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one of the worst droughts in recent memory is threatening Edward's Aquifer, which supplies drinking water to more than a million people. The water is also crucial for the region's farmland. In the last few months, the Aquifer's water level has dropped 30 feet, starting a battle among the western farmers, the city of San Antonio and small towns to the east.

which will hear a constitutional challenge to the Brady Gun Control Law. The Brady Law requires a five-day waiting period for the purchase of handguns, so gun sellers can do a background check on potential buyers. The challenge is based on states rights arguments, namely, that the law usurps the rights of states and municipalities by requiring them to carry out a federal mandate.

in Congress, Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater discussed changes to a six-year-old transportation law which governs spending on everything from interstates to hiking trails. Soon Slater will send an updated version to the Hill for a vote...but he hopes Congress won't want too many changes.

from the American Jewish community to a proposed law in Israel giving Orthodox Rabbis sole authority to conduct conversions to Judaism in Israel. The legislation, which has gotten preliminary approval in the Israeli parliament, threatens to split the American Jewish community's historical support of Israel -- only about ten percent of American Jews are Orthodox

NPR's David Greene talks to Houston Public Media's Davis Land about reports of a gunman at a high school in Texas. The school was put on lockdown. A suspect is in custody, local media say.

A new intelligence report warns that without drastic new measures, the international community faces the real prospect of a nuclear or biological attack by 2013. The panel that issued the report has briefed vice president-elect Joe Biden on its contents.

President George Bush and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry went toe to toe in Miami yesterday in the first of three planned presidential debates. Guest host Tony Cox gets analysis from Terry Neal, chief political correspondent for WashingtonPost.com and Rochelle Riley, columnist with The Detroit Free Press.

Sen. John Edwards heads back to North Carolina, reportedly to announce the end of his presidential campaign after failing to capture any of the 10 states in Tuesday's contests. Hear NPR's Melissa Block, NPR's Mara Liasson and NPR's Adam Hochberg.

The Senate's new plan to battle the housing crisis includes tax breaks for homebuilders and tax credits to those buying foreclosed homes. It includes little helping for people who are facing foreclosure, however.

Stephen Colbert is the former senior correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show. True to the industry he parodies, Colbert has landed the anchor's chair on a fake news show of his own.