Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• FBI divers add high technology to bridge recovery effort
  The FBI brought in an unmanned submarine with sonar and powerful underwater lights to look for bodies near a collapsed freeway bridge on Monday. A Navy dive team was also in town to help.4:49 p.m.
• The big question: Why did the bridge fall down?
  A bridge is thousands of pieces of metal and concrete. It's built to withstand all manner of weather and stress. And most bridges do exactly that -- for up to 100 years. So why did the 35W bridge collapse after only 40 years?5:19 p.m.
• After a drought disaster last year, what did South Dakota farmers get?
  The summer of 2006 was a drought disaster in South Dakota. This year, Minnesota farmers in some counties face the same dilemma. As officials in Washington D.C. decide whether to offer emergency disaster loans to farmers, how did South Dakota ranchers fare last year?5:43 p.m.
• A rescuer's story
  A few moments after Gary Babineau realized he survived the collapse of the I-35W bridge, he began helping dozens of children in a school bus escape to safety. On Saturday, he told his story to President Bush. Now he tells it to MPR All Things Considered host Tom Crann.5:50 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Six Miners Trapped in Collapsed Utah Mine
  Six miners have been trapped by a cave-in at a coal mine in Huntington, Utah. Rescue workers are trying to locate the miners, but so far, there has been no contact with them.
• Summer Camp Makes Room for E-Contact
  Sleepaway camp is a time for kids to be on their own, making new friends and enjoying nature. But today's families are used to staying connected through cell phones and text messaging. So camps are finding ways to adapt.
• An Engineering Professor's Take on Bridge Collapse
  Joe Martin, a professor in the Civil Architecture and Environmental Engineering Department at Drexel University, answers questions from an engineering perspective about the bridge collapse in Minneapolis.
• Was I-35 Bridge Pushed Beyond Its Design?
  The Interstate 35 bridge was expanded from four lanes to six, and eventually to eight. Some wonder whether that might have played a role in its collapse last week. The interstate highway bridge carried mostly local traffic.
• Surveillance Law: What's in It?
  President Bush signed legislation Sunday that lets the government eavesdrop without a warrant on communications between Americans and people reasonably believed to be outside the United States.
• Lee Hazlewood: Writer Gave Music Biz the 'Boots'
  The music-biz veteran made a fortune writing and producing songs for others — Nancy Sinatra, most famously — but thumbed his nose in his own tunes at an industry whose norms and compromises he viewed with disdain.
• New Details Emerge About CIA Interrogation
  The article "The Black Sites" in this week's issue of The New Yorker provides new details about the CIA's secret interrogation program. New Yorker writer Jane Mayer talks with Michele Norris.
• Are Infants Who Sleep in Parents' Bed at Risk?
  A story about a string of five infant deaths in Detroit prompted a flood of e-mails from parents who sleep with their infants. Each of the babies in the Detroit cases was sleeping in a bed with an adult. So, is so-called "co-sleeping" safe?
• Coal State's GOP Senator Turns Focus to Climate
  Virginia's veteran Republican Sen. John Warner says he has become newly engaged in the issue of global warming and is working across the aisle to try to fight it.
• Chrysler's Nardelli Vows to Continue Turnaround
  Chrysler's new CEO, Robert Nardelli, will lead Chrysler as it tries to make its way in an increasingly tough North American market. Nardelli left Home Depot earlier this year amid controversy over a rich compensation package.
• Buyer Backs Out of Rich Deal for Trailer Park
  Trailer owners in Briny Breezes, Fla., thought they were about to become millionaires, but the prospective buyer of their prime location backed out of the deal. What caused the real-estate deal to sour?
• Two Neighborhoods Illustrate Baghdad's Divide
  In two ancient neighborhoods in the Iraqi capital — one Sunni, one Shiite — ongoing sectarian fighting is affecting the people who live there.
• Shiite-Sunni Imbalance Intensifies in Baghdad
  The U.S. military suspects the Shia-led government in Baghdad of trying to push Sunnis out of the city. Sectarian violence has pushed most Sunnis into west Baghdad, and the Iraqi government is suspected of limiting basic services to them.
• Apollo Moon Images Made Available Online
  A new digital scanning project at Arizona State University is archiving and posting on the Web the exposed films of the original Apollo flights. The project is allowing people to see the moon in a way they've never seen it before.
• A Love Affair with Online Announcements
  Commentator Andy Raskin describes his addiction to the online version of the New York Times wedding announcements, known as "Video Vows." It may be the reason his last relationship is no more.

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