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Host Liane Hansen discusses the issue of orrupt police officers in L.A. and Philadelphia with Mark Bowden, a reporter or the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Joe Domanick, the author of the book, Protect and To Serve: The LAPD's Century Of War In the City Of Dreams."

Noah Adams talks to author Mary Cable about the 1888 storm that closed down the East Coast and taught the nation about the vulnerability of telegraph wires and trains to severe weather. The storm led to the building of New York City subways and the concept of buried cables.

Daniel speaks with Tom Cochran of the US Conferance of Mayors about the state of soup kitchens across the country. Cochran says that the number of people asking for food is rising at the same time that budget cutbacks are limiting the amount of assistance that cities can afford to offer.

Jennifer Griffin reports from Pakistan on the civil war has turned the city of Karachi into a war zone. In the past day, 11 members of the antigovernment organization, MQM, were killed in clashes with police, adding to the toll that has left some 2,000 police and activists dead.

Madeleine Brand of member station WBGO reports that there hasn't been a hike in the values of properties in Newark, New Jersey, for nearly four decades. But that may soon change, leading to an enormous exodus from the state's largest and perhaps most embattled city.

NPR's Steve Inskeep visits The Strand, a used bookstore in New York City, to find out what happens to all those political biographies and other books tied to campaigns, once the campaigns are over -- and sometimes even before.

continuing to burn and loot city suburbs which they are leaving.

in New York City to hear what callers had to say about today's Republican primary in New York State.

NEW YORK CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION IS MAKING FORMAL TOURS AVAILABLE OF ITS FRESH KILLS LANDFILL ON STATEN ISLAND. SCOTT SIMON VISITED FRESH KILLS, THE WORLD'S LARGEST LANDFILL, IN 1987 AND OFFERS HIS OWN TOUR OF THE DUMP.

From member station KJZZ, Mark Moran reports that the Major League baseball season resumes tomorrow following the All-Star break and batters are on pace to hit more home runs than in any season ever. But in a handful of cities, a few pitchers have found a way to keep the ball in the park and their teams at the top.