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Dan Keating of the Washington Post talks to Linda about his article, which reports that problems with tires on Ford Explorer may go beyond tires made by Firestone. Keating says Explorers have a high rate of tire related accidents with Goodyear tires as well.

Linda interviews Sergeant Greg Williams of the California Highway Patrol about airbag theft. Some insurance companies and law enforcement agencies say the problem is on the rise. Airbags can cost as much as $2,500 to replace. (5:00) 15-second musical button played after story was by The Glands on their CD by the same name, copyright 2000, Capricorn Records, www.capri.corn.com.

Jury deliberations resumed today in federal court in Louisiana in an insurance fraud trial involving former Governor Edwin Edwards. Edwards, the State Insurance Commission, Jim Brown, and a lawyer are accused of corruption and witness tampering. The three are alleged to have created a favorable settlement in 1996 for the owner of a failed insurance company. Earlier this year, Edwards was convicted in an unrelated racketeering case involving the licensing of riverboat casinos. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.

Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark about Clinton Administration moves that could lead to a new Middle East summit aimed at halting the increasingly bloody confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians.

Scholars have a mantra: Shakespeare is universal and his works are for everyone. But for Black actors and audiences, does an implicit whiteness in the Bard's canon hinder access and identification?

Host Bob Edwards reads from the correspondence listeners have sent Morning Edition.

To set the mood for Valentine's Day, Commentator Frank Deford remarks on sports fans' love for their home team, athletes' love for their sport writers, and his own bittersweet farewell to a helpful acquaintance.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from London that European Nations are preparing to lift sanctions against Serbia. European Union foreign ministers will meet Monday, and plan to announce an end to bans on investment, travel and trade.

NPR's David Welna talks to Serbs in Chicago about the political change in Yugoslavia and what they think should happen to former President Slobodan Milosevic. They also worry about their own image in the U.S.

Commentator Desree Cooper was shopping with her mother when they ran into a woman who was from the same town. That's not the only coincidence...Desree's family used to work for this woman's family. Desree expected an awkward moment in the chance meeting.