Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Art Hounds: Week of Feb. 5
  "Art Hounds" is a new weekly feature from MPR News. Call it an insider's view of what's exciting in local arts.4:45 p.m.
• Franken asks Minn. court to put him in Senate
  Lawyers for Democrat Al Franken tried to convince the Minnesota Supreme Court today that it should require the governor and secretary of state to issue Franken an election certificate. The certificate would allow Franken to take a seat in the U.S. Senate.5:19 p.m.
• Hutchinson deals with layoffs at largest employer
  The south-central Minnesota community of Hutchinson is working aggressively to support more than 1,000 people who were laid off at the city's biggest employer, Hutchinson Technology Inc.5:23 p.m.
• Professor teaches students the art of living
  This weekend the Minneapolis College of Art and Design is celebrating one of its most cherished teachers, Kinji Akagawa. Over the past four decades Akagawa has taught students not just how to make art, but how to live their lives.5:50 p.m.
• Slideshow: Postcards from Antarctica
  A team from the Twin Cities spent January mapping one of the planet's last frontiers: the dry valleys of Antarctica.6:27 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• 'Fanboys' To Men: The Road Movie Geeks Out
  A long time ago — back in 1999, to be precise — a posse of die-hard Star Wars fans road-trip across the country to steal an advance print of The Phantom Menace.
• Obama Aide: President Seeks Quick Stimulus Action
  Melody Barnes, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, says President Barack Obama is interested in moving the stimulus measure forward quickly. She says he wants major Republican support for the measure because he wants to be inclusive.
• Auto Suppliers Latest To Seek Federal Bailout
  Auto parts suppliers are following the lead of Detroit's Big Three automakers and seeking billions of dollars in federal loans. The request, made this week to the Treasury Department, is a sign of how broadly the recession has infected the nation's automotive industry.
• Fair Use Or Infringement? Obama Image In Spat
  The Associated Press is alleging copyright infringement for an image of Barack Obama created by street artist Shepard Fairey. Fairey's lawyers say the image is protected under fair use provisions. Margaret Esquenet, an intellectual-property lawyer with Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, a Washington, D.C., law firm, offers her insight.
• Student In Bogus Oil, Gas Bids Faces Prosecution
  College student Tim DeChristopher bid $1.79 million at a federal auction of oil and gas leases in sensitive areas with no intent or ability to pay. This week, the Interior Department voided the leases, but the Justice Department may prosecute him.
• Letters: Executive Pay Cap, 'Che,' Economy Song
  Listeners respond to Robert Siegel's interview with compensation consultant Steven Hall about the cap on executive pay, the controversy over director Steven Soderbergh's portrayal of Che Guevera, and music for the economic crisis.
• Springsteen Fans Angered By Ticketmaster Flap
  Bruce Springsteen and New Jersey's attorney general are criticizing Ticketmaster over what seems to be an effort to overcharge fans for tickets to Springsteen shows. Ticketmaster has apologized, but the New Jersey attorney general's office has said it's investigating.
• Mysterious New York City Smell Is Fenugreek
  Every since 2005, New Yorkers have occasionally experienced the smell of maple syrup wafting over their neighborhood. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday the mystery was solved: fenugreek seeds being processed by a food-manufacturing company in New Jersey.
• Obama Raises Rhetoric On Stimulus
  As the Senate continues to debate the economic stimulus bill, President Barack Obama has gradually increased his rhetoric, warning that inaction will lead to economic catastrophe.
• Justice Ginsburg Has Cancer Surgery
  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had a cancerous tumor removed from her pancreas. The 75-year-old justice is expected to remain in the hospital for seven to 10 days. She was treated for colon cancer in 1999.
• Lobbying Law Exempts Many
  The Obama administration aims its new ethics rules at federally registered lobbyists, but when Congress wrote the Lobbying Disclosure Act, it drew some arbitrary lines. The law exempts thousands who work in the lobbying business, from "strategic advisers" to organizers of grassroots campaigns.
• Hudson Splashdown Audio Released
  The Federal Aviation Administration has released audio of conversation between pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and air-traffic controllers moments before US Airways flight 1549 splashed down into the Hudson River. All 155 people onboard survived in last month's splashdown.
• Obama's CIA Pick Has Confirmation Hearings
  Leon Panetta, President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the CIA, told lawmakers at his confirmation hearing Thursday he sought advice from former agency chiefs about how to make up for his lack of experience. Panetta has almost no experience in the intelligence field.
• Sen. Alexander On Stimulus Compromise
  Senate lawmakers are working to forge a compromise on President Obama's economic stimulus plan. Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee talks about what GOP lawmakers want to make the measure more palatable.
• Treasury Debates What To Spend, Whom To Save
  A small group is meeting at the Treasury Department — largely in secret — to rewrite the rules of how the government will save the banking system. It is deciding how to spend more than $300 billion — the remainder of the $700 billion in bailout funds.

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