Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Proposed voter ID amendment passes Minnesota House
  Republicans in the Minnesota House have passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would require all voters to show photo identification at the polls.5:35 a.m.
• Underdog team's championship season brought purpose to underdog in life
  The Minnesota boys' state high school basketball tournament celebrates its 100th year this week with games that start today. In that long history is a memorable win that came 42 years ago this evening, when a team from tiny Sherburn in southwestern Minnesota knocked off metro powerhouse South St. Paul for the championship.6:45 a.m.
• Don Shelby on life lessons learned from basketball
  Former TV anchor and reporter Don Shelby writes about getting a new pair of Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars in his book "The Season Never Ends - Wins, Losses and the Wisdom of the Court" -- and so much more.6:50 a.m.
• Dayton, legislators to fix budget deal problems that hurt health, human services
  A House committee today will take up a bill that aims to fix some of the problems created from the budget deal that ended last summer's state government shutdown.7:25 a.m.
• MPR's Tom Robertson checks in from Bemidji
  Cathy Wurzer talks with MPR reporter Tom Robertson about the latest news out of northern Minnesota.8:20 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• White House Preps For Court's Health Care Ruling
  The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments about the Affordable Care Act next week. The White House is gearing up to defend the policy across the country, but officials aren't talking publicly about what might happen if all or part of the law is struck down.
• Italian 'Nonnas' Bring Taste Of Home To Staten Island
  Enoteca Maria, an Italian restaurant on Staten Island, has no head chef. Instead, the owner brings in Italian grandmas to cook up the regional dishes they learned from their parents and grandparents.
• FBI Still Struggling With Supreme Court's GPS Ruling
  The Supreme Court recently said police overstepped their legal authority by planting a GPS tracker on the car of a suspected drug dealer without a search warrant. The decision set off alarm bells at the FBI, where officials are trying to determine whether they need to change the way they work.
• A Nation Stands Together For A Fallen Soccer Player
  Last weekend, English soccer fans were looking forward to a sporting feast. They ended up taking part in a nationwide communal vigil, focused on an African-born player's fight for life.
• Confronting The VP May Be Impolite. Is It A Crime?
  The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case involving a Colorado man who was thrown in jail after telling Vice President Cheney in 2006 that the Bush administration's policies in Iraq were "disgusting." Even the Secret Service agents involved in the arrest disagree on what happened.
• Americans Hit The Brakes On NASCAR
  NASCAR spent millions of dollars researching how to get people more interested in the sport, but Americans' love affair with cars isn't what it used to be.
• Romney Wins Illinois With Range Of Voters
  When Mitt Romney won the big Midwestern states of Michigan and Ohio, the margins were narrow enough that analysts were not impressed, given his huge advantage in money and organization. But in Illinois Tuesday night, even Romney's closest rival, Rick Santorum, did not come within 10 points.
• Accused Of Spying, Iranian Remains Optimistic
  Steve Inskeep profiles Bijan Khajehpour, an Iranian exile forced out of his beloved country along with hundreds of other professionals for views that are too moderate.
• Romney, SuperPAC Outspend Rivals Combined
  Financial reports filed at the Federal Election Commission show that in February, Mitt Romney and a superPAC supporting him yet again spent more than all of his GOP opponents combined. But none of February's GOP contests translated into a fundraising bounce for the candidates.
• Russian Activists Call For Procter & Gamble Boycott
  The U.S.-based company Procter & Gamble is the largest advertiser in Russia. But now some Russians are calling for a boycott because P&G is a sponsor of the state-controlled NTV television network. NTV is seen as very pro-Kremlin, and a recent program accused opposition activists of paying people to show up at an anti-voter fraud rally.

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