Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Q&A: Researcher explains options for near-extinct Isle Royale wolves
  Michigan Tech University wildlife biologist Rolf Peterson has studied the wolves in Isle Royale National Park for more than 40 years and spoke with MPR's Tom Crann about a new report that says the wolves are near extinction.3:50 p.m.
• Bittersweet homecoming for N. Mpls resident displaced by tornado
  After nearly 10 months, Brett Buckner is finally moving back into his recently repaired house -- but without his elderly mother who recently passed away.3:54 p.m.
• Rep. Kriesel: 'My kids don't want me to run for re-election'
  The Iraq War veteran said he wasn't scared away from the Capitol by a tough first term that included a state shutdown and contentious debates about same-sex marriage.4:44 p.m.
• Bakk: Brodkorb scandal brings 'dishonor' to Senate
  Republicans in the Minnesota Senate weren't saying much Friday about a potential lawsuit from former staffer Michael Brodkorb.5:20 p.m.
• Minn. GOP embrace of constitutional amendments could backfire
  The strategy of placing multiple amendment questions on the statewide ballot comes with some potential risks, among them the possibility that voter opposition to one measure could defeat another.5:24 p.m.
• First lady Michelle Obama arrives in Minnesota
  Military families are telling Michelle Obama that she came to the right place to learn about helping them when she arrived in Minnesota.5:50 p.m.
• Cube Critics: Movies we'd like to see made
  Stephanie Curtis the Movie Maven and arts reporter Euan Kerr are always in 'chat mode' about the movies they've seen.6:25 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Buying A Political Ad? Let A SuperPAC Foot The Bill
  Mitt Romney and the superPAC that supports him vastly outspent his rivals in Alabama and Mississippi, yet Romney still lost both primaries. This has some political experts wondering: When it comes to TV ads, is there a saturation point?
• Week In Politics: Primaries And Obama Campaign
  Melissa Block talks to our regular political commentators — E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and David Brooks of the New York Times — about the GOP primaries and President Obama's re-election campaign.
• Letters: On 'Pink Slime' And The Planets
  Melissa Block reads emails from listeners about "pink slime" and the planets.
• Archbishop Of Canterbury To Resign Post
  The Archbishop of Canterbury has announced he will resign his post at the end of December and take up a position at Cambridge University. The news comes at a time of tensions within the Anglican Church over the issue of homosexuality and women bishops.
• The Wisdom Of Faith: What Religion Can Teach Us
  While religion is diminishing in Great Britain, it remains a powerful force in the U.S. British author Alain de Botton suggests that faith is intermittently too useful, effective and intelligent to be abandoned to the religious alone.
• The Market's Finally Looking Up: Will It Last?
  The stock market hit some major milestones this week: The Standard & Poor's 500 index reached its highest level in more than three years and the Nasdaq rose to its highest level in 11 years. Still, the Federal Reserve has been warning not to get too excited about where the economy is headed next.
• Why Are Some Countries Rich And Others Poor?
  A new book called Why Nations Fail argues that a lot comes down to politics — not just laws, but also a country's norms.
• Provocative Chinese Cartoonists Find An Outlet Online
  In a Nemo-inspired cartoon, a menacing fish lures unsuspecting little fish with a glowing picture of a Communist hero. A South Park-like animation skewers China's elites. These are among the works of a new generation of Chinese political cartoonists who are using social media to evade censors.
• Trial For New York Mets Owners To Start Monday
  The civil trial for the owners of the New York Mets is set to begin Monday. The outcome could hinge on the question of "willful blindness" — whether Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz should have known that the Ponzi scheme run by their friend Bernie Madoff was too good to be true.
• 'Edith Can Shoot' (And Knit A Family Together)
  Edith is a protective 12-year-old who carries around a giant stuffed frog — and a rifle. She and her 16-year-old brother are latchkey kids growing up in rural America in the play Edith Can Shoot Things And Hit Them by Filipino-American writer Rey Pamatmat.

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