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Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem. Israel's new Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will be sworn-in today, starting his term as leader of a broad coalition government.

NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a new study showing no link between a commonly used childhood vaccine and autism. The 14-year-long study in California kindergartens failed to find an association between a rise in reported autism cases in the state and the MMR vaccine. The research appears in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports a series of violent incidents during Mardi Gras celebrations in Seattle are raising questions about whether Seattle police know how maintain order. One man died during chaotic Fat Tuesday partying while hundreds of police officers stood nearby. But the preceding weekend, the police had been accused of being overly aggressive in handling a revelers who got out of hand.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on a new report from a U.N. panel on global climate change. It says that extreme weather events, like huge snowstorms and floods, are becoming more frequent, and may be signs of the slow process of global warming.

Amateur weatherman Steven Fybish shares some unusual knowledge -- Fybish can recite from memory exactly how much snow has fallen in New York City for each of the last 130 years.

NPR's Senior Cultural Correspondent Susan Stamberg starts Morning Edition's March series on loyalty. She talks with George P. Fletcher of the Columbia University Law School. He is author of the book, Loyalty: An Essay on the Morality of Relationships.

Whitehead reviews the complete Blue Note sessions of tenor saxophonist Don Wilkerson.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Dr. Stuart Seides, a cardiologist at the Washington Hospital Center, about stress and heart disease. He says frustration and the body's physiological response to it is the key factor in determining whether a job has deleterious effects on health. A high level of responsibility does not automatically mean that that a job is stressful. Seides says if a person feels in control of his or her job, stress should not impact them severely.

NPR's Robert Smith reports that students of Princeton University and their parents are gasping in relief -- over tuition. The university plans to bolster its financial aid so that undergraduates won't have to take out student loans. This will likely give Princeton a keen edge in attracting the best students, and it has other Ivy League schools scrambling.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports on President Bush's efforts to gain support for his budget plan, before it comes to a vote in Congress on Thursday. Yesterday Mr. Bush met with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, and spoke to traders on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.