Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Ask Dr. Hallberg: Healthy living and memory retention
  As millions of baby boomers approach retirement age, medical researchers are exploring how the brain ages and the links between healthy living and memory retention.3:54 p.m.
• Timberwolves, Love reach 4-year deal
  A person familiar with the situation says A source says Kevin Love has agreed to a four-year contract extension with the Timberwolves worth between $60 million and $62 million.4:49 p.m.
• Photographer Chris Jordan qualifies the quantitative
  When we casually toss around words like millions and billions in conversation, it's difficult to visualize what those numbers actually represent. It's a challenge which for years has motivated photographer Chris Jordan.4:53 p.m.
• Bachmann to seek fourth term in U.S. House
  The announcement ends weeks of speculation that the congresswoman might leave Congress after her term ends.5:20 p.m.
• Vikings open to Metrodome site, but nothing decided yet
  The Minnesota Vikings and state officials met for nearly three hours Wednesday morning to talk over the prospects of a new stadium for the team.5:24 p.m.
• New map for what to plant reflects global warming
  Global warming is hitting not just home, but garden. The color-coded map of planting zones often seen on the back of seed packets is being updated by the government, illustrating a hotter 21st century.5:50 p.m.
• Libraries turn to cloud for e-book lending
  Millions of Americans now own Kindles, Nooks and other e-readers. And libraries are taking notice, expanding their collections of e-books they can loan to patrons.5:54 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Ron Paul: Steadily, 'Our Numbers Are Growing'
  In a wide-ranging interview with NPR, the GOP presidential candidate talked about everything from civil rights to a graduated tax.
• Battered And Bruised, Perry Returns To Texas
  Gov. Rick Perry is back in Texas, after dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. He's returned battered and bruised, but he still has strong supporters in his home state.
• Fed Keeps Short-Term Interest Rates Low
  Federal Reserve officials said they expect short-term interest rates to stay close to zero "at least through late 2014." The Fed has been trying to give more explicit guidance on what it expects in the future as part of a broader move to greater transparency.
• Four Officers Arrested For Civil Rights Violations
  For years, the Latino community in East Haven, Conn., complained of systematic abuse and harassment at the hands of the town's police force. Tuesday, the federal government arrested four local cops and accused them of repeatedly violating the civil rights of Hispanic residents. The arrests have prompted dramatically different reactions from the Latino community and the mayor of East Haven.
• Filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos Dies At 76
  Critic David Thomson listed Theo Angelopoulos among a handful of truly great living filmmakers. His movies were epic in length and addressed epic periods in Greek history and mythology. They were among the most visually stunning movies made in the 20th century. He won numerous awards, including the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes in 1995 for Ulysses' Gaze, which starred Harvey Keitel. Angelopoulos died Tuesday after being struck by a motorcycle. He was 76.
• Shoe Company Practices Insourcing For The Sole
  In his State of the Union address, President Obama talked about bringing jobs back to the U.S. Oregon shoe maker Keen is doing its part. The company opened its first American factory in 2010, and while it still produces most of its shoes in Asia, Keen's CEO says manufacturing in the U.S. has been a "giant leap" for the company.
• Illinois' Quinn Pressured To Roll Back Tax Increase
  Last year this time, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn was pushing a big income tax increase to help balance the state's budget. This year, Quinn is being pressured to roll part of that increase back. But the state is still months behind in paying its bills, with a pension shortfall looming.
• What's Hot At The Sundance Film Festival?
  The Sundance Film Festival is under way in Park City, Utah, this week. The annual independent film festival has more than a hundred films screening over 10 days. Melissa Block checks in with Los Angeles Times film writer Steven Zeitchik. He says the nation's economic struggles are evident in many of the films on display. And it's not just the documentaries — it's also in the fictional films.
• Giffords Makes A Tearful Farewell
  Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords took to the House floor Wednesday one last time to say good-bye, for now, to her colleagues. It was an emotional scene as she handed in her resignation, a little more than a year after being gravely injured in an assassination attempt.
• In The Music Box, New Orleans Residents Hear Hope
  When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, it left behind a city full of destroyed homes. Now, artists have reclaimed one of the city's blighted properties in the 9th Ward — and turned it into a work of art and music.

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