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The San Diego County Water Authority is taking its conservation message to radio and TV. The advertising campaign is intended to drive home the message that we live in dry times. KPBS Reporter Ed Joyce has details.

From high on a mountaintop, the monastery of Dier Mar Musa is trying to bring greater understanding between the Christian minority and the Muslim majority in Syria. The church houses a special place for Muslim prayer.

Diva introduces us to Jules (Frederic Andrei), a young postal carrier with a passion for music. He's particularly obsessed with world famous diva Cynthia Hawkins (played with serene beauty by American soprano Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernadez). One night, the obsessed Jules makes a high quality recording of Hawkins' concert and steals one of her gowns from the dressing room. Hawkins, who has never let her voice be recorded, considers the covert recording an act of "rape."

Opponents of Don't Ask Don't Tell, the 17-year-old military ban on openly gay service members, celebrated a victory last week. California Federal judge Virginia Phillips issued a ruling striking down the law that bans gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. military. She said it violates due process and freedom of speech. The ruling will be appealed by the justice department. How will this ruling affect former service members who were discharged for being gay?

The guitarist and inventor who helped bring about the rise of rock 'n' roll and multitrack recording died of complications from pneumonia Thursday at a hospital in White Plains, N.Y. He was 94.

Across the country, doctors are experimenting with a health care model that puts the focus on individualized, preventive care. In so-called medical homes, doctors are rewarded for using longer visits, phone calls and e-mails to keep patients healthy.

Cable giant Comcast is trying to build an entertainment empire with its purchase of NBC Universal, but analysts warn the deal might not turn out well for consumers. It could bring higher prices and more charges for content that used to be free, even as it reshapes the media landscape.

Spanish bullfighting fans are upset at the nation's environmental minister, who says her government is thinking of banning the killing of bulls in the bullring. But despite Spain's traditional passion for bullfighting, polls show that fans are shrinking in number.

It's Sunshine Week, but it has nothing to do with the weather. We'll find out how San Diego rates on open government and about efforts currently underway in here to support open government and access to information.

For the first time since the 1930s there's a new world leader in auto sales. Japan's Toyota has overtaken U.S. rival General Motors. Analysts say GM workers have done all they've been asked to do to halt the car giant's decline.