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He's the world's first Hasidic Jewish reggae star. His rap and beat-box skills can be heard on his truly unique album, Live At Stubb's.

Guy Goodson, mayor of Beaumont, Texas, discusses the mandatory evacuation order there and other preparations. Naomi Rodriguez, a clerk in a liquor store on the outskirts of downtown Houston, says she and others are going to stick it out through Hurricane Rita.

At least 26 people die in a suicide bombing in the northern Iraqi town of Rabia, west of Mosul. Officials say the victims were members of the Iraqi security services. Officials said the attack occurred in the midst of recruits who were training in a security-controlled area, and that some of the guards may have knowingly allowed the attacker to enter.

London police take five suspects in the July 21 transit bombings into custody at locations across the city. And Italian police arrest another man in Rome. British media report that police have now arrested all four suspects in last week's failed attacks.

Saudi Arabia's King Fahd died Monday after a long period of ill health. His half brother -- Crown Prince Abdullah -- was named the new ruler. Abdullah has been the Middle East oil giant's de facto ruler since Fahd suffered a disabling stroke in 1995.

Some doctors have hoped that heroin addicts could break the habit more easily if they were given a drug-blocking agent while under general anesthesia for about six hours. But a new study suggests this approach is more dangerous than other drug replacement therapies.

Around the country, buyers are scooping up real estate, knocking down old houses, and building grand new mansions. It's a trend that's finally coming to Cape Cod, birthplace of the original summer cottage. Some residents worry the demolitions are slowly erasing the cape's traditional character. From member station WBUR, Monica Brady-Myerov reports.

A new book collects the profiles and essays of Marjorie Williams, including some she wrote about the cancer that eventually claimed her life. Her husband, Timothy Noah, discusses The Woman at the Washington Zoo.

In Iraq, another deadline has come and gone without agreement on a draft constitution. Thursday, the speaker of Iraq's National Assembly, Hashim al Hassani, announced shortly before midnight that negotiators need more time.

Ian MacKaye is known as a punk rock veteran, the guitarist and vocalist who founded the seminal band Minor Threat in the early '80s. But his most recent album, the self-titled debut of his new band The Evens, is lilting melody.