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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Minnesota Public Radio Stories
- Traffic delays inevitable with dual Twins, Vikings home games
More than 100,000 fans of Brett Favre, Joe Mauer, and singing witches will converge on downtown Minneapolis Thursday night and could snarl traffic for miles.3:54 p.m. 
Petters whistleblower receives 1-year prison sentence
Deanna Coleman, the woman convicted of helping perpetrate the largest fraud in Minnesota history before turning on her boss, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison Thursday morning.5:20 p.m.
TV ads are weapon of choice for Bachmann, Clark
Minnesotans are getting an idea of how the candidates in the 6th Congressional District race are going to spend their mountains of cash: TV ads.5:24 p.m.- Traffic delays inevitable with dual Twins, Vikings home games
More than 100,000 fans of Brett Favre, Joe Mauer, and singing witches will converge on downtown Minneapolis Thursday night and could snarl traffic for miles.5:50 p.m. - Day six: What are they judging?
Judges here are looking for maturity, a uniformity of size and no disease. What are they judging?5:57 p.m.
National Public Radio Stories
- Why We've Given Less To Pakistan's Flood Victims
Americans have given $25 million so far to help victims of Pakistan's flood disaster -- far less than the U.S. donations made in the immediate aftermath of other major disasters. Experts cite the relative lack of news coverage, attitudes toward Pakistan and the nature of the disaster itself. - Gaza Youth Yearn For Normalcy, Haunted By War
Almost three-quarters of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are younger than 30. Most have never left the tiny, Hamas-ruled coastal territory, have never met an Israeli, and have never known a time when there wasn't a conflict outside their doorstep. - Leela James: New Soul From An Old Soul
At first, James' "Tell Me You Love Me" sounds like it could have been recorded in the '70s, but it's actually a cut from her latest album, released earlier this year. James' heart is in a bygone era of American music: She even looks like she belongs in another decade. Sometimes it isn't easy being an old soul in a hip-hop world. - Another Rig Explodes Off Louisiana Coast
For the second time this year, an energy rig platform has caught fire and exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. The Coast Guard says all 13 workers have been accounted for. - More On Rig Owner Mariner Energy
Melissa Block talks to NPR's Jeff Brady about Mariner Energy, the company that owns the platform that exploded Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico. - Massey Execs' Access To Mine After Blast Questioned
NPR NEWS INVESTIGATION: The two officials were underground, unsupervised for as long as four hours after the explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in April. Massey Energy says the pair were searching for survivors, but some investigators and experts are concerned they could have tampered with evidence. - Panel Quizzes Bernanke On Financial Crisis
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was established to investigate the causes of the financial crisis. On Thursday, panel members questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair. - California Sen. Boxer, Fiorina Face Off In Debate
In blue, blue California, Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer is in the fight of her political life. Her challenger: Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO. The two met in a debate Wednesday night. - Camp David Redux: A Look Back At Lessons Learned
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have agreed to hold a second round of talks in two weeks. Ten summers ago, the Israelis, Palestinians and Americans met for two weeks of talks at Camp David. President Clinton hoped to settle the conflict, but those talks failed. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to negotiators who were present at Camp David about the experience and the lessons of those talks: Ghaith Omari of the American Task Force on Palestine, who was a legal adviser to the Palestinian delegation; Gideon Grinstein of the Reut Institute, who was the youngest Israeli staffer at Camp David; and Aaron David Miller of the Woodrow Wilson Center, who was a longtime State Department adviser. - Mississippi's Masoli Ordered To Sit Out Season
Ole Miss is appealing a decision by the NCAA that bars quarterback Jeremiah Masoli from playing this year. Masoli transferred to Ole Miss after being kicked off the team at Oregon following legal trouble.
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