Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Dining with Dara: Vegetables for dinner
  We talked about turning to other cultures for veggie-heavy meals, but there are dozens of local restaurants doing creative, outstanding, delicious things with vegetables.3:54 p.m.
• Q&A: Economist Laura Kalambokidis discusses Gov. Dayton's jobs plan
  Gov. Mark Dayton this week proposed a package of investments and tax policy changes that he claims will create thousands of jobs for Minnesotans.4:50 p.m.
• Minnesota Sounds and Voices: Rose Hollermann, wheelchair basketball star
  Meet 16-year-old Rose Hollermann of rural Elysian, the youngest woman ever to have been picked to represent the United States in wheelchair basketball at the paralympics.4:54 p.m.
• Stadium proposals are in; Dayton set to review bids
  The governor says he plans to spend the weekend reviewing Vikings stadium proposals and will then share his opinion on the competing sites next week.5:20 p.m.
• Former SD Gov., US Rep. Bill Janklow dead at 72
  Bill Janklow, a divisive politician who left a lasting mark on South Dakota politics by serving four terms as governor, died Thursday. He was 72.5:25 p.m.
• Six months in, MnSCU chancellor readies change, strategy
  When Steven Rosenstone took over as chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system almost six months ago, he promised big changes for the system's 31 schools.5:50 p.m.
• Dining with Dara: Vegetables for dinner
  We talked about turning to other cultures for veggie-heavy meals, but there are dozens of local restaurants doing creative, outstanding, delicious things with vegetables.6:20 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• To Slow Climate Change, Cut Down On Soot, Ozone
  While carbon dioxide is indisputably a significant factor in the planet's changing climate, scientists and policy experts have faced major troubles in limiting production of the greenhouse gas. Now, some are focusing on other things that warm the planet, especially ozone and black carbon. And the tools to fight them are familiar.
• Amid Recent Criticism, Romney Pushes Back
  After facing an onslaught of criticism about his work as a venture capitalist, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney pushed back Thursday. At a press conference in South Carolina, he said jobs were created, thanks to his work at Bain Capital. NPR's Ari Shapiro joins Melissa Block from Greenville, S.C.
• Obama Takes Aim At Republican Comments
  When President Obama talks about the causes of the recession and the road out of it, he has consistently found fault in the financial services industry — and stressed the importance of making things. Now, with the Republican presidential nomination within reach of former venture capitalist Mitt Romney, those same words from Obama can sound mighty pointed.
• Former S.D. Gov., U.S. Rep. William Janklow Dies
  Former South Dakota Gov. and Rep. William Janklow died Thursday after a short battle with brain cancer. Janklow is remembered as a combatant politician who many loved to hate. His political career ended after a car accident that killed a Minnesota motorcyclist. Janklow returned to the public eye last summer, though, when he threatened to sue the Army Corps of Engineers over flooding on the Missouri River.
• Biggest Bucks In Health Care Are Spent On A Very Few
  Just 1 percent of the population accounted for 21.8 percent of all U.S. health spending in 2009. And just 5 percent accounted for half the total spending.
• Ordinary Life Resurrected, Slowly, In Haiti
  Two years after a massive earthquake leveled Haiti's capital, more than a half-million people remain in tent camps and tons of rubble must still be cleared away. But there is reason for some optimism. Reconstruction is picking up, and the new government has created a sense of relative stability.
• Walton Discusses Aftermath Of Haiti Quake
  Melissa Block talks to David Walton of the nonprofit group Partners in Health about the two-year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti.
• Letters: Weissenberg Remembrance; Twinkies
  Melissa Block and Audie Cornish read emails from listeners.
• Old South Rings Again In Boston
  A bell tolled Thursday at the Old South Meeting House in Boston for the first time since 1876. The meeting house was a Puritan gathering place where the Boston Tea Party was planned. Ben Franklin was baptized there. Thursday Bostonians heard a historic new bell — one cast by silversmith Paul Revere.
• 'Intergalactic Nemesis': From Radio To Page To Stage
  Three actors, one foley artist, one keyboardist and 1,200 graphic novel images share the stage in the performance of this live-action, science-fiction graphic novel. The Intergalactic Nemesis started as a radio play, morphed into a graphic novel and is now a live performance that combines all of the above.

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