Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• 2008 holds promise for farmers
  Despite bad spring weather, the nation's corn crop has recovered. The U.S. Agriculture Department today estimated the Minnesota corn harvest could even set a record.5:20 p.m.
• Perspective on the health of Minnesota lakes
  A longtime lake resident and water quality advocate reflects on the life of Minnesota lakes.5:24 p.m.
• Mayo program connects high schoolers with career options
  A Mayo Clinic pilot program connects average students with career opportunities and hands-on experience.5:50 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Study: Post-Win Celebrations Come Naturally
  A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says gestures like fist-pumping and chest-puffing by victorious athletes come naturally. Study author Jessica Tracy, assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, offers her insight.
• Rockefeller Mystery Deepens
  Authorities say Clarke Rockefeller, the man suspected of kidnapping his daughter in Boston, is a person of interest in the disappearance of a California couple in the mid-1980s. The Boston Globe's Michael Levenson says the man is German-born and has taken many aristocratic-sounding names.
• Letters: Georgia, Pickups, Corrections
  Listeners respond to the interview with historian Robert Kagan about Georgia. They also sound off on Noah Adams' piece on pickup trucks and the people who own them. And there are two corrections to Monday's show.
• Japan Recognizes Indigenous Group
  The Ainu are an indigenous people who have recently been recognized by the Japanese government. The group has come a long way since the Japanese government tried to assimilate it by force. The Ainu are now seen as a model of man living in harmony with nature.
• Disabled Group Calls For 'Tropic Thunder' Boycott
  In the new comedy Tropic Thunder, Ben Stiller plays an action movie star who once played a mentally disabled character. The actors use the word "retard" more than a dozen times. Timothy Shriver, chairman of the Special Olympics, says the word's use leads to suffering, injustice and exclusion.
• Report: Crops Unaffected By Midwest Flooding
  The Department of Agriculture released its latest monthly crop report and it shows damage from the Midwest flooding is not as bad as predicted. During the worst of the flooding, millions of acres in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin were swamped.
• Drop In U.S. Oil Consumption A Two-Edged Sword
  The Energy Department has reported the steepest drop in U.S. oil consumption in more than a quarter-century. That's helped bring down gas and oil prices. But as prices drop, Americans could forget their newfound conservation habits.
• Music Picks From Obama, McCain
  Blender magazine has published a list of the top 10 songs from presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. "Ready or Not" by the Fugees is on top of Obama's list, and ABBA's "Dancing Queen" tops McCain's list.
• What's Next For Saakashvili?
  The crisis in Georgia has shone a bright light on President Mikhail Saakashvili. Stephen Sestanovich, of the Council on Foreign Relations, says the Georgian leader had no reason to believe the U.S. or the West would back him militarily in the conflict with Russia.
• Minor Olympic Sports Hold Their Own
  Sports such as swimming, basketball and gymnastics get huge amounts of attention at the Olympics. But there are plenty of storylines and drama, too, in less visible sports such as badminton, team handball and fencing.
• Russia Orders Conditional Halt To Military Operations
  Russia's president has ordered his troops to halt military action in Georgia. In return, Russia wants Georgia to agree not to try again to take separatist areas Moscow supports. The French have taken the lead on this diplomatic effort to end the fighting.
• Short Men Rock
  Have you ever noticed that the greatest Americans are all 5 feet 7 inches tall? Americans of that height are an elite if diminutive bunch. We see the world at eye level. Our heads don't hover in the clouds, and we don't to crane our necks to see the light.
• Georgia To Sue Russia For Ethnic Cleansing
  Georgia's security council says it filed papers with the International Court of Justice to sue Russia for ethnic cleansing. Earlier, Russia announced its military operations in Georgia have ended but Tblisi says attacks continue.
• Candidates Vow To Keep Politics Out Of Science
  McCain and Obama agree that politics has trumped science under the Bush administration, and they've vowed to restore integrity to federal science agencies. But they differ on how much federal money should go toward basic research.
• Brain Injury Turns Ariz. Patient Into A Mystery Man
  For nearly four months, a man known only as "Adobe" has been hospitalized in Tucson, Ariz., with a severe brain injury. He has no recollection of his name or home, he speaks no English, and so far, no one knows how to put the pieces together.

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