Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Gov. Dayton, GOP Legislature point fingers for unpopular compromise
  Nearly three months after reaching a budget deal to erase a $5 billion deficit and end a state government shutdown, Gov. Mark Dayton and leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature are blaming each other for the unpopular pieces of the agreement.3:20 p.m.
• Finals-bound Lynx at height of popularity; still reaching for profitability
  It's the first trip for the Minnesota Lynx to the women's professional basketball championship, and the team is more popular than ever.3:24 p.m.
• Cube Critics: 'Relationship' movies.
  This time the Cube Critics discuss "relationship" movies.3:54 p.m.
• PoliGraph: Bachmann's poll claim ignores the numbers
  Rep. Michele Bachmann said her support is growing in Iowa. But compared to the last time the same survey was conducted, her support has declined.4:49 p.m.
• PoliGraph: Lawmaker's tax claim true, but deserves context
  Sen. Julianne Ortman's claim that last year's levy increase was the smallest in nearly a decade is true, but deserves some context.4:51 p.m.
• Haley Bonar brings dreamy 'Golder' to the Dakota
  "I've always been obsessed with how amazing it is for a song without any lyrics to convey a feeling," Minnesota native Haley Bonar says. She's playing Saturday at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis.4:53 p.m.
• Gov. Dayton, GOP Legislature point fingers for unpopular compromise
  Nearly three months after reaching a budget deal to erase a $5 billion deficit and end a state government shutdown, Gov. Mark Dayton and leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature are blaming each other for the unpopular pieces of the agreement.5:20 p.m.
• Finals-bound Lynx at height of popularity; still reaching for profitability
  It's the first trip for the Minnesota Lynx to the women's professional basketball championship, and the team is more popular than ever.5:51 p.m.
• Cube Critics: 'Relationship' movies.
  This time the Cube Critics discuss "relationship" movies.6:25 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Tevatron Machine Will Smash Particles No More
  On Friday, officials shut down the giant machine designed to smash tiny bits of atoms together to reveal fundamentals of the universe. For a quarter century, the Tevatron, located in a lab near Chicago, was the most powerful and productive machine of its kind in the world, but a new machine in Europe has made it obsolete.
• Fla. Moves Up Its Primary Date
  Florida wants to be no lower than fifth on the calendar of presidential nominating events in 2012, and Friday its Legislature moved to hold its primary on Jan. 31. That is expected to move the Iowa caucuses into the first week of the year.
• Week In Politics: GOP Primary Dates; Herman Cain; Chris Christie
  Melissa Block speaks with our regular political commentators E.J. Dionne, of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and David Brooks, of the New York Times.
• Commentator Jo Carson Dies At 64
  Michele Norris and Melissa Block remember former All Things Considered commentator Jo Carson, who died earlier this month in the place where she was born — Johnson City, Tenn. She was 64. She was a playwright, fiction author and children's book author.
• Old-Fashioned Letter Writing Meets Digital Age
  In so many ways, the Internet has shoved aside old-fashioned letters, the kind written on stationery or letterhead. But lettersofnote.com serves as a bridge between the new technology and the old. Shaun Usher edits the site that's filled with correspondence written or received by people whose names you know. Michele Norris talks to Shaun Usher about gems from Marilyn Monroe, Roald Dahl and Johnny Cash.
• Letters: Kindle Fire; Baseball Playoffs
  Michele Norris and Melissa Block read letters from listeners.
• BofA Plans To Introduce Monthly Debit Card Fee
  Michele Norris talks about Bank of America's plan to charge some customers a monthly $5 fee for debit cards with Daniel Indiviglio, associate editor with The Atlantic. Indiviglio writes about business, finance, economics and politics.
• The Man Behind The Illegal-Immigration Crackdown
  As more states consider strict immigration laws like those in Arizona and Alabama, one name keeps coming up: Kris Kobach. He's the Kansas secretary of state who helped many states shape a tough approach to illegal immigration. And he says there's more to come in swing states in 2012.
• Libya's Newest Concern: Looming Political Battles
  Libya's militias are a collection of regional groups that will have to learn to work together to form a new government. They are still talking for now, but there are clear differences and rivalries.
• Pop Art Master Oldenburg Unveils Another Big Idea
  Claes Oldenburg unveils his latest outdoor sculpture — a giant paintbrush — outside the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia this weekend. At first, Oldenburg's giant clothespins and spoons made him a target for ridicule. But now you can find examples of his work all over the world. And like all of his work, it's intended to provoke a response.

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