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Levees and other man-made flood control efforts have been somewhat successful. But as development continues in these areas, some are calling for wetland restoration to better manage the water.

The political landscape has been remade ahead of the New Hampshire primaries next week. The win for Barack Obama redefines the Democratic contest, as he was backed by a variety of constituents. Mike Huckabee's boost comes from conservative voters and a strong turnout.

With the New Hampshire primaries looming, Charlie Cook of The Cook Political Report says one message from Iowa is that Democratic voters appear to be looking for a candidate without strong ties to Washington.

Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid, a regular guest on Fresh Air, returns to discuss developments in Pakistan, where former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto died today after an attack at a political rally that also killed at least 20 others.

Pakistani opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated after she finished a speech at a campaign rally. Washington Post reporter Griff Witte discusses the scene in Pakistan.

Many fans of professional baseball say they're not all that surprised by findings of widespread use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. Fans around the country speak out about the use of steroids in baseball, which has been whispered about as early as the 1980s.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The goal of her unannounced visit is to urge reconciliation among Kurds, Arabs and Turks in the oil-rich region 150 miles south of Baghdad.

Two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson is still introducing himself to voters. The former senator from Tennessee is following a more traditional political path — a bus tour across the rural sections of Iowa.

Ten years ago, the phrase "Web log" — which was then shortened to "blog" — was born. Now there are more than 100 million blogs, and about 100,000 new blogs are created daily.

Denzel Washington's Great Debaters offers a lot of history and a good dose of fiction, shaping events so that they fit in the Hollywood mold ... not that that's entirely a bad thing.