Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Have your shampoo and eat it, too
  Horst Rechelbacher wants you to be able to eat your shampoo. That is the idea behind a new personal product line he is launching this spring through his Minneapolis-based company, Intelligent Nutrients.4:50 p.m.
• Study: Evening stress affects husbands and wives differently
  A new study of married parents who both work outside the home finds that men and women experience stress differently after work. If a couple is in a satisfactory marriage, stress levels decline in the evening. But women in unsatisfactory marriages often take on the stress of a "second shift" of responsibility at home.4:54 p.m.
• Minnesota politicians praise Clinton
  Minnesota may not be the most desirable electoral prize among the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses next month, but voters here should expect to see visits from some presidential candidates.5:20 p.m.
• Bridge reconstruction stopped in Mpls. due to gasoline leak
  Crews are working to clean up after a fuel tanker rolled over and leaked hundreds of gallons of unleaded gasoline.5:24 p.m.
• Target CEO Bob Ulrich to retire
  Minneapolis-based Target is getting a new chief executive officer. Bob Ulrich, who has led the retailing powerhouse for more than a decade, is stepping down. Under Ulrich's leadership, Target nearly tripled its sales -- and the retailer's profits jumped almost ninefold.5:50 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• CIA Agent-Turned-Critic Philip Agee Dies
  Philip Agee, a former agent of the CIA who became one of the agency's harshest critics, died this week in Havana, Cuba. His 1975 book, Inside the Company: CIA Diary, revealed covert operations and the names of covert agents.
• Anti-Missile Plan for Commercial Jets Criticized
  Three American Airlines commercial jetliners will be equipped with anti-missile systems for coast-to-coast flights this spring. The Department of Homeland Security is spending $29 million to test the systems — which are intended to defend against shoulder-fired missiles that could possibly be used by terrorists.
• Kenyans Caught in Harm's Way amid Political Rift
  Violence following Kenya's disputed election has killed hundreds of people and displaced hundreds of thousands. The unrest has sparked a humanitarian crisis in a nation better known for helping its neighbors in crisis. International aid organizations are scrambling to get to those in need of shelter and medical treatment.
• WHO Estimates Iraqi Death Toll at 151,000
  Figuring out how many Iraqi deaths can be linked to the war is notoriously difficult and controversial. But a large new survey of households in Iraq conducted by the Iraqi government and the World Health Organization may be the best estimate yet. It was released online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine.
• Female Clinton Supporters in N.H. Relish Her Win
  A group of women in New Hampshire who voted for Hillary Clinton in the primary talk about what motivated their choice to back the only female candidate running for president. Also, Marianne Pernold Young talks about the question she posed to Clinton on Monday that made the senator teary.
• Iowa, N.H. Decisions Winnow Field of Candidates
  With Iowa and New Hampshire having gone off like a two-shot pistol, half the presidential field has fallen out of contention. But two Democrats are dueling from closer range than ever, and as many as four Republicans may still have a shot at the nomination.
• Examining New Hampshire's Surprise Shift to Clinton
  What happened? How did almost all of the pollsters and pundits miss the fact that Barack Obama's big move in New Hampshire had not really closed the sale? Or do those pollsters and pundits just not understand how voters think?
• Fatah Official: Abbas Has People's Mandate
  Rafiq Husseini, chief of staff for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, says Abbas has the mandate of the Palestinian people to negotiate for peace, even though Hamas, which refuses to recognize Israel, now controls the Gaza Strip. He also disagrees with the Israeli point of view that East Jerusalem is different from the West Bank.
• Study Adds to Debate over Heart Tests for Athletes
  A new study shows widespread testing for heart problems in young athletes helps prevent sudden cardiac deaths. But some say that screening every young athlete for a rare condition could cause more problems than it solves.
• Official: Israel to Move Toward 'Road Map' Goals
  Mark Regev, spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, says Israel has made a decision to move forward independently on all of its obligations under the 2003 "road map for peace" — regardless of whether the Palestinians are living up to their part of the agreement.
• Bush: Mideast Leaders Ready for Tough Choices
  President Bush met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem, the first stop in an eight-day trip intended as a "significant nudge" toward Middle East peace. Bush says he is urging both sides to keep the big picture in mind and not get sidetracked.
• Causes, Defining Moments Line Road to S.C. Primary
  Political commentators E.J. Dionne of The New York Times and David Brooks of The Washington Post and the Brookings Institution talk about what presidential candidates were saying on the campaign trail Wednesday and how the campaigns move forward after the New Hampshire primary.
• Candidates Prep for Key Primary in South Carolina
  Presidential candidates are gearing up for what looks to be a frantic month of primaries; few will be as difficult or decisive as South Carolina's. Scott Huffmon, a political science professor at Winthrop University, and LaBrena Aiken-Furtick, a community activist in Orangeburg, talk with Michele Norris about both parties' efforts to win the state's hearts and minds.
• Supreme Court Hears Indiana Voter ID Case
  The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether states may require government-issued photo identification cards as proof of identity for voters at the polls. At issue is a strict Indiana law, but many other states have similar laws.
• N.H. Voters Revive a Familiar Campaign Theme
  Most New Hampshire voters rated the economy as the most important issue in the primaries. NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr looks back to the 1992 presidential campaign, when Bill Clinton's political strategist James Carville introduced the phrase, "It's the economy, Stupid."

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