Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Legislation would open up adoption records
  The adoption access bill would allow people who were adopted to find out the names of their birth parents.5:50 a.m.
• Lunchroom ground zero of the nation's largest beef recall
  Congress opens hearings Wednesday looking into the recall of 140 million pounds of beef from a California meatpacker. Employees were suspected of slipping sick cows past inspectors, possibly contaminating the meat. Parents across Minnesota hope their kids haven't been eating that tainted meat.6:20 a.m.
• Credit crunch is bad news for potential home buyers
  We're heading for the part of the year that has traditionally been a busy time for buying and selling homes in Minnesota. But the real estate market is in a slump. Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer talked with Roger Harrington, head of Roger Harrington's Mortgage Advisory.6:50 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Colombia Levels Charges After Raiding Ecuador
  Fresh rhetoric follows a weekend raid in Ecuador by the Colombian military. Colombia's government says that both Venezuela and Ecuador have secretly supported Colombian rebels, and that it captured data in its raid that proves some of its claims.
• Clinton Communications Director on Race
  Can Sen. Hillary Clinton catch Sen. Barack Obama in the race for Democratic delegates? And what did Clinton mean Wednesday morning when she suggested that the two rivals might wind up sharing the ticket? Howard Wolfson, communications director for the Clinton campaign, offers his thoughts.
• California Justices Set to Weigh Gay Marriage
  After hearing hours of arguments, California's Supreme Court are due to rule within 90 days on whether a law against same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Opponents of the ban say the state constitution leaves no room for denying such unions.
• Big Night at the Polls for McCain, Clinton
  Sen. John McCain clinched the Republican nomination, while Sen. Hillary Clinton revived her chances in the Democratic contest.
• Good News for Clinton from Texas Voters
  Exit polls in Texas suggest Sen. Hillary Clinton may be recovering the base of support she had been losing to Sen. Barack Obama — most notably, white female voters.
• Stimulus Plan Sends Seniors to Tax Experts
  Senior citizens who had not filed tax returns in years are flooding free tax-help clinics as they seek to take advantage of the economic stimulus package passed by Congress.
• Vermont Town Has It In for Bush
  Wherever President Bush may travel next, it's reasonable to assume that it may not be Brattleboro, Vt. Brattleboro voters approved a measure that would instruct police to arrest the president and vice president — for violating the Constitution of the United States — should they drop by.
• A Win for the Birds in New Jersey
  A big political contest has been decided in Cape May, N.J. The issue: What to do about a colony of feral cats that threatened a population of endangered birds? On Tuesday, the City Council agreed to move the feisty felines.
• Rice Meets Israelis, Palestinians
  As U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wraps up her trip to the Middle East, she meets separately with Israeli and Palestinian officials.
• Democratic Race Takes a New Turn
  Sen. Hillary Clinton bounced back from a string of defeats to take Ohio and Texas, but she still faces an uphill battle to overtake Sen. Barack Obama in the delegate count.
• House to Vote on Mental Health Bill
  The House is set to vote on a bill that would require health plans to provide the same level of benefits for mental health issues as they do for all other conditions. The Senate passed a similar measure in 2007, but the fight is far from over.
• Recall of Beef Hits School Lunches Hard
  The biggest meat recall in U.S. history has raised questions about the safety of meat used in programs administered by the Department of Agriculture — notably, school lunch programs.
• Paul, Kucinich Win House Primaries
  There was election news for presidential also-rans in Texas and Ohio Tuesday. Republicans backed Rep. Ron Paul of Texas in his congressional primary. Ohio Democrats did the same for Rep. Dennis Kucinich.
• OPEC Cool to Call for Production Increase
  Representatives of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are meeting in Austria. And so far, they're resisting pressure from U.S. officials to increase production. Triple-digit oil prices are adding to American fears of inflation and recession.
• Getting the Dirt on Dust in the West
  After examining layers of soil in the American West, scientists from the University of Colorado say the region is much dustier than it was before Europeans arrived in America. And the composition of today's dust is worrisome.

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