Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Voters approve more money for Minnesota school budgets
  Most of the 99 school districts with levy questions on the ballot Tuesday were successful in winning voter approval for local property tax increases. Levies in at least 54 school districts were approved, but in the two dozen districts that failed, large budget cuts are looming.7:20 a.m.
• Duluth council member Don Ness wins mayor's race
  City council member Don Ness topped businessman Charlie Bell in the Duluth mayor's race Tuesday.7:24 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• FBI and Universities Unite to Fight Terror
  The FBI is concerned that the open environment at U.S. universities makes it child's play for political or corporate spies to steal U.S. research. The relationship between the FBI and universities has traditionally been strained, but the fight against terrorism creates new bedfellows.
• Nina Totenberg: Lessons from My Father
  At 96, violinist Roman Totenberg has watched music trends come and go — from modernism to minimalism. Today, he continues to teach eager young students at Boston University. And his daughter Nina says she still has a lot to learn from her amazing father.
• Senate Panel Clears Mukasey for Confirmation Vote
  Judge Michael Mukasey is on his way to confirmation as the country's next attorney general, after an 11-8 vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning. He is expected to be easily confirmed as the next attorney general when the full Senate votes next week.
• Glossy View of the Soviet Era Takes Hold in Russia
  Ninety years after the Bolshevik revolution and 16 years after the end of communism, Russians look back at the Soviet era. Some recall the horrors of gulags and executions, while others look wistfully at the strong hand of the Soviet government.
• Utah Man Rigs Alarm for Campaign Sign Thief
  Someone kept stealing the campaign signs from the lawn of one resident of Salt Lake City. So he rigged up an alarm system using string and bells and slept fully dressed in his living room until early Saturday when the bells rang he managed get outside and record the thief's license plate.
• Connecticut Man Arrested for Marijuana Cigar
  Scott Snow walked into a police station in Danbury, Conn. He puffed on a cigar. And at the front desk, he blew smoke through an opening in the bullet-proof glass. Police noticed a distinctive odor. They arrested the man, whose cigar was filled with marijuana.
• Essay: Reflecting on Living History
  NPR's Nina Totenberg describes recent experiences that made her aware of living history. The first was the unveiling of a federal judge's portrait. The second was program notes at a symphony concert that mentioned her father, Roman Totenberg.
• Hollywood Producer Reflects on Last Writers' Strike
  Hollywood producer Robert Morton, who was executive producer of Late Night with David Letterman during the last writers' strike in 1988, talks about what it was like when the Letterman show resumed production without writers and why they made that decision.
• Musharraf Must Reverse Emergency Rule
  Thousands of protestors are under arrest in Pakistan for revolting against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's imposition of an emergency rule. Musharraf is viewed as very unpopular and will have to reverse the state of emergency to restore peace.
• Corporations Slow to Groom Successors
  Citigroup and Merrill Lynch recently announced that their CEOs were stepping down but neither had an immediate replacement in sight. Succession is not an event but a process that takes place over a number of years, experts say, because of the scale and scope of major corporations.
• Lawmakers Sharply Criticize Top Yahoo Executives
  Members of a House Committee blast Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and General Counsel Michael Callahan for providing Chinese officials with information that contributed to the 10-year prison term of a Chinese journalist.
• Tough Times on Wall Street
  A new report shows private equity bidders are walking away from deals. Because of the credit squeeze, the number of failed buy outs has doubled this year. The credit problems are taking their toll on executives in charge of those deals. Wall Street bonuses are expected to fall by 10 percent.
• FBI Decries Ruling Blocking Security Letters
  FBI Director Robert Mueller speaks out against a ruling that blocks "National Security Letters." The letters are sent to companies like Internet service providers to obtain e-mail addresses and telephone numbers without approval by a judge. The ACLU sued and a New York judge agreed.
• Election of 1st Black Mayor Forever Changed Politics
  Carl Stokes was elected the nation's first black mayor 40 years ago today in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the grandson of a slave and he beat the grandson of a president. The electoral victory forever changed American politics as it encouraged black voter registration.
• Pope, King Abdullah Meet at Vatican
  Pope Benedict met with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah. It was the first such visit for a Saudi monarch. They discussed relations between Christians and Muslims. There are no formal diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and the Vatican.

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