Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Researchers believe many SIDS deaths are preventable
  It has long been thought that healthy babies who die unexpectedly while they're sleeping are victims of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Researchers are beginning to find that some of these SIDS deaths may be caused when babies sleep in the same bed as their parents.3:50 p.m.
• Minneapolis mosque reacts to terrorist allegations
  A leader of a metro-area mosque is responding to a U.S. Senate committee after testimony yesterday linked two Twin Cities mosques with alleged terrorist recruitment.4:20 p.m.
• Art Hounds: Week of March 12
  Each week Minnesota Public Radio News asks three people from the Minnesota arts scene to be "Art Hounds." Their job is to step outside our own work and hunt down something exciting that's going on this weekend.4:44 p.m.
• Senate trial closing arguments in sight
  After nearly seven weeks of trial, attorneys in Republican Norm Coleman's election contest will present their closing arguments Friday before a three-judge panel. Thursday, Democrat Al Franken's lawyers called their last witnesses and rested their case.5:20 p.m.
• Officials announce $1 billion Elk Run project
  A real estate developer and a venture capitalist said today they are joining together to launch a biobusiness park near Rochester, reportedly costing nearly $1 billion.5:24 p.m.
• Researchers believe many SIDS deaths are preventable
  It has long been thought that healthy babies who die unexpectedly while they're sleeping are victims of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Researchers are beginning to find that some of these SIDS deaths may be caused when babies sleep in the same bed as their parents.5:50 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• GOP Chair's Abortion Comments May Prove Costly
  Michael Steele, the new head of the Republican Party, found himself in hot water again with his fellow Republicans when he told a GQ reporter that women have a right to choose an abortion. The comments could have political implications.
• Friend: Father Of Joint Custody 'Very Bright Man'
  Parenting groups — and especially fathers — are paying tribute to James Cook who died Feb. 21. Cook worked to push through the nation's first joint-custody law in California. Jayne Major, executive director of Breakthrough Parenting Services, says the fruit of Cook's work in California swept the nation.
• White House, States Meet On Stimulus Spending
  At the White House Thursday, state officials met with administration officials to discuss how to responsibly spend the economic stimulus money. Jack Lavin, Illinois' chief operations officer, attended the meeting. He says determining where the money will go "is a work in progress."
• Lobbying Behind Union Bill Gains Steam
  Union backers and corporate opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act threw tens of millions of dollars into lobbying on the bill even before it was introduced this week. Now they are implementing strategies meant to ratchet up over the spring and summer.
• Madoff Victim Says She Lost All Her Savings
  Many of Bernard Madoff's victims were in court Thursday to watch him plead guilty and go to jail. One of those present was Ronnie Sue Ambrosino. She and her husband lost their life savings of $1.66 million in Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
• An End To Japan Team's 'Curse Of Col. Sanders'?
  A statue of the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken was pulled out of a river near Osaka on Wednesday. Fans of the Hanshin Tigers threw it into the river in 1985 because they thought it looked like Randy Bass, the team's star slugger. The team hasn't won a game since. Bass, now an Oklahoma state senator, shares his memories.
• Chicago's Sears Tower Changes Name
  Chicago's famous Sears Tower will be getting a new name — becoming the Willis Tower. The global insurance broker Willis Group announced that will move to the renamed tower by this summer.
• Remembering The Father Of Joint Custody
  Parenting groups — and especially fathers — have been paying tribute to James Cook who died Feb. 21. After losing his own custody battle, Cook worked to push through the nation's first joint-custody law in California, paving the way to changes in other states. David Levy, who worked on parenting issues alongside Cook, remembers him.
• Obama Meets With Chinese Foreign Minister
  China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with President Barack Obama at the White House Thursday, another sign the two rival world powers are ready to work together at a time of heightened economic danger. The meeting comes after tension over an incident involving Chinese and U.S. ships in the South China Sea.
• Stocks Rise, Pushing Dow Past 7,000
  Stocks were up again Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 240 points, giving the Dow its biggest three-day jump since last November.
• Letters: Sexting, Baseball
  Listeners respond to the story on sexting, the practice in which teens send each other nude pictures, and to the story of a father who has had to explain to his son the consequences of baseball's steroid scandal. Michele Norris and Robert Siegel read from listeners' e-mails.
• White House Presses States On Stimulus
  As the administration is pushing nearly 800 billion dollars out the door to stimulate the economy, it's also pressing the states to carefully monitor the spending in the stimulus package and report back on its effectiveness.
• Opposing Sides Prepare For Union Bill Battle
  A lobbying spendathon is under way over the Employee Free Choice Act, which Democrats introduced in Congress this week. The bill would make it easier for unions to organize workers. It is opposed by most business groups.
• Hooking Up PC To TV Could Be Near
  There are so many ways to watch video on the Internet these days, stuff that could be watched on network TV or at the movie theater: Fox and NBC shows on Hulu.com, NCAA tournament games on the CBS Web site, Netflix streaming on your computer. But why is it so complicated to hook your TV up to your computer and watch whatever you want?
• Madoff Losses May Be Less Than Expected
  Estimates of the amount of money Bernard Madoff bilked from investors vary from $50 billion to $64 billion. Investigators say, however, the actual losses are far less.

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