Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Ask Dr. Hallberg: Patients sharing their stories helps others
  Listen to a good story, and you'll feel better. That's a nice idea, but a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows that when patients heard people's stories that mirrored their own, some actually did see a reduction in their blood pressure.4:50 p.m.
• Dayton, GOP to square off over proposed tax hikes
  Gov. Mark Dayton is proposing far more tax increases than spending cuts in his plan for erasing a projected $6.2 billion state budget deficit. The Democratic governor's plan sets up a sharp conflict with Republicans, who say the budget should be balanced exclusively by cutting government spending.5:16 p.m.
• Dayton's K-12 plan: Shift stays, more all-day kindergarten
  Gov. Mark Dayton's budget proposal includes a small increase for K-12 education. Most of that new money would be spent on increasing the number of children enrolled in all-day kindergarten.5:20 p.m.
• Cities cheered by budget proposal, but brace for cuts
  Minnesota cities and counties encouraged by Gov. Mark Dayton's budget plan to restore funding for local-government aid might want to hold off on the celebrations.5:44 p.m.
• Ramsey County to move forward with Vikings stadium talks
  The Ramsey County board voted 6-1 Tuesday to open talks with the Minnesota Vikings about a possible new football stadium in Arden Hills.5:49 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Obama Tries To Sell 2012 Budget
  President Barack Obama held a news conference Tuesday to fend off criticism of his new 2012 budget.
• Obama's Rhetoric Evolves With Democracy Protests
  The White House has had to tread carefully in dealing with unrest in Egypt. The president's message has evolved with events and who his words have been crafted for.
• Nurses Can Become Desensitized To Hospital Sounds
  Michele Norris speaks with Boston Globe reporter Liz Kowalczyk about her investigative series on how hospital staff can tune out or not react with urgency to patient alarms.
• Boards Approve NYSE-Deutsche Boerse Merger
  It's official: Deutsche Boerse and the company that owns the New York Stock Exchange intend to merge. Both companies' boards approved the deal Tuesday. The merger will create the world's largest collection of exchanges for stock and futures trading.
• The New Detroit: From Robot Clothes To Luxe Jeans
  Michigan is encouraging companies to look beyond the auto industry to help the state thrive. So one supplier who specializes in making protective cloth coverings for the robots used in auto plants is expanding into the fashion world — producing blue jeans inspired by the Motor City.
• Clinton: Nations Will 'Pay Price' For Restricting Web
  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is warning autocratic governments that restricting the Internet will not hold back rising support for democratic reforms. In a speech Tuesday, she vowed to support Internet freedoms. But, Senate Republicans complain in new report that the State Department isn't financing Internet freedoms, at least when it comes to China.
• Egypt Uprising Could Spur Copycats In North Africa
  Melissa Block speaks with J. Scott Carpenter of the Washington Institute about the potential for the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia to be replicated in other North African nations.
• FBI Faulted For Overstating Science In Anthrax Case
  The FBI and Justice Department overstated the certainty of the scientific evidence used to prove that Bruce Ivins carried out the anthrax mailings that killed five people in 2001, according to an independent panel of scientists. The panel limited its findings to the science and did not "assess the guilt or innocence of anyone" tied to the case.
• WikiLeaks Supporters Fight Request For Twitter Data
  On Tuesday morning, lawyers for WikiLeaks backers tried to persuade a federal magistrate judge to unseal the government's request for details about four private Twitter accounts. The Justice Department wants more information about some tweets in its probe into the leak of confidential U.S. documents.
• Cartoonist Pokes Fun At Planning His Own Wedding
  When Adrian Tomine and Sarah Brennan started planning their wedding, they puzzled over what to give their guests as favors. Then it clicked: Tomine, who has done illustrations for The New Yorker, could put together comic strips. The strips are published in a new book, Scenes From an Impending Marriage: A Prenuptial Memoir.

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