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NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from India, 17 days after that nation's worst earthquake in 50 years. With aftershocks still shaking the ground and anywhere from 600,000 to one million left homeless, the challenge is now feeding, caring and housing the victims.

Abe Lincoln is finally getting a presidential library, 136 years after his death. Bill Wheelhouse of member station WUIS in Springfield, Illinois, reports on the construction of the library and museum dedicated to the 16th president.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports on the tension between Italy and Montenegro, Serbia's smaller partner in the Yugoslav federation. Italian officials claim Montenegrins are smuggling everything from drugs to prostitutes into Italy by way of the Adriatic Sea.

From member station WDET in Detroit, Quinn Klinefelter reports on a lawsuit against the University of Michigan Law School, charging that the school unfairly uses race as a factor in its admissions. The outcome of the suit could have an effect on admissions policies at many universities.

Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines, famed for her extravagant shoe collection, today inaugurated a museum displaying her former footwear. Noah Adams tells us about it.

Commentator Carol Wasserman offers an expose about migrant workers working in greenhouses where she lives. She says owners don't want workers to speak English -- so they won't know about bathroom breaks and the poisonous chemicals. She details the horrendous working conditions.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Stefan Fatsis about this Sunday's running of the Daytona 500 -- which kicks off the 2001 Nascar season. It's not the drivers who are in the focus but advertisers and FOX television.

Jane Swift will shortly assume the duties as governor of Massachusetts, pending the confirmation of Paul Cellucci as the Bush administration's ambassador to Canada. Steve Tripoli of member station WBUR has prepared a profile on Swift, who will soon turn 36 and become the nation's youngest governor.

For the past 16 years commentator Reynolds Price has employed male graduate students to run his household. It's the best education for potential husbands.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Lawrence B. Lindsey, the chief economic advisor to President Bush, about the president's tax cut plan. There is some question about whether the votes exist in Congress to get the plan passed.