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NPR's Joe Palca reports that a new study conducted by the National Academy of Sciences found that the risk of cancer from both natural and unnatural carcinogens in food is neglible. While some foods contain chemicals that can cause cancer in animals, the levels are so low they pose no real dange, the report says. That especially true when compared to the risk for cancer from other things, such as eating too much fat, the report says.

Noah speaks with Hirsh Goodman, editor-in-chief of the Israeli news magazine, The Jerusalem Report, about the political fallout of the bombings for Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Goodman says the bombings confirm the view that Israeli and Palestinians cannot live together in peace and that the peace process will have to lead to a divorce.

DAN SCHORR ANALYZES THE RACE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN THE WAKE OF PAT BUCHANAN'S NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY WIN WITH REPUBLICAN POLLSTER AND STRATEGIST FRANK LUNTZ AND WITH RON FAUCHEUX (FO-shay), EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF 'CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS' MAGAZINE.

SCOTT REMARKS ABOUT THE HOLIDAY THIS WEEK THAT CELEBRATED THE BIRTHS OF OUR GREATEST PRESIDENTS.

WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL REVIEWS THE H-B-O MOVIE "THE LATE SHIFT."

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports that in the wake of Sunday's suicide attacks in Israel, Israelis are demanding that the PLO crack down on Muslim extremists, and make the terrorist organization, Hamas, illegal.

Noah visits the Midnight Shakespeare program at the Gilman Street Recreation Center in San Francisco. About twenty high schools students gather three evenings a week for acting classes taught by local professional actors affiliated with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. The teachers say that the students learn more than the classics; they leave the program with the ability to take another person's attitude or point of view.

a biologist who's been studying a band of gray wolves in Glacier National Park in Montana for the past 17 years. Boyd talks about the relationship between the wolves and the people who live nearby.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on some of the past statements made by commentator Patrick Buchanan that have led some critics to label him racist and anti-semetic. Buchanan denies he is either. But his fiery words -- often made on television talk shows that thrive on sharp language -- have created an image hard to shed.

public stage where he defended his recent trip to Libya, Iran and Sudan.

Sandy Tolan reports that the presidential campaign of commentator Pat Buchanan has attracted a broad array of followers in Arizona, which holds its Republican primary on Tuesday. Followers include dissillusioned members of militia groups, anti-abortion activists, blue collar workers worred about job security and those concerned about a general erosion of values.(8:00) (EDITORS: Please note that aproximately 20-25 seconds into the piece, the first actuality contains the word "faggots." The full sentence reads: "I've been hit up twice in my life by faggots, and the last one who tried, i nearly kil

for the Republican Presidential nomination. Buchanan has based much of his campaign on the notion that large corporations and banks are profiting at the expense of workers and their families, and that those multinational companies have undue influence over government policy.