Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Austin teens win C-SPAN competition - again
  For the second year in a row, two Austin teens have won C-SPAN's "Student Cam" documentary competition. Last year Anthony Hernandez and Dustin Gillard won the grand prize for their documentary on illegal immigration. This year they took first for their Iraq war video.8:20 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Thompson Edges Closer to Presidential Bid
  Appearing on The Tonight Show, Sen. Fred Thompson says he would like to be president. Matthew Dowd, a Republican strategist who worked on President Bush's campaigns, discusses Thompson's prospects.
• Stakes High for Las Vegas Water Czar
  Southern Nevada "water czar" Patricia Mulroy has used finely tuned negotiation skills, political savvy and her own special brand of municipal tough love to keep Las Vegas from running out of water.
• Corporations Push Congress on Climate Policy
  Congress is ready to shove tons of federal money at companies that say they can reduce greenhouse gases. Federal grants, subsidies and tax relief are on the line, but corporations want something more. They want to sit at Congress' policy-making table.
• Aren't We Tired of Watching the Pitch Count?
  Baseball managers have increasingly used a pitch count as a barometer for how long to keep pitchers on the mound. But is this really the best way to judge whether a hurler should stay in the game?
• New CEO May Mean New Job for the Ranks
  A new study, "Surviving Your New CEO," draws the striking conclusion that if your company brings in new management, you have about a two-in-five chance of leaving. The new boss often has been given a mandate to make changes.
• Alabama's Sessions on Bush, Immigration
  As President Bush attempts to persuade Republican senators to revive his immigration bill, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama offers his insights.
• Tech Leaders Seek Computer Efficiency
  A group of Silicon Valley heavyweights hopes to make computers more energy efficient. By streamlining components within the computer, designers could save a lot of electricity that's now wasted as heat.
• Tijuana's Upper Crust Crossing Border, Too
  The drug violence in Tijuana, Mexico, spills across the border into San Diego. Conditions in the border town have prompted many affluent Tijuana residents to move to San Diego to avoid kidnapping and death threats in Mexico.
• New Groups Said to Join Fray at Lebanon Camp
  As fighting at a Palestinian refugee camp enters its fourth week, the death toll keeps rising. Meanwhile, the battle revives questions about other armed factions operating in Lebanon.
• Hamas Gaining Upper Hand in Gaza Fighting
  Fatah militia increasingly beseiged in fighting described as approaching all-out civil war between the government factions.
• Insurgents Attack Revered Shiite Mosque
  Suspected Sunni insurgents blow up the minarets of a revered Shiite mosque in the city of Samarra, sparking fears of increased sectarian violence.
• Critics Dispute Effects of Immigration Point System
  One of the sticking points that caused the Senate to deadlock on rewriting America's immigration laws was a point system for allocating visas. Critics said the system favored educated, highly skilled immigrants at the expense of low-skilled laborers.
• Poll Reflects Dismay at High CEO Salaries
  In a new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll, most Americans say CEOs are unethical and overpaid. More than half of America's top CEOs make more than $8 million a year.
• Twinkies Returns to Banana Filling
  Legend says that Twinkies have an infinite shelf life. Not quite. You would taste a difference if you bit into a Twinkie that was on the shelf since 1930. The snack used to have banana-cream filling. Vanilla replaced it during the World War II banana shortage. Now, Hostess has brought it back. After eating one, a New York woman says, "It almost makes it seem like it's a little bit healthier."
• Texas Town Remembers Soldier Lost in Iraq
  Army Spc. Matt LaForest enlisted after high school. He was 21 when small arms fire took his life in the Iraqi city of Taji. He had been in Iraq less than one month when he was killed.

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