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Linda talks to Dr. Ronald Graham, a mathematician and director of Information Sciences Research at AT&T Laboratories, about his friend Paul Erdos, who died Friday at the age of 83 following a heart attack. Erdos is considered by many to be the greatest mathematician of his generation. The 83-year-old Hungarian-American died in Warsaw. Graham says Erdos considered himself the Johnny Appleseed of Math, spreading knowledge from place to place. Erdos had neither home nor job. He went from place to place, staying with colleagues, before moving on after a few days.

Taking advantage of low interest rates and service costs, there was a sharp upswing of mortgage refinancing among U.S. homeowners in 2002. Many took cash out of their properties to pay off credit card debt, remodel their homes or put money in the bank. NPR's Jack Speer reports on whether the trend has run its course.

Banning Eyre reviews the new CD Post Scriptum by young Portuguese singer Cristina Branco, who specializes in a traditional form of music called "fado." The word "fado" means "fate" and fado songs are typically expressions of yearning, lost love, separation and angst. Branco did not grow up in the poor neighborhoods of Lisbon, which is home to fado music; she happened to discover the style as a teen-ager 10 years ago, and is now one of the singers helping to bring about a fado revival. Cristina Branco's CD is Post Scriptum, on Harmonia Mundi USA. For more info contact: www.harmoniamundi.com

As part of our continuing poetry series throughout the month of April, 35-year-old poet Maurice Manning reads his work. Manning was born and raised near Lexington, Kentucky and now he's a professor at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Manning has always stayed close to his home of Kentucky and his poetry reflects his feelings about the land and culture that surrounds him. (4:15) Check out more NPR coverage of National Poetry Month.

In the final part of her month long series on money, NPR's Susan Stamberg reports on the question of money in marriage and divorce. She focuses on a highly publicized divorce case involving a stay-at-home mother, whose husband was a top level corporate executive. The net worth of Gary and Lorna Wendt was $100 million in 1995, when he filed for divorce. She contested a settlement of 10 million dollars and was then awarded $20 million, plus $250,000 per year in alimony for life. (7:36) (Lorna Wendt is founder of www.equalityinmarriage.or

Masayuki Uemurao helped revolutionize the home video game industry with the Nintendo NES, and will forever be remembered for games like Duck Hunt. The Japanese engineer died Monday at the age of 78.

A few months after World War II, Sgt. John Gonsalves wrote home from his posting in Germany. He assured his mother that he was fine. Last month the letter turned up in a Pittsburgh post office.

Fox News hosts pleaded with Trump and his chief of staff to tell Jan. 6 rioters to go home. But within days, the hosts had already started to diminish the significance of what happened that day.

A new piece in The Atlantic suggests that wealthier Americans should stop "wasting" tests on social engagements and that instead, tests should be reserved for people who need them most.

The Ennis-Brown House, Frank Lloyd Wright's striking concrete-block aerie in the Hollywood Hills, is at risk of falling prey to the catastrophic mudslides that have swept trees and homes from hillsides.