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Acting Director David Paulison tells the Senate Homeland Security Committee that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will review no-bid contracts awarded after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The contracts are worth millions of dollars.

At least 1,000 people are believe dead in Pakistan and India after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 hit early Saturday morning. The quake was centered about 60 miles north of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.

In Mexico, a new campaign to protect endangered sea turtle eggs has been launched across the country with the help of a controversial spokesperson: Playboy model, singer and pin-up icon Dorismar. But some women's groups are unhappy with the campaign.

Larry Appelbaum of the Library of Congress recordings division talks about previously undiscovered tapes of a 1957 Carnegie Hall performance of the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane.

Rosa Gwinn and her partner made a New Year's resolution to visit every remaining duckpin bowling alley in the United States. Gwinn talks about their mission and why the sport is so difficult.

George McKee Elsey quietly witnessed and participated in the making of American history as an aide to two presidents — Roosevelt and Truman. Now 88, he tells his story in An Unplanned Life.

The Department of Energy has been quietly working on a grand plan for nuclear power to be included in next year's budget. Ideas for the Global Nuclear Energy Initiative include reprocessing nuclear fuel so it can be re-used in reactors -- a process the United States abandoned earlier.

The chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast prompted questions about whether Mike Brown, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is qualified for the job. Madeleine Brand discusses the latest information about Brown with Slate political contributor John Dickerson.

With the peak of the winter lettuce-growing season in Southern California coming in Janury, a labor shortage is prompting fears of rotting crops. Growers say better border enforcement and better jobs have led to fewer migrant workers.

The District of Columbia has developed plans to deal with a terrorist attack or a natural disaster. But much depends on local neighborhood officials, and some are not so confident about their ability to cope.