Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Mark Seeley on weekend weather and holiday future forecasts
  Morning Edition host Perry Finelli talked about the latest weather news with University of Minnesota Climatologist Mark Seeley. They also looked ahead to the weekend forecast.6:50 a.m.
• Senate farm bill stalls
  The Senate hopes to pass a new farm bill before leaving for their Thanksgiving break. Democrats will try to break an impasse over the measure today by limiting debate on the legislation.7:20 a.m.
• Wing Young Huie searches for Asian America
  Photographer Wing Young Huie offers Minnesotans a chance to look at themselves. For his well-known projects "Frogtown" and "Lake Street" he captured extraordinary images of ordinary people in St. Paul and Minneapolis. However in Huie's new book, "Looking for Asian America", he went in search of himself.7:50 a.m.
• Metro Transit goes green
  Bob Gibbons of the Metro Transit Service talks about the new fleet of hybrid buses hitting the streets of Minneapolis.8:24 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Senate Rejects House Bill on War Funding
  The Senate has rejected a Democratic measure that ties a troop-withdrawal requirement to new funds to pay for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The measure failed by a 53-45 vote.
• More on the Democratic Debate in Nevada
  Co-host Steve Inskeep has additional information on the Democratic presidential candidates debate in Las Vegas.
• Human Intelligence Imitates Artificial
  As a rule, artificial intelligence imitates the brain. But here's one case where human intelligence imitates the artificial kind: setting a world record for number crunching. Alexis Lemaire set a new record for calculating the 13th root of a 200-digit number.
• Pakistan's Musharraf Has Many Detractors
  In addition to former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, several leaders in Pakistan are protesting President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's emergency rule. They include another former prime minister who is still in exile, an array of legal professionals, and a former cricket star.
• Home Run King Barry Bonds Indicted
  A federal grand jury indicts Barry Bonds on five felony counts of perjury and obstruction of justice, charges that could result in a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison if he's convicted. The indictment culminates a four-year investigation into steroid use by elite athletes.
• Alaska Towns Freeze Gas Prices
  Gas prices in Bethel, Alaska, a remote bush town, range from $5 to $7 a gallon. The only saving grace is that for many of the remote towns in western Alaska, gas prices aren't going up. They were locked in during the fall when an entire winter's fuel supply was shipped in by river barge and stored.
• Oil Spill in Black Sea Threatens Wildlife
  Russian and Ukrainian officials are trying to deal with a major oil spill in the Black Sea. Thousands of birds have died. A violent storm last weekend sank at least four freighters and broke up an oil tanker that caused the spill of more than half a million barrels of oil.
• Las Vegas Offers Best Presidential Debate
  Las Vegas has never been a one-ring circus, and the Democratic presidential debate had plenty to contend with. Over at Caesars Palace was the HBO Comedy Festival headlined by Jerry Seinfeld. Over at the courthouse was a preliminary hearing starring O.J. Simpson.
• World War II Plane Discovered in Wales
  A fighter plane from World War II is uncovered just yards away from a beach in Wales. The American P-38 was flying a practice mission in 1942. Something went wrong with the fuel supply and the pilot made an emergency landing in the surf. He walked away leaving the plane behind.
• U.S. to Open Military Airspace for Holiday Travel
  President Bush announces a plan to ease flight delays and congestion for Thanksgiving by opening military airspace along the East Coast. That will create a five-day "Thanksgiving Express Lane." This year, the airline industry's on-time performance has been the worst in more than a decade.
• Court Rejects Bush Fuel-Economy Standards
  A federal appeals court in San Francisco threw out the Bush administration's fuel-economy standards for SUVs and light trucks on grounds it is insufficient. States and environmental groups sued the NHTSA after it boosted fuel-efficiency requirements from 22.2 mpg in 2007 to 23.5 in 2010.
• Finding an Upside in Bad Economic News
  Weak stock and housing markets can offer silver linings, as David Leonhardt, a columnist for The New York Times, tells Steve Inskeep. Among the benefits of the current situation: Weaker stock and housing markets lead to more savings, while high oil prices lead to conservation.
• Clinton Hits Back in Las Vegas Debate
  Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accuses her rivals of slinging mud "right out of the Republican playbook" and levels her sharpest criticism of the campaign at their records. Clinton needed a better performance than the last debate.
• India Has Most Billionaires in Asia
  Until recently, there weren't very many billionaires in India. When that country became independent from Britain 60 years ago, it was one of the world's poorest. But according to Forbes magazine, India is now home to more billionaires than any other country in Asia.
• Green Zone Diplomatic Issue Settled
  Enough diplomats volunteer for duty in Baghdad's Green Zone that mandatory assignments will not be necessary. The U.S. State Department had said it would force diplomats to accept dozens of empty posts at the embassy in Baghdad. Many balked, saying it was too dangerous.

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