Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Health care reform aims to encourage more cancer screenings
  The federal health care reform law is designed to encourage people to get colonoscopies and mammograms by removing the financial cost to consumers, but consumers shouldn't assume their screenings will, in fact, be free.3:50 p.m.
• Sen. Pappas on moving offices and Legislative turnover
  This upcoming session at the State Capitol will look very different to members of both parties. Republicans, who will control of both the House and the Senate, are preparing their legislative agenda, while DFLers are trying to cope with the loss of over two dozen seats.3:53 p.m.
• Concerning trends in HIV/AIDS
  Today is World AIDS Day, which calls attention to the worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic and the 33.4 million people estimated to be living with HIV and AIDS.4:44 p.m.
• Concerning trends in HIV/AIDS
  Today is World AIDS Day, which calls attention to the worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic and the 33.4 million people estimated to be living with HIV and AIDS.4:48 p.m.
• Tensions mount on day 3 of gubernatorial recount
  Republicans slammed Hennepin County's top election official for wanting to add more counting tables. Election officials say the tables are necessary to keep the recount from bogging down with frivolous ballot challenges from the Emmer side.5:20 p.m.
• Photos: A gallery of challenged ballots in gov. recount
  The recount of Minnesota's gubernatorial election is well underway with more than 70 percent of the ballots counted in only a few days. This gallery shows just a handful of the ballots being challenged by both sides.5:24 p.m.
• New Legislature likely to expand gambling
  Some of the staunchest protectors of tribal gaming are out of power at the Capitol, and both of the remaining gubernatorial candidates have spoken in favor of expanding gambling in Minnesota.5:25 p.m.
• Health care reform aims to encourage more cancer screenings
  The federal health care reform law is designed to encourage people to get colonoscopies and mammograms by removing the financial cost to consumers, but consumers shouldn't assume their screenings will, in fact, be free.5:50 p.m.
• Sen. Pappas on moving offices and Legislative turnover
  This upcoming session at the State Capitol will look very different to members of both parties. Republicans, who will control of both the House and the Senate, are preparing their legislative agenda, while DFLers are trying to cope with the loss of over two dozen seats.5:53 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Prosecuting WikiLeaks: It's Not Going To Be Easy
  All the law enforcement attention on the website WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, doesn't mean that they will face American-style justice, experts say, because the legal issues in play are both novel and challenging.
• Matisyahu: Light A Fire For Hanukkah Music
  Hasidic reggae musician Matisyahu reflects on the lack of Chanukah music in popular culture.  He notes that Amazon.com has 48,322 Christmas albums for sale, but only 212 Chanukah CDs. That's 227 Christmas albums for every one Chanukah album.
• The Legacy Of George F. Johnson And The Square Deal
  On Dec. 1, 1948, the nation witnessed one of the largest funerals in U.S. history, for George F. Johnson. The owner of the Endicott Johnson Corp., at one time the country's leading shoe manufacturer, believed it was his responsibility to provide for workers' welfare. So he created what he called the Square Deal, which one welfare expert says is an anachronism today.
• Rio Sweeps Slums Ahead Of Tourism Rush
  In Rio de Janeiro, the police and military are retaking some of the largest and most dangerous slums from drug lords. The massive raids are part of Brazil's campaign to improve security in the city before it hosts the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.
• The Inner Workings Of WikiLeaks
  NPR's Guy Raz talks to Raffi Khatchadourian of the New Yorker about the inner workings of WikiLeaks as an organization. Khatchadourian published an in-depth profile of WikiLeaks for the New Yorker earlier this year.
• Two Different Views Of Alleged Would-Be Bomber
  Two very different images are emerging of the 19-year-old who allegedly plotted to bomb Portland's Christmas tree lighting. The first is of a student who liked basketball and engineering. The second is of a young man -- angry at his parents -- bent on killing fellow Americans.
• White House: No Drilling In East Coast Waters
  The Obama administration reversed course Wednesday on a sensitive environmental and economic issue -- offshore drilling. The Interior Department says that for at least the next seven years, it will not allow any offshore oil and gas drilling off the East Coast in the Atlantic, or in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida. And it will proceed cautiously in granting any new offshore leases in Alaska.
• A Bottled-Water Drama In Fiji
  For 20 years, the Fiji Water company has been tapping an aquifer in Fiji for its bottled water and paying a tax of one-third of a cent per liter. Now the Fiji government wants 15 cents per liter. This week, Fiji Water said no and shut down operations, but only for a day. The company is a major employer on the island, and hundreds of Fijians would be without work if the factory shut down. NPR's Guy Raz talks to Charles Fishman, a journalist who has written about the bottled water business for Fast Company magazine.
• Smithsonian Under Fire For Gay Portraiture Exhibit
  Christian leaders and Republican members of Congress are speaking out against the National Portrait Gallery's Hide/Seek exhibit. One work — a 1987 video about the suffering caused by AIDS — has already been removed from the show. Religious leaders objected to its depictions of a crucifix crawling with ants.
• How Will Cleveland Welcome LeBron?
  On Thursday night, LeBron James' new team, the Miami Heat, will face off against his old team, the Cavaliers. NPR's Guy Raz talks to Cleveland Plain Dealer sports columnist Terry Pluto about how James will be received in his former town.

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