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Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports on an offer by New York's Catholic archdiocese to educate one thousand public school students and help ease the cities overcrowded schools. New York's mayor says he likes the idea, but others, cautious of church/state issues, are strongly opposed.

NPR's Mandalit Delbarco reports on fires that have destroyed dozens of homes throughout Southern California. Fires in the San Diego area, and outside Los Angeles, scared residents who'd been through catastrophic wildfires in 1993, but this year some safety measures--such as clearing brush around homes--may have helped reduce the number of damaged structures.

The New York Daily News reports today that Donald Trump said that he won twenty million dollars on a one million dollar bet in the recent Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield heavyweight championship fight. There's some doubt that the story is true...Trump's office had no comment on the story.

With a new school year getting underway, millions of working parents are scrambling to find programs to take care of kids for a couple of hours in the afternoon. NPR's David Molpus reports on the after-school dilemma from Boston where parents are joining together to press for better options.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago on the Illinois Senate race between Democrat Richard Durbin and Republican Al Salvi. Both are looking to replace retiring Senator Paul Simon. Durbin had been a member of the House when he gave up his seat to run. Salvi is a political novice who defeated the Republican party establishment candidate for the nomination.

NPR's David Welna reports from Mexico City that historical tensions between the Catholic Church and the Mexican government have flared anew in the wake of a homily by the archbishop of Mexico City in which he asserted the church's right to speak out against government corruption and human right's abuses.

Today is the first day of school in Cleveland. This year parents can use vouchers to pay for private school education for their children, including religious schools. Joe Smith from member station WCPN in Cleveland reports that this is the first time taxpayer money has been used to send children to parochial schools.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on impoverished Russian soldiers and their families. Russia's defense minister is pleading for help, saying the condition of his troops is becoming intolerable. Some scientists are supporting the defense minister's assertion that the troops are actually starving...and soldiers are being paid ridiculously low wages, to boot.

ROCKWELL - NPR's Jim Zarrolli reports that Rockwell International Corp., known for B-1 bombers and space shuttles, agreed today to sell the bulk of its aerospace and defense businesses to Boeing in a $3 billion deal. Boeing will issue $860 million in stock and assume $2.2 billion in Rockwell debt to strengthen the defense and space businesses that complement its position as the world's biggest maker of jetliners.

Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on the clash of culture and history that lies behind an Israeli court decision to force Bedouin shepherds of their traditional lands to make way for the expansion of Israeli settlements. The Bedouin tragedy is that their ancient nomadic culture was not one based on land ownership and, as a result, they have no title to the lands on which they live.