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NPR's David Welna reports that the House passed a bill to cut taxes for most married couples. Abolishing this so-called marriage penalty is part of the president's tax-cut plan.

Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times, reviews The Tailor of Panama, based on John Le Carre's novel. The film involves an British expatriate living in Panama and working as a tailor, and a British spy who's hoping he can tap into the tailor's connections in Panamanian high-society.

NPR's David Molpus reports on a new style of doing business--no office, no meeting rooms, and co-workers only see each other a few times a year. This is the "virtual" company, and it allows its tele-commuting employees almost total freedom. These virtual businesses may be starting a trend that could forever change the traditional office setting.

NPR's Kenneth Walker reports from Beira, in Northern Mozambique, about regional flooding which is forcing people to leave their homes for the second year in a row. The United Nations estimates that floodwaters have forced 200,000 people to flee their homes. Relief agencies and Mozambique's government are working on ways to minimize damage from the annual flooding.

To conclude Morning Edition's week-long series of college admissions essays, we hear Leah Knobler of Cincinnati talk about her relationship with her overachieving older brother, Jonah.

Host Renee Montagne talks with Gwen Macsai , co-creator of the new ABC sitcom What About Joan?, based on Macsai's own life experiences. Macsai is a former commentator for NPR.

The agency acted after an independent panel of scientists strongly supported the move. Kids could start getting vaccinated within the week.

Commentator Frank Deford observes the evolution of women's sports. While they're gaining more popularity, he says the players have gotten downright vicious in their struggle to survive.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Edward Goldberg, Director of the Medici Archive Project, about his work with the Medici family archive in Florence, Italy. The archive is a collection of virtually every letter sent or received by the Medici court during its rule from the mid-1500s to the mid-1700s. The correspondence reveals a great deal about Italian art and early modern European history. Goldberg and his colleagues are documenting and digitizing each letter, and hope to have the project complete by 2012. (6:28) For more on the project, check out our Medici Archive Web page.

The Car Talk guys, TOM & RAY MAGLIOZZI talk with Terry about their first garage and more. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

Linda Wertheimer speaks with NPR's Rob Gifford about the view from Beijing of the situation involving the American reconnaissance airplane. He says the Chinese public seems to want an apology from the U.S. but the level of anger has not reached the height that it did in 1999 after the accidental U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr compares two incidents involving American spy planes: the current standoff with China over the damaged EP-3E and the 1960 standoff with Russia over a downed U-2.