Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Air conditioning carries a high cost in energy and dollars
  Global warming means a lake breeze just isn't enough, especially at night.7:20 a.m.
• Split Rock gets a facelift
  Split Rock Lighthouse has withstood everything Lake Superior could throw at it for almost a century. Now, just short of the landmark's centennial, this popular North Shore attraction is getting a badly needed facelift.7:25 a.m.
• Harness racing park finishes first season, opens card room
  Minnesota's only professional harness racing track has wrapped up its first season of racing. Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer talked with Bob Farinella, general manager of Running Aces Harness Park.7:50 a.m.
• Herzog's 'Encounters at the End of the World'
  Prolific film maker Werner Herzog's new movie opens in the Twin Cities later this week. "Encounters at the End of the world" examines life at the South Pole.7:55 a.m.
• Markets with Chris Farrell
  Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. is set to start earnings season when it reports results Tuesday. Investors are eager to determine how profits are holding up as they worry that rising fuel prices and overall inflation will hamper the economy. Minnesota Public Radio's chief economics correspondent Chris Farrell discusses the latest economic news.8:25 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Wi-Fi Provider Bids For San Francisco Transit District
  A new California company, WiFi Rail, is close to sealing a deal with San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit district to build wireless Internet access throughout the transit system. If successful, the network would be the largest transit-based Wi-Fi system in the country.
• Supreme Court Ends Term On Ideological Edge
  The Supreme Court is on its summer recess, but before the justices closed up shop, they decided a flurry of cases by 5-4 margins. Earlier in the term, they had achieved larger majorities in a series of cases. A look back at the court's term and at its prospects for the future.
• Congress Gets Back To Work After Recess
  Congress returns to Capitol Hill this week from its July Fourth recess. Co-host Renee Montagne talks with NPR Political Analyst Cokie Roberts to find out what issues the lawmakers will tackle first.
• Awful Flight Inspires Novel: 'Dear American Airlines'
  Jonathan Miles wrote Dear American Airlines after surviving a bad trip from Memphis to New York. He ended up sleeping under a table in Peoria, Ill. The main character of the novel gets stuck trying to travel across country for a wedding.
• NBC Universal Announces Weather Channel Deal
  America's third most distributed cable network, The Weather Channel, might soon become property of NBC Universal.
• Belgian Brewer Woos Anheuser-Busch Shareholders
  The big beermaker InBev is playing hardball in its attempt to buy Anheuser-Busch. The St. Louis brewer is still resisting the $46 billion offer from InBev, which is based in Belgium. InBev refuses to offer more and announced plans Monday to go directly to Anheuser-Busch shareholders.
• African Poverty Tops G-8 Agenda
  President Bush and other world leaders kicked off the G-8 summit Monday in Japan, with poverty in Africa at the top of the agenda. Three years ago, members set a goal of increasing world aid to Africa by 2010, but some worry that they will fall short.
• Hopes For Climate Solutions Dim At G-8 Summit
  The G-8 meeting in Japan this week was supposed to be a major milestone for talks on global warming. Instead, the process has bogged down. The Bush administration won't commit to major steps without participation by China and India. And those nations won't move until the U.S. does.
• McCain-Obama Battle For Latino Voters Accelerates
  Hispanics are a fast-growing segment of the population — and a very hot political property. President Bush made serious inroads in this traditionally Democratic group. In the 2008 presidential election, presumptive Republican nominee John McCain and his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, are both bidding for support from Hispanics.
• The Carla Effect: France's First Lady Gains Fans
  When French President Nicolas Sarkozy married the singer and former model Carla Bruni, his popularity plummeted. But now she's getting rave reviews, and all of France is talking about "the Carla effect."
• Candidates' Long-Held Intelligence Views Shift
  As senators, Barack Obama and John McCain have long-held views on intelligence issues like the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which sets down rules for wiretapping. As presidential candidates, though, the two are changing their perspectives.
• Suicide Bomber Strikes Indian Embassy In Kabul
  A suicide bomb that struck Kabul on Monday blew off the gates of the Indian Embassy, where Afghans often line up for visas to leave the country. The car bomb rattled much of Afghanistan's capital. About 30 deaths and 150 injuries were reported; the toll is expected to rise.
• Torres, 41, Sets Records At Olympic Swim Trials
  The U.S. swimming trials were held in Ohama, Neb., to decide who would make the Olympic team. Among the victors is Dara Torres, 41, who became the oldest American swimmer to ever make the team — and set records in the process.
• Nadal Halts Federer In Epic Wimbledon Final
  After winning the Wimbledon men's final five years in a row, Roger Federer was beaten Sunday by Spain's Rafael Nadal in the longest and possibly greatest men's final in the tournament's history.
• Dictionary 's Latest Adds: Pescatarian, Dirty Bomb
  Merriam-Webster is adding about a hundred new words to its Collegiate Dictionary this year. On the list: pescatarian, a vegetarian who eats fish; Texas Hold 'em; dirty bomb; and infinity pool.

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