Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Indian novelist Anosh Irani needs distance to write about home
  Novelist Anoshi Irani says while he still pines for India and in particular Bombay where he grew up. But he also says he knows he can't write about his homeland while he's there, because it's just too close.4:44 p.m.
• Sale of Swift & Co. raises questions in Worthington
  One of the largest employers in southwest Minnesota is part of the sale of the Swift & Co. meatpacking business. A Brazilian company bought Swift in a $1.4 billion deal.5:20 p.m.
• Klobuchar tours Gunflint Trail damage
  U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar was in northern Minnesota on Tuesday, touring fire-damaged areas in and around the Gunflint Trail. The senator flew over burned resorts and homes to get a look at the amount of destruction the Ham Lake Fire caused earlier this month.5:50 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• LAPD Issues Report on May Day Skirmish
  The Los Angeles Police Commission issues a report on its investigation of alleged police misconduct during the May 1 MacArthur Park pro-immigration rally and march.
• Bush Taps Robert Zoellick as World Bank President
  President Bush has selected Robert Zoellick to be the next president of the World Bank, according to senior White House officials. Zoellick has held two very high-ranking jobs within the Bush administration: He is a former deputy secretary of state, and served as a U.S. trade representative.
• Bush Pressures Sudan Over Darfur Genocide
  President Bush tightened U.S. sanctions against Sudan on Tuesday, saying Darfurians deserve the help. It has been three years since his administration first called the conflict genocide. The action bars 31 more companies from accessing the U.S. financial system and targets three individuals.
• U.S. Develops Strategy to Deal with Sudan
  President Bush announced new sanctions against Sudan on Tuesday in an effort to bring an end to the genocide in Darfur. The president said Sudan's government has defied the international community in bringing an end to the violence.
• How the Candidates Stack Up in Iowa
  Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is considered one of two front-runners for the nomination nationally. But in Iowa,where Obama unveiled his health care proposal Tuesday, Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton both trail John Edwards, whose strong standing reflects the amount of time he has spent in the state. On the Republican side, Mitt Romney has pulled ahead, despite Rudolph Giuliani's national lead. David Yepsen, columnist at the Des Moines Register, talks with Michele Norris.
• 11-Year-Old Bags Enormous Wild Hog
  A wild hog thought to be more than 1,000 pounds was killed by an 11-year-old boy May 3 at Lost Creek Plantation, a commercial hunting preserve. Jerry Cunningham, owner of Jerry's Taxidermy in Oxford, Ala., was hired to mount its head, and he watched preserve employees use a backhoe to move it.
• Presidential Hopefuls Highlight Health Care
  Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) unveils his plan to overhaul the nation's health care system Tuesday, on the heels of part one of the three-part plan unveiled by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) last week. The candidates are using one of the most potent domestic issues in the campaign to tailor their messages.
• High Court Limits Discrimination Cases
  A Supreme Court ruling Tuesday limits workers' ability to sue employers for pay discrimination that results from decisions made years earlier. The decision says employers would otherwise find it difficult to defend against claims "arising from employment decisions that are long past."
• Used-CD Shops Criticize Resale Laws
  Legislation in Florida and Utah to restrict the resale of used merchandise is having unintended consequences for used-CD stores. A number of other states are considering "pawn shop laws" that primarily target trade in stolen goods. Some CD shops say the legislation may put them out of business.
• Buckley's Big Voice Built a Loyal Following
  Rock musician Jeff Buckley died 10 years ago today at age 30. His talent inspired a legion of fans during his short career.
• Iran 'Cooperates' on Its Own Terms
  Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that Iran has managed to set its own terms for cooperation with the United States on Iraq.
• When College Students Live Next Door
  College students and families don't always make the best neighbors. Commentator Ed Cullen has an uneasy truce with some of the young people on his street.
• Take This Job and Shove It! I'm a Writer Now
  A writer scrapes up the courage to quit his salary job and become a full-time writer. He takes us through the steps he took.
• CDC Issues Quarantine Over Tuberculosis Case
  The CDC has placed a Georgia man with a rare and exceptionally dangerous form of tuberculosis under quarantine, the first time a quarantine order has been issued in the United States since 1963. Authorities say the man may have exposed passengers and crew aboard two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month. Robert Siegel talks with CDC Director Julie Gerberding.
• Studying a Koala Mystery in Eastern Australia
  One of the best places to learn about koalas is St. Bees Island off the coast of eastern Australia. Biologist Alistair Melzer is studying why the iconic animal is thriving there, even as it is dying out in other parts of Australia.

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