Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Out of ashes
  A year after the Ham Lake fire was officially declared contained, Lutheran wilderness camp rebuilds.5:20 p.m.
• Rochester schools tackle complex education achievement problems
  The achievement gap in Rochester Public Schools isn't just poor and minority students. It's also white middle class students.5:24 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Kennedy's Political Future Uncertain
  Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with malignant brain cancer. In his eighth full term, he is the third longest serving senator in U.S. history. Many of his fellow lawmakers — both Democrat and Republican — are offering prayers and support for the 76-year-old.
• Understanding Sen. Kennedy's Cancer Diagnosis
  Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant glioma, a type of brain cancer. Dr. Andrew Norden of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston talks about the treatment and prognosis of malignant gliomas.
• Aid Coordinator Says Situation Is Dire in Myanmar
  Jean Sebastian Matte, the emergency coordinator for Doctors Without Borders, says many people in Myanmar who are in desperate need of aid haven't received any. While there has been no outbreak of disease yet, he says that respiratory illnesses and diarrhea are growing more common in the storm-ravaged country.
• Court Says Dollar Design Discriminates Against Blind
  A U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled the Treasury Department is discriminating against the blind by printing money that is all the same size, with no tactile features that would make it possible to distinguish, say, a $10 bill from a $20. The decision could force the Treasury Department to redesign U.S. bills.
• Local Plants Give Sense of Place, Character
  As budding horticulturists begin invading garden centers around the country, gardener Lisa Caprioglio talks with Michele Norris about the benefits of growing local plants.
• Senator Changes Course, Balks at Funding Iraq War
  The Senate's No. 2 Democrat voted for years to fund a war he opposed from the start, but he now says such votes are over. Majority Whip Dick Durbin has declared in recent weeks that he has no intention of voting for President Bush's final emergency supplemental spending request to fund the Iraq war.
• Letters: Mourning in China
  Michele Norris and Melissa Block read from listeners' e-mails.
• Canadian Timber Industry Hurt by U.S. Housing Bust
  The Canadian soft-wood lumber industry is in freefall. Sawmills are closing or switching to partial schedules, and unions are screaming for government aid to the affected communities. The reason? The American housing bust. But Canadian timber workers are angry at the U.S. for other reasons, too.
• Obama Expected to Hit Delegate Milestone
  Kentucky and Oregon are holding primaries Tuesday. Hillary Clinton is expected to win Kentucky, and Barack Obama is likely to triumph in Oregon. The big news at the end of the day may be that Obama will reach a majority of the pledged delegates — not officially giving him the nomination, but giving him another psychological boost in his battle with Clinton.
• Google, Apple Go Head to Head in Ultimate Frisbee
  Every few weeks during the spring, stalwarts of the Internet economy — companies like Google, Apple, Facebook and Yahoo — meet on an open field to shout out their brand loyalties and throw things at each other. It's not the downturn in the economy that has blood pressures high. It's ultimate Frisbee.
• Graduates Face Stiff Competition for Jobs in China
  Fan Jiachen is a 23-year-old college senior in search of a job in China. What he's learned so far: an English major from a third-tier school does not open doors. Fan talks about why it's so hard for college graduates to find work these days. Fan also shares his worries about his future.
• High-End Homes Sold as Art
  With the housing market in shambles, certain properties are being pitched with more than "charming" and "must see inside." They're being auctioned as art. Of course, it helps when they have a name of a famous architect attached to them.
• Iraqi Army Secures Sadr City
  Iraqi government forces have moved into the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City in northeast Baghdad. The operation was launched after an agreement was reached between the government and supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Sadr loyalists have battled the Iraqi army off and on for the past seven weeks.
• Detectives Search Manson Ranch for Murder Victims
  Sheriffs' detectives in Inyo County, Calif., believe a one-time hideout of the notorious Charles Manson clan may be concealing the bodies of murder victims from nearly 40 years ago. The detectives are converging Tuesday on the Barker Ranch with shovels and high-tech ground-penetrating radar to search for graves.
• Bush Would Be Better Off Staying Stateside
  NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr observed President Bush's trip to the Middle East and has this bit of advice: "Please, Mr. President, with eight months left in your presidency, stay home."

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