Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Bemidji: A tale of two economies
  Getting a read on Bemidji's economy depends on where you look these days. You can find both ongoing struggle and boom times. It's a tale of two economies.4:50 p.m.
• IRV poses few problems for Minneapolis voters
  Minneapolis elections officials say the city's first election using instant runoff voting has gone smoothly, but voters may be limiting their own power because they're not using all their choices.5:15 p.m.
• Local lab makes Tamiflu for kids
  A pharmacy lab in Minnesota is helping address the shortage of H1N1 medicine for children, by making kid-sized doses of Tamiflu from adult-sized capsules. MPR's Lorna Benson visited the lab to see how it's done.5:20 p.m.
• Star witness admits stealing from Petters
  The prosecution's star witness in the fraud trial of Minnesota businessman Tom Petters admitted she stole money from Petters and most of her work for him involved lying.5:24 p.m.
• Corroding Williams sewage treatment plant concerns town
  A sewage treatment plant in a small northern Minnesota town is failing and threatens to dump thousands of gallons of raw sewage into Lake of the Woods.5:45 p.m.
• They Might Be Giants on kids shows and science
  They Might be Giants might be the only band think who've appeared on Science Friday. That's not really a surprise to their many fans who love their smart and lately even scientific songs. The band talked with Tom Crann about their current and future projects.5:52 p.m.
• They Might Be Giants perform in The Current Studios
  Nearly 30 years into their career together, the Johns of They Might Be Giants - Flansburgh and Linnell - have just released their 14th studio album, the entertaining and educational "Here Comes Science." Continuing in their recent vein of children's music, the album touches on plenty of scientific topics, like paleontology, astronomy and chemistry.5:58 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• In Va., GOP's McDonnell Defeats Democrat Deeds
  The Republican won the governor's race, despite major gains made by Democrats in the state in 2006 and 2008. In the New Jersey governor's race, which was too close to call, Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine faced a tough fight. A special election for a congressional seat in New York was also too close to call.
• Political Foes Team Up To Improve Voter Registration
  Advisers from recent Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns have joined together to try to come up with a better way to register voters. In the future, for example, a voter's record could be automatically updated when he or she moves.
• Marines Seek To Tame Afghan 'Snake's Head'
  The Marines in Afghanistan's Helmand province are pursuing a counterinsurgency strategy of "hold to build" — pushing out the Taliban and helping the Afghan government bring a sense of normalcy to villages in a region known as the "snake's head."
• Lessons From The Fall Of The Berlin Wall
  Twenty years ago, when the Berlin Wall was breached, it marked the beginning of the end for the Soviet empire. But NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says there are other physical walls today: the one between the Israelis and the Palestinians. A wall, he says, can mean not only closed borders, but also closed minds.
• Commuters Hit By Philly Transit Strike
  Philadelphians are having trouble getting around their city today as a result of a transit strike most hadn't expected. SEPTA carries 900,000 riders each day on trains, subways and buses. SEPTA leaders approved a strike at 3 a.m. Tuesday.
• Letters: Bly, Microblogging, Lions
  Sharp-eared listeners caught a couple of mistakes in Monday's show, so Michele Norris and Robert Siegel restore investigative journalist Nellie Bly's reputation, bury the Pownce microblogging network, and present one disappointed listener's explanation that the Tsavo lions might have been bloodthirsty killers, just not very hungry ones.
• David Chang's Pork Buns: An Unexpected Hit
  New York chef David Chang talks about pork buns, the unexpected hit of his noodle shop, Motofuku. Chang, who has released a cookbook by the same name, discusses how easy it is to make the delectable pork buns.
• Va., N.J. Races Test Obama Influence
  President Obama's political influence is being tested Tuesday as voters cast ballots in Virginia and New Jersey. Obama has worked hard to keep the states Democratic. Congressional and mayoral races are among the featured face-offs on Election Day.
• A Flood Of Palin Books To Hit Shelves
  Sarah Palin's upcoming memoir, Going Rogue, will be released Nov. 17. It's already a best-seller and a target for parody. Going Rouge, a book of essays from two editors of The Nation, will be released the same day. Marjorie Kehe, book editor for The Christian Science Monitor, calls it a perfect storm for publishers.
• GOP Unveils Health Care Bill
  House Republicans on Tuesday produced a health care bill as an alternative to legislation by majority Democrats. The 230-page measure focuses more on lowering costs than on expanding coverage. The Democratic bill is 1,990 pages.
• GOP Boycotts Senate Panel On Climate Change
  Only one Republican attended the start of a Senate committee debate on a bill to limit greenhouse gases. Republicans say the measure's economic costs have not been fully examined. The Environment and Public Works Committee needs two Republicans for a quorum.
• Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss Remembered
  Claude Levi-Strauss, the French anthropologist whose books, films, lectures and collections changed how the so-called modern world came to understand the so-called primitive world died Saturday in Paris at the age of 100.
• Lead Of Closed Broadway Revival On Experience
  Brighton Beach Memoirs opened on Broadway to generally positive reviews on Oct. 25. A week later, the revival of Neil Simon's hit closed due to poor ticket sales. Lead actor Noah Robbins says the cast was told about the closure half an hour before a performance.
• Opposition To Refugees Grows In Australia
  A recent poll of Australians found that 40 percent believe large numbers of immigrants and refugees coming into the country represent a critical threat. This week is a perfect example of why: The government has been juggling five separate boatloads of refugees trying to get in.
• U.S. Woes Cut Cash Flow From Mexican Migrants
  Mexico's economy relies heavily on money flowing back to the country from workers in the U.S. The recession has hit these remittances hard. But as the U.S. recession fades, more Mexican men are traveling north to look for work as Mexico's severe downturn lingers.

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