Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Writer recalls relative's wedding-night abduction nearly 90 years ago
  June is a popular month for weddings in Minnesota. It's been that way for years. This evening, commentator Peg Guilfoyle plans to celebrate the anniversary of one unusual wedding that made headlines 90 years ago.4:54 p.m.
• Dramatic slowdown in job losses last month
  Minnesota employers cut 1,600 jobs in May, the smallest monthly loss since August 2008, according to figures released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.5:20 p.m.
• Rep. Peterson brawling over ethanol expansion
  Agricultural leaders in the U.S. House continue to negotiate today on legislation designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change. Minnesota congressman Collin Peterson, is leading a group of lawmakers from rural districts who are threatening to block the legislation.5:24 p.m.
• Woman ordered to pay $1.9 million in music download case
  A federal jury in Minneapolis has ruled a Minnesota woman violated several music copyrights in the nation's only file-sharing case to go to trial, and ordered her to pay $1.9 million in damages.5:50 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• 'Bruno' Offensive? Let Us Count The Ways ...
  The film Bruno, which is opening in a few weeks, is a satire about an over-the-top gay fashion victim starring Sacha Baron Cohen. The studio has been pre-screening Bruno for gay activists and writers, hoping to derail charges of homophobia. Judging from the trailer, however, there is a huge list of people this new movie could offend.
• Sri Lankan Tamils Ponder Future
  A month has elapsed since the war ended in Sri Lanka. Yet people on that island nation are still trying to piece together their lives. Many have been celebrating the government's stunning defeat of the Tamil Tiger separatist rebels who it fought for nearly three decades, but the war has left many scars and much unsettled business.
• Senate Apologizes For Slavery
  In a resolution passed Thursday, the Senate acknowledges "the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow laws." The resolution also makes clear it cannot be used to support reparations for slavery.
• Reporter: Amanda Knox 'Unflappable' In Testimony
  Amanda Knox, an American exchange student accused of helping to kill her British roommate in Italy, took the stand in her own defense this week. Barbie Nadeau, correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, says evidence found in Knox's house could be troubling for the defense.
• Vacation Too Pricey? Try A Theater-Aisle Seat
  When only the rich could travel widely, movie audiences went to Rome, Belgium or a seaside resort without leaving their seats. Bob Mondello looks at how Hollywood's view of summer vacation has evolved.
• Expert: Iran Protests Full Of Symbolism
  Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi joined a massive crowd of his supporters Thursday on the streets of the capital, Tehran. Shahram Kholdi, a teaching fellow at the University of Manchester, in England, offers his insight on the political unrest in Iran.
• Protester: Tehran Turning Into 2 Cities
  Protests in Iran continued Thursday as demonstrators wore black to mourn those killed in clashes throughout the week. An Iranian-American researcher in Tehran, who is a supporter of presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi, says protesters are using the language and cultural traditions of the Islamic Republic to argue for their rights.
• Artists Use Social Media For Public Feedback
  After a car crash left him unable to paint for a while, pop artist Coop started taking photos and sharing them on Flickr. Now he is painting again and the photo-sharing Web site has become a critical influence in his artwork as fans offer feedback on paintings in progress. Writer John August gets nonprofessional feedback on the Internet as well. He asks his Twitter followers for comments about a short story he just published.
• Geithner Pushes Overhaul Of Financial System
  Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner went before the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee, kicking off the administration's push to get Congress to back a wide-ranging proposal to reform the financial services sector. The hearings provided some insights into just how complex this legislative battle will be.
• Plane Lands Safely In N.J. Despite Pilot's Death
  Continental Flight 61 from Brussels landed safely today at its scheduled destination of Newark, New Jersey, after the pilot died during the flight. The aircraft — a Boeing 777 with 247 passengers — landed safely. The co-pilot took over when the captain, age 60, died.
• Smartphone Market Heats Up
  The newest iPhone goes on sale Friday. For many, so-called smartphones like iPhones and BlackBerries are more than gadgets, they are a necessity. And as demand for the products has grown, so has competition. It's now an epic business battle.
• Battling Despair: One Mother's Search For A Job
  Despite diligently applying for work every day for eight months, Sylvia Martinez still hasn't landed a job. The mother of three struggles to cope with her financial difficulties and the emotional stress — sometimes despair — of being jobless.
• Letters: Texting Champion
  Listeners respond to the interview with the text-messaging champion, and Michele Norris and Robert Siegel offer two corrections.
• High Court: Convicts Have No Right To Test DNA
  The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the U.S. Constitution does not give convicts the right to test DNA evidence from their cases. The court's 5-4 majority said such decisions are best left to the states.
• More Families Pull The Plug On Their Home Phone
  Government research shows more and more households are getting rid of their land lines. For the first time, cell-phone-only homes outnumber those with just land lines.

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