Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Ad watch: Kennedy and Klobuchar's first round
  Two of the candidates running for Minnesota's open U.S. Senate seat are on the air with television ads. Republican Mark Kennedy hit the airwaves Tuesday with an ad touting his background. His DFL opponent, Amy Klobuchar, focuses her ads more on her experience as a prosecutor.5:19 p.m.
• Commentator David Brauer on Mike Hatch's beef with the Star Tribune
  David Brauer is our regular media commentator here on All Things Considered. He says Hatch's complaint stems from three areas of questions posed to him by Star Tribune reporters -- all relating to a parking ticket Hatch received in December 2003 in a Minneapolis park with a bad reputation.5:23 p.m.
• Beyond Words: Collecting books as art
  A new exhibit at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts in Minneapolis takes a look at the collectible book, and you might be surprised at what that includes.5:49 p.m.
• Children's book author Nancy Carlson designs 2006 State Fair poster
  Minnesota children's book author and illustrator Nancy Carlson created the official 2006 Minnesota State Fair poster.5:54 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Hearing a Wine's Acidity
  Patrick Taylor of Cuneo Cellars in Carlton, Ore., lets us listen to the sucking sound of an apparatus used to detect acidity in wine. He tells us how it works and why it is important to do this test.
• Israel's Olmert Plans 'Security Zone' in Lebanon
  Israeli leaders say their troops will carve out a "security zone" in southern Lebanon until an international force is deployed there. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel has "the stamina for a long struggle." After meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Olmert said there will be no let-up in the assault into Lebanon.
• Phoenix Releases New Data on Serial Killers
  Police in Phoenix release new information about two serial killers blamed for at least 11 murders since last year. A total of at least 41 people are believed to have been attacked by the "Baseline Killer" and the "Serial Shooter," who operate separately.
• FBI Re-Examines 1946 Lynching Case
  Sixty years ago, an angry white mob grabbed two black couples from a car, beat them and shot them to death. Townsfolk remained quiet about what they knew. Now, the FBI is reexamining the case.
• Appreciating Buford's Passionate 'Heat'
  Book critic Oscar Villalon offers his appreciation of Bill Buford's new memoir Heat. Inspired by Italian star chef Mario Batali, Buford experiences a trial by fire in the kitchen of one of New York's top restaurants.
• Congress Set to Take Up Detainee, Spying Issues
  With the days dwindling before its August recess, Congress is trying to move forward on two key national security issues: detainee treatment and government eavesdropping. Hearings are to begin Wednesday in both the House and the Senate on eavesdropping and FISA, the law that normally governs it.
• Diplomatic Options for Rice, Israel and Hezbollah
  Michele Norris talks with Dennis Ross, former U.S. envoy to the Middle East, about the various options Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is considering regarding diplomacy in the region. Ross was the point person to the Middle East under presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush.
• Pentagon Will Shift Troops to Bolster Iraqi Capital
  The United States will enhance its security forces in violence-ridden Baghdad, under a new plan agreed to by President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The move will combine U.S. military police with Iraqi police. A Pentagon official says 400 combat-support soldiers now in Kuwait will be heading into Iraq as part of the effort.
• 100-Degree Heat Forces Blackouts in California
  Another day of record-breaking heat puts more stress on California's already stressed power grid. Even as businesses and the public try to conserve, there's still a chance that power regulators will be forced to call for rolling blackouts. California has suffered through more than a week of triple-digit temperatures.
• Lebanon's Economy Battered by Aerial Attacks
  As a third week of violence begins along the Lebanon-Israel border, there are fewer Israeli airstrikes in central and northern Lebanon. But the aerial attacks that began on July 12 have left much of Lebanon's infrastructure in tatters.
• Tsunami Warning System Not Yet in Place
  A year and a half after the catastrophic tsunami in the Indian Ocean killed 270,000 people, there is still no tsunami warning system for the region. Scientists say political disputes, coupled with a lack of scientific expertise and money in the region, have hampered efforts. But wealthy nations, while pledging money, haven't done much to put instruments into the ocean to detect tsunamis. Meanwhile, hundreds died in Java this month after another tsunami hit the island without warning.
• Teen Deaths Prompt Funeral Director to Act
  In Chicago's Pilsen section, funeral director Concepcion "Concha" Rodriguez sees many young people in her work -- too many for her taste. Rodriguez says that in the last 11 years, she has buried more than 150 victims of gang violence, all of them women. The experience has led her to visit schools to discuss gang violence. The sessions often include graphic talks about the uselessness of such deaths. Rob Wildeboer of Chicago Public Radio reports.
• Fixing a Broken Bike in the City
  Katie Davis has a commentary about three boys fixing a bicycle. Katie writes her neighborhood stories in Washington, D.C.
• Per Request, Bush Will Move Troops into Baghdad
  President Bush agrees to reassign more of the U.S. forces in Iraq to provide security in Baghdad, a key request from visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The two spoke briefly to reporters after their morning meeting.
• Rice Leaves Israel Without a Peace Deal
  Despite Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's two-day visit to the Middle East, the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel is no closer to an end. More than 400 people in Lebanon and over 42 Israelis have been killed since the conflict began two weeks ago. Rice met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, but neither called for a cease-fire. Rice also met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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