Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Superior still a great lake, but it's under threat
  Experts say Superior is still the cleanest and healthiest of the Great Lakes, but that its biggest threat comes from the people who want to live and work near the lake.5:20 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Papers: Jesuits Were Warned About Abusive Priest
  Father Donald McGuire was convicted last year of sexually abusing two teenaged boys in the 1960s. Jesuit leaders insist they had no knowledge of any other abuses by McGuire, but documents reveal they were alerted by concerned parents many times over the past 38 years.
• Accounts Differ About Attack on Iraqi Village
  A pre-dawn fight in one Iraqi Shiite village left more than two dozen villagers dead. The U.S. military calls those they killed "criminals" and "terrorists." But witnesses say those who died were all civilians.
• Gingrich Touts Conservative Take on Conservation
  In his book, A Contract with the Earth, Newt Gingrich describes a conservative approach to conservation. He says it would focus more on technology-based, entrepreneurial solutions, not regulation, litigation and taxation.
• Non-Lethal Weapon Emits Invisible Rays of Pain
  The Pentagon's research arm has come up with a weapon that can neutralize an individual — or a crowd — from a distance of more than 500 yards. It emits an invisible beam of high-energy radio frequency that causes a person to recoil and flee.
• Latest Fires Provide Lessons in Prevention, Control
  As firefighters continue to rein in the many blazes that ravaged Southern California last week, officials take a cold, hard look at lessons learned from the disaster.
• Poor Air Quality May Linger Long after Fire's Out
  The massive fires in Southern California have made for murky skies hundreds of miles away. Even though most of the fires will likely be under control this week, the air will be filled with smoke for much longer.
• Scientists Study the Impact of Water on Climate
  Water is the most important greenhouse gas. NASA scientists study the moist air over Costa Rica to learn more about the role of water in climate change.
• New Labor Deal, Designs Mark Turnaround for GM
  General Motors has a new labor contract. It's making profits instead of losing money. And its new vehicles are generating some buzz: The company's new crossover sport utility vehicle is getting rave reviews, and GM is promising a next-generation hybrid for 2010.
• Shields, who Kept Meticulous Diary for Decades, Dies
  The Rev. Robert Shields, the 89-year-old former English teacher and pastor who had been chronicling every five minutes of his life since 1972, died earlier this month. He slept two hours at a time and wrote down his dreams.
• India's Landless Demand Compensation
  For three weeks, a human column has been weaving its way across the landscape toward New Delhi. Led by a posse of chanting Buddhist monks, tens of thousands of India's poorest people are on their way to the Indian parliament, where they'll demand compensation for lost land.

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