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Host Bob Edwards talks with Hersch Goodman of the Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies. They discuss Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to the White House today.

NPR's Robert Smith continues Morning Edition's literacy series by visiting two classrooms -- both with children with outstanding reading skills, but with radically different teaching approaches.

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on a group of mid-western farmers coming to Washington D.C. to lobby for government price supports for their crops. Many farmers opted out of the support in the late 1990's, but now say the decline of Asian markets is forcing them to ask for government help again.

NPR's Susan Stamberg continues her series on loyalty with a report on Aaron Feuerstein, the owner of a Massachusetts clothing mill. He considers the needs of employees to be a fundamental part of important business decisions.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on the Federal Reserve's consideration of an additional interest rate cut in hopes of curbing the economic slowdown.

From member station KPBS, Scott Horsley reports on what today may bring in California's ongoing energy crisis. Yesterday, Californians saw rolling black-outs for the first time in more than two months.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from northwest Macedonia that army tanks today began shelling positions held by ethnic Albanian rebels in the hills over Tetovo. The government tonight gave the rebels 24 hours to clear out of the hills -- or face an all-out assault. In the capital, Skopje, the European Union's security chief, Javier Solana, warned the rebels they would achieve nothing by force. The rebels said they were prepared to negotiate, but vowed to continue fighting if the government refuses to grant the Albanian community greater civil rights.

After a five-day struggle to save it, a 40-story-high oil rig sank today off the coast of Brazil with 400,000 gallons of crude oil and diesel fuel on board. Last Thursday, 10 people died when gas explosions damaged the rig. Now officials are trying to prevent an environmental disaster. Noah Adams talks with reporter Tom Gibb.

Kathy Witkowsky reports that lung damage may be much greater than expected for residents of Libby, MT. Residents were exposed to asbestos from a local mine --and recent health reports indicate even people with no direct contact with the mining operations have sustained asbestos-related lung damage.

Congress recently repealed a set of rules governing repetitive motion in the workplace -- rules put in place during the final days of the Clinton administration. Congress did that by invoking a 1996 law that allows the review of federal regulations within the first months after they are imposed by the executive branch. Now some members of Congress want to use the same power to review some of President Bush's rules changes, specifically as they apply to abortion. NPR's David Welna reports.