Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Art Hounds
  Each week Minnesota Public Radio News asks three people from the Minnesota arts scene to be "Art Hounds." Their job is to step outside their own work and hunt down something exciting that's going on in local arts.4:45 p.m.
• Supervalu sells 5 grocery chains, retains Cub
  Struggling grocery giant Supervalu is selling five of its chains to an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management in a deal valued at $3.3 billion including debt.4:50 p.m.
• U of Minn. 'Physics Circus' set for Mpls.
  Hurry, hurry. Step right up to the University of Minnesota's "Physics Circus."4:54 p.m.
• DFL priorities include higher minimum wage, education and jobs
  The new DFL majorities in the Minnesota House and Senate have begun introducing bills they say are aimed at improving health care, education and the state's minimum wage.5:20 p.m.
• Lawmaker wants paid sick time requirement
  A spike in flu cases in Minnesota has some questioning whether employers should be required to offer their workers paid sick time.5:24 p.m.
• Midwest gun summit focuses on gun violence, tightening regulations
  Policy makers, police and prosecutors from the Upper Midwest are holding a one-day gun summit in Minneapolis Thursday.5:50 p.m.
• Preserving Ojibwe hymns means more than religious devotion
  Music is a time honored part of worship in most religions. For many Ojibwe people in northern Minnesota, hymns are much more than an expression of religious devotion. They represent a unique piece of Ojibwe culture tribal that members are trying to preserve.5:54 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Biden's Gun Violence Recommendations Could Include Expanded Background Checks
  The Obama administration says it's looking at all the possible options for preventing future acts of gun violence. The White House can do some things on its own through executive action, but other proposals will have to wait on Congress.
• Sheriff: Small Database Limits Effectiveness Of Background Checks For Gun Buys
  Minneapolis Sheriff Richard Stanek is one of the law enforcement officials who met with Vice President Joe Biden recently to talk about gun violence prevention. Audie Cornish talks with him about the meeting and what he thinks ought to be done.
• 'Lincoln,' 'Life Of Pi' Lead Oscar Nominations
  Melissa Block talks to Bob Mondello about this year's Oscar nominees. Lincoln got the most nominations and one film — Silver Linings Playbook — snagged nominations in all four acting categories.
• Lawyers Say Teenage Terror Suspect Was Entrapped By FBI
  Jury selection began Thursday in the trial of young Somali-American who is accused of wanting to detonate a bomb at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore., two years ago. The case of Mohamed Mohamud is drawing attention because the defendant was just a teenager when he was arrested and the charges leveled against him came as a result of an FBI sting operation. His lawyers are likely to mount an entrapment defense.
• Murder Of Kurdish Activists Could Be Attempt To Derail Peace Talks With Turkey
  Three Kurdish activists, all women, were found dead early Thursday in a Kurdish information office in Paris. They had been shot in what the French Interior minister said "was surely an execution." The motive for the killings is not known. One of the victims, Sakine Cansiz, was a co-founder of the militant separatist PKK organization, which has battled the Turkish Government off and on since the 1980s. Efforts are currently under way to revive peace talks.
• Estimated Costs Drive Debate As Florida Weighs Medicaid Expansion
  Gov. Rick Scott says he's concerned about how much expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act would cost. But after he was charged with exaggerating, his administration released a new study with much lower estimates.
• For Young Republican, Defying Boehner In Washington Plays Well Back Home
  After trying to help remove fellow Republican John Boehner as House speaker, Rep. Justin Amash got a very warm reception upon returning to his Michigan district. For a conservative Republican from a conservative district, being labeled a Washington troublemaker is not necessarily a bad thing.
• Argentine Leader's Plane Grounded By Credit Holders
  The Argentine government has hired a private plane for an upcoming trip for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. They fear that creditors would try to have the official government plane, Tango 01, seized in an effort to collect debts owed to them by the Argentina government. Melissa Block talks with Shane Romig, a foreign correspondent for Dow Jones News Service and the Wall Street Journal, for more on the story.
• Crazy Or Canny? Talk Grows About $1 Trillion Platinum Coin
  In theory, some say, President Obama could have a $1 trillion coin made and that would head off the next big battle over the federal government's debt ceiling.
• Fifty Years Later, Bits Of Our Own Reality Reflected In 'Jetsons' Future
  Audie Cornish talks to Matt Novak, writer of the Paleofuture blog for Smithsonian, about his recent posts about the TV show, The Jetsons, on its 50th anniversary and why it still matters today.

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