Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Rebuild may begin in September
  The push to rebuild the I-35W bridge is on the "fastest of fast tracks" with the hopes that the new bridge will be built by the end of next year. Officials with the Minnesota Department of Transportation are accepting applications from companies that intend to bid on the job through Wednesday morning at 6.5:20 p.m.
• Navy, FBI divers arrive to boost Minn. bridge collapse effort; pause planned to honor victims
  Navy divers studied the wreckage Tuesday dumped into the Mississippi River by the collapse of a highway bridge, planning their search for bodies believed hidden in the debris and murky water.5:24 p.m.
• Peter Hausmann
  Peter Hausmann was a computer security specialist worked at Assurity River Group in St. Paul. The company's president says Hausmann was a quiet leader and a man of faith.5:50 p.m.
• Farm bill debated at Farmfest
  The country's top agriculture leaders were at the annual gathering Farmfest in Redwood Falls on Tuesday. They took part in a public forum on the new Farm bill currently before Congress.5:54 p.m.
• Timberwolves welcome new players
  The Minnesota Timberwolves have introduced the five Boston Celtics players acquired in the Kevin Garnett trade.They face the task of trying to replace one of the biggest sports stars in Minnesota history.6:20 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Democratic Hopefuls Face Off at Soldier Field
  Candidates for the Democratic Party nomination for president stood before an audience of thousands Tuesday night to debate issues of foreign policy, national security, infrastructure and labor. The event was sponsored by the AFL-CIO at Soldier Field in Chicago. Michele Norris talks with Adam Davidson, who was at the event.
• Student Slayings Stun Newark
  Last weekend, three college students were killed in execution-style shootings in a Newark, N.J., schoolyard. A fourth student survived. Mayor Cory Booker said the students were all "success stories," and police say no evidence ties the killings to widespread gang activity.
• Coping with New York's Roaches — or 'Water Bugs'
  New Yorkers are used to rats, pigeons and more than a fare share of household pests. But they still seem surprised — and disgusted — when some exceptionally large, six-legged creatures come out of the sewers and walk the streets at night.
• Child Vaccination Rate Declines amid Insurance Gap
  A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds an increasing number of children are not getting vaccinated against certain childhood diseases. They're costly, and some insurance plans don't cover them completely.
• Credit Crunch Could Stall Private-Equity Deals
  The end of easy credit is hitting private equity firms especially hard. These are companies that aren't traded on the stock market and have fewer regulations — and often produce huge returns, buying companies on the cheap, hoping to sell them later for a profit.
• Lessing's 'The Cleft' Ponders Origins of Life
  For nearly 60 years, Doris Lessing has been writing some of the most daring and important fiction in English. In her new novel, she takes a long look back over her shoulder to try to fathom the origins of human life.
• Olive Oil Fraud Rampant as Demand Skyrockets
  Italian extra-virgin olive oil has become so lucrative that adulterated olive oil has become the biggest source of agricultural fraud problems in the European Union. The FDA doesn't routinely test imported olive oil for adulteration, and some products are difficult to test.
• Specialty Crops and the Farm Bill
  The farm bill recently passed by Congress authorizes billions of dollars in spending. A new program that would be funded by the measure would assist "specialty crop" producers — farmers who supply the fresh fruits and vegetables sold at local markets.
• U.S. Sends Hospital Ship to Latin America
  President Bush is pushing medical diplomacy across Latin America in response to charges that the United States has ignored its backyard since the war on terrorism began. Now the USHS Comfort is touring a dozen countries across the region.
• U.S. Troops Get More Close-up Combat Training
  National Journal reporter Sydney Freedberg Jr. says the U.S. military is now spending more effort training soldiers in close-quarters combat — so-called "intimate killing" — and in dealing with its aftermath.
• Drought Complicates Water Works in Montana
  Third-generation waterman Roger Muggli determines how much water is diverted from the Tongue River near Miles City, Mont., to a canal used by farmers, ranchers and homeowners. A prolonged drought has made his job much more challenging.
• Seismologist Says Collapse Likely Caused Quake
  Is there any connection between the mine collapse in Huntington, Utah, and an earthquake that occurred around the same time? Walter Arabasz, director of seismograph stations for University of Utah, says the seismic event was likely the collapse.
• Utah Mine Owner Defends Safety, Blames Quake
  Bob Murray, an owner of the Utah coal mine where six men remain trapped, on Tuesday angrily defended his company's safety record and its efforts to reach the trapped miners. Murray also argued with those who say Monday's mine collapse wasn't caused by an earthquake.
• Rescuers Make Slow Progress in Reaching Miners
  Rescuers are working around the clock to reach six coal miners trapped more than 1,500 feet underground in Huntington, Utah. One of the mine's owners says it will take at least three days to get to the miners; it's not clear whether they are alive.
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: A Sufi Music Master Revived
  On the new CD, Dub Qawwali producer Gaudi mixes his big beats and reggae rhythms to the soaring, passionate vocals of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, a master of the Sufi devotional music called qawwali.

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