Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Mall of America backers showcase top-tier support
  Minnesota House and Senate leaders are backing a tax subsidy to expand Mall of America in Bloomington.5:19 p.m.
• Putting your medical records online
  Minnesota is a leader in the world of electronic medical records.5:23 p.m.
• Living history on a Minnesota farm
  Two brothers have watched nearly a century of state history from their northern Minnesota farm.5:50 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Baxter CEO Says Heparin Purposely Tainted
  Relatives of victims killed by contaminated heparin testify on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The CEO of Baxter Inc., the company that manufactures the drug, says it appears that the contaminant was deliberately added to the heparin by a supplier in China.
• Letters: Rev. Wright; Farming Family
  Robert Siegel and Melissa Block read listeners' responses to Monday's program, including comments about NPR's coverage of remarks by Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. There's also reaction to a story about a family farming corn in central Iowa.
• Obama Responds to Former Pastor
  Barack Obama made an impassioned break from his former pastor in a speech Tuesday in North Carolina. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright had made several public appearances over the past few days, none of which pleased the Obama campaign.
• Gas Prices on Mind of Primary Voters
  Gas prices have steadily risen a few pennies per week. Now, the average price is $3.60 per gallon nationwide. In some parts of the country, gas prices have already topped $4 dollars per gallon. Oil prices are up 25 percent since the start of the year. A week from now, voters in Indiana and North Carolina head to the polls for their primaries, and gas prices and the economy are on people's minds.
• McCain: Put Families 'Back in Charge' of Health Care
  Republican presidential candidate John McCain visits the Sunshine State to tout his proposal to switch from employer-based system of coverage to one that encourages people to buy their own health insurance.
• Is the Weak Dollar to Blame for High Oil Prices?
  Oil prices are hovering near $120 a barrel and people are wondering what, if anything, can be done to bring prices down. Oil is a commodity — the price of which is set in a global market. Increasingly, oil-producing countries are pointing at the weak dollar as the main factor keeping prices high.
• Former Guantanamo Prosecutor: Tribunals Tainted
  Air Force Colonel Morris Davis, the former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo, testified Monday on behalf of terror suspect Salim Ahmed Hamdan. Since leaving Guantanamo, Davis has been publicly critical of the tribunals, claiming that the process of prosecuting terror suspects has been politicized. Davis talks with Melissa Block.
• Pakistan Government Split over Sacked Judges
  Last month, the two main parties in Pakistan's new coalition government agreed to introduce a parliamentary resolution reinstating the senior judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf within 30 days of forming a government. Musharraf's enemies say once the judges are back, they'll declare his recent re-election as president as illegal. Wednesday is the deadline to reinstate the judges.
• Wright Hurts Obama's Notion of a Post-Racial World
  NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says he kind of likes the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who has re-emerged on stage. Problem is, the more Wright talks, the more he undercuts Barack Obama, who says we're in a post-racial world.
• Grand Theft Auto, Live (Almost) from Liberty City
  Set in a thinly disguised New York, the latest in the best-selling console-game series stars an Eastern European immigrant caught up in a seedy criminal underworld. Reporter Heather Chaplin played the game with writer-producer Lazlow Jones.
• Bush, Congress Clash on Dealing with Gas Prices
  When it comes to gasoline prices, President Bush and Congress are talking past each other. The president says the solution is to boost U.S. oil production and refinery capacity. Congressional Democrats say it's time to tax big oil's windfall profits and suspend filling the strategic petroleum reserve.
• Students Compete in Poetry Recitation Contest
  Each year, high school students from all over the United States come together to compete in a poetry recitation contest — standing center stage with only a microphone and their memory.
• Analyzing Proposed Gas Tax Holiday
  Republican presidential candidate John McCain is advocating a gas tax moratorium between Memorial Day and Labor Day to help ease the burden of high gas prices. But how would a gas tax holiday work? And would it help? Leonard Burman, director of the Tax Policy Center, a non-partisan think tank, talks with Melissa Block.
• Steal a Car, Tune In to NPR
  In the new video game Grand Theft Auto IV, right after you've hijacked a car, you can turn on the car radio and pick from a variety of stations — one of which might sound familiar to public radio listeners.
• Le Trio Joubran: Brothers of the Oud
  The oud is one of the world's oldest string instruments, dating back as much as 4,000 years. But on their new album Majaz, three Palestinian siblings prove that its traditions are still evolving.

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