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In order to promote "traditional" family values, the Virginia Housing Authority, has decided to stop making housing loans to gays and unmarried single people. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that the agency, which loans money to low and moderate-income first-time home buyers, has taken the step at the urging of Republican Gov. George Allen. Federal officials are examining policy changes for possible civil rights violations.

What are the bonds that link fans to their hometown sports teams? From Tempe, Arizona, NPR's Tom Goldman visits with fans who travelled from Dallas and Pittsburgh to see their teams compete in the Super Bowl.

Robert and Linda.

Linda talks with NPR's political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold and pollster Andy Kohut, about early exit polls and the electorate who turned out in New Hampshire.

Last week we asked our listeners to call into tell us about their first real kiss. Tonight we'll hear some of their stories.

Melanie Peeples of member station WUAL reports that the Justice Department has promised a thorough investigation of the burning of black churches in rural Alabama in Tennesse. While there is no evidence yet to indicate that the burning are racially motivated, eleven black churches throughout the south have been burned in the past two months, according to Klanwatch, a group that monitor's hate crimes.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow that Russia is receiving a big investment from the West. Despite the uncertainty as the nation heads into the presidential election season, the International Monetary Fund has agreed to lend Moscow more than ten-billion-dollars.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Pastor Michael Grady in El Paso, Texas, and Dion Green in Dayton, Ohio, about the weekend in 2019 in which mass shootings in each city upended their communities.

NPR's Martha Raddatz reports on the decision by the Navy to ground all F-14 fighter planes for the next three days. An F-14 Tomcat crashed in the Persian Gulf near the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz today. There were no fatalities in the crash today, but seven people died in two other F-14 crashes in recent weeks.

Robert talks with opera singer Cecilia Bartoli [chuh-CHEE-lee-ah BAR-toe-lee) This month she has made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in "Cosi Fan Tutte," in the role of Despina, a part she says is perfect for her, both to sing and to act. She is a devotee of the 18th and early 19th century repertoire -- Mozart and Rossini, for example.

Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem that in two separate attacks in Israel today Palestinian suicide bombers killed at least 25 people, including 2 americans, and injured more than 80. It was the bloodiest day since Israel and the P-L-O signed their first peace agreement three years ago. The militant Hamas Movement claimed responsibility for both attacks.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Amman, Jordan on the aftermath of the deaths yesterday of two high-level Iraqi exiles who were sons-in-law of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The two men recently returned to Baghdad from Jordan, and yesterday evening Iraqi media reported that they'd been killed by angry members of their clan. Analysts say the deaths indicate Saddam Hussein's hold in power in Baghdad is secure.

Linda talks with Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican congresswoman from Miami. She says Clinton's measures don't go far enough in response to Cuba's provocation.

Robert Siegel and Linda Wertheimer discuse the tendency of politicians, especially those now running for president, to refer to themselves in the third person. He then recreates some great lines in history with this locution.

Jacki reports on the turmoil in the Canadian province of Ontario over budget cutbacks. The Conservative government of Premier Mike Harris has cut about 8-million dollars in spending so far in an effort to curb a 100-million dollar debt. On Friday and Saturday, tens of thousands of union workers rallied in Hamilton, Ontario to protest government policies. The province faces a strike by members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) at 12:01 Monday morning. Union offices warned the walk-outs would escalate, with as many as 55-thousand of the province's 81-thousand union workers off the job by mid-week.The chief issue in contract talks between the union and the government is job security. On Friday, the government announced an 18-percent cut in provincial hospitals and as many as 20-thousand layoffs of hospital workers during the next year.

Tonight in Iowa results of the long-awaited GOP caucus will be announced. Robert talks with Hugh Weinbrenner, professor of public administration at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa about what the Iowa cuacus is all about. Professor Weinbrenner explains what happens at a caucus and why they exist.

We hear from a small sample of voters after they cast their votes today in Manchester.

A commentary of folk singer's David Olney's third album High, Wide and Lonesome. Commentary Ann Williams syas the album is a success because of Olney's crafty blues style mixed with distinctive story telling. Tteh album is produced by Philo Records. Music reviewer Ann Williams hosts a radio program on affliate WYSO in Yellow Springs, Ohio. (5:00) [Philo Records....1-800-443-4727: Cambridg

Noah and Linda talk about the quirky rules of the leap year, and illustrate its awesome power with a little music from Gilbert and Sullivan.(4:45) (IN S

There has been much criticism of Pat Buchanan's rise within the republican Party, but commentator David Brooks believes Buchanan's appeal is transitory. Brooks notes populist figures elsewhere in the world also attract angry voters, but in the long run they rarely withstand scrutiny.