Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Big acts make case for revisiting ticket scalping rules
  In the wake of Taylor Swift's recent Minnesota show, which left many fans shut out, state officials are investigating whether the rules around how tickets are sold should be tightened.4:50 p.m.
• Collective's original productions draw new crowds to theater
  Minneapolis-based Workhaus Collective is meeting the challenge theaters face in attracting younger, non-theatergoers.4:54 p.m.
• Austin crash raises new questions about bus safety
  The fatal crash of a bus in southern Minnesota this week has put a spotlight on the safety of the tour bus industry.5:20 p.m.
• Asian carp may have invaded Great Lakes
  Federal officials say the despised Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent it from invading the Great Lakes and jeopardizing their $7 billion sport fishery.5:45 p.m.
• The tale behind 'The Messenger'
  A new film opening in the Twin Cities this week called "The Messenger" tells the story of two soldiers on casualty notification duty -- telling next of kin about the death of a soldier.5:53 p.m.
• Big acts make case for revisiting ticket scalping rules
  In the wake of Taylor Swift's recent Minnesota show, which left many fans shut out, state officials are investigating whether the rules around how tickets are sold should be tightened.6:20 p.m.
• Collective's original productions draw new crowds to theater
  Minneapolis-based Workhaus Collective is meeting the challenge theaters face in attracting younger, non-theatergoers.6:24 p.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Hard Lessons From Two Mass Killings In Texas
  The Senate is conducting hearings into the recent shootings at Fort Hood — a tragedy that took place just miles from the site of a deadly 1991 attack. That episode, in which a gunman killed 23 people at Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, reshaped how police, medical and psychological personnel respond to such tragedies.
• Insurance Mandate Could Spur Walk-In Clinic Boom
  As it gets more difficult to see a primary care doctor, walk-in medical centers are picking up the slack. And if Congress succeeds in passing a nationwide health insurance mandate, the urgent care industry expects even more growth.
• Evidence-Based Medicine: Hard For Some To Swallow
  Patients often find it difficult to base medical decisions on study results.
• Obscured By War, Water Crisis Looms In Yemen
  News from Yemen has been dominated recently by an escalating rebellion along the border with Saudi Arabia. But the country has been making news for decades because of its severe overuse of a rapidly disappearing water supply, the result of natural and political causes.
• Marines Reflect On Duty, Death In Afghanistan
  When the Marines of "America's Battalion" first arrived in Afghanistan, they were eager to get into the fight against the Taliban. Now, as they wrap up their seven-month deployment — and after the loss of a dozen comrades — they see warfare in a different light.
• In Massillon, High School Football Is 'Who We Are'
  The Ohio school has a 20,000-seat stadium, a $3 million indoor practice facility and a live tiger for a mascot. Massillon teams have won 22 state championships and they're in the running for another one. It's football "sunup to sundown," the head coach says.
• Chicago School Board Chief's Death Raises Questions
  Michael Scott was found shot in the head Monday, his body partially submerged in the Chicago River. The medical examiner ruled the death a suicide, but so far police have not reached that conclusion, and there's widespread disbelief among the mayor and others that Scott would have killed himself.
• Week In Politics Examined
  Senate Democrats hoped to have enough votes this week to pass a health care bill, Obama Cabinet officials faced hostile lawmakers on Capitol Hill and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's much-awaited book hit bookstores. Political analysts E.J. Dionne, of The Washington Post, and David Brooks, of The New York Times, offer their insight.
• James Franco Checks In To 'General Hospital'
  The star of Milk and Pineapple Express — and a little movie franchise called Spider-Man — will be spending some time in Port Charles over the next couple of months. His guest-starring stint may help "freshen the image of daytime," says the soap opera's executive producer.
• Scientist: 'Don't Give Up' On Stopping Asian Carp
  Two Asian carp species that could devastate the Great Lakes ecosystem may be a few miles from Lake Michigan. To halt their migration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built an underwater electric fence on a canal 20 miles south of the lake. But tests conducted by David Lodge at Notre Dame indicate that they have gotten close to the lake despite the barrier.

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