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Monday, January 10, 2011

Tonight:

The shots heard 'round the world. In the wake of a shocking shooting spree in Arizona, the state's gun laws are under attack.

He lived and died for Pakistan. The daughter of Salmaan Taseer, the murdered Governor of Punjab, tells us about her father's legacy.

Come hell of high water. Flash flooding has left several people dead, and others awaiting rescue, in the stricken state of Queensland, Australia.

Igniting a powder keg. After a despairing businessman sets himself on fire in Tunisia, unrest over unemployment explodes -- leading to a violent crackdown.

Is your father a thief? Because he stole the stars from heaven and put them in the eye spots on your wings. New science shows male and female butterflies take turns being pick-up artists.

And...snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. A British dentist turns the sound of violence into the sound of silence, with an invention that cancels out the noise of the drill.


As It Happens, the Monday edition. Radio that's newly excited about being bored.

 

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