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January 14, 1997 - **For Tuesday 1/14** The Minnesota Supreme Court hears arguments today (Tuesday) on whether prosecutors can use "battered women's syndrome" in court testimony. The appeal stems from a prosecutor who wanted to explain why a woman lied and recanted her testimony against her alleged attacker. It's the first time the issue has come up on appeal in Minnesota's courts. Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports: Attorneys have traditionally used battered women's syndrome testimony as evidence in defense cases--showing why someone who's been battered by their partner assaults or kills their batterer to end the abuse. But in the case before the Minnesota supreme court, the question is whether prosecutors can use such
January 14, 1997 - Advocates for the poor say one reason for the persistence of poverty is that low-income people often pay more for basic goods and services than middle-class people do... making the poor feel they're running in place. In a series this week, Minnesota Public Radio is examining the high cost of poverty. Economists say a growing number of low-income people who need small loans... are turning to pawnshops... instead of banks and credit cards. The Minnesota legislature passed regulations last year designed to control interest rates... so pawn customers wouldn't have to pay ten or fifteen times the rates charged for credit card loans. But some of the state's pawnshops are using a loophole in the law to charge more than 200-percent. In part two of our series, Minnesota Public Radio's John Biewen reports.
January 14, 1997 - note special outcue instructions THIS IS FUTURE TENSE FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 14TH. I'M JON GORDON. TODAY, DWIGHT SILVERMAN ON THE DUBIOUS TECHNOLOGY TRENDS AND PRODUCTS OF 1996.
January 14, 1997 - A new report by the state Department of Economic Security sheds a positive light on job prospects for welfare Recipients who'll SOON be required to seek work. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports: The report says Minnesota's favorable economy will benefit those on A-F-D-C, because as they move from welfare to WORK under new guidelines of federal reform, they'll find more OPEN doors than closed ones. The report says the influx of some 15 thousand welfare recipients into the job market this year ALONE, will have minimal affect on the job opportunities for other job seekers or on the level of COMPETITION for jobs.
January 14, 1997 - As part of a series on poverty, MPR’s John Biewen looks at the "rent-to-own" industry and issues regarding interest rates.
January 15, 1997 - MPR’s John Rabe interviews local composer Paul Siskind about his composition “Fantasy-Variations.” The piece started off as a music school assignment, and sat on the shelf for a few years. Now the Minnesota Orchestra, under Eiji Oue, will give the world premiere performance of Siskind's “Fantasy-variations : on a fragment by Schoenberg.”
January 15, 1997 - Saint Paul loses another small community hospital today (WEDNESDAY). After 70 years, Midway Hospital is shutting down. HealthEast, which owns Midway, decided to close it and open a new facility in a more populated suburban area. The decision came as no surprise to many employees who knew Midway Hospital was financially vulnerable. But as they told Minnesota Public Radio's Lorna Benson, the Midway closing could signal the end of a unique era in hospital care.
January 15, 1997 - MPR’s Tim Pugmire reports on the debate over potential removal of the children’s book series “Goosebumps” in some Minnesota school libraries, including titles such as “The Horror at Camp Jellyjam.” The Goosebumps debate began last Spring at Johnsville Elementary School in Blaine.
January 15, 1997 - THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION HAS SUED NEW YORK STATE TO BLOCK A STATE LAW THAT PROHIBITS THE DISSEMINATION OF INDECENT MATERIALS OVER THE INTERNET. THE ACLU ALLEGED IN THE LAWSUIT FILED IN FEDERAL COURT IN MANHATTAN THAT THE NEW YORK LAW WAS AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTION OF FREE SPEECH THAT WOULD REDUCE ADULT COMMUNICATIONS TO LEVELS ACCEPTABLE FOR A 6-YEAR-OLD. THE ACLU SAYS THE NEW YORK LAW WAS SIMILAR TO THE U.S. COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT, WHICH HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY FED
January 15, 1997 - UPDATES WITH NEW LEAD FOR MIDDAY State officials will announce a plan for financing a new Twins stadium this afternoon at a 3 o'clock press conference at the capitol. The proposal announced last week by the Twins calls for a public contribution of more than $200-million dollars to the project. The governor and other stadium supporters reportedly favor financing that contribution with an increase in the cigarette tax. Also today...the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission holds its last scheduled meeting on new stadium proposals. Commissioners will discuss will hear from a stadium architect on the viability of a multipurpose stadium to house both the Twins and Vikings. Yesterday Minneapolis stockbroker Ed Villaume presented commissioners with what he claims is a better plan for building a new Twins stadium than the one team and state officials made public last week. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Wareham reports: | D-CART ITEM: 1128 | TIME: 4:02