Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Cheryl Strayed still contemplates 'Wild' woman transformation
  When Minnesota native Cheryl Strayed set out alone to hike over 1,000 miles along the Pacific Crest Trail, reality hit hard. She recounts her three-month journey in her bestselling memoir, "Wild."4:53 p.m.
• Cravaack, Nolan tussle over health care, jobs in 3rd debate
  With three weeks to go until Election Day, Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack and former DFL Rep. Rick Nolan debated Tuesday over the best ways to create jobs and provide health care.5:14 p.m.
• FBI: Accused man's statements incriminate self
  Some of the most incriminating evidence against a Minneapolis man accused of aiding a Somali terror group appears to have come from his own statements to the FBI.5:20 p.m.
• 100+ Minn. clinics warned about drugs
  State officials say 129 clinics and hospitals in Minnesota received drug products that could pose a possible meningitis risk to patients.5:43 p.m.
• One Minn. school district asks voters for smaller levy on fall ballot
  Of the 40 Minnesota school districts asking taxpayers to vote on school levies this fall, the request from the small district of Frazee-Vergas is most glaring.5:51 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Obama Needs To Make Up For First Lackluster Debate
  President Obama faces a challenge in the second debate with Mitt Romney after a lackluster performance two weeks ago.
• Can Romney Debate As Well When Not The Underdog?
  Mitt Romney entered the first presidential debate a decided underdog. He walked out the winner. That was also the pattern in the 2012 primary debates — Romney did his best when he was down, letting up when he was ahead. It's a pattern he hopes to reverse on Tuesday.
• Stockbroker May Have Scammed 'Rebecca' Producers
  A Long Island stockbroker was arrested Monday on charges of defrauding the producers of the Broadway musical, Rebecca. Federal prosecutors allege that Mark Hotton used an elaborate scheme — which included inventing overseas investors — to bilk the producers out of more than $60,000. Melissa Block talks with William Rashbaum of the New York Times about the case.
• Court Overturns Conviction Of Bin Laden Driver
  It said Salim Ahmed Hamdan's conviction for providing material support for terrorism had to be overturned because his actions — driving the al-Qaida leader around — were not a war crime at the time. The ruling does not directly affect Hamdan, who was released in 2009, but may have a big impact on cases at Guantanamo Bay that have yet to be litigated.
• Remembering A Great Literary Translator
  Michael Henry Heim was an internationally-known translator who created highly-praised English versions of such masterpieces as "Death in Venice" and "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," has died. He was 69. Heim taught Slavic languages and literature at the University of California, Los Angeles for 40 years. He died from complications of melanoma.
• Wiping Out Polio: How The U.S. Snuffed Out A Killer
  During the early 20th century, polio killed thousands of American children each summer and paralyzed many more. Now, as the world fights to eradicate the virus globally, we look back at the development of the polio vaccine and its successful deployment around the world.
• In A 'Dream,' Lincoln Checks In On State Of The Union
  In Abe Lincoln's Dream, the 16th president wants to know how the nation is doing since the Civil War. Caldecott award-winning author and illustrator Lane Smith says he was inspired by stories of Lincoln's real dreams. "He had premonitions," Smith says. "He was haunted by his dreams."
• Obama Holds Advertising Advantage Over Romney
  Mitt Romney's main fundraising committee filed its latest report with the Federal Election Commission Monday night. The numbers offer some clues as to why President Obama has had more TV advertising money at his disposal in recent months, despite rough parity in total fundraising.
• Medicare: Where Presidential Politics And Policy Collide
  Medicare is emerging as the most important health care voting issue — more important than even the Affordable Care Act. And with 10,000 baby boomers qualifying for the program every day, whoever wins the election will have to find some way to rein in spending.
• Hillary Clinton Offers Mea Culpa In Libya Attack
  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has taken responsibility for security lapses at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi where the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed in a terrorist attack last month.

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