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It's the first Saturday of the month and host Jacki Lyden is joined by novelist Paul Auster to bring you the National Story Project. Interested in submitting a story? Send your stories to: PMB 206 123 7th Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11215. You can also email your submission to NationalStoryProject@npr.org. For more information on the National Story Project and to read this month's stories, please visit the National Story Project area on NPR's web site at http://www.npr.org/programs/watc/991002.storyproject.html.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with Spiver (SPY-ver) Gordon, Deacon of the Christian Light Presbyterian Church in Eutaw (YOO-tah), Alabama, about efforts to protect his church. Three churches have already been burned in his community, which has a history of civil rights activity. Because the church is located in an isolated rural area, parishoners are visiting during the night to watch it. (4:30) (Stations: Donations may be sent to Greene County-SLC Burned Church Fund, 334 Auburn, P.O. Box 89128 Atlanta, Georgia,

Last year, when Minnesota stopped paying state benefits to single, unemployed men to help them return to work, Minneapolis officials knew some of them would end up homeless as a result. But its shelters had no room, so the county opened a spartan place called a "Secure Waiting Area" to handle the new population of homeless. Now, that too, is full...and local charities are bracing for another wave, now that federal disability benefits to people addicted to drugs and alcohol ended on January 1st of this year. Minnesota Public Radio's John Biewen (BEE-wen) reports.

NPR's John McChesney returns to the area where his family farmed for many generations in Saline County, Missouri. It's a rich agricultural region, surrounded on two sides by the Missouri River. He compares the way of life he knew as a boy with some of the new farmers. He finds that in some ways the farmers' modern high-tech methods are their own worst enemies: greater yield means flat prices. And in hog farming, the almost-automated life of the modern hog seems immoral to some old-timers who had more affection for their animals.

Elements of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division moved closer to Baghdad today. They clashed with Republican Guard troops, who are better trained and equipped than Iraqi army regulars. Despite the strength of the Republican Guard, some American troops prefer fighting them over fighting the Fedayeen and other irregulars who attack from civilian areas. There's less moral ambiguity in battles pitting soldier against soldier. U.S. commanders estimate 200 Iraqi Republican Guard troops were killed today in a battle near the town of Hindiya. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

The Navy today said pilot error was to blame for last January's crash of an F-14 jet in Nashville. Five people were killed when the jet crashed into a residential area shortly after takeoff. The investigating board says the pilot took off at too steep and angle and suffered vertigo . The pilot had been involved in another crsh earlier and investigators quesitons whether he should have bene allowed back into the cockpit. NPR's Martha Raddatz reports. -b- 5. GOETZ TESTIFIES - NPR'S Melissa Block reports on the testimony of Bernhard Goetz (Bur-NAHRD Getz) in his civil trial in New York City. Goetz is being sued for 50 million dollars by one of the four youths he shot on a subway car in 1984. The youth, Darrell Cabey, was paralyzed and suffered brain damage as a result of the shooting. Goetz was acquitted of attempted murder and assault in his CRIMINAL trial. In his testimony, Goetz said he shot the four youths when one of them asked him for 5 dollars; that he "snapped" when he saw the smile on the face of one of his victims. And he confirmed statements he's made in interviews, that the shooting was in some ways a "public service" and that the mothers of the victims should have had abortions.

New York and New Jersey were still struggling with the effects of Hurricane Sandy as word came of a new storm about to hit the region. Officials began warning of possible new power outages and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he'll ask residents of some some low-lying areas to evacuate. For many people, the challenges of life after last week's storm are becoming a sort of routine: long lines for transit, long lines for gas, long commutes. But for those hardest hit, the paperwork storm shows no signs of abating.

Each week on the KAXE/KBXE Morning Show, we’re connecting you to the bounty of the northland by bringing you stories of local farmers, spotlighting the region’s farmer’s markets, and sharing how you can get involved with local food in your area. The growing season here in Minnesota is short and fickle, so we’re answering that all-important question this time of year…. What’s Fresh? This week, Katie Carter spoke with Liz Strohmayer, owner/operator at Sol Fed Farm.

