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Linda Wertheimer speaks with sportswriter Stefan Fatsis, who offers his prognosis for the Super Bowl. and gives notice to the remarkable comebacks of Jennifer Capriati, playing in the finals of the Australian Open Tennis Championships, and Mario Lemieux, a part owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team and, after having retired, their star player once again.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports a leading member of Yasser Arafat's political faction has been assassinated by Israeli forces. The Israeli army has acknowledged that one of its helicopter gunships targeted a vehicle carrying the Fatah official in the West Bank today. Israel says the Palestinian helped organize armed attacks on Israeli positions.

Bob Edwards talks with commentator John Feinstein about the first major tennis tournament of the year. The Australian Open is underway. Defending women's champion Jennifer Capriati lost in first round and the Williams sisters are easy favorites to win.

A mother of an autistic child wonders whether or not she should accept special government services when she has the financial means to provide them herself. Host Jennifer Ludden and New York Times Magazine ethicist Randy Cohen discuss her dilemma.

Relief operations get under way in the wake of Hurricane Ivan, which has brought destruction to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The storm remains at Category 4 strength as it heads westward. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and Ernest Pate of Pan American Health Organization.

Jennifer Jones, a 30-year-old corporate lawyer from Winnipeg, made a spectacular come-from-behind shot to win the Canadian women's curling championship. Observers say it could be one of the best curling shots in history.

Fighting continues in Najaf between U.S. forces and militiamen loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The militia remain concentrated in and around the Imam Ali shrine. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

The Vietnamese-American community is finding that a first wave of post-war immigrants seemed better equipped than later arrivals to realize their dreams in the United States. NPR's immigration series is based on results of a survey by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

The Pentagon now says major combat operations in Iraq are over. Maj. Gen. Stanley McChrystal says the next phase will involve "smaller, but sharp fights." U.S. Marines rolled into Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit encountering little resistance. Two Navy aircraft carriers will leave the Persian Gulf later this week. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

Author Stephen McCauley first made a splash with The Object of My Affection, the novel that was later made into a movie starring Jennifer Aniston. His new novel, Alternatives to Sex, concerns a a gay fortysomething realtor with an addiction to cruising the Internet in pursuit of casual sex.