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Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) calls for a congressional investigation into why the Federal Emergency Management Agency spent $29 million of funds meant for hurricane relief in the Miami area, even though that region experienced conditions akin to a thunderstorm. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

In Sri Lanka, the death toll from the tsunami is now above 28,000. In the village of Ahangama, volunteers delivered blankets and bags of rice to survivors. The government declares a national day of mourning, but many people didn't need an official declaration. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

NPR's Noah Adams talks with Alissa Rubin, co-bureau chief for The Los Angeles Times in Baghdad, about how the current military action in Fallujah by American and Iraqi forces compares with April's battles to capture control of the insurgent hotbed west of Baghdad.

Near the National Mall are memorials to the veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam. In commemoration of Veteran's Day, servicemen at these memorial sites tell their stories and discuss the current conflict in Iraq. Hear NPR's Brian Naylor.

February marks the 75th anniversary of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon, hailed as one of the greatest detective novels of all time. Day to Day book critic David Kipen takes a look at the legendary murder mystery.

While its eventual fate is an open question, Jonah Staw says his new company may be worth $100 million dollars in three years. NPR's Ketzel Levine talks with Staw about Little MissMatched, the business Staw started after leaving a marketing career.

For the holiday season, Jeanette Sorrel conducts the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, Apollo's Fire, in a performance of Part III of Bach's Christmas Oratorio. Baroque trumpets and timpani open the cantata.

NASA announces it will probably cancel plans to send a robot to fix the Hubble Space Telescope. The president's proposed budget for the agency did not contain funding for the mission. An alternative proposal would send humans to repair the aging Hubble.

German heavyweight boxing champion Max Schmeling was publicly associated with the Third Reich but was not a Nazi and refused an award from Adolph Hitler. Commentator Frank Deford talks about the man and the conflicts that beset him. Schmeling, known for his classic fights against Joe Louis, died last week at the age of 99.

Investigators are trying to determine who poisoned Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko with a potent dose of a chemical called dioxin. NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with John Trestrail, a toxicologist who has served as an expert in many criminal poisoning investigations.