Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Harvest will show wide variation this year
  Minnesota's soybean crop suffered most from the summer drought according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Some Minnesota farmers will find their best yields ever next month while may take home half a crop.4:53 p.m.
• Hutchinson outlines health care plan
  Independence Party gubernatorial candidate Peter Hutchinson unveiled a health care plan that he says will save state and local governments as much as $1.2 billion a year. His plan includes requiring all Minnesotans to have health insurance and slashing administrative costs in half.5:23 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• U.N. Adopts Resolution Calling for Truce in Lebanon
  The U.N. Security Council adopts a resolution demanding an immediate end to fighting in southern Lebanon. It calls for a full cessation of hostilities and asks Lebanon to deploy 15,000 troops in the south.
• Chertoff Eyes Next Moves for U.S. Air Security
  U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says others with a hand in the plot may still be at large. He says new safety precautions at U.S. airports will be in place indefinitely while authorities assess risks.
• Air-Travel Hassles on Display at Boston's Logan
  It's day two of a clampdown at U.S. airports following reports of a foiled terrorism plot in the U.K. How are things going at Boston's Logan Airport? Are travelers prepared?
• Abby Cadabby Moves to 'Sesame Street'
  Sesame Street's got a new girl on the block: Abby Cadabby. The 3-year-old muppet fairy will be the long-running PBS children's show first leading female character. Producers hope she'll provide a strong yet funny role model for girls.
• 'Half Nelson' Director on the Power of Friendship
  Movies about unlikely buddies such as Harold and Maude and Midnight Cowboy inspired writer and director Ryan Fleck. His latest film, Half Nelson, chronicles the friendship between a student and her drug-addicted teacher.
• Investigator Persists in Dogged Search for Vivi
  Vivi, a whippet, disappeared six months ago at New York's JFK Airport. Since then, investigator Bonnie Folz -- owner of Pawsative Dog Training -- has spent at least four hours a day coordinating the search for the missing show dog. Folz speaks with Melissa Block.
• Bank of England Freezes Plot Suspects' Assets
  The detainees in an alleged plot to bomb U.S.-bound passenger planes lose access to British funds. And police in Pakistan say they arrested two more Britons along with a number of local suspects.
• Pakistani Authorities Probe Bomb-Plot Suspects
  The suspects held in a plot to blow up planes bound from London to the U.S. had a common link: Pakistan. How is the investigation into the plot proceeding in the Islamic nation? Ahmed Rashid of The Daily Telegraph -- author of Jihad: Islamic Movement in Central Asia -- talks with Melissa Block.
• Firecracker Record Put to Test in Wisconsin
  The weeklong conference of the Pyrotechnics Guild International in Wisconsin could end with a bang. Patty Murray of Wisconsin Public Radio reports, members of PGI plan to set off a "superstring" of 10.8 million firecrackers.
• A Final Word on Mike Douglas, Talk-Show Pioneer
  Mike Douglas, who moved from a singing career to a successful run as a TV talk show host, has died at 81. The Mike Douglas Show ran from 1961 to 1982 -- largely from Philadelphia -- and helped popularize the talk-show format.
• Israeli Missiles Hit Convoy, Killing Refugees
  U.N. peacekeepers say an unmanned Israeli drone fired missiles at a convoy of refugees fleeing southern Lebanon, killing civilians as well as Lebanese soldiers. The convoy was leaving with Israeli permission. The Israeli military says it is investigating the incident.
• Israelis Split over Conflict with Hezbollah
  A month into the fighting, Israel is divided over the ongoing combat with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. Some oppose a Cabinet decision to allow the army to push north to Lebanon's Litani River. Others says the government should hit Hezbollah harder.
• Bomb Plot Details Leak Out; Travelers Face Delays
  British media -- quoting police sources -- are providing more details of how explosives might have been triggered in mid-air. Meanwhile, new security measures mean more delays for travelers.
• An Author's Analysis of the Liquid Explosives Plot
  Nick Fielding, author of Masterminds of Terror, offers his insight into reported details of the plot to blow up jetliners using liquid explosives.
• 'Half Nelson' Turns Standard Plotline Inside-Out
  The movie Half Nelson, starring Ryan Gosling as a crack-addicted schoolteacher, turned heads at the Sundance Film Festival. It seems like a film that could jump-start the careers of everyone involved.

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