Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Duluth's fiscal woes haunt mayoral election
  In Duluth, you might wonder why anyone would want to be mayor. Candidates Charlie Bell and Don Ness are competing to run a city in fiscal crisis. Whoever gets the job will grapple with a huge city debt that's already forced cuts in city services and jobs.6:40 a.m.
• 9/11 investigator in Minneapolis to find cause of bridge collapse
  A law firm representing I-35 bridge victims has hired an engineering company that investigated the collapse of the World Trade Center. The chief investigator has a unique connection to Minneapolis.7:50 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Mick Jagger: A Stone Alone
  The star has just released The Very Best of Mick Jagger, the first overview of his many solo projects since 1970. He recently discussed the CD, the current state of the music scene and what's different about working without the Stones.
• Kansas Regulator Rejects Coal Power Plant
  Sunflower Electric in Kansas pledges to move forward with a project to build a new coal power plant despite a setback by state regulators. The Department of Health and Environment refuses to grant the utility a permit based mostly on concerns over greenhous gas emissions.
• Bush Wants $46 Billion More for Iraq, Afghanistan
  President Bush says he needs an additional $46 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is asking Congress for more than $196 billion to fund the wars through the end of the current fiscal year. If approved, the total price tag for the Iraq war will exceed $600 billion.
• Rock Stars Lobby Congress Against Nuclear Power
  Rock musicians are bringing the messages of their socially conscious music to Capitol Hill. Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and other aging rockers are due in Washington this week to urge Congress not to support nuclear power in its new energy bill.
• Veteran Firefighter Describes Near Disaster
  Commentator Rachel Smith has an intimate understanding of the dangers of wildfire. She's a former U.S. Forest Service smokejumper who's fought fires around the world. The memory of one fire, in the steep hills of northern California's Shasta-Trinity National Forest, has stayed with her.
• Wilderness Programs Need Oversight, Report Says
  A recent government probe finds thousands of allegations of abuse or neglect at wilderness programs that parents turn to for troubled teens. In at least 10 cases, participants have died. Congress says the programs need stricter regulation, and industry experts agree.
• French Port Towns Swamped with Iraqi Refugees
  Port towns on the northern coast of France say they're being swamped by hundreds of refugees hoping to make it across the Channel to England. Most of the migrants are from Iraq or Afghanistan, and the lack of facilities for them is causing problems for the refugees as well as local residents.
• CPR Saves Kitten, Parrot Saves Family
  Frankfort, Ill. firefighter Dave Chambers rescued several animals, including a kitten that wasn't breathing. He revived the cat using mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. In Muncie, Ind., a pet parrot proved saved his sleeping owners from fire by imitating a smoke detector.
• Picking a President at a Glance
  Researchers ask Princeton University students to look at pairs of photographs and pick the most competent individual. They were looking at candidates from a variety of elections and usually picked the winner. About 70 percent of the time, the snap judgment is the one voters stay with.
• California Wildfires Force Thousands to Evacuate
  Dozens of wildfires are burning out of control in southern California. More than 700 homes have burned and some 265,000 residents were evacuated. Walls of flame whipped from mountain passes to the edges of the state's celebrated coastline.
• Lawmakers Investigate Selective Prosecutions
  The House Judiciary Committee is set to hold a hearing on what some Democrats are calling selective prosecutions by the Justice Department, apparently aimed at helping Republican candidates get elected. Of particular interest is the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman.
• Google Spreads Its Worth
  The Google "gusher" describes the spread of wealth from one of the most successful companies. The San Jose Mercury News found that after the Internet search engine went public in 2004, it generated more than $19 billion.
• Al-Qaida Records Disclose Group's Strategy
  Vahid Brown, Research Associate at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, discusses his recent study on al-Qaida, which draws from recently declassified documents from the Defense Department's database.
• Drought in South Is Normal Part of Climate
  The drought affecting Atlanta stems, in part, from the way Atlanta sits on relatively high ground, says Michael Hayes, Director of the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He says precipitation in Atlanta naturally runs down to its shared basin with Florida.
• Winds, Heat Stoke California Wildfires
  More than a quarter of a million people have been evacuated and 600 homes have been destroyed, as fierce wildfires continue to burn over a large part of Southern California.

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