Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Minn. Department of Human Rights target of GOP cuts
  Republicans seeking to balance the state budget are taking aim at the state's human rights department, an agency that probes discrimination complaints.3:19 p.m.
• Baby boomer retirement to transform rural Minn., demographers say
  About 700,000 Minnesotans will reach retirement age in the next decade. Demographers say the effect on the workforce will be felt all over the state.3:23 p.m.
• Sviggum will keep U of M regents seat
  Steve Sviggum will resign his teaching position at the University of Minnesota in order to keep a spot on the school's board of regents.4:53 p.m.
• Minn. Department of Human Rights target of GOP cuts
  Republicans seeking to balance the state budget are taking aim at the state's human rights department, an agency that probes discrimination complaints.5:20 p.m.
• Baby boomer retirement to transform rural Minn., demographers say
  About 700,000 Minnesotans will reach retirement age in the next decade. Demographers say the effect on the workforce will be felt all over the state.5:24 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Refugees Tell Of Violence In Rebel-Held Libyan City
  The rebels' last enclave in the western part of Libya, Misurata, is under attack from Gadhafi forces. Wounded civilians and rebel officials who have fled the city say that hospitals have been targeted.
• Mourning A Mentor: Students Pay Tribute To Marable
  The Columbia University professor did not live to see the publication of his life's work, a new biography called Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention. The book was released Monday, just days after Marable, 60, died Friday of complications from pneumonia.
• The Future Of Libraries In The E-Book Age
  How will libraries survive the digital revolution? Publishers and librarians alike are trying to dream up new business models now that e-books are all the rage.
• Education A Top Issue For Voters In Haiti
  With unemployment hovering around 80 percent and nearly 1 million people still homeless after the 2010 earthquake, it may be surprising to hear that education is a top priority for many Haitians.
• Iman Al-Obeidi: 'Every Day I Am Beaten'
  The Libyan woman's dramatic appearance at a Tripoli hotel filled with journalists ended with her being dragged away by authorities. Now she isn't in prison, but says she is beaten by police when she leaves her home.
• Military Panel To Try Alleged Sept. 11 Mastermind
  Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who once had been slated to be tried in federal court in New York City, now will be tried before a military commission at Guantanamo Bay. The decision ends more than a year of to-ing and fro-ing over where to try the self-professed Sept. 11 plotter.
• Japan's Car Owners Search In Huge 'Graveyards'
  Japan's tsunami left behind thousands of demolished cars, which cities need to get rid of in order to start clean-up efforts. Owners are searching for their abandoned vehicles in sprawling lots along the coastline.
• How To Create A Social Media Scrapbook
  A new service called Memolane promises to feed your nostalgia by tapping your social media history. It lets you create a graphic online album using content from Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Last.fm, Vimeo, Foursquare and other outlets.
• Google's April Fools' Day Joke May Be On Google
  On Friday, Google announced it would be offering gesture-driven email. Michele Norris says the news ended up being an April Fools' Day prank, but some California researchers may have the last laugh.
• New NAACP Leaders Broaden Group's Mission
  Across the nation, local NAACP chapters are electing a new generation of leaders — who, in many cases, are not African American. Many say the NAACP is about civil rights and should focus broadly on people of all colors. But others say focusing on Latino issues or gay rights, for example, will dilute the mission of the organization that was founded to represent black people.

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