Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Party chairs prepare for the caucuses
  DFL and Republican party supporters around Minnesota are all preparing for their precinct caucuses tonight.4:50 p.m.
• DFL Senate candidates agree and disagree
  The three candidates competing for the DFL endorsement for U.S. Senate had one final chance today to reach voters before Tuesday night's caucuses. They took part in a live debate on Minnesota Public Radio. One of them will face Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in November.5:20 p.m.
• Home builders get creative to make sales
  Twin Cities area home builders are trying to keep their businesses alive while the Builders Association of the Twin Cities reports 2007 was the toughest year in about a decade for the industry.5:24 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Super Tuesday Update
  Super Tuesday polls will soon close in a number of states — including Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Georgia's was the first primary to finish, and the West Virginia GOP contest has been decided.
• Obama Leads Georgia's Democratic Primary
  NPR projects that Barack Obama will win the state's Democratic primary over rival Hillary Clinton. The Republican race among Mike Huckabee, John McCain and Mitt Romney is considered too close to call. With 87 Democratic and 72 Republican delegates at stake, it's the largest prize in the South for the Democrats on Super Tuesday.
• Study: Healthy People Cost Governments More
  There are a lot of good reasons for people to lose weight and stop smoking — but saving money on lifetime health care costs isn't one of them, according to a study out of the Netherlands. The researchers found that healthy people cost governments more in the long run because they live years longer.
• Kevin Martin's Contentious Turn at Helm of FCC
  FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has come under fire from almost all quarters for the agenda he has set during his tenure at the commission. Does that mean he's doing something right? How is the chairman doing, and what have previous commissioners attempted and accomplished?
• Agent Floyd Boring, Truman's Protector, Dies at 92
  Floyd "Toad" Boring, a Secret Service agent best known for his role in defending President Harry Truman from an assassination attempt, died last week at the age of 92. In his career with the Secret Service, he protected presidents from FDR to Lyndon Johnson.
• Missouri Voters Have a History of Picking Presidents
  Linda Wertheimer is in the St. Louis area, talking to voters in a Super Tuesday state contested in both parties. Missouri also figures to be a key swing state in November — and it has a particularly good record of choosing presidents in the general election.
• Voters Around U.S. Say What Drove Them to Polls
  Voters at polling stations around the country — in California, Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Arkansas — share what inspired them to go to the polls on Super Tuesday and why they think their votes matter.
• Huckabee Snags First Super Tuesday Win in W.Va.
  It's Super Tuesday — with 24 states holding primaries or caucuses, thousands of delegates, and millions of voters. It's already over in one state: Mike Huckabee was the winner in West Virginia, where he will receive all 18 Republican delegates going to the national convention.
• Report: Al-Qaida Remains 'Pre-Eminent' U.S. Threat
  Members of the nation's intelligence agencies delivered their annual threat assessment Tuesday to the Senate Intelligence Committee, saying al-Qaida "remains the pre-eminent terrorist threat against the United States" and providing details of U.S. use of the interrogation technique known as "waterboarding."
• Retailers Struggle to Rebound After Weak Holidays
  It's shaping up to be a tough year for retailers, following the weakest holiday season in several years. Even individuals who aren't hurting financially perceive that they are worse off and are holding back.
• Markets Dive After Economic Activity Report
  Recession worries shook Wall Street on Tuesday. Major stock indices were all down on a report from the Institute for Supply Management that showed a stunning drop in economic activity in the service sector. The ISM number has its problems, however, and isn't always a reliable indicator.
• Making the Call: Peril in the Election-Night Newsroom
  The media will report tonight on wins and losses in presidential nominating contests in 24 states. But the race is for delegates to the parties' national conventions this summer, not wins in the states tonight — and the rules for awarding those delegates vary by party and by state. How will the media handle the muddle?
• More Than Super: Fat Tuesday in New Orleans
  It may be Super Tuesday elsewhere, but in New Orleans, it's Fat Tuesday — Mardi Gras — the third since Hurricane Katrina. And with 12 days of parades and parties, the Gulf region is almost as festive as before the storm.
• Police Seek to Crack Down on GPS Thefts
  In cities across the country, GPS units are high on the wish lists of bad guys. Some crime experts believe portable GPS systems are crimogenic — that is, they can actually create crimes. So police are trying new tactics to fight the GPS crime wave.
• Another Journalist Subpoenaed to Reveal Sources
  New York Times reporter James Risen is being called before a grand jury — apparently to reveal his confidential sources for a book called State of War, published in 2006. The book reveals CIA failures in Iran. Risen's is just the latest case of a journalist subpoenaed to testify in court about anonymous sources.

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