Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Republicans vie to challenge Collin Peterson
  On primary day, voters in Minnesota's 7th Congressional district choose a Republican candidate to challenge incumbent Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.).6:50 a.m.
• Weather with Mark Seeley
  University of Minnesota climatologist Mark Seeley discusses Minnesota weather history and looks ahead to the weekend forecast.6:53 a.m.
• McCain's speech excites Minnesota GOP delegates
  Call it the home field advantage, but Minnesota's delegation to the Republican National Convention had prime seats to watch John McCain accept the party's nomination for president last night.7:14 a.m.
• Delegates, party leaders praise Gov. Tim Pawlenty's speech
  Governor Tim Pawlenty took the stage at the Republican National Convention Thursday night describing Senator John McCain as a strong and compassionate leader.7:18 a.m.
• Final day protests end in an estimated 300 arrests
  A protest that started on the State Capitol lawn yesterday afternoon ended with an estimated 300 arrests, the most of any day during the Republican National Convention. The protesters had planned to march to the Xcel Center where the RNC held its final day of events.7:35 a.m.
• Twin Cities survive RNC and protests
  Protests were one of the biggest unknowns ahead of the Republican National Convention. As it turned out, there were hundreds of arrests and complaints by both demonstrators and police. MPR's Tim Nelson spent the last four days on both sides of the police lines, and tells us what he saw.7:39 a.m.
• Rybak deems convention week a success
  As the out-of-town visitors to the Republican National Convention head home today, the normal daily routine in Minneapolis and St. Paul should resume. Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak says the RNC was a success for the region.7:48 a.m.
• Was the Republican National Convention worth it?
  After four days of hosting the Republican National Convention, St. Paul can finally go back to being a quiet little town. But with all of the headaches that it brought, such as road closures and protests, was it worth it?7:52 a.m.
• Future Tense with Jon Gordon
  Text messaging fails its first major test with Obama's Vice Presidential announcement.8:20 a.m.
• Nation gets mostly positive image of Minneapolis and St. Paul
  Both Minneapolis and St. Paul were hoping the Republican National Convention would bring some positive attention, and leave viewers around the country with a good image of the Twin Cities. We asked a media analyst whether that happened.8:24 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Bhutto's Widower Expected To Win Presidency
  In Pakistan, lawmakers will select the country's next president Saturday. Asif Ali Zardari is the frontrunner to succeed President Pervez Musharraf, who resigned under pressure last month. Zardari took over the Pakistan Peoples Party after his wife and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in December.
• Pageant Protest Sparked Bra-Burning Myth
  Think the feminists who protested the 1968 Miss America pageant in the name of women's liberation burned their bras? Think again. No bras were set aflame that September day. But the idea that they were helped launch the movement onto the national stage.
• Jobless Rate For August Tops 6 Percent
  The U.S. unemployment rate leaped to 6.1 percent in August, the highest in nearly five years. The Labor Department released the numbers Friday, and they're worse than what many economists expected. The economy lost another 84,000 jobs in August, and more than 9 million Americans are out of work.
• Global Economic Worries Flare Up Again
  Fears about the global economy have flared up again, with worries starting in the United States and then infecting Asian markets. Nearly every stock index in Asia lost 2 percent to 3 percent of its value Friday, and European shares also started the trading day lower. The latest flight from financial markets was sparked by gloomy reports on U.S. retail sales and the U.S. labor market.
• Abramoff Gets 4 Years In Jail, Pens Memoir
  Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist at the center of a Washington, D.C., corruption scandal, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison. According to the Washington Post, he told the judge he is no longer the person who "happily and arrogantly" engaged in a lifestyle of corruption. In fact, he's now a writer.
• The Week That Launched The McCain-Palin Ticket
  Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, speaking Thursday at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., vowed that change is coming. Analysts Mark Mellman and David Frum talk about how McCain did, and how the convention as a whole.
• Original 'Maverick' Was Unconventional Texan
  One word in politics that has gotten a lot of use recently is "maverick." It's often used to describe Republican presidential candidate John McCain. But where does the term come from?
• European Leaders Meet On Georgia-Russia Conflict
  European foreign ministers open two days of talks Friday in southern France to discuss sending civilian monitors to Georgia. The aim is to convince Russia to remove its troops.
• Day In The Life: Lobbying At The GOP Convention
  A day in the life of lobbying at the Republican National Convention: a party hosted by lobbyists, a congressman's dinner to "discuss business interests," and the reasons why all of this is legal — and creatively effective.
• GOP Rep. Putnam: Voters Fed Up With Partisanship
  Florida Representative Adam Putnam was the youngest member of Congress when he arrived in Washington in 2000. He was 26 years old. Putnam is chairman of the Republican conference in the House, and he's worried about the party's chances in statewide elections. Putnam says even in the South, Republicans could be in trouble.
• Detroit Mayor Acknowledges 'Poor Judgment'
  Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has agreed to step down later this month and serve 120 days in a county jail as part of a plea deal. Kilpatrick's resignation ends an almost six-month fight to stay in office amid obstruction of justice charges. Thursday night, Kilpatrick made his first public speech to Detroiters after the plea bargain.
• Bad Economic News Sends Stocks Tumbling
  The stock market took another hit Thursday on bad economic news. All of the major indices were down. On Friday morning, investors awaited the government's latest jobs report.
• Voiceover Mix-Up: Who's Who In Movie Trailers
  In a remembrance of movie trailer announcer Don LaFontaine on Wednesday, his voice was misidentified. Today, we set the record straight and add a little confusion to the mix.
• GOP Convention Succeeds In Catching Media's Eye
  These days, party nominating conventions are events for the media as much as for the delegates. The McCain campaign took its turn carefully crafting its image visually and rhetorically before a captive media crowd this week. Did the GOP accomplish what it set out to achieve in St. Paul?
• McCain Challenges Obama, GOP To 'Change'
  John McCain accepted the GOP's presidential nomination in a nearly hour-long speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. McCain complimented rival Barack Obama for winning the Democratic nomination, but offered a long list of criticisms of the Illinois senator.

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