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Friday, July 15, 2011
Minnesota Public Radio Stories
Congress races to find solution, deal over borrowing limit
Without a legislative deal over raising the nation's borrowing limit and a long-term plan to deal with budget deficits, Republican and Democratic negotiators are racing to meet an August 2 deadline before the federal government runs out of cash.3:20 p.m.
FAQ on the deal ending the state government shutdown
Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about the tentative deal ending the government shutdown in Minnesota.3:23 p.m.- Q & A: Budget deal lawmakers Kurt Daudt and Sandra Pappas
All Things Considered speaks with State Rep. and Assistant Majority Leader Kurt Daudt and DFL Sen. Sandra Pappas about the efforts of legislative leaders to work with Gov. Mark Dayton to hammer out details of the budget outline agreement announced yesterday.3:50 p.m. 
Minn. residents have mixed reaction to budget deal
As negotiators work out details to end Minnesota's state government shutdown, reaction to the potential deal is mixed among state residents. We sampled the sentiment of people in the Bemidji area today.4:24 p.m.- State employees ready to get back to work, but concerned about deal
State employees should be able to return to their jobs within days, but they are concerned about what the budget agreement means for them.4:50 p.m. 
GOP leaders confident they have support for budget
Republican leaders of the Legislature are confident they have the votes to pass the bills that make up the budget framework they and Gov. Mark Dayton agreed to on Thursday.5:20 p.m.- FAQ on the deal ending the state government shutdown
Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about the tentative deal ending the government shutdown in Minnesota.5:24 p.m. 
Budget negotiators get down to the details
With a budget framework now in hand, DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders went to work Friday, trying to fill in the details of a two-year spending plan that will end the state government shutdown.5:35 p.m.- Q & A: Budget deal lawmakers Kurt Daudt and Sandra Pappas
All Things Considered speaks with State Rep. and Assistant Majority Leader Kurt Daudt and DFL Sen. Sandra Pappas about the efforts of legislative leaders to work with Gov. Mark Dayton to hammer out details of the budget outline agreement announced yesterday.5:41 p.m. - Congress races to find solution, deal over borrowing limit
Without a legislative deal over raising the nation's borrowing limit and a long-term plan to deal with budget deficits, Republican and Democratic negotiators are racing to meet an August 2 deadline before the federal government runs out of cash.5:52 p.m. - Minn. residents have mixed reaction to budget deal
As negotiators work out details to end Minnesota's state government shutdown, reaction to the potential deal is mixed among state residents. We sampled the sentiment of people in the Bemidji area today.6:20 p.m. 
Musical nomads deliver the 'wow' factor
Featuring horns instead of guitars, and a frontwoman who looks as if she had been lifted from another century, the music of Davina and the Vagabonds doesn't fit the traditional Minneapolis indie rock mold.6:25 p.m.
National Public Radio Stories
- Obama Pressures Lawmakers To OK Deficit Deal
President Obama held his second news conference in five days in hopes of pressuring lawmakers to OK a large-scale deficit-cutting deal. But Republican members of Congress aren't budging on the issue of taxes. - Week In Politics: Debt Ceiling
Robert Siegel speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and David Brooks of The New York Times. - Letters: Immigration; AM Radio
Robert Siegel and Michele Norris read letters from listeners. - Pella CEO Calls On Lawmakers To Raise Debt Ceiling
Robert Siegel talks with Patrick Meyer, president and CEO of Pella Windows and Doors. He's one of hundreds of business heads who signed a letter to President Obama and members of Congress, urging them to raise the debt ceiling. - Summer Sounds: Trains
Listener Kelly Morgan remembers slow-moving freight trains stopping traffic in Battle Creek, Mich., for our series Summer Sounds. - Rethinking SIDS: Many Deaths No Longer A Mystery
For years, little was known about why babies died suddenly and unexpectedly in their sleep. But now, many of these deaths are believed to be preventable accidents caused by unsafe sleep practices. That's led some to question whether the term sudden infant death syndrome is still relevant. - White House Calls Atlantis Astronauts
The astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis received a special call from the White House Friday. Michele Norris and Robert Siegel tell us more. - A New Frontier In Space Travel: The Law
Several private companies are developing spacecraft that will take anyone into space who wants to go, provided they can pay for the ride. But the challenges of commercial human spaceflight are as much about laws and regulations as they are about technology. - Several Famous People Held This Trying Summer Job
What do Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Star, Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn and Texas Gov. Rick Perry have in common? They all spent summers in college selling books door to door with the Southwestern Company, a publisher in Nashville that started selling Bibles in 1855 — when Tennessee was the southwestern U.S. In what researchers are calling the worst summer job market since World War II, Southwestern can never have enough workers. - Mrs. Mallard Celebrates 70 Years Of Safer Streets
It's the 70th anniversary of the classic children's book Make Way for Ducklings. Now years after the ducklings put their lives on the line by asserting their right to share the road, the Mallards have inspired others to make it safer to walk — or waddle — across city streets.
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