Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• A community comes to together after a deadly bus crash
  Students in Pelican Rapids are heading back to class this week after a fatal weekend bus crash. The accident early Saturday near Albertville on I-94 killed one student and injured dozens more.6:50 a.m.
• St. Cloud bridge closure is a hassle for some drivers
  St. Cloud residents are dealing with a major detour caused by a closed bridge.6:55 a.m.
• Gov. Pawlenty to decide on bonding bill
  Gov. Pawlenty must decide today what to do about the state bonding bill. The governor has criticized the $925 million proposal, which would borrow money to pay for construction projects around the state. He has said the bill is too big and would bust the state's debt ceiling.7:20 a.m.
• Coleman and Franken disagree over what campaign should be about
  Republican Norm Coleman and DFLer Al Franken are each trying to set the agenda for the 2008 Senate campaign.7:25 a.m.
• Monday markets with Chris Farrell
  Minnesota Public Radio chief economics correspondent Chris Farrell discusses the latest economic news.7:50 a.m.
• Tough economy, crackdowns lead to drop in mortgage brokers
  Abuses from the subprime lending era prompted the state of Minnesota to toughen state licensing standards.7:55 a.m.
• Douglas' departure from WCCO just one sign of tough times
  One of the Twin Cities best-known media personalities will be missing from the evening news. Longtime WCCO meteorologist Paul Douglas was released from the station last week. Morning Edition host Perry Finelli talked with David Brauer, a media analyst in the Twin Cities and a reporter for MinnPost.com.8:25 a.m.
• Wild begin playoff run this week
  The Minnesota Wild will face the Colorado Avalanche at home on Wednesday in the first round of the NHL playoffs. The team begins its march to the Stanley Cup as a No. 3 seed, having clinched its first Northwest Division title since the franchise was born in 2000.8:40 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Strategist Quits Clinton Post over Colombia Flap
  Mark Penn, chief strategist for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, stepped down Sunday. Penn quit the campaign after it was revealed that he met with a Colombian diplomat about passing a free trade deal that Sen. Clinton opposes.
• Three Siblings Make Olympic Tae Kwon Do Team
  With a backside kick, Diana Lopez qualified for the U.S. tae kwon do Olympic team during the weekend. Spinning cartwheels helped her brother Mark qualify. Now, they'll join their brother Steven in Beijing.
• Microsoft Presses Yahoo to Take $44 Billion Deal
  Microsoft told Yahoo over the weekend that it has three weeks to accept the offer it made to buy the Internet company for more than $44 billion — or it will face a hostile takeover.
• Airline Study Shows Industry Deteriorating
  An annual study of airline quality shows that the industry deteriorated in every major area last year. Not surprisingly, passenger complaints rose at 15 out of the 16 airlines in the study.
• Guard Against 'Technological Surprise' Turns 50
  A tiny government agency you may never have heard of turns 50 this week. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency was set up after the Soviet Union beat the U.S. into space with Sputnik. Its mission was to prevent "technological surprise." It is most famous for creating the blueprint for the Internet.
• Kan. Court Weighs Medical Records in Abortion Case
  The Kansas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case involving a Wichita doctor who performs abortions. A grand jury is seeking thousands of George Tiller's medical records in an effort to see whether he broke the law by performing illegal third-trimester abortions.
• 'Silver Swan' Marks a Switch to Mystery for Banville
  Award-winning Irish novelist John Banville has written 14 novels. He has been called "one of the finest living writers of English-language prose." But he recently has been writing mysteries under another name — Benjamin Black. His new noir novel is called The Silver Swan.
• Teammate Says Candy Diet Fuels NCAA Star
  University of Memphis freshman Derrick Rose's team plays tonight for the NCAA basketball title. After he missed a pre-game media session because of stomach trouble, his teammates revealed that he eats "gummy bears and Starburst" for breakfast, "Twizzlers and Honey Buns" for dinner.
• NCAA Men's Basketball Final: Kansas Vs. Memphis
  College basketball's men's national championship will be decided Monday in San Antonio. The two teams facing off are the University of Kansas, which has a rich basketball championship heritage, and the University of Memphis, a team that has never won the title.
• Heston's Characters Glimpsed America's Future
  Actor Charlton Heston died over the weekend in Beverly Hills, Calif., at the age of 84. He did more than star in epic films like Midway and Ben-Hur. Some of his characters glimpsed our future — and our collective nightmares.
• U.S. Troops Killed as Fighting Reignites in Sadr City
  Heavy fighting broke out in the Sadr City section of Baghdad on Sunday. Rockets fired from Sadr City struck the Green Zone and a U.S. military base in the city, killing three U.S. soldiers and wounding more than 30.
• Young, Green Entrepreneurs Flock to Carbon Market
  Once, if you were in your 20s and wanted to save the environment, you might have joined Greenpeace. But climate change and a billion-dollar carbon market that trades in carbon credits — as if they were pork bellies — have created a new career niche: carbon entrepreneurs.
• Military Officials Focus on Easing Strain on Army
  The U.S. top commander in Iraq is due to update Congress this week. He is expected to recommend a pause in troop reductions. But there are continuing concerns about the impact the war is having on the overstretched Army, and military leaders say they're worried about the future.
• Political Roundup: Iraq Update, Clinton in the News
  Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker this week will update members of Congress about the progress in Iraq. Also on Capitol Hill, thoughts are on the presidential race: Hillary Clinton's top strategist quit the campaign Sunday.
• Ruling on Zimbabwe Election Results Expected
  People in Zimbabwe still don't know who won the presidential election — nine days after casting their votes. The country's high court may rule Tuesday on whether it has the authority to order the release of delayed results. The presidential candidate of the main opposition party is claiming outright victory.

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