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Also: Chile suffers an aftershock; snow and spring storms will hit the Midwest; and Toronto mayor Rob Ford votes against honoring Olympians and Nelson Mandela - then says it was a mistake.

Also: There are presidential contests in 3 states today; Greece is seeking European help to implement a new accord on migrants; and Atlantic City warns it will partially close without financial aid.

In a widely expected outcome, Putin faced a weak field of candidates after disqualifying his only potential rival. He is set to become the longest-serving Russian leader since Stalin.

What you want to know about classical music this week, from our ten must-hear albums to the Grammy nominations to Dave Brubeck's classical music and composer Jonathan Harvey's passing. Plus: New York City Opera selling most of its sets and the jailhouse orchestra that players don't want to leave.

John Powers, Fresh Air critic at large, weighs in on the trends of 2007: political campaigns, Iraq movies failing at the box office, HBO's The Sopranos, stories about hitting the road, the TMZing of America, jocks gone wild, hip sentimentality, the nightly ideological news, atheist chic and the writers strike.

Democrats begin a second round of debates Tuesday night in Detroit. A vigil is held for shooting victims in Gilroy, Calif. And, Capital One Bank is dealing with a major data breach.

U.S. and Pakistani intelligence operatives captured the Taliban's second-in-command. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar effectively ran the organization, U.S. officials say, directing Taliban military strategy in Afghanistan and controlling the group's finances.

Robert Siegel sits down with a group of students from Tel Aviv University for a conversation about their expectations for the future. The students are politically divided, but they agree that their main concern, even more than security, is the Israeli economy.

Paper money is scarce as a result of a government edict. But a couple of major obstacles stand in the way of the cashless society.

NPR's Cheryl Corley speaks with Washington Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary about how to manage large debt loads as interest rates increase and prepare for a possible recession.