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A powerful explosion rips apart a mosque during Friday prayer services in Najaf, Iraq, killing Shiite leader Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim. The attack on one of the holiest sites for Shia Muslims took a high death toll. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports that despite the West's growing urbanization, agriculture still uses up to 90 percent of the region's water. In some places, farmers are finding that selling water to cities is a lot more profitable than using it for crops.

A Zogby poll of likely Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire shows former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean is the leading Democratic presidential candidate in the key state, leading his closest rival, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, by 21 points. Hear Rich Killion of the Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he would have resigned if a BBC report had been right in claiming his government exaggerated an intelligence report on the threat posed by Iraq's weapons program. Blair's statements came during testimony before a judicial inquiry investigating issues related to the case the British government made for war. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.

In Part 10 of our series on the roots of American country music, NPR's Paul Brown tells the story of Bob Wills. The fiddler grew up in a family of fiddlers in the cultural mixing bowl of the American southwest. He went on to lead a band that mixed breakdowns, big band swing, blues and square dance music — a style that came to be called Western swing.

As the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approaches, NPR's Pam Fessler reports on how Americans feel about their safety and security today. She talks to residents of Wilmington, Del.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes this week's winner, Paul Bulot from Lenoir , North Carolina. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WFAE in Charlotte. Will Shortz also gives next week's challenge for our listeners at home.

Michael Nestor, Liz Thompson and Richard Tierney rode in the last elevator down from Windows on the World in the moments before American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Hear their story.

Artist Gloria DeArcangelis likes moody, thoughtful music in the background while she does her paintings. She's the latest participant in our series "What Are You Listening To?"

Across the country, communities marked the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with candles, silence, church bells and vigils. In New York City, 200 readers, mostly children, read out the names of the 2,792 people who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center. NPR's Nancy Solomon reports.