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Amal Jaya Singhe about a powerful bomb explosion in downtown Colombo, Sri Lanka. Thousands of people were injured, and over fifty people were killed.

Linda talks to Dr. Owens Wiwa, a Nigerian exile, whose brother Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed in December. Saro-Wiwa was found guilty of inciting others - resulting in murder. Dr. Wiwa fled the country soon after his brother was hanged. He says he wishes the outrage shown after his brother's death came earlier to prevent it. He urges boycotting Nigerian oil.

NPR's Dan Charles reports that researchers are trying to develop new ways to use computers to help disabled people. Blind people are already using computers to compensate for their disability. Researchers say they could have a wide variety of other applications.

the only black candidate running for the Republican nomination. Keyes focuses his message on "family values" and his intense opposition to legal abortion.

Robert speaks with Jerry Fay, the deputy commissioner for the Massachusetts Dept. of Revenue and director of the Child support Enforcement Division, about the state program to track down dead-beat parents. these parents owe child support and the greatest offenders have their faces on "wanted" posters, in the media and on the internet. He says 100,000 parents have arrearages. The wanted posters have been more successful that the internet in nabbing deadbeat parents.

Robert and Linda read letters from listeners.

courted by presidential candidates. With the state's caucuses a little over a week away, voters are just beginning to focus on the field of candidates and are clearly undecided on any one favorite.

who was part of the team that developed the first fully electronic computer, ENIAC, which was demonstrated to the public on this date fifty years ago.

Robert and Linda play excerpts from the favorite songs of six of the Republican Presidential Hopefuls and ask the audience to NAME THAT CANDIDATE!

Linda talks with Teresa Tritch, Washington Bureau Chief at Money Magazine about unemployment figures released today. According to the Labor departments figures, unemployment has risen .2 percent to 5.8. It's the first jump in 3 months, the biggest since last spring. Tritch explains that umployment may have jumped because of the Blizzard last month and because of the federal shutdown, but also because of deeper rooted problems in the U-S economy. She suggests that we may be in for a more sluggish economy in the very near future.