March will be rolled into a different state program.5:25 p.m.
• Finding a home in language
  Somali immigrants face many challenges adjusting to life in America. As part of our Youth Radio Series, Sadiya Mohamed describes her search for home in America.5:46 p.m.
• Construction co. settles bridge collapse lawsuits
  Attorneys say a construction company that was working on the Minneapolis bridge when it collapsed in 2007 have settled lawsuits filed by victims.5:47 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Remembering Victims Of Fort Hood Shooter
  Thirteen people were killed Thursday in Fort Hood, Texas, when a gunman opened fire. Among the dead were 29-year-old Sgt. Amy Krueger, who enlisted soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and Aaron Nemelka, a 19-year-old from West Jordan, Utah.
• Hasan's Story Won't Be Easy To Sort Out
  After a mass shooting, people who knew the gunman find themselves wondering what warning signs they might have missed. So it is in the case of Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man authorities say opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood.
• Effective Preventive Care Crucial
  Many politicians have said that increasing preventive care will save money and help pay for health care overhaul. But the Congressional Budget Office says it won't count preventive services as reducing health care costs. Commentator Douglas Kamerow, a family physician and preventive medicine specialist, says that debating whether prevention saves money is asking the wrong question.
• Money In A Bottle: The Celebrity Scent Business
  If you walk down the cosmetics aisle of any big store, you might mistake the perfume collection for the guest list to a Hollywood party. But star-studded scents account for only about 10 percent of fragrance sales; their value is the publicity.
• U.S. Economic Steps May Be Leading To Bubble
  The global economy is slowly recovering after the worst financial crisis in decades, but government efforts to stimulate growth, including the Fed's move to drive interest rates down to zero, may be creating another problem. Prices for assets — gold, stocks and real estate in Asia — are soaring, leading to warnings that a new bubble could be forming.
• Shooting Spotlights Muslims In Military
  The shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, has raised questions about the experience of Muslims who serve in the military. Rafael LanTigua, a lieutenant in the Army National Guard and a Muslim chaplain candidate, says Muslims have served in the armed forces since the Revolutionary War.
• Investigators Probe Fort Hood Shooting
  In Fort Hood, Texas, investigators are collecting information about Thursday's deadly attack at a soldier processing center. Thirteen people were killed, 12 of them soldiers, and 30 were wounded when a gunman, identified as Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire in the facility.
• Letters: Afghanistan, Gibbons
  Listeners respond to the coverage Thursday of Afghanistan, and the postcard from Sumatra. Michele Norris and Robert Siegel read from listeners' e-mails.
• Jobless Rate Highest Since 1983
  The government says the nation's unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent last month, the highest since 1983. Economists had expected the figure to rise to 9.9 percent.
• A Day After Fort Hood Rampage, Re-Creating Events
  As Fort Hood, Texas, takes stock of Thursday's attack, those who lived through it are providing new details about what went on inside the Soldier Readiness Processing Center. Soldiers and others who were there when the gunman — named by the military as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan — opened fire discuss how the events unfolded.
• Week In Politics Reviewed
  This week, Republicans took governorships in Virginia and New Jersey, and Democrats won a long-held GOP House seat in New York. Also, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing for a possible health care vote this weekend. E.J. Dionne, of The Washington Post, and David Brooks, of The New York Times, discuss the week in politics.
• How Market Crash Helped Hedge Fund Operator
  Before the financial crisis hit, John Paulson was just your run-of-the-mill hedge fund operator, worth millions of dollars. But when the market crashed, Paulson made billions. How he did it lies at the heart of a new book called The Greatest Trade Ever. The book's author, Gregory R. Zuckerman, offers his insight.
• Flu Threat Looms As Mecca Readies For Pilgrims
  The H1N1 virus is a major concern for Saudi Arabian authorities, who are gearing up to host millions of Muslims on the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Health officials are making recommendations and monitoring pilgrims, but otherwise can do little to mitigate the virus' spread.
• U.S. Envoy To U.N. Defends Extensive Afghan Review
  The U.S. envoy to the U.N. rejects claims that the Obama administration's pace of determining a strategy in Afghanistan is a sign of weakness. What would be "weak and dangerous," Susan Rice says, is a rushed decision made without thoroughly considering the implications for U.S. national security.
• Ahead Of Debate, Health Care Battle Lines Drawn
  Democratic House leaders are keeping lawmakers in town over the weekend to work on their health care bill. President Obama is expected to rally support on the Hill on Saturday. With every step this legislation takes toward becoming law, the fervor — on both sides — gets stronger.

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