Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Twins stumble in series opener
  Johan Santana did something at the Metrodome on Tuesday he hasn't done since last year. He lost a game.4:44 p.m.
• Minnesotans spending more of their income for housing
  Minnesota claimed the top spot in the nation for homeownership in 2005. But information released by the U.S. Census bureau also shows residents are sacrificing more of their incomes to pay housing costs.5:19 p.m.
• Mobilization of the faithful is a two-party affair
  It's not just conservative churches that are trying to get out the vote this fall. Urban church leaders are registering voters in low-turnout precincts in Minneapolis and St. Paul - areas that tend to vote Democrat.5:23 p.m.
• Powell says U.S. was "dead wrong" about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
  Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday in Minneapolis the United States was, "dead wrong," when the government said Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction.5:49 p.m.
• St. Paul astronaut had fun in space
  Minnesota astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper says being in space was "cool." Stefanyshyn-Piper, a native of St. Paul, was a member of the space shuttle Atlantis crew, which spent 11 days in space last month.5:52 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Tower Records May Fall Before a Deal Is Done
  Tower Records, which has been for sale for three years, may go out of business. Tower was an oasis of what was known in the trade as "catalog" - a cornucopia of back titles, imports and hard-to-find classics. It all sounds quaint today, now that music fans have virtually every album ever made at their digital fingertips.
• EPA Paper Faults Agency for Thousands of Deaths
  According to an internal Environmental Protection Agency document, several thousand more people will die from air pollution each year because the agency hasn't set standards that are strict enough. Last month, the EPA released new standards for how much soot is safe to breathe.
• Amish School: No Precedent for Shocking Tragedy
  Melissa Block talks with Professor Mark Dewalt of Winthrop University in South Carolina. Dewalt, who has studied one-room schoolhouses and Amish education in the United States and Canada for 20 years, has just finished a book on Amish education. For his research, he spent time in the schoolhouses of Lancaster County, Penn. He says that Monday's shooting is an unprecedented and shocking tragedy for the community.
• Grieving Amish Turn to Mental Health Counselors
  After a school shooting, psychiatrists and other mental health counselors rush to the scene to help the traumatized. In the Amish community, victimized on Monday, there is a changing relationship with mental health counselors. The Amish have come to rely more on mental health care -- especially if it is tailored to their beliefs.
• GOP's Double Whammy: Woodward, and Foley
  The response to Mark Foley's unmasking as an Internet predator on juveniles is somewhere between an embarrassing blip and a disastrous exposure of hypocrisy. Either way, it doesn't help the GOP at a moment when doubts about Iraq are being fanned by intelligence reports and the hard-hitting new book from Bob Woodward.
• New Leibovitz Collection Reveals Personal Side
  Annie Leibovitz has been photographing celebrities for four decades -- those long-awaited photos of Suri Cruise in Vanity Fair were hers. Leibovitz's portraits of stars have made her something of a celebrity herself, but a new book of her work reveals a more personal side to Leibovitz.
• Foley Fallout Spreads; Bush Defends Hastert
  The fallout from computer messages resigned Rep. Mark Foley sent to under-age pages continued Tuesday, with a call for Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert's resignation. And late Tuesday, Foley's attorney acknowledged that his client is gay. Attorney David Roth also said that when Foley was a teenager, he was molested by a clergyman.
• Learning from a Bird: 'The Big Sit'
  Every year around this time in October, commentator Julie Zickefoose and her husband host friends and family for an annual birdwatching event called "The Big Sit." One year, while preparing food for the event, Julie couldn't locate one of the ingredients for her stew. This is the story of how the vultures knew what Zickefoose did not.
• Dow Surpasses Its Six-Year-Old Record High
  In a historic day for the stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at an all-time high. The index closed at 11,727 -- beating a record set six and a half years ago. Analysts credit a drop in energy costs and a belief that interest rates have peaked for the rise.
• 'Herald' Publisher Quits, Reporters Reinstated
  Jesus Diaz, publisher of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, resigns after a firestorm of criticism from members of the Cuban-American community. Diaz had recently fired two El Nuevo Herald reporters and a freelancer after discovering they had been paid for appearances on the government-funded TV and Radio Marti.
• Girls' Murderer Told Wife of Past Troubles, Police Say
  Police say the man responsible for killings at an Amish schoolhouse told his wife he had molested two young relatives decades ago and was tormented by the memory. Police say Charles Roberts was also upset about the loss of his daughter at childbirth.
• Big-Bang Detective Work Wins Physics Nobel
  Americans John Mather and George Smoot (left) have won the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics. Their work on cosmic radiation helped pinpoint the age of the universe and added weight to the big-bang theory, which holds that the universe was created 13 billion years ago in an unparalleled explosion.
• North Korea Plans to Test Nuclear Weapon
  North Korea has alarmed the world by announcing it intends to a carry out a test of a nuclear weapon soon. The United States and other nations in the region have expressed concern, saying the move would be unacceptable and a threat to peace.
• Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Self-Defense
  It doesn't seem to matter how many people line up to take a whack at Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. High-level generals, the White House chief of staff, the national security advisor and the secretary of state: All thought Rumsfeld should go during his first four years on the job, but he's still there and going on six. NPR's John Hendren reports.
• Supervisory Ruling on Nurses, Union
  A federal panel's decision to classify some nurses as supervisors could have a major impact on what kinds of workers are eligible for union membership. The National Labor Relations Board said that so-called "charge nurses" in Kentucky are exempt from union eligibility because they direct other workers. Unions are challenging the decision; their appeal could wind up in the Supreme Court.

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