FEMA's Michael Brown has not been fired; he's still the director, it's just that he's not really managing the emergency anymore. Despite the confusion, contractors are flocking to the areas affected by the hurricane; Steve Henn has more.

As farmers upriver in the Midwest start the grain harvest, it's a race against time. Kevin Lavery from KWMU in St. Louis reports the grain belt is taking this disaster right on the heels of another.

the people most directly affected by Hurricane Katrina are in Baton Rouge. And Dallas. And Houston. They're trying to regain some normalcy. Marketplace's Bob Moon has been in Houston for the past week or so.

This Sunday at Ground Zero families of those who died in the World Trade Center will read aloud the names of the dead. Kai Ryssdal talks to Pradnya Joshi, who has been covering the plans for the site for Newsday.