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Jason DeRose of Chicago Public Radio reports that the Mayor of Palos Heights, Illinois has vetoed a city council proposal to pay the Al Salaam Mosque Foundation not to open a mosque in the suburb. Mayor Dean Koldenhoven said last night that the proposal was an insult to Muslims and that he hopes the foundation will go ahead and open its mosque in the building formerly used as a Christian church.

Survivors and descendants of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are seeking reparations in a lawsuit against the city of Tulsa.

Many economists agree that the nation's housing market is strong and that, overall, home values should continue to rise. But home prices are cooling in Boston and other cities that have seen dramatic run-ups in recent years. NPR's Chris Arnold reports.

Lately big-name studios have largely bypassed Boston in favor of cities where making movies is cheaper. Teamsters union issues hike the cost of filming in the Hub, and are under investigation. NPR's Phillip Martin reports.

In New York City, officials unveil plans for a new building at 7 World Trade Center. The building, across the street from where the twin towers stood, collapsed several hours after the Sept. 11 attacks. Andrea Bernstein reports.

Mary Jo Draper from member station KCUR in Kansas City, Missouri, reports on a severe winter storm that tore across the Plains and parts of the Southwest yesterday and today. Several states including Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma were frozen by sleet, snow and wind. In parts of Minnesota and North Dakota, high-winds have blown the snow into huge drifts, shutting down highways and in some places keeping snow plows off the roads.

Steve Tripoli of member station WBUR reports that the town of New Bedford, Mass. has lost 10,000 jobs in recent years to plant closings. Now, the town is trying a radical approach to preventing the new out-of-town owner of a plant from shutting it down: the city wants to use its power of eminent domain to seize the plant and sell it to local bidders.

NPR's John Neilsen reports that Marion Barry, mayor of the District of Columbia, returned after a two week sabbatical for spiritual and physical rejuvenation. While the mayor was away, rumours swept the city that Barry had had a relapse into drug or alcohol abuse. Today, Barry says he may not have explained his absence in the clearests terms, and blamed the media for overplaying the story.

President Clinton began a three-day campaign swing today that will take him to Missouri, Colorado, Arizona and California. Today in Kansas City, the president addressed the annual meeting of the Southern Governors' Association and said that the welfare reform legislation he recently signed will only be successful if states and businesses can work together to create jobs. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

over a new anti- homeless law aimed at stopping people from living and sleeping in public areas. The law makes "urban camping" illegal and punishable by one year in jail, or a thousand dollar fine. It is part of a growing national trend that cities are trying as a way to clean up their urban centers.