Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Reseeding the prairie
  The number of prairie areas in Minnesota is slowly increasing. Each fall the state reseeds hundreds of acres of marginal farmland and other parcels of land with native prairie plants.7:22 a.m.
• Judge blocks threatened strike at Mesaba Aviation
  The decision leaves Mesaba free to cut employee pay on Thursday without fear of a crippling work stoppage. Mesaba had said previously that a walkout would kill the airline.7:44 a.m.
• Social issues in the background of governor's race
  You won't find anything about social issues such as abortion and same sex marriage on the gubernatorial candidates' Web sites, but they're important to many voters.7:48 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Senate Candidate Casey Wants Iraq-Policy Overhaul
  Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum faces an uphill battle against Bob Casey Jr. The war in Iraq is a defining issue in Pennsylvania politics, and Casey's call for benchmarks and accountability is resonating well with voters.
• Convicted Smuggler Proves Links to the CIA
  Edwin Wilson always insisted the CIA framed him. In the 1980s, he was convicted of smuggling explosives and weapons to Libya. Wilson always maintained that he was doing it at the behest of the CIA. Officials denied it.
• Whole Foods to Use 'Animal Compassionate' Label
  The newest label in meat packaging is "animal compassionate." You'll see it at Whole Foods stores in the next few months. To get the "animal compassionate" label, farmers have to follow certain rules -- like one that allows the use of electric prods only in emergencies.
• Former DeLay House Seat May Fall to Democrats
  At the peak of his power, Tom DeLay was able to engineer the redrawing of the Texas congressional map. Now, not only has DeLay resigned his seat and found himself under an ethics cloud, but a Democrat may win his former seat.
• Ultra-Discount Stores Proliferate in Japan
  Japan's 15-year economic downturn has produced ultra-discount shops, selling a wide-variety of no-brand goods. They're proliferating in a country considered one of the most expensive places on earth.
• N.C. Officials Learn from Mexico Visits
  Ethnic tensions in North Carolina are on the rise as the state's Hispanic community has boomed. To foster understanding, a nongovernmental organization is sending local policy makers on trips to Mexico. Officials say the experience has helped them in their jobs.
• White House Retires 'Stay the Course' Phrase
  Apparently in response to the potency of Iraq as an election issue, President Bush has decided not to use the phrase "stay the course" anymore to describe his Iraq policy.
• IBM Targets Amazon for Alleged Patent Violations
  IBM is suing Amazon.com for infringing on Web site navigation, advertisement and data storage patents. IBM filed two lawsuits Monday, citing patents dating back to the 1980s.
• Pakistan Attempts to Put A.Q. Khan Case in Past
  In a briefing at the Pakistani embassy in Washington on Monday, an unnamed official told reporters that it was "time to put the whole sordid A.Q. Khan business behind us."
• Skilling Plans Appeal After Lengthy Prison Sentence
  Enron's former CEO Jeffrey Skilling plans to appeal his sentence of 24 years in prison for his role in the collapse of the energy trading company. A jury earlier this year convicted him of fraud and conspiracy.
• U.S. Avoids Calling Iraqi Violence a 'Civil War'
  Despite the increase in sectarian violence in Iraq, administration and military officials refuse to describe the situation as a civil war. An admission that Iraq is in the midst of a civil war could force changes to policy, strategy and tactics.
• U.S., Iraq Agree to Plan on Security Timeline
  The U.S. government and the Iraqi government have agreed to develop a timeline that will place Iraq's security in its own hands within 12 to 18 months. The announcement was made during a Baghdad news conference hosted by the U.S. ambassador to Iraq and the top U.S. military commander.
• On 1956 Anniversary, Unrest Rattles Hungary
  Hungarians on Monday commemorated the beginning of the 1956 uprising that was crushed by Soviet tanks. But there were also contemporary anti-government protests. The protests have continued on and off since September.
• Former Coke Workers in Venezuela on Protest
  More than 10,000 former workers of Coca-Cola's subsidiary in Venezuela are blockading bottling plants in the country. They say a Mexican-based Coke subsidiary owes them a large amount of money in unpaid social benefits.
• Prisoners Get Married After Limited Courtship
  A man is serving a three-year prison sentence for stealing a bicycle in the Ivory Coast. He got assigned to deliver groceries to other prisoners. And that's how he met a woman who was in prison for kidnapping a child. They only saw each other through a peephole in the iron door, but it was enough. They got engaged. And the prison let them out of their cells for a few hours, long enough to get married.

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