Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Autistic man recovering well after a week lost in the woods
  Doctors at the University of Minnesota Hospital say a 25-year old autistic man is lucky to be alive today after spending a week in the woods of northwestern Wisconsin.5:20 p.m.
• Special search software helps locate missing man
  Hundreds of volunteers, in addition to search dogs, planes, helicopters and ATVs, helped authorities search for Keith Kennedy, a 25-year old autistic man who was lost for one week in the Wisconsin woods.5:24 p.m.
• Some Minnesota cities don't like their 'LGA surprise'
  At the end of this year's legislative session, Minnesota cities were happy when they were told they'd get a big increase in local government aid. Now, some cities are surprised to learn they won't be getting the state aid dollars they expected.5:50 p.m.
• Mattress recycling keeps box springs out of the landfill
  One of the bigger problems for landfills is as close as the bedroom. Mattresses and box springs take up a lot of room, and the springs create problems for landfill equipment.5:54 p.m.
• Jeune Lune closing concerns arts community
  Internationally acclaimed Minneapolis-based Theatre de la Jeune Lune announced this weekend it's calling it quits because of mounting debts. The news is causing members of the arts community to look back and look forward.6:24 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• U.S. Downplays Human Rights in Vietnam Leader's Visit
  Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is being received at the White House Tuesday. There are calls on Capitol Hill for President Bush to make human rights a focal point of talks, but the administration is playing up economic cooperation.
• Court Rules Against U.S. on Guantanamo Detainee
  A federal appeals court has ruled that a prisoner being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should not be designated an enemy combatant. The prisoner is a Chinese Muslim known as a Uighur, who has been imprisoned for more than six years.
• Valle Giulia Has Taken On Mythological Stature
  Forty years ago, there were protests in many European countries. But perhaps the longest and most complex movement was in Italy. During the battle of Valle Giulia, the meadow in front of Rome University's school of architecture, some 4,000 students confronted police. By early 1968, most Italian universities were occupied.
• South Korea Tackles Multiculturalism
  In recent years, the number of rural and low-income South Korean men who have married foreign women has exploded. The government and civil society have responded by opening schools to help these "marriage migrants" learn to become South Koreans.
• Intel Report Eyes Climate Change-Security Link
  U.S. intelligence agencies have produced a classified assessment of the implications of climate change for U.S. national security. The National Intelligence Assessment has been delivered to Congress and will be the subject of a hearing later this week.
• U.S. Blasts Mugabe on Zimbabwe Violence
  In Zimbabwe, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has taken refuge in the Dutch Embassy after dropping out of Friday's presidential run-offs. The U.S. Monday condemned President Robert Mugabe's supporters and said his government cannot be considered legitimate in the absence of a run-off.
• Future of AIDS Funding at Stake in Senate
  For months, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has led a group of senators blocking a vote on a global AIDS bill that would increase funding to $50 billion over the next five years. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says lawmakers must reach a compromise by Tuesday, or else President Bush will head to the G8 summit empty-handed.
• Offshore Drilling May Have Little Effect on Oil Prices
  President Bush is pushing offshore drilling as a way to increase production and cut oil prices. Robert Siegel talks to Henry Lee, director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program at Harvard University, who says offshore drilling may not have an immediate impact.
• Alternatives to Oil Also Costly
  The record high price of heating oil has New Englanders worried about how they'll keep warm next winter. They are installing wood-burning stoves and stocking up on firewood. But they are finding high oil prices drive up the cost of the alternatives, too. David Darman of New Hampshire Public Radio reports.
• Documentary Sheds Light on Young Iraqi
  Operation Filmmaker is a documentary about Muthana Mohmed, a young Iraqi who caught the eye of actor Liev Schreiber. Schreiber invited him to work as an intern on his new film and he invited documentarian Nina Davenport to make her own movie about Mohmed's experience. Andrea Shea reports from WBUR in Boston.
• Mississippi River Reclaims Floodplain in Parts of Mo.
  Missouri forecasters said Monday the flooded Mississippi River is about to stop rising. But that news may come too late for some towns. In rural Lincoln County, virtually all of the region's primary levees failed, causing the river to reclaim tens of thousands of acres of floodplain. Adam Allington reports from member station KWMU in St. Louis.
• In N.H., a Tight Political Rematch
  New Hampshire Democrats are optimistic of their chances this November, hoping to reverse the 2002 results when Republican John Sununu defeated Jeanne Shaheen for the U.S. Senate. Now, the state is seeing a Democratic surge as Shaheen again takes on Sununu. The GOP may, however, have a secret weapon in John McCain. Josh Rogers of New Hampshire Public Radio reports.
• Doubts Cast on High School Pregnancy Pact
  The mayor of Gloucester, Mass., says there is no evidence that 17 girls made a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together. Last week, the school's principal told Time magazine that the girls planned to get pregnant together.
• Study: Your Polling Place Affects How You Vote
  A new study shows that where you vote affects how you vote. People who vote in schools, for example, are more likely to support a school funding initiative. The researchers suggest that the same sort of psychology might affect people who vote in churches.
• McCain, Obama Stress Energy Prize, Gender
  Democrat Barack Obama talked Monday about the women who helped shape his life and argued he would be a better proponent of equal pay than his Republican rival, John McCain. Meanwhile, McCain proposed a $300 million government prize for anyone who can develop a car battery that far surpasses existing technology.

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