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Commentator Brian Egerston and his wife are having trouble getting pregnant. After seeing a doctor and undergoing surgery -- still no baby. He says they've started to see babies everywhere. And relatives ask them when they will have kids.

Sarah Bardeen reviews the CD Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis (Shuggie as in sugar). It was first released in 1974 and was recently re-released. Bardeen says that it was an album ahead of its time, incorporating jazz, funk, rock and R+B elements. It's available from Luaka Bop, catalog number 72348-50473-2-9.

Host Renee Montagne talks with NPR's Eric Weiner in Jerusalem. They discuss the aftermath of yesterday's bombings in the West Bank and Gaza, as tensions climb higher in the region.

ABC television is starting a new sitcom tonight about a black middle class family -- the only black sitcom currently on the three major networks. It's called My Wife and Kids and stars Damon Wayans. Robert Siegel talks with Paul Farhi, Style writer for The Washington Post, about the show.

NPR's Kate Seelye in Amman reports Arab leaders denounced Israel at the conclusion of a two-day summit conference in the Jordanian capital. The summit approved $240 million in new aid for the Palestinians. But the meeting failed to reach consensus on a demand by Iraq for an end to the United Nations economic sanctions that were imposed after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

Six years ago, commentator Susan McKinney met a young Mexican man in San Miguel del Allende. Before they were married, she moved into his family's house. She questions her identity as a woman in her fianci's crowded Mexican home. She is an American and she works outside the house, so she isn't allowed to do the chores that define the lives of the other women in the crowded household.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Charles Vest, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about the school's offer to create a Web site for most of its classes and to post materials from each course. (4:30) MIT's Web site is www.mit.edu.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports from San Francisco on the future of California's economy. Some researchers claim that Northern California, the hub of the dot-com industry, will be hit hard by recession. Others maintain that as long as California repays its debts accrued during the recent energy crunch, it'll have nothing to worry about.

Host Bob Edwards talks to commentator John Feinstein about Tiger Woods and the Masters golf tournament, which begins today in Augusta, Georgia.

Steve Tripoli of member station WBUR reports on new findings that show that a high percentage of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Several organizations are trying to change that with new programs to make it easier to save.