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A massive earthquake hit El Salvador Saturday. More than 400 people are dead. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from El Salvador.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports on the Afghan refugee crisis. Even though the border is technically closed, Afghan refugees are streaming into Pakistan, fleeing drought, war and winter. Aid agencies are finding it difficult to cope.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Brigadier General James Cross (Retired), who remembers his years as the Chief Pilot of Air Force One during the administration of Lyndon Baines Johnson. General Cross also served as Military Assistant to LBJ.

Host Bob Edwards talk with Cultural Geographer Derek Alderman about how Martin Luther King, Jr. has been memorialized in more than 500 cities and towns across the United States. Professor Alderman of East Carolina University says the issue of whether to have a street named after King is rarely controversial. More divisive questions include what kind of street it should be, and where the street should be located.

Marc Bamuthi Joseph, a young poet from San Francisco, revisits Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream, and laments the distortion of his message in the current age. His poem is titled, Savage Inequalities.

Reporter Tamara Keith follows a special crime unit that tracks down agriculture criminals in California. These officers hunt down orange thieves, cattle rustlers and other criminals that cost farmers and ranchers millions of dollars each year.

The BBC's Caroline Hawley reports on Jewish pilgrims in Cairo.

Today is the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, and the day was honored at Ebeneezer Baptist Church in Atlanta with a service that featured remarks from King's widow, Coretta Scott King. We hear some excerpts.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Rich Jones of the National Conference of State Legislatures about what might be accomplished and what legislative items might be left behind in the evenly divided U.S. Senate. Jones also discusses state houses around the country which are also evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats.

NPR's Madeline Brand talks with Preston King, who was pardoned last year after fleeing the country in 1961 to avoid draft-dodging charges. He talks about his role in the civil rights movement and how race relations have and have not changed.