Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Police seek information on shooting death of teenager
  Minneapolis police and community members are asking people to come forward with any information about the killing of 14-year-old Charez Jones. Jones was leaving a party in north Minneapolis Saturday night when she was shot and killed. Police say they're following leads, but so far, have made no arrests in the case.5:20 p.m.
• State to require fire-safe cigarettes
  Firefighters and tobacco control advocates are cheering the passage of a new Minnesota law that requires cigarettes sold in the state to stop burning if the smoker stops puffing on them.5:45 p.m.
• MPR reporter Bob Reha dies
  Bob Reha, a reporter in the Moorhead bureau of Minnesota Public Radio, died Saturday of leukemia.6:25 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• 'Sopranos' Finale: A Nod to Nothingness
  Creators of successful dramas start to resent the popularity of what they've done — and take it out on the audience. It is hard to come up with a good ending. But that doesn't excuse what David Chase, creator of The Sopranos, put on HBO Sunday night.
• Leader of Iraqi Parliament Is Forced Out of Post
  The Iraqi parliament has voted to oust its outspoken speaker. The assembly said the behavior of Mahmoud Mashhadani, a leader of the main Sunni Arab bloc, has been an embarrassment. He frequently engaged in shouting matches with other members of the assembly.
• Imani Winds Hits Its Mark on 'Josephine Baker'
  If it's possible for a classically trained wind quintet to rock the house, Imani Winds blows the roof off. The five musicians came together 10 years ago with a common goal: To show young people of color there's a place for them in all of the arts. Imani Winds' Josephine Baker: A Life Of Le Jazz Hot! is a CD of original music inspired by Baker's life.
• The Value of a Man-Made Mess, on the Internet
  Many humans' lives are messy — and our houses and desks reflect that with clutter and disarray. But messiness on the Internet may turn out to have a few positive outcomes.
• My Mother's Voice, Via an Artificial Larynx
  The human voice carries many complex messages. Subtleties of tone, inflection, accent and articulation are only a few of the variables. For listener Leslie MacPherson Artinian of Quincy, Mass., the voice of her late mother has special resonance.
• Loving Decision: 40 Years of Legal Interracial Unions
  On June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage in the landmark Loving v. Virginia ruling. A lawyer who argued the case remembers the couple at its heart, and an interracial couple in Virginia reflects on their life today.
• In Trinidad, No Bail for N.Y. Airport Plot Suspects
  A Trinidad court has denied bail to three men accused of being part of a plot to blow up fuel installations feeding New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The three were ordered to remain in jail until an extradition hearing later this month. The case has trained attention on Islam in the Caribbean region.
• Republicans Block No-Confidence Vote on Gonzales
  Senate Republicans have blocked a no-confidence vote in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Although none of them came to Gonzales' defense, they argued that it's not the Senate's job to pass judgment on the president's Cabinet officers. Members of both parties say they are worried that Gonzales helped politicize the Justice Department.
• Damage to Shuttle's Insulation Prompts a Review
  NASA engineers are worried enough about an insulating blanket that has come loose on Space Shuttle Atlantis to consider sending an astronaut on a space walk this week to fix it. For now, the shuttle is docked at the International Space Station.
• Director Sembene, Father of African Cinema
  Ousmane Sembene was one of the most important writers of sub-Saharan Africa. He was also, arguably, its most important filmmaker. Sembene's novels and short stories gained international acclaim, but because many of his own people could not read, he started making movies.
• Appeals Court Strikes at 'Enemy Combatant' Policy
  A federal appeals court says President Bush does not have the constitutional authority to imprison a U.S. resident indefinitely and without charge, as in the case of Ali al-Marri. Al-Marri is a citizen of Qatar who was attending graduate school in Illinois when he was arrested in 2001.
• 'Amnesty' Is Not a Four-Letter Word
  In order to revive the struggling immigration bill, President Bush must find a way to overcome opposition to the concept of "amnesty."
• A Duty to Mislead: Politics and the Iraq War
  Democrats are telling voters that if they are elected, all U.S. troops will be pulled out of Iraq. But as Sen. Hillary Clinton privately told a senor military adviser, she knows there will be some troops there for decades. It's an example of how in some cases, politics can force dishonesty.
• Bush May Veto Congressional Spending Bills
  This week, Congress gets down to the basics of the budget. Leaders are poring over thousands of programs and agencies, adding and subtracting dollars. But they're not making the White House happy. President Bush's advisers are telling him to do something unprecedented: veto any bills that spend more than he requested.
• California Bill Would Require Neutered Pets
  The proposed California Healthy Pets Act would require pet owners to neuter or spay their cats and dogs. The bill, which barely passed the State Assembly, still needs to pass the State Senate. Robert Siegel talks with John Myers, statehouse reporter for KQED in San Francisco.

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