Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• 7th Congressional District race offers clear choices
  Rep. Collin Peterson won the 7th Congressional District seat for the first time in 1990. In the past 16 years, the Democrat has solidified his bond with voters in the conservative district. This year he's challenged by Republican Michael Barrett.6:51 a.m.
• Northern legislative candidate makes Red Lake a campaign issue
  A candidate for the District 2B House seat in northern Minnesota is turning the Red Lake Indian Reservation into a campaign issue. Some say the strategy is divisive and risky.7:21 a.m.
• Campaigns plot strategy with a week to go before the election
  MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with the three campaign managers for the major party candidates for Minnesota governor.7:49 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Israeli Arabs Seek Equal Compensation for War Damage
  Residents of several Israeli-Arab towns on the Lebanese border claim they have not received as much government compensation as their Jewish neighbors for damage done during the war in Lebanon. The Jewish towns are classified as front-line communities, but the Arab towns are not.
• Supreme Court Considers Punitive Damage Limits
  Philip Morris is asking the Supreme Court to invalidate a $79.5 million punitive-damage award in a case stemming from the death of one Oregon smoker. It's the ultimate test of whether the Constitution imposes significant limits on punitive damages in each and every case of misconduct.
• BP Refinery Accident Pinned on Equipment, Staffing
  Faulty equipment and staff reductions contributed to an accident at BP's Texas City refinery last year, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board finds in a preliminary report. Fifteen people were killed, and another 100 injured, making it the nation's worst industrial accident in over a decade.
• Drive for Security in Baghdad Fails to Bring Peace
  Four months ago the U.S. decided that securing Baghdad was the key to securing Iraq. U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a massive effort to bring order and security to the capital. But the push to tame Baghdad hasn't succeeded. Violence continues across the city, with U.S. and Iraqi deaths growing.
• North Korea Agrees to Rejoin Nuclear Talks
  North Korea will return to six-nation talks on nuclear disarmament, according to Chinese diplomats. The diplomatic breakthrough comes three weeks after North Korea conducted its first known atomic test.
• Technology Pushes Politics into New Frontiers
  Joe Trippi talks about how new technologies are being used in political campaigns, from YouTube to Google to MySpace.com. He tells Renee Montagne that the landscape has changed markedly in the last five years. Trippi was Howard Dean's presidential campaign manager.
• It's Time to Put Ghost Writing in its Place
  Ghost-writing books for politicians, princesses and other celebrities is not what it's cracked up to be. Halloween is the perfect time for a professional writer to give up the ghost.
• President Bush Campaigns in Texas
  President Bush held a rally in Sugar Land, Texas, on Monday night in the district once held by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
• Sleepy Hollow Celebrates the Headless Horseman
  On this Halloween, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is being celebrated in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. The village will unveil an 18-foot-tall sculpture of the Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane.
• Is Rove's Election Confidence Warranted?
  Presidential adviser Karl Rove, an architect of Republican political strategy, says he's confident his party will hold both chambers of Congress. He says that despite public polls that show Democrats have a strong chance of winning. Why is Rove publicly confident?
• Recorded Phone Conversation Sparks Legal Odyssey
  Ten years ago, Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) released to the media a taped conversation between Republican House leaders. A federal appeals court is now hearing arguments over whether he broke the law. The couple who recorded the conversation by chance pleaded guilty to violating the law and paid a $500 fine.
• Voting Problems Crop Up Ahead of Elections
  Signs of possible voting trouble are popping up ahead of midterm elections. The reports range from hackers getting into an official registration database to ballots being printed incorrectly.
• Tips for Ditching Telemarketers
  The Web site SorryGottaGo.com offers a collection of audio clips to help people get off the phone with telemarketers.
• 'Love Witch' Fails to Deliver in Germany
  In Germany, a lovelorn woman has won a lawsuit against an elderly woman who calls herself a "love witch." The witch tried to cast a spell by the full moon to lure her client's boyfriend back. Even for $1,300, the witchcraft couldn't deliver the man. The witch said she'd never mentioned any kind of "money back guarantee." But the court ruled the Love Witch offered a service that was "objectively impossible to render."
• An Month of Eventful Iraq News
  More than 100 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq in October, making it the deadliest month of the war since Jan. 2005. It was also a month of significant political developments related to the War back in Washington.

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