Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Pawlenty targets illegal immigration
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty is renewing his call to crack down on illegal immigration in Minnesota.4:20 p.m.
• Can downtown Minneapolis retail rebound?
  Several prominent retailers have closed shop in downtown Minneapolis recently. And that's renewed concerns about the future of downtown Minneapolis as a retail center.4:24 p.m.
• Carbon monoxide poisoning kills one man in St. Paul
  Carbon monoxide leaking from a malfunctioning boiler killed one St. Paul man and sent five people -- including three children -- to the hospital early Monday.5:50 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Government Revisits Contested Wolf Recovery Plan
  It has been 10 years since the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reintroduced the Mexican gray wolf into the mountains of southern Arizona and New Mexico. The agency is re-evaluating the policy, which is under attack from all sides.
• What to Watch: Blu-Ray or HD-DVD?
  There's a format war going on in video right now: high definition DVD vs. Blu-Ray. It looks like Blu-Ray is winning because more content is going to be produced for Blu-Ray than for HD-DVD. But at the big Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it's hard to tell the difference in picture quality between the two.
• Venice Offers Lessons on Coping with Rising Seas
  As the Earth warms up, rising sea levels will increase the threat of storm surges and flooding. In some places, that will make exisiting problems worse. Venice, Italy, offers a glimpse at what may lie ahead. A major engineering project aims to protect it from the rising sea, but most Venetians seem to take high water in stride.
• Action Hero Helps Draw Teens to Huckabee
  Politicos may think Obama has the youth vote, but Huckabee has a secret weapon: action hero Chuck Norris, who is luring teenage fans to Mike Huckabee's campaign stops. Some of them can even vote.
• Coalition Idea Repels Kenya's Opposition Candidate
  Raila Odinga appears unwilling to enter into a coalition government with President Mwai Kibaki. In 2002, when Kibaki and Odinga joined forces to defeat former President Daniel arap Moi's chosen successor, the two men had a memorandum of understanding, and Kibaki reneged on the deal.
• Rights Battle Brews over Un-Edited Carver Stories
  In 1981, Knopf published a collection of short stories by Raymond Carver called What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. Now Carver's widow wants his readers to see the original stories, which were edited heavily for the book. Knopf says it owns the rights — but to what?
• Writers Strike Fallout Still Roils Hollywood
  Actors are refusing to cross picket lines to attend the Golden Globes, which could derail the awards show. The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are going back on the air without writers. And now there's news of a deal between United Artists and the writers union.
• Clemens Releases Taped Call with His Accuser
  Roger Clemens had a dramatic news conference Monday in Houston where he answered reporters' questions about allegations in last month's Mitchell report on doping in baseball. He says he never took banned drugs, and he's fighting to save his reputation — with a tape of a phone call with the trainer who accused him.
• Study Boosts Switchgrass as New Alternative Fuel
  Ever since President George Bush's invocation in 2006 to turn prairie grass into ethanol fuel, scientists have been trying to figure out if the process is practical. A new study bodes well; it finds switchgrass is more efficient to grow for biofuel than corn.
• Pentagon: Iranian Boats Harrassed U.S. Warships
  The Pentagon says Iranian naval craft harassed three U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz in a "provocative" action on Sunday morning. The U.S. Navy 5th Fleet said the American ships had to take evasive action and were on the verge of firing at the Iranian craft when it turned away.
• Clinton Rallies N.H. Voters, Looks to Next Primaries
  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton once looked at New Hampshire as her "firewall" — protection against an Iowa defeat. Now, after a surprising third-place finish in Iowa, her position in the Granite State is more precarious as she campaigns with one day to go.
• Edwards Fights His 'Underdog' Status in N.H.
  With just a day to go before the New Hampshire primary, Michele Norris checks in with former North Carolina senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on his campaign bus. Given the recent polls and his rival's financing, Edwards admits he has a tough hill to climb.
• The Rise of Barack Obama
  NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr has been tracking political campaigns for decades. He takes note of the broad appeal of Barack Obama, and the candidate's ability to translate that into votes.
• McCain, Romney Seek Paths to a N.H. Victory
  In New Hampshire, a close race is shaping up between Republicans John McCain and Mitt Romney. McCain, a senator from Arizona, hopes his appeal to independents will make the difference, while Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, sets his sights on traditional Republican voters.
• Justices Weigh Legality of Lethal Drug Cocktail
  The Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments on whether the drug combination Kentucky uses for lethal injection executions causes so much pain that it violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Many states use the same drugs.

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