Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Artists bring their passion to the classroom
  Many artists and educators in Minnesota believe the arts are a good way to enhance a student's education. But with budget concerns and pressure from No Child Left Behind legislation, the arts' importance to kids' development is often overlooked.6:52 a.m.
• MPR poll: Klobuchar gaining strength
  DFLer Amy Klobuchar continues to maintain a double-digit lead over Republican Mark kennedy in the U.S. Senate race.7:20 a.m.
• Campaign updates: Analyzing the ads
  Cathy Wurzer spoke with Minnesota Public Radio News Capitol Bureau Chief Laura McCallum.7:24 a.m.
• Suburban health club wants you fit and green
  Lately, the word "environmentalism" is popping up a surprising amount in the world of business. In suburban White Bear Lake, one fitness club has even changed its business goals to include improving the health of the planet.7:49 a.m.
• Monday Markets with Chris Farrell
  Cathy Wurzer spoke with Minnesota Public Radio News Chief Economics Correspondent Chris Farrell about the latest economic news.7:54 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Harvard Tattoo Process May Ease a Change of Heart
  Scientists at Harvard are giving the ancient art of tattooing a technological makeover. They have invented a tattoo ink that challenges the nature of the tattoo as something permanent.
• GPS Is Smartening Up Your Cell Phone
  Imagine standing on a corner and instantly getting the median income of the neighborhood or the crime rate on your street -- all by using your cell phone. Cell phone companies are starting to tap into GPS technology and software companies are already imagining how to use it.
• Shostakovich Fans Look for Music's Political Meaning
  The 100th anniversary of the birth of composer Dmitri Shostakovich has been celebrated all year with concerts and recordings of his music. There has also been more discussion about whether his music was written in support of Russia's communist government, or in protest against it.
• N.C. Marine Leaves Behind Family, Fiancee, Friends
  Lance Cpl. Cliff Golla died earlier this month in Iraq from a roadside bomb in al-Anbar province. He was on his second tour in Iraq. Golla was a committed Marine from Charlotte, N.C., who told family members he didn't think he was going to make it back.
• Saints in Superdome Signals New Orleans' Return
  Monday Night Football will feature the New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons in the grand reopening of the Louisiana Superdome. The game will transform a structure that became notorious as a Hurricane Katrina shelter into an icon of the city's rebirth.
• Heated Vermont Senate Race Blankets Airwaves
  In the race to succeed Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords, self-made millionaire Richard Tarrant is shoveling piles of money into TV ads attacking his opponent, independent Bernie Sanders. And Sanders is firing back. The result: media saturation in a state so small that 200,000 votes would be a landslide win.
• Blues Guitarist Etta Baker Dies at 93
  North Carolina's Etta Baker, called the world's premiere Piedmont-style blues guitarist, has died at 93. Baker grew up in a family that was proficient in blues, hymns, and rags. She first gained notoriety in 1956 when she appeared on a compilation album called "Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians."
• Muslim Leaders Visit Pope for Dialogue
  Pope Benedict XVI welcomes Muslim diplomats and dignitaries to his summer home near Rome. Benedict tells them that "our future" depends on dialogue between the two faiths. The visit was part of an effort by the pope to calm the anger resulting from his recent comments on Islam and violence.
• Battle for Baghdad Hindered by Iraqi Government
  U.S. troops continue operations in Baghdad aimed at stabilizing some of the capital's most violent districts. But American commanders are frustrated by a lack of cooperation from the Iraqi government. Attacks by sectarian death squads are down only marginally from their high point in July.
• Congress, Doctors at Odds over Medicare Payments
  Congress is again deciding whether to go forward with a planned 5 percent cut in the Medicare fees paid to doctors. Congress wants doctors to agree to have their quality measured, and to base payments on how well they do their jobs. Doctors say they embrace the concept, but the details are proving hard to settle.
• Iraq War Fuels Terrorism Threat, U.S. Report Says
  The U.S. war in Iraq has increased, not decreased, the threat of terrorism, according to a top-level, classified intelligence summary. Findings of that National Intelligence Estimate on "Trends in Global Terrorism" were leaked to The New York Times over the weekend.
• Tech Show Features Self-Destructing E-Mail
  The Demo Fall tech show in San Diego this week features nearly 70 companies with their new products. The line-up includes a new form of e-mail that self-destructs after being read.
• Norfolk Lifts Ban on Tattoo Parlors
  The city of Norfolk, Va., has banned tattoo parlors since 1950, prohibiting sailors based there from indulging in the inky body art. But the ban was recently lifted.
• Ohio Car Dealership Runs Controversial Ads
  A car dealership in Columbus, Ohio, has announced a "jihad" on the car market. "Our prices are lower than the evil-doers' every day," says their radio ad. "Just ask the Pope!" The local office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has decried the ad campaign as disrespectful. But the president of the dealership disagrees. He says it's "fair game" to poke "a little fun at radical extremists." But perhaps not a great way to start the holy month of Ramadan.
• Democrats Attempt to Turn Debate Back to Iraq
  Democrats and Republicans are reacting to an intelligence report that concludes the Iraq war has led to more -- not fewer -- terrorist threats. Washington is also talking about former President Bill Clinton's performance during a Fox News interview.

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