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San Diego voters will decide next month whether it’s time to impose term limits on the top elected officials at the County. San Diego’s five county supervisors earn more than state legislators. Unlike state legislators, they are not limited to two or three terms in office.

Thousands of farmers, farmworkers and their supporters rallied at City Hall on Wednesday, calling on federal officials to ease regulations that have cut water supplies to the nation's most prolific growing region.

Appearing on Larry King Live Wednesday, hip-hopper Chris Brown is expected to offer more apologies for his February beating of then-girlfriend Rihanna. Brown pleaded guilty to the assault in June. Included in his punishment is an order requiring him to stay 100 yards from Rihanna, an order she called "unnecessary." Commentator Yolanda Young has her own experience with domestic violence and explains why it is anything but.

Seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the CIA has updated its official assessment of the al-Qaida terrorist network. Agency Director Michael Hayden says al-Qaida remains the most present danger to the U.S. Hayden spoke Thursday in the midst of the presidential transition, the first during wartime in 40 years.

A slowdown in the scrap-metal market in China is hitting scrap dealers hard. Just months ago, scrap metal was in such high demand that thieves were pulling up manhole covers and fire hydrants to sell them. Now, some prices have tumbled 80 percent in four months.

In The Whisperers, Orlando Figes documents stories from victims of Stalin's Russia. During Stalin's dictatorship, many Russians reported on friends, neighbors and even family. Scarred by guilt and shame, many are now telling their stories.

Schorr, a longtime NPR contributor, broke stories during the Cold War and Watergate that won him numerous awards — as well as the enmity of presidents. He was 93.

The dream of a new main library for San Diego is still alive, but the city council’s day of reckoning is coming closer.

Ghost stories, pumpkin patches, and a lot of music fills our weekend preview.

GOOD BOYS is the story of two men, one black and one white, who meet eight years after a school shooting in which both their sons died, one a victim, the other the shooter. As the fathers search for understanding and viciously cast blame, they confront difficult questions about vengeance and responsibility. We'll talk with Mo'olelo's Artistic Director, an actor from the play, and psychologist Dr. Ken Druck.