Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• White Earth Nation welcomes adoptees home
  Across the nation, thousands of American Indian children were adopted into non-Indian homes. The White Earth Nation is making a special effort to reconnect those adoptees with their birth families and culture.6:20 a.m.
• Mark Seeley talks weekend weather
  Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer talked about the latest weather news with University of Minnesota Climatologist Mark Seeley. They also looked ahead to the weekend forecast.6:54 a.m.
• Lawmakers turn up heat on MnDOT's financial problems
  DFL lawmakers continue their scrutiny of the Minnesota Department of Transportation. MnDOT's finances and decisionmaking were the focus of two more legislative hearings Thursday.7:20 a.m.
• Macalester College honors history-making coach
  Macalester College in St. Paul is honoring a former football coach that made history. Don Hudson was the nation's first black head football coach at a predominently white college when he led the Macalester team from 1971-1975. The school is marking the milestone this weekend.7:50 a.m.
• Macalester's eco-house is both student housing and lab
  Macalester College teacher and students plant seeds for an on-going, live-in environmental project.7:54 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Crow Cam Captures Creative Behavior in the Wild
  Tiny cameras taped to the tail feathers of wild crows are giving scientists a new perspective on the bird's behavior. Researchers have been able to observe the birds using tools as they forage.
• Arizona Tax Scam Case Affects Thousands
  Oct. 15 is the deadline to file 2006 taxes for those who requested an extension. But for thousands of people who relied on Accountable Business Services in Gilbert, Arizona, it may be too late. The tax scam leaves them to pay big time.
• Labor: Job Numbers Rise, and Did in August, Too
  The U.S. economy created 110,000 jobs in September, according to the U.S. report on employment. But the good news was made even better by a correction from the Labor Department, regarding an earlier report.
• Cubans Skeptical About Possibility of Change
  Raul Castro has run Cuba since his brother Fidel Castro fell ill 14 months ago. Officials of the Cuban government believe a wave of change is necessary, including a more open economy.
• Russia's Putin Says Prime Minister Job 'Realistic'
  Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would be happy to become the pro-Kremlin United Russia Party's top candidate in December's parliamentary elections. The easiest way for Putin to stay in power after the presidential election would be to transform the weak office of prime minister into a powerful one.
• Iraq Neglects Displaced Countrymen
  Iraqis continue to flee their homes to escape sectarian killings. The Iraqi Red Crescent says more than 2 million people are internally displaced. It struggles to help them with the assistance from U.N. agencies outside the country, but it says support from the Iraqi government is lax.
• Contractors Working Overseas Subject to U.S. Law
  Lawmakers pass legislation making U.S. contractors operating overseas accountable under U.S. law. The legislation comes after the recent shooting deaths of Iraqi citizens by Blackwater USA, the North Carolina-based private security firm hired to protect U.S. State Department officials in Baghdad.
• Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded
  Winners of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which mock the Nobel Prize by honoring bizarre research, include someone who studied whether hamsters recover from jet lag more quickly after taking Viagra. The U.S. Air Force came up with a proposal to develop a so-called "gay bomb."
• Idaho Woman Gets Through Security Braless
  You've heard of taking your shoes off to go through security. Here's a new one: a woman in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, had to take her bra off when it triggered a courthouse metal detector. She asked to use the bathroom but says security refused. She wants an apology.
• 'Michael Clayton' Tells of Suspicion and Suspense
  Michael Clayton is a smart and suspenseful legal thriller about desperate men searching for redemption in a cold and ruthless world. Issues like corporate malfeasance lurk around the movie's edges, along with themes of moral responsibility and regeneration.
• Myanmar Head Prepared to Meet Suu Kyi
  Myanmar's military chief says he's prepared to meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi — but with conditions. According to state-run media, the meeting will take place if she stops her "confrontational attitude" and abandons support for international sanctions against the government.
• Rumsfeld Post at Stanford Criticized
  Stanford University professors and students are grumbling about former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's appointment as a distinguished fellow to the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank at the school. Critics say Rumsfeld's war policies make him unsuitable for the post.
• Track Star Marion Jones to Admit Steroid Use
  Track star Marion Jones made sports history by winning five medals at the 2000 summer Olympics, but now she's scheduled to appear before a New York Court to plead guilty to lying to federal agents about her use of performance enhancing drugs.
• Banking Online Safer Than Checks
  Phoenix is the city most at risk for identity fraud, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. Their new survey shows writing a check is not safer than banking online because of a scam called "check washing." The thief erases the ink on a check and fills in whatever he wants.
• Report on U.S. Torture to Affect DOJ Top Post
  The White House says the United States does not torture. That was the response to a report in The New York Times citing Justice Department memos clearing painful interrogation of terror suspects. The memos will likely make confirmation more difficult for the Attorney General nominee.

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