Sharon talks with Indian classical singer Shweta Jhaveri about her new recording, Anahita, which means "Sounds From The Other World." (Intuition Music & Media/INT 3509 2) We also hear from Lee Townsend, who produced the album. Townsend, who has produced artists Pat Metheny, Charlie Hunter, and Bill Frissell, brought in San Francisco Bay Area jazz musicians to accompany Jhaveri for this east-meets-west fusion album. (7:45) For more information about the recording: www.alula.com or call 1-800-932-5852.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports from Beijing that the world's most populous country- China-- is trying to find out how many people live within its borders. Six million census takers have begun to spread out across the country, trying to count a population that 10 years ago numbered some 1.13 billion people.. There are serious obstacles, other than the size of the country. Most people live in rural areas, where residents commonly defy the country's one-child policy. Many who live in the cities also might be reluctant to talk to census takers as they moved to urban centers from the impoverished hinterlands, without first obtaining the proper papers.

NPR's Melissa Block reports that many mid-Atlantic states are still reeling after a weekend of flooding brought on by melting snow and heavy rain. Parts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New Jersey, New York, as well as the Washington D.C. metro area were hit by high water that wiped out some low-lying towns. (4:00) 2. POTOMAC RESCUE -- David Hearn, a world champion canoeist, tells Noah about his arrest on the flood-swollen Potomac river. He was charged with ignoring National Park Service warnings to stay away from the river, but Hearn says he was using his skills to find a missing boatman. (4:30) 3. HARRISBURG EVACUEE -- Linda Wertheimer speaks with Harrisburg resident Thelma Ziegler. Ziegler's house was flooded, and she was evacuated Saturday morning. She also survived the floods of 1936 and 1972, and prepared for the blizzard of 1996 by selling off much of her furniture in the last few weeks.

NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports from Belfast, Northern Ireland, that police in the province are preparing for another night of violence. This is the time of year when a Protestant group called the Orange Order stages parades to commemorate victories against Catholics more than 300 years ago. The Protestants began rioting when police blocked them from parading through one Catholic area. The rioting has spread to other parts of the province.(3:30) 2B CUTAWAY 0:59 Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 2B 0:29 RETURN2 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 2C 16. THREE-DRUG TREATMENT & AFRICA -- The international AIDS conference in Vancouver has featured some good news about treatments for AIDS that combine several anti-AIDS drugs in order to suppress the virus. However, the cost of this kind of treatment is prohibitive for people living in some of the poorer countries of the world. Linda talks with Dr. Georgette Adjorololo (AH-jorr-oh- LOH-loh), a delegate to the International AIDS Conference from the Ivory Coast, about the problems facing developing nations as they try to stop the spread of AIDS.

Audie Cornish talks to David Ulin, a The Los Angeles Times book critic who wrote an essay for Boom magazine on a famous William Mulholland speech about the 100-year-old engineering marvel that is the Los Angeles Aqueduct. The aqueduct brought water from the Owens Valley hundreds of miles away to a growing area in need of additional resources to sustain its people and their endeavors, helping spur an economy that today rivals that of many nations. A century later, this gravity-fed system continues to be a major source of water for Angelenos, supplying about half of the water needs for four million people on an average year.

Donna Green-Townsend of member station WUFT in Gainesville, Florida reports smoke and the threat of more fires had kept most residents of the town of Waldo, Florida from returning to their homes, but late today they received word that they may finally go home. Residents were forced to evacuate earlier this week when a nearby forest fire threatened the town. Officials say they believe the fire danger will soon pass and residents will be able to go back home in a day or two. The Waldo blaze is one of more than 100 fires that have scorched over 48,000 acres in Florida in the last 3 weeks. President Clinton has declared 8 Florida counties federal disaster areas.

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