Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Hennepin, Dakota Counties approve sales tax hike
  Hennepin and Dakota Counties Tuesday joined Anoka and Ramsey counties in raising their sales tax to help pay for public transit. Scott County commissioners rejected the idea.5:20 p.m.
• Pawlenty, lawmakers take action on foreclosures
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced Tuesday that a federal grant will help the state pay for more foreclosure counselors. Earlier in the day the Minnesota House passed several bills targeting some of the secondary effects of foreclosures.5:24 p.m.
• Woman donates $1.8 million to help protect loons
  A teacher has designated nearly $2 million from her estate to protect Minnesota's state bird.5:50 p.m.
• Vinyl's staying power
  The vinyl record is undergoing somewhat of a resurgence in the Twin Cities music scene. More bands are putting their music out on vinyl, more consumers, especially younger ones, are choosing vinyl over compact discs.5:54 p.m.
• Budding future scientists gather in St. Paul
  At a hotel ballroom in downtown St. Paul, over 400 young people were standing beside their projects and posterboards.6:24 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Divisions Arise in Wounded Iraq Veteran's Family
  Sgt. Tim Ngo was 20 years old when he almost died from a head wound in an Iraq grenade attack. Though years of therapy have helped him recover, his relationship with his mother has deteriorated. Now, he's starting a new life in Texas, and the rift with his mother remains.
• Growing Trade Ties China to Latin America
  Hungry for trade with resource-rich Latin America, the Chinese are binding themselves closer to the continent, snapping up commodities such as Brazilian soy in record amounts. However, some in Brazil see China as posing a threat as well as an opportunity.
• Backroom Primary: Profile of a Calif. Superdelegate
  Robert "Big Red" Rankin, a retired chemical worker from California who supported John Edwards, is an undeclared superdelegate with an important vote to cast. He's trying to decide which of the two remaining Democratic candidates will be best for working families.
• Ore. Uses Lottery Approach for Health Program
  Oregon officials knew demand for new slots in a state-funded health-insurance program would far exceed supply, so they decided to randomly pull names from the nearly 100,000 people who applied. Meet a winner and a loser in Oregon's health-insurance "lottery."
• Colo. Town Flushes Salmonella from Water System
  As Alamosa, Colo., recovers from a salmonella outbreak that sickened 300 people, Mayor Farris Bervig talks about learning how to manage such a crisis and what it means to be under yellow water notices.
• Speculation on Mugabe's Political Fate Abounds
  Despite delays in reporting election results, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's aura of invincibility appears to have evaporated among voters looking in hope for a change in leadership and economic fortune, says Robyn Dixon, foreign correspondent for the L.A. Times.
• Bush Urges NATO Membership for Ukraine, Georgia
  Visiting Kiev ahead of this week's NATO summit in Romania, President Bush says he supports the idea of extending possible NATO membership to Ukraine and Georgia — even in the face of strong Russian opposition.
• NATO's Mission, Sense of Unity Is Flagging
  Old alliances, like old soldiers, never die. They just fade away. In the case of NATO, membership may expand even as the alliance's sense of purpose and cohesion fades.
• Heart Association Supports Compression-Only CPR
  It's all right to skip mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and use hands-only compression when performing CPR on adults, according to the American Heart Association. Dr. Gordon Ewy, a longtime advocate of compression-only CPR, talks about the change in guidelines.
• A Hoop Dream Comes True
  Lance Allred is a basketball vagabond who most recently played for the Idaho Stampede in the NBA's development league. His hard work on and off the court — he lives with a severe hearing deficiency and battles obsessive-compulsive disorder — finally paid off when the Cleveland Cavaliers called.

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