Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Despite warm winter, some Minnesotans having difficulty paying for heat
  Some Minnesota residents today told a U.S. Senate committee hearing in St. Paul on Monday that high heating costs are causing them financial distress.5:15 p.m.
• Costly care
  A new national survey by an advocacy group lists Minnesota as one of the most expensive states in terms of child care. And the group finds that in Minnesota, cost is directly linked to quality of care. The survey finds child care costs are rising nation-wide, becoming a family expense that's more and more difficult to meet. Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hughes reports.5:19 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Arrest in Britain Follows Footage of Alleged Abuse in Iraq
  Military police in Britain arrest a man after a U.K. newspaper publishes images allegedly showing British troops beating and kicking Iraqi youths. Officials refuse to reveal where the arrest was made or confirm whether the arrested man was a serving soldier.
• The Environmental Side of Peter Benchley
  David Festa, the director of Oceans Programs at the nonprofit organization, Environmental Defense, talks with Robert Siegel about the conservation work of Peter Benchley, the author of Jaws. Benchley died Saturday at age 65.
• A Brief History of Leaks in Washington, D.C.
  What would Washington be without a few leaks to keep it interesting? Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr puts the latest round of leaks from the Bush administration and Congress in perspective.
• Drawing the Line Between Public and Private
  Commentator Farzaneh Milani came to the United States in 1967. It has taken decades for her to understand American culture, especially American ideas about privacy, which are very different from the way privacy is regarded in her native Iran.
• Shopping for a Car, Finding Old Memories
  Commentator Susan Straight's oldest daughter recently turned 16. Given that she lives in Southern California, it's inevitable that she found herself in the market for a used car. Straight called upon her ex-husband to help with the purchase.
• New Orleans Seeks Final Home for Nameless Victims
  Kevin U. Stephens Sr., director of the New Orleans Health Department, discusses with Michele Norris the city's efforts to obtain FEMA funding to build a mausoleum in New Orleans for the more than 200 unidentified victims of Hurricane Katrina.
• Blogging: A Blight or a Boon to Marriage?
  Commentator Julie Zickefoose and her husband Bill both maintain their own Web blogs. She knows that their obsessive quests to keep those blogs interesting are changing their relationship, but she hasn't figured out how, yet.
• Budget Proposal Cuts English-Language Broadcasts
  President Bush's new budget would increase spending for Voice of America, but the proposal would effectively eliminate English-language broadcasts, considered by many loyalists to be the backbone of the service. Other broadcasters are stepping in to fill the void.
• Saddam, Boycotting Defendants Forced Back to Trial
  Saddam Hussein's trial resumes in dramatic fashion after an 11-day break. Saddam and his co-defendants boycotted the past two days of the trial and intended to boycott Monday's proceedings. But they arrived disheveled and combative after the court forced them to attend.
• Hormones May Help Younger Women's Hearts
  New research suggests that hormone replacement therapy may protect against heart disease in younger women. The findings contradict research from three years ago that found that hormone therapy increased the risk of heart disease, stroke and breast cancer, and had no heart-protecting benefits.
• Chertoff Unveils FEMA Changes on Eve of Hearing
  Embattled Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announces changes in the way the Federal Emergency Management Agency deals with major disasters. New measures include a full-time response force and an improved tracking system for supplies.
• Technology Gives Audience New View of Olympics
  The Olympics broadcast this year offers viewer-friendly features such as "simulcam," which allows viewers to compare the performance of two skiers. Hank Adams, CEO of Sportvision, talks to Michele Norris about the technology being used in this year's broadcast.
• U.S. Olympic Team Sees Gold, Could Lose a Skier
  It's the best and worst of times for the U.S. Olympic team at the Winter Games in Turin. The U.S. women won gold and silver medals in the snowboard halfpipe event, but women's downhill medal hopeful Lindsay Kildow crashed in a training run and was rushed to a hospital by helicopter.
• European Countries Face Dilemma of Muslim Integration
  Weekly Standard writer Christopher Caldwell talks with Robert Siegel about the continuing dilemma that European countries face with integrating their growing Muslim populations.
• World Takes Notice of Iran's Ahmadinejad
  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been Iran's president for only six months, but he has made a strong impression worldwide. Unlike former presidents of the Islamic republic, Ahmadinejad is not a cleric, he dresses simply, and can talk a language most ordinary Iranians understand.

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