Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• 'It's like we're raising drunk kids'
  When a pregnant woman drinks, she risks giving birth to a child with a broad range of health problems, including permanent brain damage. Children and adults with fetal alcohol exposure are an invisible population -- underserved and misunderstood.4:45 p.m.
• Protesters, bomb threat bring chaos to U of M
  About 100 demonstrators interrupted the Board of Regents meeting at the University of Minnesota Friday morning, saying they were there to support striking U of M union workers.5:20 p.m.
• Flood relief dilemma: Cash or credit?
  Gov. Pawlenty says he's optimistic that he will call a special session of the Minnesota Legislature soon. But he and DFL leaders differ on whether the state should borrow relief money or use cash the state already has.5:24 p.m.
• The young philanthropists
  The LEAD Project (Leadership Emergence and Development)is a new organization in the Twin Cities that's trying to turn young professionals into young philanthropists.5:50 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Nursing Home Owners Found 'Not Guilty' in Deaths
  Jurors in Louisiana have found Sal and Mabel Mangano not guilty of negligent homicide in the deaths of 35 nursing-home patients in their care during Hurricane Katrina. Defense attorneys maintained that the government was to blame.
• Sisterly Bond a Salve as Girl Succumbs to Cancer
  Commentator Debra Jarvis has been a hospital chaplain for 20 years. She has counseled hundreds of people, but one incident from the early years of her career has remained particularly vivid in her memory. It involved a young girl dying of cancer — and the girl's older sister.
• Phil Spector's Murder Trial May Go to Jury
  The jury in Phil Spector's murder trial may get the case Friday. If convicted, the famed rock music producer could face 15 years to life in prison. Spector is accused of second-degree murder in the 2003 killing of actress Lana Clarkson.
• L'Engle, Author of 'A Wrinkle in Time,' Dies at 88
  Author Madeleine L'Engle has died. She wrote the children's favorite A Wrinkle in Time, which was published in 1962. It won the Newbery Medal in 1963. L'Engle was 88.
• Is a Recession in the Making?
  William Wheaton, an economics professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says there is pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates because of the downtick in jobs and problems with the housing market. But he says the jobs report doesn't foreshadow a recession.
• Job Cuts a Symptom of Struggling Economy
  For the first time in four years, the economy actually lost jobs in August, the Labor Department said Friday. Adding to the bleak picture was word that Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, plans to cut up to 12,000 jobs in the next few months.
• Congress Works Across Aisles on Troop Withdrawal
  Gen. David Petraeus is scheduled to testify before Congress on Monday about the status of the war in Iraq, but Congress is already talking about what will happen after that testimony. Democrats have been unable to pass legislation mandating a troop withdrawal. Now some of them are talking with Republicans about other steps.
• China Envoy Responds to Critics of Darfur Policies
  China's envoy on Darfur is in Washington, responding to critics who accuse the fast-rising Asian power of turning a blind eye to bloodshed in the Sudanese region out of economic self-interest. In particular, China has been bloodied by a Hollywood campaign to re-label the 2008 Olympics as the "Genocide Games." China says the Western critics are hypocrites who have exploited oil resources globally but now condemn Beijing for its oil exploration.
• A Martial Arts Oath of Loyalty to Teachers
  Listener Tom Cozzolino takes us to a Korean martial arts academy to hear the opening oath taken to the dojang master. Cozzolino says it expresses an ideal of loyalty to our teachers.
• Former Baseball Player Says He is Not Dead
  Last week, an obituary of Bill Henry, the former major league relief pitcher, was picked up by news wires, only it turned out to be the obituary of a Florida man with the same name who had been impersonating the baseball player for nearly two decades.
• Football Season Is Off to a Busy, Troubled Start
  Peyton Manning led the Indianapolis Colts to a win Thursday night against the New Orleans Saints in the NFL's first regular season game of the year. Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis says that's a welcome distraction for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who has had to deal with a string of incidents that have embarrassed the league: assaults, gun charges, DUIs and, of course, dogfighting. Fatsis also comments on what some are calling the greatest upset of all time — last week's Appalachian State-Michigan game, which led the Associated Press to include lower-division schools in its ranking poll.
• Tax Break Fueling Kansas City Boom Scrutinized
  Kansas City is in the middle of a downtown building boom. Some $4 billion in construction is now under way, thanks in large part to a development tool known as tax-increment financing, or TIF. But critics worry that the city has handed out the tax breaks too freely and that their increased use could undermine the city's finances.
• 'All Things Considered' Picks Winning Lyrics
  For the past several weeks, fans of All Things Considered have e-mailed and sung (in the form of recorded phone messages) their lyrical suggestions for our theme song. The results of our finalists were announced this week — and now we have a winner.
• Tensions Rise Between Chilean President, Ex-Allies
  The government of Michele Bachelet, Chile's first female head of state, has registered more labor dissent and popular discord than any of the post-Pinochet presidents who preceded her. Now tensions are rising between the socialist president and her once tried-and-true allies on the left.
• CIA Chief Says Al-Qaida is Plotting Attack on U.S.
  A new Osama bin Laden videotape surfaced Friday, and Michael Hayden gave a rare speech in New York, saying al-Qaida leaders continue to plot a "high-impact" attack on the United States. The CIA director also defended the government's program of detaining and interrogating prisoners.

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