Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Minnesota doctor revisits Louisiana a year after Katrina
  After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, University of Minnesota physician Jon Hallberg went to Louisiana to relieve over-stretched clinics in the area. He ended up treating the health care "disaster" that existed long before the hurricanes hit. He recently went back to see what's changed.4:50 p.m.
• How to make a new place home
  Many immigrants to the United States arrive in the footsteps of family members who have already come to this country. Some come with no network.5:20 p.m.
• Childhood cancer leads to more adult illness
  Adults who survive cancer during their childhood have a higher chance of illness due to chronic conditions. That's the finding a new study conducted at the University of Minnesota, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.5:50 p.m.
• "Dear Ghosts," poetry written for the dead
  Author Tess Gallagher was inspired by deaths of people who made an impression.5:53 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Hear the Cyclical Speed of the Velodrome
  Bicycle racer Rick Denman shares the sound of Velodrome racing with us. The wooden sloped track shudders under the weight of a pack of bikes swooshing around. He explains some of the fine points of a sport that once drew huge crowds in this country, and still does in Europe.
• Crashed Plane Was Registered to N.Y. Pitcher
  It began with a scene that was hauntingly reminicent of Sept. 11, 2001: a buildling in New York on fire, having been hit by a plane. But in a startling development, it has been learned that New York Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle was on the plane. Michele Norris talks with NPR's Robert Smith.
• Childhood Cancer Survivors Suffer in Adulthood
  Curing cancer in children has been one of the major achievements of the past three decades. Now many of those survivors are adults, and a new study finds they're at extraordinarily high risk for a wide range of new diseases. Thirty years after their initial cancer diagnosis, almost three-fourths of survivors have a chronic medical condition.
• U.S. Indicts American in Qaida Video With Treason
  A man born in California is being indicted on charges of treason, accused of appearing in videos promoting al-Qaida. The Justice Department says Adam Gadahn, formerly Adam Pearlman, is the first American to be charged with treason since World War II.
• Small Plane Crashes Into New York Condo Building
  In Manhattan, witnesses saw a fireball at the apartment building on the Upper East Side, where a small plane crashed into a high-rise condominium. Reports indicate that N.Y. Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and one other person were killed, with two other possible fatalities.
• Bush Defends Iraq, Nuclear Policies at Length
  President Bush defends his handling of security and foreign policy, from the U.S. response to North Korea's recent nuclear bomb test to the war in Iraq. Despite polls that show the Republicans struggling in the midterm elections, the president said his party will hold Congress.
• Large Oil Field Is Found in Belize; the Angling Begins
  Oil has been discovered in Belize, a potential windfall for this poor, underdeveloped Central American country. But there are concerns that the government will mismanage the resource and allow the new oil industry to destroy Belize's pristine wilderness.
• News of Crash Brings Flood of Emotion in New York
  As news spread about a plane crashing into a building in New York City, residents quickly realized that it was not a reprise of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. But a common refrain on the city's streets was the need to check on family and children. Michele Norris talks with Margot Adler.
• Tennessee's Senate Race Is Tighter Than Expected
  The race to replace outgoing Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist is one of the tightest in the country. Polls show that Democrat Harold Ford Jr. and Republican Bob Corker are running neck and neck, despite early predictions that Corker would easily win.
• Court Hears Arguments on 'Victim Buttons'
  The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether a crime victim's family has the right to sit in court wearing buttons with pictures of the victim. The accused murderer's conviction was thrown out because the buttons may have had a prejudicial effect on the jury.
• Living With an Inability to Do Math
  Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has a real problem stemming from childhood: He is incapable of doing mathematics. Teachers called him lazy. But he could read and write like a whiz.
• Anger Management in the Civilized World
  Commentator Jon Miller lives in a college town. A recent altercation with a student in a SUV made him realize they both needed a lesson about what it means to live in a civilized society.
• Study: More than 650,000 Iraqis Dead from War
  A new study concludes that 650,000 Iraqis have died as a consequence of the war. That's 2.5 percent of the nation's population. The study is based on a sampling method that has drawn some criticism, though critics say more conventional methods of tallying deaths underestimate the toll.
• Iraqi Leaders Try to Hold Down the Death Rate
  A Johns Hopkins report states that the number of Iraqi deaths since 2003 may have exceeded 600,000. The study averages violent deaths to 15,000 per month, four times higher than the number of deaths counted in July by the Iraqi government. Iraq's leaders say they are trying to stem the death toll. Michele Norris talks with Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Barham Salih.
• Pentagon Defends U.S. Military Policy
  Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, fielded questions Wednesday on the recent North Korean nuclear tests and the battlefield situation in Iraq -- saying neither represented a setback for U.S. policy.

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