Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Both Minnesota senators support housing bill
  Both Minnesota's U.S. senators support a housing bill the Senate could vote on this week.5:20 p.m.
• Democrats say it's up to Pawlenty to revive rail money
  Advocates of the Central Corridor light rail line vented Tuesday over Gov. Tim Pawlenty's veto of state financing for the project and said it's up to him to keep the project from withering.5:24 p.m.
• A translators journey through Darfur
  In the summer of 2003 Daoud Hari fled as government helicopters and armed horsemen attacked his village in Darfur. Several family members died in the assault. He wanted the world to know what was happening.5:50 p.m.
• Dinosaurs to roam in St. Paul
  A theatrical show featuring dinosaurs that has toured all over the world for the past year is coming to St. Paul this summer.5:56 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Affidavit: Polygamist Ranch Rife with Sexual Abuse
  Court document filed by Texas officials say young girls were prepared to accept sexual relations with older men as soon as they reached puberty. More than 400 children have been removed from the compound since it was raided by police.
• Letters: Picking an NCAA Winner
  We update a conversation with a math student at the College of Charleston who helped create an algorithm that correctly predicted the outcome of Monday's NCAA men's basketball championship.
• Clinton Rejects Petraeus' Call to Slow Troop Pullout
  As Gen. David Petraeus answered questions from a Senate panel about the status of the war in Iraq, Sen. Hillary Clinton suggested it's time "to begin an orderly process of withdrawing troops." The Democratic presidential hopeful discusses her approach to Iraq and her push to woo superdelegates with Michele Norris.
• Recording Shows Tribune Owner Zell's Fiery Side
  Tribune Co. owner Sam Zell is like a bull in a china shop. Meeting with staffers at the company's Washington bureau, Zell refers to journalists as "overhead" and suggests the days of the newspaper as "a holy monopoly" are over.
• No End in Sight to Sadr City Battles
  Fresh fighting in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City puts new strains on an already fragile cease-fire ordered by radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. U.S. casualties are mounting as fighting spreads.
• Boston Gun Search Divides Parents
  Boston police are asking parents for permission to search children's rooms for firearms. Some parents welcome the effort to keep guns out of the hands of youths. Others see it as a clear invasion of privacy.
• Film Documents Rape of Women in Congo
  Documentary filmmaker Lisa Jackson traveled to the Congo in 2006 to investigate the systematic rape of tens of thousands of women. She discusses her film, The Greatest Silence, which debuts Tuesday on HBO.
• Preparing to Carry the Olympic Torch
  Wednesday's Olympic torch relay in San Francisco will involve heavy security after earlier protests over the human rights record of the host nation, China. Anni Chung, president and CEO of Self-Help for the Elderly, is among 80 torch bearers set to participate.
• Transplanted Author Finds Roots in Writing
  Jhumpa Lahiri's new collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth, focuses on a subject the author knows intimately: Bengali-Americans struggling to make sense of their adopted homeland.
• CBS May Turn to CNN for News
  CBS has been talking to Time Warner about outsourcing some CBS News operations by using CNN.
• Petraeus: Iraq Progress 'Fragile, Reversible'
  Gen. David Petraeus, the top American commander in Baghdad tells a pair of Senate committees that a troop surge in Iraq has been successful, but that the success is fragile. Ambassador Ryan Crocker echoes Petraeus' concerns.
• Lawmakers Grill Petraeus, Crocker
  Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad, faced tough questions on Iraq from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
• Clinton, Obama Speak to Communications Workers
  The Democratic presidential rivals — Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton — speak to the Communications Workers of America in Washington, D.C.
• Nerves Fray as Zimbabwe Awaits Election Results
  Zimbabweans are increasingly tense and frustrated as they wait for results of the March 29 presidential vote. Opponents of President Robert Mugabe, who has held power for 28 years, suspect fraud.
• Alabama County Faces Bankruptcy
  A financial crisis has Alabama's Jefferson County on the verge of a $4.2 billion bankruptcy action. The county is home to Birmingham, the state's largest city.

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