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Melinda talks to Malcolm Kushner, co-creator of a humor exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, about various Presidents and their sense of humor. He says it's important for the Commander-in-Chief to know how to tell a joke, and make fun of himself on occasion.

Lisa reads letters from listeners about our new Along For The Ride segment and our Valentine's Day story about finding love in the pocket of a shirt.

As lawmakers return home for a week-long recess, they'll be gauging their constituents' opinions on President Bush's tax cut plan. NPR's David Welna reports on the tax cut debate.

Airstrikes of Iraqi military installations outside Baghdad yesterday provoked reactions from Arab leaders and American allies. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with Arab scholar Shibley Telhami, and Richard Perle, a Pentagon official in the first Bush administration.

A deep sea robot has found the Japanese fishing boat that was ripped apart by a US submarine last week. This week, the navy revealed that civilians were at the helm of the USS Greenville at the time of the accident. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with editor Paul Beaver of Jane's Defense Weekly about the practice of allowing civilians to observe manuevers on a military sub.

David D'Arcy reports from the Berlin International Film Festival on the screening of a five-year-old film starring actor Leonardo Di Caprio, Don's Plum. DiCaprio won a legal battle to allow the filmmakers to show the film outside of North America, for fear that nudity and explicit language would tarnish the actor's reputation.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on a House committee hearing today on former President Clinton's pardon of financier Marc Rich. Members of the Government Reform committee, including some Democrats, said Mr. Clinton used poor judgment in pardoning Rich, who remained in Europe while he was convicted in absentia on tax evasion charges.

Two weeks after a 7-point-7 magnitude earthquake hit India, some villages are just beginning to receive tents to temporarily replace their damaged homes. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Varsamadhi.

Lisa talks with Jeanne Thaggard of Austin, Texas. In the 1920s, Thaggard's parents met through the exchange of a message in a shirt pocket, sent from the Montgomery Ward shipping center.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with NPR Science Correspondent Richard Harris about the latest discoveries in gene research, announced this week by two competing scientific teams. Scientists have discovered that human beings have fewer genes than first thought -- only about twice as many as worms.