On Monday, Syria's closest ally Iran called on President Bashar al-Assad to listen to the "legitimate demands" of demonstrators. But today, Syrian government forces reportedly opened fire on protesters as worshipers exited mosques, marking Ramadan's end. To learn about Syria, host Michel Martin speaks with members of Al Jazeera International and the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies.

Jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is suffering from pneumonia and is not in a medically-induced coma, as has been widely reported, a source familiar with Jeffs' condition tells NPR.

According to the source, the 55-year-old leader of the nation's largest polygamist group was sedated, pharmacologically paralyzed and placed on a ventilator as part of his treatment for pneumonia. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity due to federal medical privacy laws that do not permit disclosure of medical treatment without permission of the patient or family.

By Scott Harvey

Bonham – Monday night marked the first public meeting held at the recently completed Bonham City Hall, a project that was done without raising taxes.

City officials were able to restructure their finances to take advantage of lower interest rates and bring the new facility online.

Located at 514 Chestnut Street, the building is more than 11,000 square feet, almost double the size of their former workplace, which was shared with the Bonham Police Department. Crews broke ground on the project in January.

By Scott Harvey

Paris – A Paris man has been arrested on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly tried to stab a female victim.

The incident occurred Monday afternoon at the Wooden Nickel, located at 435 North Main Street.

There officers discovered that the suspect, later identified as 55-year-old Larry Boyd Mallory, was in a car and about to leave. After some resistance, Mallory was detained and eventually arrested.

He was also charged with resisting arrest.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – The cause of a Monday evening mobile home fire in Commerce that killed a four-year-old girl remains in doubt.

Fire Chief Brian McNevin told KETR Tuesday that the blaze was still under investigation and that witnesses to the fire were being interviewed. He did say that the fire is believed to have originated from a bedroom in the middle of the house.

Annette Reyes was found in a back bedroom and then transported to Hunt Regional Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.

It's a piece of necessary wisdom that will be shared with countless college students this fall by nervous parents: Tell a story at a party, and it's heard by a handful of people, whose reactions you perhaps have some ability to predict. Tell it on the internet, and it will be heard by the people you know and the people you don't — and the latter outnumber the former by several orders of magnitude. Don't put your picture on Facebook flashing the camera or looking drunk or kissing someone you might later regret kissing.

If there were an award for the "most challenged" school district in the United States, the Detroit public school system would have good reason to claim the title.

The system is wrestling with crumbling buildings, low achievement and a decline in enrollment that just won't stop. But this year, the system has added some new faces and plans to the mix in an attempt to revive it.

"Critics here at home" argue that the war in Iraq has hurt the reputation of the United States around the world, former Vice President Dick Cheney acknowledged this morning. But he doesn't believe that's true.

"In fact I think it was sound policy that dealt with a very serious problem" — then-Iraqi leader Sadaam Hussein — Cheney said on NBC-TV's The Today Show.