Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Transportation is center stage at the Capitol this week
  Transportation is expected to be a major focus for the state legislature this week.7:20 a.m.
• Flooded homeowners still waiting for help
  Six months after the August floods in southeastern Minnesota homeowners are still waiting for help from the state and federal governments.7:25 a.m.
• MPCA draws up ballast water regulations
  Minnesota's Pollution Control Agency is trying to stop ships from transporting non-native organisms like zebra mussels to the state's waters.7:55 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Late Addition Helps NBA's East Beat West
  The East beat the West 134-128 in the 57th NBA All-Star Game on Sunday. Ray Allen of the Boston Celtics, a late addition to the East All-Stars, led the East with 28 points.
• Darth Vader: The Tragic Man Behind the Mask
  The iconic villain Darth Vader has it all: heavy breathing; theme music; brute physical and mental power; and that impenetrable mask. In Vader's case, the mask shields his humanity, making him appear gothic and machine-like.
• Rice Travels to Violence-Plagued Kenya
  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Kenya on Monday. Washington wants President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga to strike a power-sharing agreement to end violence that has plagued the nation since the December presidential election.
• Bush Visits Tanzania on Goodwill Tour
  President Bush is visiting Tanzania, where he has been spotlighting HIV/AIDS and malaria prevention. The president's goodwill tour has been focusing on the success stories of U.S. humanitarian aid in Africa.
• Biden Helps Monitor Pakistani Elections
  As Pakistanis voted on Monday in a delayed parliamentary election, several hundred foreigners, including several U.S. senators, fanned out across the country to monitor the vote. Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden, one of the monitors, describes what he saw.
• Costa Rica Aims to Be a Carbon-Neutral Nation
  One of the smallest countries in the world has a big goal. Costa Rica says it wants to be the first developing country to become carbon neutral — that is, to have zero output of carbon dioxide by 2021. But huge challenges lie ahead.
• Obama Meets with Former Rival Edwards
  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met with former rival John Edwards on Sunday as Obama and Hillary Clinton battle for Edwards' endorsement. As the long race for the nomination continues, talk about superdelegates dominates.
• Candidates' Surrogates Get to Enjoy Hawaiian Sun
  As the Democratic presidential candidates brave freezing rain and snow in Wisconsin the day before its primary, they may wish they were in Hawaii. The Aloha State also holds its Democratic primary Tuesday, but it's a tad too far to go, so the candidates have surrogates enjoying the sun.
• Democrats Fight for Votes in Wisconsin
  Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will spend Monday courting voters in Wisconsin ahead of Tuesday's primary. Bad weather forced Obama and Clinton to adjust their campaign schedules on Sunday.
• Coin Collector Makes Pretty Penny at Auction
  A California coin collector who auctioned off his rare penny collection — partly because he needed to pay off some real estate debt — made $10.7 million. He had spent years tracking down the rare pennies, which date back as a far as 1793.
• Wal-Mart Picks Blu-Ray Over HD DVD
  Blu-ray scored a big win in the DVD format battle with Wal-Mart's decision to phase out high-definition DVDs. The news came after Best Buy and the online DVD rental service Netflix also decided to carry Blu-ray over rival HD.
• Britain to Nationalize Struggling Mortgage Lender
  The British government announced on Sunday that it will nationalize the struggling mortgage lender Northern Rock. The British government rejected two takeover proposals for the lender, which ran into trouble last year following the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States.
• Kennedy Artifacts Found in Dallas Courthouse
  Artifacts related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy have been discovered in a safe in the Dallas County courthouse. However, the most fascinating — and controversial — document found is unlikely to be what it appears to be.
• Beef Recall Follows Animal-Abuse Scandal
  The Department of Agriculture ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of beef produced by a Southern California meat processor on Sunday. Some beef was destined for school lunch programs and low-income families.
• McGovern's Grandson Seeks Office in Milwaukee
  Voters in Milwaukee will decide Tuesday whether the grandson of former Sen. George McGovern will become an alderman. Sam McGovern-Rowen, 32, is running in Milwaukee's 3rd District. Seven other Democrats also are running.

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