Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Scenes from a snowstorm
  MPR staff and members of our audience have been sending in images of this week's snowstorm. We present them to you in this Flash slideshow.5:18 p.m.
• Jeune Lune ventures into the tried and true
  The acclaimed Twin Cities theater company Theatre de la Jeune Lune has been struggling with artistic and financial difficulties over the past few years. This season the company is hoping to reconfirm its artistic vision and strengthen its audience by revisiting some of its strongest shows.6:18 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• San Diego Diocese Files for Bankruptcy
  The Catholic Diocese of San Diego this week began the complicated process of reorganization under Chapter 11. The Diocese filed for bankruptcy late Tuesday, just hours before San Diego's first clergy sex abuse trial was to begin. That trial has been halted as a result.
• Emergency Drills Paid Off in Tornado Response
  Tornadoes that touched down in Georgia Thursday killed several people, disrupted electrical power, and destroyed homes and businesses. Susie Fussell, vice president for nursing at Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, Ga., credits emergency drills for the quick and safe evacuation of patients.
• 'Ghost Fish' Revelation May Alter Marlin's Status
  Researchers have re-discovered a fish called the roundscale spearfish, which was documented just twice in the last century. Experts blame the case of mistaken identity, at least in part, on the spearfish's resemblance to the white marlin.
• Alabama Governor Tours Enterprise High School
  The death toll from storms that swept across the country yesterday climbed to 20 and may go higher. Eight students died in a single high school in Enterprise, Ala., when a tornado slammed into their building. As the storm moved into Georgia, there were more tornadoes; at least six people died as a result.
• Canadians Transfixed by Pig-Farm Murder Trial
  The trial of a Canadian accused of murdering dozens of women and mutilating their bodies on his farm near Vancouver has begun. Robert "Willie" Pickton, the notorious "Pig Farmer" of British Columbia, was arrested five years ago, after human remains were found on his farm.
• The Cheney Factor: Strong as Ever?
  At this point in a two-term presidency, the vice president is usually tromping across New Hampshire and Iowa, having kicked off his campaign for a promotion. Not so for Dick Cheney. One would expect him to lose some political relevance by now. Instead, it's business as usual.
• Army Secretary Harvey Resigns in Hospital Fallout
  Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey resigned today over the lapse in outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The secretary resigned one day he fired Maj. Gen. George Weightman, the military commander at Walter Reed.
• Obama Gains Momentum as Selma Date Nears
  The political news of the week includes this Sunday's Selma, Ala., commemoration of the 42nd anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march. Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. Hillary Clinton, and former President Bill Clinton will all be in attendance.
• Paulson's Task: China's Currency, U.S. Opinions
  The United States is hoping to get China to address currency and trade issues between the two countries. As Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson takes a trip to Asia to pursue those aims, he is also seeking to ease domestic concerns that U.S. workers could be hurt by such moves.
• China Needs Economic Reforms, Paulson Says
  Despite the recent slide in its growing market, China needs to pursue reforms to open up its economy as quickly as possible, says United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. On the eve of his trip to China, Japan and South Korea, Paulson says he's more concerned about the broader Chinese economy than the tumultuous week in global stock markets.
• Firefighter Stairclimb Champ Set to Defend Title
  Brent Molsberry is the reigning champion of the Scott Firefighter Stairclimb Challenge, which will be held in Seattle this Sunday. Melissa Block talks with Molsberry about how he's getting ready to defend his title.
• Florida's 3-Month Execution Ban Lapses; Now What?
  Florida's 90-day moratorium on the death penalty ends today with a commission's recommendations to Gov. Charlie Crist. The moratorium was imposed after the state bungled an execution.
• Minutemen Group in Disarray over Leadership
  A bitter feud over leadership of the Minuteman Project is tearing at the anti-illegal immigration group. Last week, Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist filed a lawsuit in Orange County, Calif., against the group's board of directors after they fired him over allegations of mismanagement and fraud.
• Baseball Enters Spring in Shadow of Drug Use
  A month before Opening Day, Michele Norris talks about Major League Baseball with Stefan Fatsis of The Wall Street Journal. Fatsis says the specter of performance enhancing drugs still hovers over the game — and Barry Bonds' attempt to break Hank Aaron's home run record.
• Opera's Morris Robinson Goes Home, Musically
  Morris Robinson, a singer with the Metropolitan Opera, returns to his musical roots on his new CD, Going Home. It combines Robinson's rich bass voice with jazzy arrangements of the gospel songs of his youth.

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