October 27, 2000 - As part of our election year coverage Minnesota Public Radio has invited all seven candidates for U.S. Senate to present a four minute statement about their candidacy. Over the next week, all seven candidates will present their views on each of MPR's News programs. These candidate statements are unfiltered and unedited by MPR. This is candidate Erick Pakierser's statement.
October 27, 2000 - As part of our election year coverage Minnesota Public Radio has invited all seven candidates for U.S. Senate to present a four minute statement about their candidacy. Over the next week, all seven candidates will present their views on each of MPR's News programs. These candidate statements are unfiltered and unedited by MPR. This morning we hear from David Daniels of the Grassroots Party.
October 26, 2000 - As part of our election year coverage Minnesota Public Radio has invited all seven candidates for U.S. Senate to present a four minute statement about their candidacy. Over the next week, all seven candidates will present their views on each of MPR's News programs. These candidate statements are unfiltered and unedited by MPR. This candidate is David Daniels.
October 26, 2000 - With high gas prices, some automakers are taking serious looks at building hybrid cars, cars that use gas and run on electricity. This week, another automaker promised to build a hybrid vehicle. The US unit of Germany's DaimlerChrysler says it will make a hybrid Dodge Durango SUV. Hybrid vehicles are gaining popularity because they are more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly than cars that run only on gas. One of the new hybrids is the Toyota Prius. It gets up to 52 miles to the gallon, seats 5 people, and will cost about 20-thousand dollars. Workers at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency are already using a few of the cars on the job. The MPCA's Ned Brooks took me for a spin in the Prius and says he likes the way the car looks.
October 26, 2000 - This weekend activists and religious leaders around the Twin Cities will honor the winners of the first Spiritual Speakout for Violence Free Families. The Speakout is a contest that challenges the clergy of all religions to write a sermon about domestic violence. Organizers of the Speakout say the clergy is in a good position to help victims, but they also say it's been difficult to get them to use their voice on the pulpit to fight domestic violence. Minnesota Public Radio's Eugene Cha reports.
October 11, 2000 - A few days ago President Clinton signed the Inter-country Adoption Act which will make the ground rules for adopting children from other countries much more formal. By signing the law the president entered the U.S. into an international treaty, known as the Hague Convention, that increases regulations on international adoptions. Supporters of the new law say the old system was too succeptible to abuses. Talking with MPR News is Sharon Kaufman, executive director of the Joint Council on International Children's Services in Washington D.C.
October 9, 2000 - Dr. Robert Fisch's life has taken him from his youth in Hungary, to a concentration camp during World War II , to the United States and eventually a medical practice in the Twin Cities. Fisch has chronicled that journey in oil paintings that are currently on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Fisch has also compiled the paintings along with his personal essays in a book called "Metamorphosis to Freedom." In the book, Fisch writes "we must always remain human...toward everyone, in all circumstances." He says American citizens, especially young people, don't fully appreciate their independence:
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October 3, 2000 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews David Lillehaug, former Democratic Senate candidate and advisor to Vice President Walter Mondale, discusses preparing for the 1984 presidential debate.