Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Coleman will file suit over Senate recount
  As promised, Republican Senator Norm Coleman's campaign today filed a lawsuit challenging the results of the Senate race recount that gave Democrat Al Franken a 225-vote lead. Coleman's attorneys told reporters this afternoon it could be two more months before the case is heard and settled.3:00 p.m.
• Minn. Legislature convenes
  Minnesota lawmakers returned to St. Paul today facing a historic budget deficit.5:24 p.m.
• Klobuchar is lone Minn. senator, for now
  Until the contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken for Minnesota's open Senate seat is decided, Sen. Amy Klobuchar is Minnesota's lone senator in Washington. Tom Crann talked to Sen. Klobuchar about the contest and her reaction to requests for Coleman to concede.5:50 p.m.
• Judge dismisses suits against Medtronic
  A federal judge in St. Paul has dismissed patient lawsuits against Fridley-based Medtronic in connection with a recall of the company's Sprint Fidelis defibrillator leads in 2007.5:55 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Starting College While Still In School
  At Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Mass., students can start college when they are still in high school. In contrast to many early-college programs, students live at this school and truly go to college.
• Child's Autism Helps Author Write Mnemonic Book
  British journalist Christopher Stevens talks about his new book, Thirty Days Has September: Cool Way to Remember Stuff. Stevens says the book is aimed primarily at children and was based on his experience teaching his autistic son.
• Obama Vows No Earmarks In Stimulus Package
  President-elect Barack Obama has met with his team of economic advisers in Washington and said the government must get its own fiscal house in order. He said new spending in the stimulus package will be carefully monitored, and won't include earmarks.
• Burris Gets The Senate Boot, Vows To Take Seat
  Roland Burris came to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to take his seat as the junior senator from Illinois, but the Democratic leadership in the Senate kept him out. Despite getting shunned, Burris says the law is on his side.
• In Grim Economic Times, NASCAR Sputters
  The economic slowdown has begun to pinch NASCAR. Stock car racing is an expensive sport and waves of layoffs are filtering down now that corporate sponsors are driving away.
• Hoyer Sets Mid-February Timeline For Stimulus
  Congress is unlikely to meet President-elect Barack Obama's plea for an economic stimulus package that would be ready by the time he takes office Jan. 20. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says the package is likely to be ready for Obama's signature by mid-February.
• Obama Eyes CNN's Gupta For Surgeon General
  President-elect Barack Obama is reported to have picked CNN'S medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta to be the next surgeon general.
• Recession May Affect How Gadgets Pitched At Expo
  The Consumer Electronics Show, the biggest showcase for new electronics products, is in Las Vegas this week. Those attending are trying to console themselves that their sales in 2008 are projected as flat, or only down between 3 and 4 percent.
• Background Of Past CIA Chiefs Examined
  President-elect Barack Obama has named former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta as his choice for CIA director. Tim Weiner, author of Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA, talks about past CIA directors and their experience when they took office.
• Gaza Resident Describes Situation
  Violence continued in the Gaza Strip today as reports surfaced of an Israeli strike on a school that killed more than 30 people. Ahmed Abu Hamda, who is a Gaza resident and a news producer for many news networks, including NPR, says everyone is panicked and trying to stay find a safe place to stay.
• Pelosi Re-Elected Speaker As Congress Returns
  The new House of Representatives was sworn in with pomp, circumstance and an ambitious Democratic agenda. Nancy Pelosi was re-elected speaker and the Democrats changed some House rules, such as repealing term limits for committee chairs. This has Republicans grousing at the festivities.
• Taliban Attack Highlights Weakness In Afghanistan
  A few weeks ago at a truck terminal in Peshawar, Pakistan, the Taliban torched dozens of trucks destined for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The terminal is a monument to the vulnerability of the U.S.-NATO supply route.
• Letters: Rhee, Free Kennel
  Listeners respond to the story on Washington, D.C.'s Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and are moved by the story of Canine Corps, a free kennel for Pennsylvania service personnel.
• Macworld, Without Jobs, Unveils ITunes Changes
  In its last appearance at Macworld — and the first without CEO Steve Jobs — Apple introduced the new MacBook Pro with a longer battery life, and changes to rights management in iTunes. Tom Krazit of CNET News says Jobs has been the main attraction at the expo for some time and his absence must have weighed on some people's minds.
• Gaza Civilian Toll Rises; Israel Blames Hamas
  As Israeli forces press their offensive in the Gaza Strip, the death toll among Palestinian civilians is increasing. Israel blames Hamas for the casualties, saying the Islamist militants are operating amid the civilian population.

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