Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Bachmann heads to Washington
  Incoming members of the U.S. Congress are in Washington for orientation sessions for their new jobs. Michele Bachmann, one of Minnesota's three new congressional representatives, is the only newly-elected Republican of the group.5:20 p.m.
• Priests and health department tackle fetal and infant deaths among Latino families
  African Americans and Native Americans have the highest fetal and infant mortality rates in Minnesota and the United States. But now the focus is turning to Minnesota's growing Latino population.5:23 p.m.
• A birthday that calls for cake
  November 15th is the first-annual National Bundt Day. The people at Minneapolis-based Nordic Ware will be celebrating the company's 60th anniversary of the iconic cake that's round with a hole in the middle of it.5:50 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Florida House Race Comes Down to Recount
  In Florida, election officials begin a recount in a close election for the House seat vacated by Katherine Harris. The count involves allegations that more than 18,000 ballots cast may not have been recorded by touch-screen voting machines. The race is between Republican Vern Buchanan and Democrat Christine Jennings.
• 'The Ground We Lived On': A Father's Last Days
  In January 2003, Adrian Leon LeBlanc was 85 years old and in the end stage of lung cancer. With his blessing, his daughter, the writer Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, documented the final months of his life in an intimate audio essay.
• Gay Marriage Issue Resurfaces in N.J. Legislature
  The focus of the gay-marriage debate shifts to Trenton, N.J., where a state Supreme Court ruling declared that gay couples have the same rights as heterosexual couples. It is now up to state legislators to decide what form those rights will take. They could opt for Vermont-style civil unions or approve gay marriage.
• Ground Is Broken for King Memorial in Capital
  On the National Mall in Washington, D.C., thousands attend the groundbreaking for the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial. President Bush, Maya Angelou, and Oprah Winfrey were among those speaking at the ceremony. The memorial is scheduled to open in 2008.
• New Civil War Museum Takes the Wide View
  A new $13 million museum in Richmond, Va., allows visitors to learn about the Civil War from the perspective of the Union, the Confederacy, and black people of the time. Housed in a restored gun foundry on the banks of the James River, the museum has received rave reviews from historians.
• Iraq Study Group Reflects Bipartisan Approach
  Members of the Iraq Study Group met with President Bush today at the White House. The group is headed by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Democratic congressman Lee Hamilton. Michele Norris talks about the group and its mission with Thomas Ricks, military reporter for The Washington Post.
• Five Years in Afghanistan: Then and Now
  Five years ago, the Taliban fled Kabul after weeks of bombardment by U.S. forces. An audio collage recalls those hectic days as victorious Northern Alliance soldiers stormed in -- and offers a contrast to Afghanistan now, as seen by Taliban commanders, Northern Alliance rebels, and Kabul residents.
• Weighing Options for the Best Exit from Iraq
  Eliot Cohen, professor of Strategic Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, reviews exit strategies for Iraq, and critiques recently aired proposals for early withdrawal; partitioning; and talks with Syria and/or Iran, among others.
• Democrats, Republicans Angle for Top House Spots
  The House of Representatives will be under new management in 2007, but leadership posts within each party are undecided. Maryland's Steny Hoyer wants to be Majority Leader, but Nancy Pelosi backing Rep. John Murtha. Republican Speaker, Dennis Hastert, says he won't run for a leadership post, creating room at the top for the new minority party.
• Multiple Challenges Face Advisers to Iraqi Troops
  Undisciplined behavior among Iraqi forces, and mistakes by the U.S. commanders training them, are hindering the development of the Iraqi army, says U.S. Army Lt. Col. Carl Grunow. In the journal Military Review, Grunow details the year he spent training Iraq's tank brigade.
• Sen.-Elect Jon Tester, 'Regular Montanan'
  Sen.-elect Jon Tester, a Democrat from Montana, says he can work with Republicans because he is a fiscal conservative. His priority, however, is to develop a plan for Iraq. The former butcher and music teacher, who now runs his family's organic farm, says he defeated Conrad Burns by running as a "regular Montanan."
• Bush Gets Preview of Iraq Group's Message
  President Bush welcomes the 10 members of the Iraq Study Group to the Roosevelt Room in the White House, where he received a preview of the recommendations they will offer for U.S. policy in rebuilding Iraq.
• Bush Urges Isolation of Iran for Nuclear Aspirations
  President Bush calls for the world to isolate Iran until it quits developing its controversial nuclear program. The president's comments came today after discussing Iran with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the White House.
• Iraq's Destiny Is Tied to U.S. Policy in Iran
  NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that the upcoming report of the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group is likely to suggest enlisting the help of Iran to resolve the Iraq conflict.
• Lebanon Approves U.N. Report on Hariri Murder
  The Lebanese government approves the U.N. tribunal on the Hariri assassination, despite the resignations of six ministers who are either affiliated with or members of the radical Islamic movement Hezbollah.

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