Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Fatal accident raises questions about police ride-along policies
  There is still no word Wednesday on whether the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office will review its family ride-along policy following the New Year's Day fatal patrol car accident that took the life of a sheriff deputy's wife.5:20 p.m.
• Traffic fatalities increase slightly in 2007
  Preliminary data released Wednesday by the state Office of Traffic Safety show that slightly more people were killed in traffic-related accidents in 2007 than in the previous year.5:24 p.m.
• A DNA portrait reveals more than what you look like
  Imagine a portrait that showed not only who you are, but where you came from hundreds of generations ago through your unique genetic code.5:50 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Overdose Rescue Kits Save Lives
  Every year, overdoses of heroin and opiates, such as Oxycontin, kill more drug users than AIDS, hepatitis or homicide. Now, public health workers are preventing thousands of deaths by giving drug users themselves the tools to save a life.
• Campaign Money Has Flooded Early Primary States
  Voters in Iowa will begin the process of choosing the next president Thursday night as they go to their local party caucuses. It's the earliest the process has ever begun, and just getting to this starting point has consumed a phenomenal amount of money.
• Arthur Godfrey an Unlikely Early American Idol
  During television's first decade, Arthur Godfrey was the most omnipresent, watched, listened-to, and talked about personality in America. He was on TV five days a week for nine hours, eight of them simulcast on radio. But his only real talent was a folksy, laid-back, unpredictable charm.
• Political Standoff Fuels Ethnic Violence in Kenya
  Hundreds of people have died in post-election ethnic violence in Kenya. A hospital in Eldoret has received more than 70 bodies since election results were announced, including 17 burned alive in a church. Raila Odinga, who narrowly lost the presidential election, has called for protests Thursday.
• Kenya Unrest Rooted in Tribal Tensions, Corruption
  Central to the growing unrest in Kenya is the long-standing tangle of tribal affiliation, poverty and political corruption. For a closer look at the forces propelling the recent tide of violence, Makau Mutua, dean of the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School and chair of the Kenya Human Rights Commission, talks with Melissa Block.
• Immigrants Leave Okla. After Tough Law Enacted
  Advocates for undocumented workers and activists for tougher immigration measures both say that since the local law took effect Nov. 1, thousands of immigrants have left Oklahoma. Builders and Hispanic leaders denounce the law, which is among the nation's toughest; supporters say it's bridging federal gaps.
• Justice Department to Investigate CIA Tapes
  The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it is opening a criminal investigation into the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes.
• Who Benefits from Doctors' Free Drug Samples?
  Pharmaceutical manufacturers have long claimed that one of the main reasons they shower doctors with free drug samples is so that doctors can pass the medicine along to poor patients. But a new study challenges the notion that the poor are the major beneficiaries.
• Candidates Make Last-Minute Bids in Iowa
  Most of the major contenders for president began their last day of pre-caucus campaigning in Iowa on Wednesday, flying fast planes to the far corners of the state. And in the evening, they were in Des Moines for big rallies — telling everyone to turn out Thursday night.
• Candidates Rally Voters in Iowa Caucus Countdown
  Caucusing is not voting. It's not secret, and it can take hours. So persuading Iowans to support a candidate is just the beginning. The candidates go to great lengths to get their supporters to go to the Iowa caucuses.

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