Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• St. Paul scrambles to fill storefronts before convention
  With downtown retail hurting, St. Paul is enticing merchants to set up temporary shops, at least for the week of the convention.4:50 p.m.
• Hastings bridge reopens, main street relieved
  The Highway 61 bridge into Hastings reopens to full traffic this weekend, to the relief of main steet businesses.5:20 p.m.
• Some voters favor both Obama and Coleman
  Why do a sizable number of Minnesota voters appear ready to vote for Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Norm Coleman?5:24 p.m.
• Olga Franco wants trial moved again
  At a court hearing Friday morning in Marshall, Olga Franco's defense team asked that her trial be moved once again, to the Twin Cities.5:50 p.m.
• The pork wars on YouTube
  What kind of pork will you eat? That's the question marketing groups are wrestling over on YouTube.5:53 p.m.
• Minneapolis girl takes on global role in YouTube video
  A Minneapolis girl plays a big role in one of this year's most popular and talked-about Internet videos.5:58 p.m.
• Despite obstacles, local writer aims to make his movie
  Making a feature film is never easy. But imagine if you were deaf, legally blind, and unable to talk.6:23 p.m.
• Landmark smokestack loses to greener natural gas
  A familiar landmark in St. Paul is coming down tomorrow. Xcel Energy is imploding the stack at the old High Bridge power plant as part of its conversion of metro-area power plants to cleaner fuels.6:28 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Democrats Eye Green Convention
  The Democratic convention in Denver is aiming to reuse, recycle or compost at least 85 percent of all waste generated. Andrea Robinson, director of sustainability and greening for the Democratic National Convention, talks about the challenges.
• Justice Department Settles Anthrax Case
  The Justice Department has agreed to pay $5.8 million to settle a lawsuit with former Army scientist Steven Hatfill, who was named as a person of interest in the 2001 anthrax attacks. He claimed his privacy rights were violated in the case.
• Gun Case Attorney Targets Laws in Other Cities
  New lawsuits are moving forward after a landmark Supreme Court decision affirming the rights of individuals to own guns. Attorney Alan Gura, who argued the case, says he will pursue similar cases in other cities to ensure the right is enforced.
• Yoga Twists Its Way to Olympic Spotlight
  Competitive yoga is trying to shove its way into the Olympic spotlight. But not all practitioners agree that it's a good idea for yoga. April Baer of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on the raging debate in the yoga community.
• Top Seeds Upset at Wimbledon
  At the Wimbledon tennis tournament Friday, No. 1 seed Ana Ivanovic was defeated by No. 133 Zheng Jie of China. Bud Collins, a columnist for The Boston Globe and ESPN and a commentator for the Tennis Channel, makes sense of this and other events.
• Zimbabwe Runoff Goes Ahead
  Zimbabwe has gone ahead with a presidential runoff despite the opposition's boycott of the vote. Widespread voter intimidation has been reported. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew from the race after a crackdown against his supporters.
• Crash at Airport Grounds Honduras' Jet Set
  The airport in Honduras' capital, Tegucigalpa, has been closed since May 30 when an Airbus A320 aircraft overshot the runway, resulting in a fiery crash that killed five people. The airport's closure has left the jet set with few options: none great.
• McCain Touts Retraining Displaced Workers
  GOP presidential candidate John McCain has toured a General Motors plant in Ohio. The plant is a rare GM bright spot as other GM plants are slashing jobs. McCain says retraining displaced workers is the answer, but he isn't promising tax dollars.
• Clinton, Obama Unite in Unity, N.H.
  Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton appeared together in Unity, N.H., for their first joint appearance since Clinton dropped out of the presidential race. Before a crowd of partisans, they agreed unity is crucial to recapture the White House.
• Star of Moliere Play Sounds Off on Role
  René Auberjonois stars in Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid playing at The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington. The Tony Award winner describes playing the role of Argan, a rich hypochondriac who wants his daughter to marry a physician.
• Play Examines Boise Sex Scandal
  Boise, USA is a new play that tells the story of the Boise sex scandal of 1955. Playwright Gene Franklin Smith likens the fear instilled in the citizens of Boise, Idaho, to that stirred up by the federal government after the Sept. 11 attacks.
• Letters: Guns, Alcohol
  Guns and alcohol: Those two subjects got the most response from listeners. They commented about the coverage of the Supreme Court's overturning of the Washington, D.C., handgun ban, and about the official New Orleans cocktail.
• Court Rules on Text-Messaging Privacy
  A court has ruled employers don't have the right to read text messages sent by employees even if the employer is paying for the service. Peter Swire, law professor at the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, discusses the ruling.
• Doctors May See Payment Cut for Medicare Patients
  Doctors who treat Medicare patients will likely see a 10.6 percent cut in payments starting Tuesday. The move follows the Senate's failure to pass a Medicare bill on Thursday night. The House had earlier approved a similar measure.
• Insurgents Turn Themselves In to U.S., Iraqi Troops
  Iraq's Salahuddin province has been known for years as a violent stronghold of Sunni insurgents, including al-Qaida. But lately it has been relatively quiet. U.S. military units there say that's because former rebel fighters are turning themselves in by the hundreds — including some who had been the most virulently anti-American leaders.

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