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Last October, Pakistan suffered a massive earthquake. More than 70,000 people were killed. The government is promising lump sums of money to people who rebuild. Hundreds of thousands of homes have to be rebuilt, including many in remote locations.

Frank Stasio talks with Philip Hamburger, a writer for the New Yorker magazine and author of Matters of State: A Political Excursion, who has been attending Presidential inaugurations since the 1930's. Hamburger remembers Franklin Delano Roosevelt's riveting first inaugural address with particular fondness. (NOTE: Matters of State is published by Counterpoint.)

The U.S.-Pakistan relationship has hit a new low. Pakistan is nervous and indignant about Washington's agreement to supply India with nuclear fuel and equipment. Critics in Pakistan say that five years of support for President Bush's War on Terror have gone unrewarded.

The scale of the destruction wreaked by Cyclone Pam is becoming slowly apparent. The storm, which struck Vanuatu late Friday, destroyed buildings and crops, killed at least 8 people and injured 20.

Bill reads three news-related limericks: Save the Garys, Tall Sippy With Extra Whip, One Drink Maximum.

The upcoming bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao may or may not be the greatest of all time, but the two fighters are expected to take home at least $200 million combined.

NPR's Philip Martin reports on the release of a study on the U.S compliance with the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The report details inequities between the races in the criminal justice system, educational opportunities, and the weakening of voting rights and affirmative action.

NPR's Philip Davis reports from West Palm Beach, where Rev. Jesse Jackson addressed the hundreds of angry voters who have taken to the streets to protest for a revote. Jackson says the disqualification of almost 20-thousand votes there might mean people are disenfranchised unfairly.

It's been 40 years since the break in at the Democratic National Committee. The scandal ushered in 91 new members of the House — mostly Democrats. Who exactly were the "Class of '74?" And what happened to them?

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says his team found the wreckage of the Mushashi in the Sibuyan Sea off the Philippines. The vessel was sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.