Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• A "nature-deficit disorder"
  Have kids given up playing outdoors in favor of X-Boxes, iPods and the World Wide Web?11:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Richard Louv: Author of "Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder." Louv is a columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune.
  Resources
  Louv speaks April 22 at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
• Ford closes a chapter of St. Paul history
  Nineteen-hundred Minnesota Ford workers have to figure out what they will do next, the city of St. Paul has to come up with a plan for 122 acres of prime real estate and Ford Motor Co. has to make its massive restructuring plan translate into profits.12:06 p.m.
  Guests
  Fred Zimmerman: Author of "Manufacturing Works: The Vital Link Between Production and Prosperity." Zimmerman is a retired professor of engineering and technology management at the University of St. Thomas.
  More from MPR
  Ford confirms shutdown of St. Paul plant (04/13/2006)
  Ford workers: 'It's not over 'til it's over' (04/14/2006)

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